myTakes: Health & Fitness

It doesn't matter how healthy you are, aging is not something that you can prevent. And the ones who look young no matter how old they are must be thankful to their genetic structures. As well ass genetic structure, doing...

The dog is almost never to blame. If your house trained dog has an accident in the house it is usually exactly that. An accident because they are nervous about something going on in the household like a change in...

Everybody has a good skin till they reach puberty. But things change after some certain hormones are produced by the body. Your smooth skin gets a little oily and pimples appear on your face. The number of the people who...

We can't stand upright and we hunch our back without even realizing. And this leads to many healthy problems. But what prevents us? Actually there is not only one reason, there are many reasons behind it. Here are the...

Peaople explain meditation and many ways, often, "a quieting of the mind" by Easterners. But in more real terms to us in the west they mean quieting of the ego in Freud terms. The guy that's piloting the ship convincing...

Holding a perfect warrior three, especially for wide hipped women, at the end of a yoga session is hard. I love and like warrior one and two but warrior three held for all long time, especially if gazing up into the...

The importance of water in the body Our body consists 72% of water. Water has an important place in our body to manage healthy functions. Having low amount of water in the body may lead to some health problems like...

It's been a while since I last made a post. My very first Take was about the key to happiness being knowledge and how knowing may diminish our fears and bring us bliss. Now, I believe the key is freedom. A few months...

Tips to Consider: Face it, which one of you lovely ladies or gents DON'T want to look top notch. We imagine ourselves with a spectacular eye candy figure - IF ONLY. You all can dream all you want but when it comes down to...

A person with depression thinks a lot in a negative way. But this person also thinks that these things are right and they are also the reality of the life. But actually this is just because of depression. These thoughts...

Inspiration for this myTake comes from the track season starting this week on Monday. These ten problems are things I have encountered in my 5 years of cross country and 5 (going on 6) years of track! #1 Needing to Poop...

I am 26 years old, 5'6, and I weighed 129 lbls last week. Down to 122 this week! Here is how I did it :) 1. Cut out meat I love steak! Last week I ate just fruits and vegetables. Not to the point where I am starving, but...

As someone who has dealt with mental illness and its effects for many years, let's get one thing out the way: if you are struggling, I stand with you. However: This attitude toward mental illness drives me absolutely...

One of my friends recently posted on his FB page this article warning that there is only one proper way to prepare rice, and that is to let it soak overnight because if you don't, the lead in it will over time leach into...