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By Knut HoltFeb 3, 20131 topic

About Stretch marks - How to Treat Stretch marks

Stretch marks are bands on the skin with a different color than the normal skin around, firstly reddish, but later whitish. The skin in the bands are loose and little elastic, irregular and somewhat deepened. They can appear in males and females at any age, but often during puberty, in over-weighted individuals and during pregnancy. They are common at the thighs, the hips and lover abdomen, but can develop at any place in the body. The bands tend to run parallel and are somet

Primary topic: Digestive Wellness
Digestive Wellness
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By Knut HoltFeb 3, 20131 topic

Stretching Exercises to Increase Flexibility and Mobility

Doing regular stretching exercises will make you steadily more elastic, flexible and mobile, and hinder you from getting physically rigid and stiff as you get older. Here are some principles for good stretching exercises: - Take a thorough stretching session at least every second day. During this session you should stretch out all parts of your body: Your arms, neck, torso, pelvic area and legs. - It is an old principle to stretch out after other types of training. This princ

Primary topic: Stretching
Stretching
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By Knut HoltDec 29, 20121 topic

A Complete Program to Get Strong and Fit

By this 4-day program you can develop and maintain strong muscles, a nice body, good condition, good flexibility and a good mental health.The author himself has used this program in several years with successful results. In this program you exercise in a different way each of 4 consecutive days. You repeat this program continually, but more powerful each time. You train 30 - 90 minutes each day. If you are not used to training, you start out easily and you gradually increase

Primary topic: Digestive Wellness
Digestive Wellness
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By Knut HoltDec 29, 20121 topic

Stretching Exercises to Increase Flexibility and Mobility

Doing regular stretching exercises will make you steadily more elastic, flexible and mobile, and hinder you from getting physically rigid and stiff as you get older. Here are some principles for good stretching exercises: - Take a thorough stretching session at least every second day. During this session you should stretch out all parts of your body: Your arms, neck, torso, pelvic area and legs. - It is an old principle to stretch out after other types of training. This princ

Primary topic: Stretching
Stretching
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By Knut HoltDec 29, 20121 topic

Learn the Principles of Classical Yoga Exercises

Yoga originated in India and has the purpose of stimulating both spiritual growth, mental wellbeing and physical health. Yoga contains many exercise programs, of which physical exercises, or hathayoga, is one. In the following the basic principles of hathayoga are outlined. An important part of physical yoga is the breathing exercises, or pranayama. This part is in many ways the most fundamental, because the basic type of breathing is also a part of the yoga postures - the as

Primary topic: Yoga
Yoga
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By Knut HoltSep 1, 20091 topic

About the Vulva - the Female Sexual Organ

The vulva begins over the pubic bone and extends between the legs of the woman far back to only a short distance from the rectal opening. In young girls or some women the vulva begins fairly far up at the lowest part of the belly. As the pubic bone grows during maturing, the vulva is often pushed further downwards between the legs. The parts of the vulva that are most easily seen are the outer genital lips, called the great lips or the Labia majora. Between the upper parts of

Primary topic: Sexuality
Sexuality
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By Knut HoltFeb 24, 20091 topic

Smoking Addiction - Its Components and Causes

The addiction to smoking, which implies addiction to the substance nicotine, has several components. The better one is aware of these components and understands them; the better is the chance for succeeding in stopping the smoking habit. Here is a survey of the components that addiction to smoke consist of.nnTHE SOCIAL COMPONENTnnTo some extend the habit of smoking is a product of socialization. Socialization is simply the tendency to repeat patterns of behaviour one sees oth

Primary topic: Smoking - How to Quit Smoking or Stop Smoking
Smoking - How to Quit Smoking or Stop Smoking
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By Knut HoltFeb 24, 20091 topic

How to Keep Yourself Young and Healthy

The aging process is for the greater part no mystery anymore. It consists for a great part of daily damages done on the macroscopic, tissue, cellular and genetic levels. These add up as the years are passing. These damages have specific causes like oxidating agents, sun beams, mechanical wear and tear, psychological stress, lack of some nutritional components and too much of others, like fat. nnAnother component of aging is the reduction of the telomere chains at the chromoso

Primary topic: Anti-Aging
Anti-Aging
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By Knut HoltFeb 24, 20091 topic

Vitamin D and Its Importance for Health

Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble substances (calciferols) of which the most important are D2 and D3.The liver and kidneys convert vitamin D to the active form called calcitriol that is used to regulate many processes in the body.nnThe best natural source of vitamin D (D3) is fat fish. The skin also makes vitamin D3 with the help of energy from sun light.nnnTHE ROLE OF VITAMIN DnnVitamin D promotes the uptake of calcium from the intestines and the re-uptake of calcium from

Primary topic: Nutrition
Nutrition
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By Knut HoltFeb 24, 20091 topic

Sexual Arousal and Excitement - How to Maximize them

You can stimulate the sexual excitement and lust both in yourself and your lover by the surrounding you choose for making love, by the atmosphere you create at that place, by special actions and by using special products targeted for this purpose.nnnHERBAL PREPARATIONS TO INCREASE AROUSALnnOn the market you can find many herbs or herbal blendings capable of increasing the sexual arousal. Many arousing herbs are also found as common spices. Examples of arousing herbs are ginse

Primary topic: Sexuality
Sexuality
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By Knut HoltAug 11, 20081 topic

How To Prevent Heart Disease And Circulatory Problems

Lifestyle factors cause most incidents of heart disease and diseases in the blood circulation, either wholly or partially. Bad lifestyle can cause blood vessels to be narrowed, high blood pressure and inflammatory processes in the circulatory system. These changes will themselves decrease the general condition and tissue health, and can cause more dramatic events like blod clots, heart infarction or stroke. nnHere are some simple advices to avoid disease in the heart and bloo

Primary topic: Heart Disease
Heart Disease
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By Knut HoltAug 11, 20081 topic

Pain And Stiffness In The Back, Joints Or Muscles - Prevention And Cure

Most orthopedic problems, like pain and stiffness in the joints, muscles and back, are not due to any specific disease in progress. Such problems are mostly symptoms of wearing, small injuries and tense muscles. The problems rise because of wrong use of the body during work and spare time. They also rise because of constant stress and lack of rest. However, if something is not done to treat such simple problems, they can over time evolve into a more serious condition or damag

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise
Fitness and Exercise
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By Knut HoltMay 25, 20071 topic

Jogging - Health Benefits and How to Do it

Performing regular jogging gives better physical condition and other health benefits. Jogging also gives physical and mental pleasure.nnn THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF JOGGING nnJogging on a regular basis give a distinct good effect upon the general health, provided it is not over-done. The effects are:n* Jogging makes the heart stronger. It increases the capacity of the blood circulation and of the respiratory system.n* It speeds up the digestive system and helps you get rid of dig

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise
Fitness and Exercise
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By Knut HoltMay 25, 20071 topic

How to Prevent Coronary Heart Disease and Heart Attack

Coronary heart disease and heart attack like heart infarction can in great extend be prevented by lifestyle measures.nn n THE DIRECT CAUSES OF HEART DISEASE nnThe direct causes of coronary heart disease and heart attack are factors like these:nn- Narrowing of blood vessels in the heart and the rest of the body by arteriosclerosis.n- High blood cholesterol level.n- High blood pressure.n- Over-weight.n- Diabetes.n- High level of the amino acid homocystein in the blood.n- High

Primary topic: Health Education
Health Education
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By Knut HoltMay 25, 20071 topic

About Meditation to Reduce Stress, Boost Motivation and Improve Mental Abilities

Meditation is a group of mental training techniques. You can use meditation to improve mental health and capacities, to improve your motivation for your goals and also to help improve the physical health. Some of these techniques are very simple, so you can learn them from a book or an article; others require guidance by a qualified meditation teacher. nnnWHAT IS MEDITATIONnnMost techniques called meditation include these components:nn1. You sit or lie in a relaxed position.n

Primary topic: Meditation
Meditation
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By Knut HoltJun 10, 20061 topic

Body Massage for Relaxation, Health Improvement and Sensual Pleasure

By massaging your friend or living partner and let him or her do the same to you, you will both get emotionally closer to each other, and both get several health benefits. Massaging will benefit the mental state of the person you work on, the muscular condition, the blood circulation and the lymph drainage. However, what you want to achieve, will determine the exact technique you use.nnnMASSAGING ACROSS THE MUSCLE FIBRESnnThis type of massage is very good for relaxing tense m

Primary topic: Massage and Massage Therapy
Massage and Massage Therapy
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By Knut HoltOct 17, 20051 topic

Webmasters - Make money with free affiliate programs

If you have a website with some traffic, you can make money by having links to merchants' online shops on your site.If someone goes through your links into the shop of the merchant, and buys something, you earn commission from the sale, between 5% and 40% depending on type of merchant. nnSome merchants also pay for each click or each lead. A lead is a new visitor to the shop that asks for more information or prize offers.nnPeople or companies having these links on their web-s

Primary topic: Business Opportunities
Business Opportunities
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By Knut HoltSep 23, 20041 topic

Some words about anti-aging and disease prevention

The aging process is for the greater part no mystery anymore. It consists for a great part of daily damages done on the macroscopic, tissue, cellular and genetic levels. These add up as the years are passing. These damages have specific causes like oxidating agents, sun beams, mechanical wear and tear, psychological stress, lack of some nutritional components and too much of others, like fat. nnAnother component of aging is the reduction of the telomere chains at the chromoso

Primary topic: Health Products and Services
Health Products and Services
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