myTakes: Health & Fitness

Everyone is talking about it. Everyone has varying opinions on this. Here are my two cents on this topic. I used to be fat. I still am, but more of overweight. I have lost weight and still going on. Being fat sucks. You...

I would like to warn you about breast augmentations. They are dangerous. Not only are they unnecessary and expensive, they put your health at risk, including infections, surgical risks and even memory loss. The US...

That one thing we all hate is "STRESS." It's always gotta haunt us multiple times in our life, these are some ways I try to relax: MUSIC 🎼 This is pretty much one of the first things I go straight to, if I'm wanting to...

The core aspects of fitness are agility, flexibility, muscular and cardio endurance, balance, and reaction time. The following videos will help you tackle all of those skills in a fun and energizing way. I am well aware...

Many people on YouTube and GirlsAskGuys and probably others suggest that you should do this and that to live a "healthy" life, equating "healthy" with "good looks" and "lots of energy". Don't eat carbs. Do eat carbs....

There are very few people who simply wake up one morning after being seriously overweight for their entire childhoods, or for years at a time, who decide, I'm going to lose weight, and they just do it without any problems...

Every few years there is a new thing that we must supposedly cut completely from our diets. One year everything fat is bad, one year all red meat is bad, the next everything with sugar is bad, the next everything with...

There are lots of exercises to improve your abs and crunch and plank are the most popular ones among them. But which one is healthier? Let's compare them: Crunch It is right that crunch helps you have abs but keep in...

OK, I'm 16 going on 17 and I have only received a flu shot maybe 5 times in my life. NO! I'm not conspiring against the government, I'm not running around with tin foil on my head saying the government is out to get me,...

1.ACT FAST. as soon as you feel the scratchy throat voice fading the dreaded first cough dont shake it off and say o its just a little NO NO it will grow and you know it.fight back against this fire breathing monster....

How many times have you had or overheard this conversation: "...well, the summer is coming up and I need to get beach body ready, so I guess I'll have to go on a diet for the next week and lose 20 lbs." Add to that, how...

It's 80/20! 80% your DIET, 20% EXERCISE! 1. Diet Diet - NOT the verb, the noun! Buy the things you know you can find in nature. Use those to makeu homecooked meals. If you have one day - do a few meals that day and freeze...

Hear me out on this before you start commenting things. I love that we're trying to work towards accepting body types and are trying to change how we view people: instead of just seeing a body that looks 'hot' or...

We all have experience stress in our day to day lives whether it's from very demanding events or people. Stress can affect our bodies both physically and emotionally. Stress can cause mild symptoms like headaches, low...

What is color blindness? Everyone at some point has probably been presented with the simple test above to determine whether you are colorblind or not. If you can see the images within the circles, you aren't, and if you...

1. There is not enough room There is usually not enough room for them so they may make your other teeth crooked. 2. You may have infection near your wisdom tooth And it may spread to the other places in your mouth. 3....

Alright I typically don’t like to do rant-style mytakes because I feel like they’re honestly pointless half of the time, they don’t really drive home any sort of message that can help anyone, and they kind of just read...

1. Helps you become flexible Yoga improves your flexibility by streching muscles. 2. Makes you stronger Some types of yoga like ashtanga and power helps you strenghen your muscles. And almost all poses (if done right)...