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      Dandruff, how to get rid of this embarrassing condition

      July 2, 2009 /

      By the time people reach their 20’s, 50% have had dandruff. Believed to be caused by a fungus, the fungi live on your scalp and feed on skin oils. The following is an answer from mercola.com to this embarrassing condition.

      First of all, it?s important to keep in mind that everything you slather on your skin or put on your scalp goes into your bloodstream, and can affect your overall health and internal balance. Virtually all of your regular shampoos and conditioners contain harmful chemicals that can create skin irritation, contributing to dry scalp and excessive dandruff.

      I recommend buying organic personal-care products that do not contain parabens, sodium laureth or lauryl sulfate. The latter two are known eye and skin irritants, which could worsen your dandruff.

      There are many solutions for this condition, but the typical strategy will be some type of medicated shampoo. However, there are safer and more effective ways of using them that do not require repetitive use.

      Two shampoos that work well are Selsun Blue and Head & Shoulders. I?ve used both in the past with good results. Selsun Blue contains a form of selenium sulfide, whereas Head & Shoulders has zinc as the active ingredient. Both are toxic to the fungus.

      The most effective way to use them is to lather your scalp with the shampoo at night before you go to bed, and keep it on overnight. Wear a shower cap so you don?t ruin your pillow case. Then wash it off in the morning. If needed you can repeat this treatment once a week, but typically you?ll only need one or two treatments to permanently eliminate the fungus. This seems to be a much safer alternative to using the shampoo daily for many years.

      Hygiene, Medical Issues for Men

      Best options for a healthy breakfast

      July 1, 2009 /

      If you?re like most people, you don?t have much time to make breakfast in the morning after hitting the snooze button a couple times and racing through a shower.

      But breakfast is the most important meal of the deal because it jump starts your metabolism, replenishes a body that has been devoid of food for 7-8 hours (you are getting between 7-8 hours of sleep every night right??), and keeps your brain focused on getting to work and not the hunger pangs.

      Below is a guideline from Men?s Fitness.com to eating a healthy breakfast whether you?re eating at home, on the go or have zero time to waste.

      IF YOU’RE EATING AT HOME, REACH FOR . . .
      ? 2 eggs fried in extra-virgin olive oil
      ? 2 slices whole-grain toast with low-sugar jam
      ? 1 8-oz. glass 1% milk
      ? 1 cup fresh berries

      IF YOU’RE EATING ON THE GO, GRAB . . .
      ? 2 hard-boiled eggs
      ? 2 slices whole-grain toast with low-sugar jam
      ? a carton of milk
      ? a 1-oz box of raisins

      THE NEXT BEST BET . . .
      ? 1 cup whole-grain cereal
      ? 1 cup low-fat milk
      ? 1 slice whole-grain toast with 2 tbsp peanut butter
      ? 8 oz orange juice with added calcium and vitamin D

      Diets, Food preparation, Foods products, Nutrition

      The Eat Clean Diet for Men

      June 26, 2009 /

      Written by Robert Kennedy and Tosca Reno

      Upon opening this book I was impressed; the foreword was written by Jack La Lanne a pioneer of health and fitness. I watched The Jack La Lanne Show as a kid; it was the first fitness show on TV; I’ve been involved in health and fitness since. This is a man who on his 70th birthday swam a mile while shackled to 70 boats carrying 70 people. He attributes his outstanding health, now at 95 years young, to clean living.

      Jack La Lanne was the first well known advocate for deriving health and strength from ?eating clean?, which is the premise of The Eat Clean Diet for Men. This book is an easy to follow prescription to change your health for the better with no carb or calorie counting. It’s loaded with helpful tools like: creating a game plan for grocery shopping to ensure healthy choices, eating on the road, and eating right while dining out.

      Some of The Eat-Clean principles
      ? Eat 5 or 6 small meals a day.
      ? Combine lean protein with complex carbohydrates at every meal.
      ? Never miss a meal, especially breakfast.
      ? Avoid all over-processed, refined foods especially flour and sugar.
      ? Avoid sugar-loaded colas and juices.
      ? Consume adequate good fats (EFA?s) each day.
      ? Stick to proper portion sizes ? give up the super sizing!

      There are only two points made in the book that I firmly disagree with. The first is the recommendation to avoid all saturated fats. The fact is, these fats are very healthy and a necessary part of the human diet; saturated fats have nothing to do with obesity or cardiovascular disease as the media and medical community has lead us to believe. Second and probably most important, soy milk is on one of the grocery lists and included in a few recipes. Soy?s deleterious effects are indisputable and I?ve written about them several times. Among other problems with soy, twenty five grams of soy product per day is enough to disrupt your thyroid function, which is at odds with becoming leaner and healthier. Just use skim milk.

      Outside of the above two concerns, I enjoyed reading The Eat Clean Diet for Men. Robert Kennedy and Tosca Reno make eating clean as fail proof as possible. I recommend this book not only to the average person just trying to lose that extra weight and improve their health, but to the experience fitness buff as well. I?m certain that anyone who reads The Eat Clean Diet for Men will take away something from this book to improve their lives.

      Book Reviews

      Exercise tips for couples

      June 25, 2009 /

      I once had a girlfriend that asked me if I would train her if she signed up at my gym. Since she hadn?t exercised in years, I was generally excited that she was taking an interest in her health again and that she had asked me for help.

      After two or three training sessions and one massive fight later, we never worked out again. That was also the last time I figure to help a lady friend out at the gym, but if you?re look for better luck than I had, Men?s Fitness.com offers these exercise tips for couples that want to work out together.

      1.) Forget your own training.
      “If you’re trying to show off by demonstrating how much you can lift, you’re going to have problems,” says Rachel Cosgrove, a strength and conditioning coach and co-owner of Results Fitness in Santa Clarita, Calif. “She wants you to pay attention to her.” This means concentrating on moves that she can do and enjoy (unless you want a dumbbell dropped on your foot).

      2.) Say the right things.
      Feed her compliments?and try to ensure that she processes them as such. “Don’t say, ‘Wow, your arms are getting so big,’ or, ‘You’re looking really buff!'” says Cosgrove. “If a woman hears that, she might never come back with you to the gym.” Instead, reinforce her work by telling her that her arms are really “toned,” or that her legs are “defined.”

      3.) Know what she wants.
      Her goals are to burn calories and fat, and get more “shapely.” So take it easy on the isolation exercises, use lighter weights and higher reps, and keep her moving. “Women are multitaskers,” says Cosgrove. “They want combination exercises, compound movements, and circuit sets.” In terms of body parts, she’s concerned with her legs, glutes, and?most of all?abs. “As much as guys love the bench press, that’s how much women love ab work,” says Joe Stankowski, a trainer of pageant contestants in Wilmington, Del. So grab a Swiss ball and crunch!

      4.) Disguise the workout.
      Women often fear weights, so hide weight training in moves like medicine-ball squats and med-ball overhead presses. You can also use those colored, plastic kettlebells for figure eights and swings. And here are always cable moves like wood chops. She will find these exercises more fun and less intimidating, and she won’t feel like she’s turning into the Incredible Hulkette.

      To read the rest of MF.com?s tips, click here.

      General training, Uncategorized, Weight training, Xternal Fitness, Xternal Furci

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