Archive for July, 2009
Celebrity Diet: Gwyneth Paltrow and Fergie on Dietary Supplement
As always, Gwyneth Paltrow and Fergie look gorgeously sexy as always. Both have a good eating habit and workout to stay healthy, beautiful inside out. But do you know that these two stunning ladies are also seeking some help from dietary supplements. Sonya Dakar, a skin specialist and expert at Beverly Hills, has just introduced FDA-approved dietary supplement collection named as Beauty Boot Camp. Dakar is known for her famous quote that says “great skin starts with a healthy body”.
As for Fergie, she is taking Ultima Power, shakes mixes which is rich in protein, micro-nutrient fortified and also promotes weight (fat) loss and muscle gain to remain fergielicious. While for Gwyneth Paltrow, she is taking the Perfect Women multivitamin packs which have vitamins and Omega-3 which will balance hormones, keep steady metabolism and support energy levels for her to be always on the go.
For beauty sizzlers, please note that being beautiful and healthy are sometimes costly, so if you really don’t have enough money for these costly dieatary supplements, it is still best to consider drinking loads of water and working out until you sweat out all the toxins at the gym. These natural methods are guaranteed to have a great skin and healthy body.
ButtonExercising, Physical Activities and their Healthy Benefits
Exercising is an essential aspect of staying healthy when you want to be physically fit. Moderate physical activities on a regular basis also helps decrease fatigue, strengthen muscles and bone, increase stamina and flexibility and enhance general sense of healthy and well being. An individual should be able to commit in a regular exercise because it has both physical and psychological benefits. According to (Brannon & Feist, 2007), there are five types of physical activities and this include isometric, anaerobic, aerobic, isotonic and isokinetic exercises.
Isometric exercise is being performed by contracting muscles against an immovable object. Herein, even if the body do not move in isometric exercise, the muscles pushed hard against each other or oppose to the immovable object which enable the body to gain strength. One example of isometric exercise is when we push hard against a solid wall. This type of activity enhances the muscle strength. On one hand, the isotonic exercise is a kind which requires the contraction of muscles as well as the movement of joints. Example of this is weight lifting and other forms of callisthenics.
Another type of exercise is the isokinetic type which requires the exertion for lifting and additional effort is needed to return to the starting position. Such type used specialized equipments which adjusts the amount of resistance in line with the amount of for applied. This type is use to restore the strength of the muscle and its endurance in people who are suffering from muscle injuries. This is use for physical rehabilitation.
On the other hand, the next type is the anaerobic type which includes sort-distance running, softball, some forms of callisthenics, and other physical activities that require short, intensive bursts of energy and do not need increase amount of oxygen. Lastly, the aerobic exercise is any exercise which needs dramatically increase oxygen consumption and this includes jogging, rope skipping, dancing, swimming, cycling, and others (Brannon & Feist, 2007; 451).
Accordingly, exercise has physiological benefits and people have various reasons for maintaining such exercise regions to ensure that their body is always healthy and physically and physiologically fit. The physiological benefits include decrease of depression, reduction of anxiety, buffer stress and raise self-esteem. For instance, women with physically fit body have more confidence than those women who are obese. In addition, it reduces depression since people have something to do and they can choose to do it alone or with other people. The interaction they have during exercise will be helpful to lessen the depression you feel.
Chronic Illness: It’s Impact on Quality living
Chronic illnesses such as Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, asthma, emphysema and aids are said to have major impact on the patient and their families. Accordingly, each of the illness has different effect in terms of psychological, emotional, physical, and financial aspects of the patients and their families. It is said that each disease inspires a psychological response and the impact of the disease depends on the type of the disease a person has.
For instance, if an individual is diagnosed to have a disease like diabetes, asthma and others, the reaction may be rage, anxiety, fear, depression, stubborn denial, or passive resentment. In the absence of faith, someone or something must shoulder the blame, whether itself, family, caregiver, or the environment. Coping with such normal human reactions can profoundly affect the systemic effects of any disease. Against a background of such emotion, the optimal treatment of a disease requires a skilful healthcare professionals and an insightful patient (Thompson, 1993). According to Brannon & Feist (2007: 299), one of the effects of having chronic disease with the patient is their inability to sustain good relationship with the healthcare providers and other people around them. Patients have low self-esteem and oftentimes have this hopeless attitude with their condition.
Not only the patient, but the families and other people surrounding the patient are also affected in different aspects. Specifically, diseases such as those mentioned above is said to affect the quality living of the patient and their families. It has been defined that quality of life covers all the important aspect of a client’s life such as their physical, psychological, spiritual and social being; their connection to the environment and their aspiration to what they will or can become (Edeman,& Mandle, 2002).
The quality of life as impacted by chronic conditions has been the subject of much research. Not only is the quality of life impacted for the clients afflicted with chronic diseases like Alzheimer’s disease, AIDS, diabetes, asthma and their families are also impacted by this phenomenon. According to Leshem (2003), the uncertainty of the disease further complicates the courses of the diseases and the emotional toll which the disease places on the family of the suffering client are also of great concern. Some of the problems are experienced by clients/families are emotional, social and financial problems.
In addition, chronic disease can also impact the psychosocial and occupational and social distress like increased levels of fear and depression of stigma. Chronic disease also affects the patient’s occupational lives causing them to miss work or be less productive at work or at their house. In addition, behavioural and emotional aspects are also affected since patients tend to become more moody, stressed, and depress because of their disease. On one hand, family may sometimes become inpatients with their family member who have the disease and may also feel depression and stress. In this regard, family relationship is also being affected by these diseases. In terms of financial aspects, the family are suffering from the financial burden in meeting the healthcare and medical needs of the patients.
By and large, it can be said that when one member of the family have chronic disease, it is not only the patient who is impacted or affected but the entire family members. As stated, family are being affected, specifically the parents since they are the ones who are responsible for providing support and care to their children and they have to adjust in the situation because having a an and caring for member of the family with chronic disease is really an obligation to fulfill (Brannon & Feist, 2007; 301).
