Archive for February 12th, 2010

3 Signs That You Need to Exercise More

Friday, February 12th, 2010

There are always improvements that we can make in our lives. There are certain areas where we can look to and say that we can make it better. When it comes to a healthy lifestyle, we often wonder if we are doing everything that we can or should. Without exercise, you are cheating yourself. No matter what your walk of life or physical condition, you can always benefit from exercise. When you don’t get enough physical activity, your body and even your mind starts to suffer. Many people don’t realize that but can often point to the signs that their bodies aren’t getting what they need. Fortunately many of these signs can be easily wiped away with more exercise. If you’re wondering, there are three very visible signs that you need more exercise in your life.

1. You feel lethargic and have no energy whatsoever. Many people can’t understand why they feel tired all of the time. Sure some of it has to do with the fact that we try to accomplish far too much in the course of a day, but it goes much deeper than that. If you’re not exercising, then you’re not getting the natural energy that your body requires. Therefore it’s imperative that as we work to feel more energized, that we turn to exercise. Though it may involve an initial output of energy, it will pay back tenfold in the long run.

2. You get sick often or always tend to feel some sort of recurrent symptoms. If you happen to be one of those people who are always sick, then you may want to take a look at your lifestyle. Along with that, if you always have that same stomach ache, headache, or other ailment, there could very well be a reason for it. A healthy lifestyle can help to boost our immune system, and this protects us from getting sick all the time. One of the most important ways to naturally boost our immune systems is to exercise regularly. It’s an inherent and very important part of a healthy lifestyle that will allow us to avoid getting sick.
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Common Causes of Hair Loss

Friday, February 12th, 2010

It is very natural for a person to loss 50 to 100 hairs each day under the body’s hair renewal process. But most of the people at least once in their lifetime suffer with heavy hair loss. There may be various reason behind this; like medication, chemotherapy, exposure to radiations and certain chemicals, nutritional and hormonal factors, thyroid disease, skin disease or stress, etc.

In most of the cases hair loss is temporary but in certain cases it may be permanent depending on the severity of disease. Some of the most common causes of hair loss are explained here.

HORMONAL

Hormones are stimulant to hair growth and causes hair loss problems. Hormones affect heavily our hair growth. These affect both male as well as female hair health.

Hair thinning is one of the hormonal problems and affects both men and women. Hair thinning in male is specific and follows a pattern from the front through to the crown. Hair thinning in female does not follow any specific pattern.

Hair thinning is caused by androgen DHT or Dihydrotesterone. Everyone has DHT but only some suffers with hair problem, are you wandering, why? This owes to the hair follicles, which have a greater number of androgen receptors for the DHT to attach with. Till date the most effective treatment for the problems of hair thinning is; anti androgens. Anti androgens are preventive drugs that prevent the creation of DHT. In future we may get genes therapy for hair thinning problems.

Childbirth

Many of the females experience hair loss after labor. In such a situation many of the hair enters the telogen or resting phase. Some of the females experiences hair loss within two to three months after giving childbirth.
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