THE BODY PUMPIMG STATION NEEDS CARE

HEART CARE
"Powering the heartbeat of life itself."
From the moment it begins beating until the moment it stops, the human heart works tirelessly. In an average lifetime, the heart beats more than two and a half billion times, without ever pausing to rest. Like a pumping machine, the heart provides the power needed for life.
So just imagine the amount of care should be taken for the heart.

-Eat Your Beans
Eat your beans! Nutrient compounds called 'flavonoids' have been found to be effective antioxidants that help protect against heart disease and cancer. These flavonoids are found in the coating of such beans as navy, pintos, kidney, great northern and black beans.

-Heart Disease
New Test for Predicting Heart Disease: If you're over 40 and have any family history of heart disease, take heart! A new speedy scan warns patients of cardiac problems before they have a heart attack. This test could save your life. Most heart attacks are the first and last warning a person gets. The newly devised test is the electron beam tomography (EBT) that takes 3D pictures that point out calcium in coronary arteries, a known predictor of heart disease. The test is not offered everywhere yet so if you qualify, ask your doctor where it's available.

-Optimize Your Heart Rate
Depending on your age, level of conditioning, and your fitness goals, you should train in a particular heart-rate zone. Beginners should try to elevate their heart rate to 50%-60% of their maximum while intermediates and advanced should shoot for 70%-85% of their max. The higher your heart rate, the more calories you will burn and the more fit you can become. To figure your maximum heart rate, simply subtract your age from 220. For example, if you're 30 years old, you would have a maximum heart rate of 190. To work at 70% of your maximum heart rate, you would shoot for a heart rate of approximately 133 beats per minute (0.7 x 190). You can also count bpm (beats per minute) in 10-second increments and then multiply by six.

-Eat Well
Regular, nutritious meals are a must for recovery. A healthy diet is prevention for the family and maintenance for the patient. Plan changes together ... one step at a time. Moderation is the key.

-Get Adequate Sleep
Rest frequently and take short naps to compensate for fitful or disrupted sleep at night. Respect the pace of your energy returning. Don't count how many hours you've slept ... let how you feel be your guide. New sleep patterns will become normal with time.

-Walk Everyday
Your spirit is refreshed by the warmth of the sun and the earth underfoot. Walking with your mate is a special activity you can do together. Regular and moderate exercise is essential for you to maintain good health. Check with your doctor before starting a new exercise program.

-Relax
Breathe fully and deeply, listen to beautiful music, laugh aloud and find something to feel grateful about each day as you journey through recovery. Cultivate a positive attitude about the stresses you face. Have fun! You deserve to take time every day to feed your soul.

-Cholesterol Help
Moderate aerobic exercise for 4 hours a week was shown to improve cholesterol profiles even when no weight loss occurred, in a study in Clinical Exercise Physiology. Other work indicates that consistent regular exercise has the best effect on cholesterol. So don't do your 4 hours all at once.

-Controlling Blood Pressure
People with high blood pressure can benefit from aerobic exercise. A 45-minute run can lower blood pressure for up to 24 hours. If you can't go that far, start with what you can and move up. Other aerobic exercise can also help. Choose what you enjoy. New research shows strength training also helps control blood pressure.

-Exercise And Cholesterol
Exercise can help improve your cholesterol levels, even if you don't lose weight.

-Heart Failure And Exercise
Most people with heart failure, a weakened heart muscle, can improve their endurance and activity levels through aerobic exercise. Get clearance from your doctor before you start.

-Heart Wealth
You can strengthen your heart and help yourself live longer and healthier with aerobic exercise. However, if you clog up your arteries by eating too much saturated fat, you can defeat your best efforts.

-Weight Training And Your Heart
Weight training can help your heart and is even being recommended to people with some heart disease. When your muscles are stronger, your heart doesn't have to work so hard when you do things like lifting, pushing, or shoveling. Heart rate and blood pressure response stay lower when a load is lifted after weight training is undertaken.

So take care of your heart......

BENEFITS OF MEDITATION

BENEFITS OF MEDITATION

In todays world where results matter rather than the effort, stress is overpowering. So inorder to reduce stress everybody right from Celbrities to normal people are turning towards meditation. Meditation has endless benefits.

- The first and foremost is stress reduction.It is scientifically proven that meditation is the best way to balance your emotions and stress,that is the reason why today doctors are adopting meditation techniques for various stress related disorders.

-It improves your concentration power.

-It increases blood flow and slows the heart rate.

-Increases exercise tolerance in heart patients.

-Good for people with high blood pressure as it brings the B.P. to normal.

-Reduces anxiety attacks by lowering the levels of blood lactate.

-Decreases muscle tension (any pain due to tension) and headaches.

-It increases serotonin production which influences mood and behaviour. Low levels of serotonin are associated with depression, obesity, insomnia and headaches.

-Helps in chronic diseases like allergies , arthritis etc.

-Reduces Pre- menstrual Syndrome.

-Helps in post-operative healing.

-Enhances the immune system. Research has revealed that meditation increases activity of 'natural-killer cells', which kill bacteria and cancer cells.

-Also reduces activity of viruses and emotional distress.

Meditation helps us to overcome phobias.It helps to build self-confidence

MEDITATION - BEST WAY TO RELAX

MEDITATION
Meditation is relaxing of soul along with the body. It is a way in which you can take control of your mind.In day-to-days life where results matter a lot no body has time to think about soul,peace and internal happiness.
Many people have started making meditation as a regular practice to reduce stress.
When we speak of meditation we think that there is just one way to meditate that is sit down and close ur eyes and do concious breathing that's it. But we are wrong there are many ways by which you meditate :-

• Concentrative type :- In this type of meditation we focus on one thing such as an image or listen to the music. It is like a filter where in we discard all the rest of the things and take only one thing which is necessary.
• Mindfulness meditation : - Vipassana is the other name used by the buddhist for this type of meditation. In this you do not concentrate on any one thing but you concentrate on what is happening in and around you. First we can concentrate on our breath and then slowly to the thoughts passing by your mind, the feelings . Here you are supposed to only watch not supposed to analyze or judge.
• Empty minded or mind centred meditation :- This type does not use any emotion. This meditation is a bit difficult as in this we have to make our mind thoughtless.
• Heart-centered :- In this one tries to experience all the emotions simultaneously.
• Simple mantra meditation :- Many people find it easier to keep their mind from wandering if they concentrate on something specific. A mantra can help. This is a word or phrase you repeat as you sit in meditation, and is chosen for you by an experienced master in some traditions. If you are working on this alone, you can use any word or phrase that works for you, and can choose to either repeat it aloud or in your head as you meditate.

There are many other ways of meditations such as Monastic,Active,Passive,Fantasy based,Religion based etc.Now one has to decide which one is suitable for them.

In my next post I'll discuss about the benefits of meditaions.