Healthy HEART Notes....

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Healthy HEART Notes....
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Mon, 10-11-2004 - 5:32pm

In honor of our HEART week I found a complete page with heart information~
http://www.ivillagehealth.com/features/packages/pages/0,,412989_648941,00.html?dst=rss


Some things included on the page are-
(snippets of what the page is about...)


Heart Disease Quiz~
http://quiz.ivillage.com/health/tests/whheartdis.htm?arrivalSA=1&cobrandRef=0&arrival_freqCap=1&pba=adid=8038977
(I did the test, though I didn't do too well. There are some pretty interesting facts to learn while doing it.)

Relaxing with Yoga~
http://www.ivillagehealth.com/library/nwh/content/0,,215912_227438,00.html?arrivalSA=1&cobrandRef=0&arrival_freqCap=3
(Yoga’s most obvious benefits relate to stress reduction, flexibility and relaxation. But as more studies are conducted, there is evidence of other tangible health benefits. While it’s no cure, yoga can be an effective adjunct therapy for a variety of conditions, including cancer, arthritis, asthma, diabetes, depression, fibromyalgia and migraines. Even if you are in perfect health, you can benefit from yoga. It helps improve strength, flexibility, coordination and range of motion. And since yoga promotes relaxation, improves circulation and reduces stress and anxiety, it enhances cardiovascular health and benefits the respiratory and nervous systems. Because it promotes relaxation, yoga also aids sleep and digestion.)

Walk to Fitness~
http://www.ivillagehealth.com/interests/healthy/articles/0,,165549_124821,00.html?arrivalSA=1&cobrandRef=0&arrival_freqCap=3
(If you are new to walking beginners can start with a 10-minute walk, then add a few more minutes each week. How far and how fast to go depends on your goals. To boost your health and reduce your risk of numerous chronic diseases, walking 30 minutes a day, six or seven days a week at a "brisk" pace is sufficient.(Accumulating several shorter bouts of activity--such as three, 10-minute walks per day--can have similar benefits.)
If your goal is optimum cardiovascular health, the American Heart Association recommends walking continuously for 30 to 60 minutes, four to six times a week--or 30 minutes every day--at a pace you consider "somewhat hard" to "hard".
While walking is one of the safest exercises, injuries can happen. The main reasons people get hurt are doing too much too soon, and wearing improper shoes. Always start slowly and progress gradually, and choose a shoe designed for walking.)

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Registered: 05-17-2004
Mon, 10-11-2004 - 8:50pm
Thanks for the great info IG!

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