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Why Whole Grains are Good for Health
Switching from refined grains to whole grains reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, can prevent cancer and help diabetics control their blood sugar levels.
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Natural Food Cures
The solution to many niggling health problems may simply lie in your kitchen cupboard. The following superfoods may help you on a path to better health.
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Digestive Tract Cleanse with Wholegrains
Wholegrains contain soluble and insoluble fibre which cleanses the digestive tract and provides a wide range of nutrients including vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients.
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Vitamin C Benefits
Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant that boosts the immune system and helps prevent cancer and heart disease.
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Brazil Nuts Health Benefits
Rich in the mineral selenium, Brazil nuts provide antioxidant protection and can help fight against cancer, heart disease and promote a healthy thyroid .
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Benefits of Antioxidant Supplements
These five important network antioxidants work together to fight disease and help with anti-aging. Good antioxidant foods include blueberries, onions and garlic.
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Health Benefits of Qigong and T'ai Chi
More than exercise qigong involves lifestyle, diet, emotional wellbeing and spiritual practice. It can help with depression, lower blood pressure and relieve chronic pain
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Benefits of Pilates for Tennis Players
Improve your game, agility, stamina and physical endurance by adding Pilates to your training programme.
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Health Benefits of the Yoga Fish Pose
The Fish Pose, or Matsyasana, can help with cervical Spondylitis, neck pain, asthma and bronchitis and boosts the immune system.
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Yoga Asanas for Constipation
A balanced diet and plenty of fluids along with these yoga asanas can help ease chronic constipation.
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Yoga Asanas for Arthritis
Studies by the Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center have shown practicing yoga asanas can significantly reduce pain from arthritis.
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Asanas and Pranayama to Lower Hypertention
These four yoga poses can help lower high blood pressure and reduce stress.
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Yoga and Hypertension
A major cause of heart attacks, high blood pressure can be kept under control by practising yoga and making a few simple alterations to your everyday life.
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The History of Yoga
Developed in India around 5,000 years ago, yoga is a spiritual practice born from a desire for personal freedom, health, long life and heightened self-understanding.
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Health Benefits of Yoga Meditation
All the latest research is showing meditation as more than an antidote to stress. There is now evidence of its contribution to good health and a long life.
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Pilates and Aerobics
Aerobic exercise is essential to any fitness regime but Pilates does not generally give an aerobic workout until you reach an advanced level.
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Running a Successful Pilates Business
It is important to ensure that you and your business are legally covered and that you take the correct steps to avoid any injuries or medical emergencies.
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Marketing your Pilates Business
Apart from excellent teaching skills and techniques, running your own Pilates business requires a few advertising and marketing skills.
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How to Start your own Pilates Business
Starting your own Pilates business requires a mix of entrepreneurship, determination, people skills and above all, knowledge of business and marketing.
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Pilates for a Strong Back
These four Pilates exercises will strengthen your back, lengthen your spine and improve your posture.
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Pilates Back Exercises
These basic four Pilates exercises will help give you a strong and supple back, lengthen your spine and improve your posture.
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The Franklin Method
The Franklin Method is a scientifically based technique that merges a practitioner's knowledge of anatomy with specific guided imagery.
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Holistic World Expo
The annual Holistic World Expo promotes the integration of mind, body and soul to improve health and well being. This year's speakers include Dr Laura Berman.
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Pilates Breath
Proper breathing is essential to any Pilates routine. Although we breathe automatically, the way we breathe is a habit we establish over time via our neurological system.
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Basic Anatomy
Understanding basic anatomy and the body's biomechanics can take your workout to a whole new level and help prevent injury.
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Postnatal Pilates
Even a basic Pilates workout can get you back into shape, tighen your abdominals and help with any back problems after pregnancy.
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Prenatal Pilates
Practicing Pilates during pregnancy can support the natural expansion process, make recovery easier and help with any potential weakness the body may have.
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Healthy Vegetarian Eating
Eating fruit, vegetables and wholegrains is part of this healthy vegetarian eating plan designed to prevent health risks such heart disease, stroke and some cancers.
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Lactose Intolerance
Milk and dairy products are increasingly being linked to Type I Diabetes, iron deficiency and a wide range of allergies.
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Pilates and Arthritis
Pilates lubricates the joints, builds cartilage, strengthens muscles and bones and improves overall health and fitness.
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Calcium and a Vegetarian Diet
A vegetarian diet can help prevent osteoporosis. Vegetables and beans are good sources of calcium as high animal protein diets promote calcium loss through the urine.
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Becoming a Vegetarian
Switching to a vegetarian diet can be daunting for those used to meat for dinner. But with a little imagination and planning, making the switch can be surprisingly easy.
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Vegetarian Diets and the Protein Myth
A diet too high in protein can help promote some diseases including cancer, kidney disease and osteoporosis. Switching to a vegetarian diet can help reverse the process.
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Planning a Yoga Retreat
A good yoga retreat should provide two daily yoga classes, satsangs and meditation practice in a natural setting to help you find inner peace and harmony.
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Health Benefits of a Vegetarian Diet
A vegetarian diet can help protect against heart disease, lower high blood pressure, control diabetes and help fight against cancer
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Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa
Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa can improve bad posture, help with asthma and respiratory problems, increase energy levels and may even reverse scoliosis.
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The Brow and Crown Chakras
The brow and crown chakras allow us to see inside and outside ourselves and relate to thought, consciousness and insight
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Yoga for the Throat Chakra
Unexpressed feelings may lead to a blocked throat chakra which in turn can lead to low self esteem and may cause neck and shoulder tension.
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Yoga for the Heart Chakra
Traditionally called anahata, the heart chakra is the centre of love, has the qualities of loving self and others, peace, grace, giving, openness, compassion and harmony.
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The Third Chakra or Solar Plexus
Balancing your third chakra, or solar plexus energy field, can help with digestion, metabolism, gallbladder problems and stomach ulcers.
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Feldenkrais Method and Trager Approach
Both the Feldenkrais Method and the Trager Approach can enhance your mind/body fitness routine and give you more flexibility, coordination and range of motion.
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What is T'ai Chi?
Practiced in China for centuries, T'ai Chi is a martial art form that uses slow movements to connect mind and body.
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Acid Indigestion and Diet
Not just uncomfortable, indigestion can lead to a range of unwanted symptoms including flatulence and heartburn. A balanced diet along with digestive enzymes can help.
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Beat SAD with Yoga Asanas
Seasonal Affective Disorder can manifest in anxiety, mood swings, loss of libido and overeating. These three asanas balance brain chemistry and lift mind, body and soul.
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Low Carb Diets Aid Weight Loss
More studies show eating less carbohydrate not only promotes fat loss but also lowers blood sugar levels and improves LDL to HDL cholesterol levels.
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Spices and Health
Full of antioxidant and anti-bacterial powers, spices can help lower blood sugar levels, aid digestion, lower high blood pressure and may have anti-cancer properties.
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Health Benefits of Cinnamon
A good source of manganese, fibre, iron and calcium, cinnamon may help prevent type II diabetes, lower blood pressure and help arthritis sufferers.
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Health Benefits of Turmeric
Also known as Indian Gold, turmeric is well-known for its numerous healing properties and is widely used in both Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine.
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The Health Benefits of Papaya
Full of vitamins and minerals, papaya has anti-cancer and anti-tumour properties. It also contains phytochemicals that reduce risk of lung cancer, cataracts and arthritis
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Pilates Standing Warm-Up
These standing Pilates warm-up exercises will loosen the neck and shoulder area and help with tight lower and upper back muscles.
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Pilates Mat Warm-up
These Pilates warm-up mat exercises will stretch the neck, shoulders and spine and prepare the body for a safe and effective workout.
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Tips for a Good Pilates Warm-up
Warming-up before a Pilates workout, or any form of exercise, is essential to help protect your body from potential injuries and increase your flexibility.
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Resveratrol Aids Weight Loss
Already well-known for its heart benefits and cancer-fighting properties, resveratrol may also help those with weight related problems.
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Vitamin B12 and Dementia
Research has shown vitamin B12, found in milk, fish and meat, may help with age-related memory loss and even dementia.
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Health Benefits of Mangoes
Low in calories and high in dietary fibre, mangoes are packed with vitamins, antioxidants and minerals. Recent studies suggest they are also powerful cancer-fighters.
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Health Benefits of Mushrooms
Mushrooms have been used medicinally for centuries. Studies show some varieties offer protection against cancer, can lower blood pressure and have antioxidant properties.
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Health Benefits of Almonds
Eating almonds in moderation promotes lower cholesterol levels, prevents heart disease and can help with weight loss.
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Does MSG Make You Fat?
Research on rats has found MSG contributes to obesity in animals. New studies now suggest the food additive has the same effect on humans.
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Does Hypnotherapy Work?
Used for centuries as a healing tool by the Greeks and Egyptians, hypnotherapy is now being recognised for its ability to treat a wide range of 21st Century problems.
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What is Neutral Spine?
Neutral spine is fundamental to most Pilates exercises, whether performed on a mat, reformer or Wunda chair.
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Top Healthy Foods: Kiwi Fruit
Kiwi fruits, or Chinese gooseberries, are packed with phytonutrients and can help protect against heart disease, stroke, cancer and respiratory disorders.
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Top Healthy Foods: Onions & Garlic
Known for centuries as an all round remedy, these powerful bulbs, often called the kings of herbs, can help prevent a wide range of ailments
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Top Healthy Foods: Blueberries
Blueberries are packed with vitamins, minerals and health-promoting phytochemicals which contribute to preventing diseases such as diabetes, arthritis and Parkinson's.
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Eight Pilates Principles
Understanding the principles is fundamental to any Pilates workout and is the difference between getting the most out of your routine and just doing a series of exercises
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Joseph Pilates
Born in Germany in 1880, Joseph Pilates developed over 500 exercises which he originally called Contrology and have now become what we know today as the Pilates method.
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Top Healthy Foods: Avocado
Rich in potassium, vitamins B and E as well as high in fibre, avocados may help protect against lung cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.
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Pilates Workout Basics
Pilates is now one of the most popular exercise workouts around and many Hollywood stars rave about it. The reason is simple: Pilates works.
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Top Healthy Foods: Asparagus
Well-known for centuries in the East for its medicinal qualities, asparagus is now marketed as a superfood due to its tumour-reducing properties and high vitamin content
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