Month of March, 2008

5 Major Benefits of Walking

Walking is an excellent, easy, and low impact exercise that almost anyone can do to improve their health. Not only is a walking motion an extremely natural movement for the body, but walking consistently can get you into great shape, and provide all kinds of health advantages. Here are five benefits to walking on a regular basis.



Three Reasons to Eat Asparagus

Asparagus is a member of the lily family-other vegetables in this family include onions, leeks, and garlic. It has been harvested for over 2000 years in Europe, and for good reason.


Mysterious Powers of Garlic

Though garlic has traditionally been used for various things such as burials, treating bites, and even to be prayed on-it does have even more amazing health properties that everyone can benefit from.


Treatments for Ear Problems

There are many different kinds of medical conditions that can affect hearing, and general ear health. Children are especially susceptible to certain types of ear infections, though luckily most can be treated and lead to improved ear function.



Natural Remedies for Allergies

With the spring season ahead of us, many people are beginning to feel their allergies start to flare up. More and more people are being affected by allergies-and not just in the spring, but as an ongoing, chronic problem due to the increase of pollution and other harmful factors that our world is being affected by.


Top 3 Reasons to Eat Seafood

Seafood is a highly available, extremely nutritious food. Although it may be an acquired taste for some, most can find some kind of sea creatures that fits their taste. Salmon, tuna, calamari, lobster, or shellfish are all nutritious and delicious sea creatures that can be satisfying yet provide numerous health benefits.


Kidney Spring Cleanse

The kidneys play a very important role in our bodies-they not only control the volume and compensation of most bodily fluids, but they rid the body of any waste materials. For this reason they are subjected to high exposures of sometimes harmful toxins.


Consider Going Vegetarian

If going vegetarian sounds doubtful to you, consider these facts. A pig is much smarter than a dog, and even smarter than a three year old child. Furthermore, eating meat products, especially pork , can be detrimental to your health meat contains high levels of bad cholesterol and saturated fat.


Sacred Healing Power of Cat's Claw

Cat’s Claw is often called “The Healing Vine of Peru”, and can grow up to 100 feet in length. It is a small tropical vine that grows in Asia, the Amazon Rainforest, and parts of South America and gets its name from the thorns placed at the base of the leaves, forming what looks like a cat’s claw.


3 Reasons to Drink Wheat Grass

If you are looking for green foods to treat yourself to in light of St. Patrick’s Day, look no further. Forget the cupcakes with green icing, or the green jube jubes, what you should really be looking at consuming is the best green food of all-wheat grass juice.


Nando Stenning After 30 Days

Nando Stenning After 30 Days

Hi Astronutrition,

Sorry it’s late, I have not had a chance to get on a pc recently, also sorry the photos are not like the first ones which were done at my friends house. I am 6kg lighter now. I am currently 12% bf i did not measure when these photos were taken.


Uncovered Weight Loss Tips

There have always been myths about weight loss, and that continues to be true. Fortunately more recent research has decoded some of these myths, and also uncovered some new and surprising weight loss secrets that actually work.

One of the best things you can do is to come clean with yourself. Weighing in regularly has been found to be helpful in losing weight or maintaining a healthy weight.


3 Major Health Benefits of Eggs

Although Easter is on the way, eggs can be used for more than just decorating. They are an excellent food choice for many reasons, three of which are listed below:



Keep Cholesterol In Check

Before you reach for those French fries, you may want to consider exactly what is in them. Cholesterol can be extremely detrimental to your health-it is a waxy substance that is produced by the liver and found in some foods.


Are You Getting Enough Magnesium?

Magnesium is an extremely important mineral, and the magnitude of its importance is just starting to be understood by doctors, physicians, and researchers. Until recently, the main focus of magnesium has been on treating high blood pressure, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia of pregnancy.


An Introduction to Pilates

Pilates is a physical exercise program that was first developed in the early 20th century by a man named Joseph Hubertus Pilates. He developed the exercise program with the aim to heal returning veterans from World War I.


The 3 Stages of Healing

Most people have at one time or another been injured whether it be from sports, or otherwise. Some injuries if not properly healed can cause a lifetime of pain or promote further injuries to surrounding bones, joints, tendons and cartilage.


5 Reason to Enjoy Strawberries

Strawberries are proof that your food doesn’t have to taste bad in order to be healthy. In fact, these berries have been proven to be more satisfying than most other foods, and lower bad cholesterol levels by up to thirteen percent over a period of eighteen weeks.


The Many Benefits of Stretching

These days, stretching is not only a controversial issue amongst runners, but other athletes alike.  People have different views on whether you should stretch before a workout or after a work out and how long to hold the stretches. What it comes down to is that regardless of the how, why, when, and for how long, stretching yields great health benefits.



Simple Ways to Cut Calories

If your eating habits have gone a little off track since your New Years resolution pledge, you are not alone. Sometimes, attempting to do too much at once can get overwhelming, and things can go in the opposite direction.