Benefits of Radiant Heat Body Wrap

On these cold mornings come in for a relaxing radiant heat body wrap that relieves aches and pain!

Benefits of Far Infrared

The ultimate detox and healing tool Far- Infrared causes the water within the body to vibrate. The body is about 70% water, so this vibration has a profound effect on the tissues. Both events stimulate the easy release of toxins. The extra heat generated causes the capillaries to expand which helps blood circulation, and increase the bodies metabolism. This activates the tissues to produce needed enzymes.

Burns Calories and Controls Weight

One session with a Far Infrared Body wraps (FIR) will burn up to 1400 calories per session and lose 5 to 10 inches. Through deep penetration of fat cells, radiant heat therapy will help clear away cellulite.

Removes Toxins

The process of perspiration is nature's way of detoxifying your body of waste materials accumulated in your daily life. An Infrared Body wrap stimulates this natural process each session.

Relieves Pain

Radiant heat expands and dilates peripheral blood vessels. This action brings relief to muscles and soft tissue injuries. In addition, increased blood circulation delivers oxygen-rich blood to injured muscles which helps to speed up the body's natural recovery process.

Strengthens the Cardiovascular System

With each FIR body wrap, your heart pumps blood at a greater rate, giving you the same benefits as a cardiovascular workout. Heart rate, cardiac output and metabolic rate increase, while diastolic blood pressure drops, resulting in improved physical fitness.

Reduces Stress and Fatigue

The soothing warmth of an FIR body wrap will relax and loosen your tight, sore muscles. Radiant heat therapy also relieves the stiffness, aches and soreness associated with aging. It is better than having a personal masseuse.

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Fight Atrophy with Exercise

Recently, scientists have found that aging of muscles were able to turn back the clock through exercising which gave the body an extra ability in restoring, repairing and rebuilding itself. The study showed that after two weeks of no exercise the muscles began to atrophy! By using exercise this amazing body that we enjoy was able to fight off the atrophy and begin rebuilding the muscles.

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Breathe to feel better

Breathing is an act that we do some 20,000 times each day. Breathing incorrectly can produce tension, exhaustion and vocal strain, and can interfere with athletic activity and encourage aches and illnesses. Breathing correctly, however, nourishes every fiber of our body and soul. By breathing correctly you can melt away tension and stress, improve energy or simply relax and unwind.
To breathe correctly allow your abdomen to expand when you inhale and air seems to flow in deeply to the pit of your stomach. Physical posture greatly affects breathing. In other words, if you have perfect posture and are as stiff as a board, proper breathing is not possible. We need to form our body so that it is flexible, soft and supple. A good, relaxed posture represents a more receptive way for air to flow deeply and fully.

Mollie McCarl - Personal Trainer and owner of Fitness Spa
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Asthma, a condition that strikes the small air passages of the lungs in episodes called asthma attacks, affects the lives of many people in this country.
Asthma attacks occur when smooth muscle cells clamp down on air passages, closing them off. This makes it much harder to get air in and out of the lungs, leading to wheezing and difficulty breathing. If the attack continues, the patient may pass out or even die from suffocation.
Although asthma patients may be symptom-free between attacks, they must live with the fear that another asthma attack may happen at any time. Fortunately, healthy food choices may help reduce attacks and alleviate symptoms caused by this debilitating condition.
Eat more:
Organically grown fruits and vegetables
Extra virgin olive oil
Flax seeds
Rosemary, ginger and turmeric

Eliminate milk and other dairy products which have been most commonly cited as increasing the severity of asthmatic symptoms.
Fruits and Vegetables
How does a hot plate of steamed, brightly-colored vegetables followed by a big bowl of sweet fresh fruit sound? In regions where people eat a diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetables, asthma occurs much less frequently.
One study showed that lung function declines in the winter when people eat less fruit compared to summer. Other studies have associated reduced lung function with a diet low in fruits and vegetables. Fresh produce is high in many nutrients that help the lungs, including vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, and beta-carotene.
Fruits and vegetables also contain plenty of bioflavonoids, which can help to reduce free radicals in the body. Quercitin, which is found in high quantities in yellow onions, apples, and tea, has been shown to be especially good at combating free radicals. Two other important foods are garlic and onions, which also contain substances with powerful antioxidant activities. These vegetables may not only help get rid of the free radicals that contribute to asthma, they are also a zesty addition to a healthy diet.

Skipping Breakfast??

Don’t Skip Breakfast

The results of a recently completed study indicate that omitting breakfast causes metabolic shifts in insulin sensitivity that result in greater food consumption, higher cholesterol concentrations, and a greater risk for fat gain. The risk of onset of type 2 diabetes is also raised.

Skipping breakfast may put you on the fast track to bodyweight gain and heart disease, according to a new study. Researchers found that healthy people who skipped breakfast for two weeks ate more during the rest of the day, developed higher "bad" LDL cholesterol levels, and were less sensitive to insulin than those who ate breakfast every day. High LDL cholesterol levels and impaired insulin sensitivity are both major risk factors for heart disease.

Researchers say skipping breakfast has become more common in recent years, perhaps due to efforts to drop fat or time pressures in the morning. But at the same time, the prevalence of obesity and overweight has also dramatically increased.

Eat Breakfast, Eat Less Later

In the study, which appears in a recent issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers examined the effects of eating or skipping breakfast on calories eaten and burned throughout the day as well as circulating insulin, glucose, and cholesterol levels in 10 healthy women of normal bodyweight.

For two weeks, the subjects ate a breakfast consisting of a bowl of whole-grain cereal with 2% milk between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. and then had a midmorning snack of a protein bar between 10:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

The subjects then ate two additional meals and snacks at predetermined times every day and kept records of what they ate. After a two-week break, the same subjects then followed the same protocol but skipped the early morning meal and had the cereal
at lunch time (between noon and 12:30 p.m.). They then ate the other two meals and snacks at the predetermined times for another two weeks.

The results showed that when they ate breakfast, they ate about 100 fewer calories a day (an average of 1,665 calories a day vs. 1,756 calories a day over a three-day measurement period). Over a one-year period this is equivalent to preventing a 10-pound gain.
In addition, the results show that the negative effects of skipping breakfast on cholesterol and insulin levels may also increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes over time.

Breakfast for Champions

When you fast you deprive your body of energy. One reason people can go 12 hours or so in the evening without eating is because most of that time they are in low-energy mode, sleeping or doing very sedentary activity. Cells are always active, even during deep sleep, so the body still uses energy. But it can rely on body-fat stores and carbs from the liver.
In the morning, after a night of not eating, the liver glycogen (carbs) is low. Breakfast replenishes these.
The longer you fast, the sooner you need energy, and the more energy you may need—especially if you lead an active life (waking up and walking the dog, exercising before work, running around at your job or after the kids).
Even when you’re not fasting, if you are using your body in a way that requires more energy (long, hard exercise, for example), you need fuel to meet those excess energy demands.
Many people can skip breakfast without feeling hungry. Depleted glycogen stores in the liver produce a state of ketosis, the early stages of the body’s starvation response. One of the side-effects of ketosis is a lack of hunger. If the body was truly starving, this is thought to be a way to preserve precious energy that might be wasted looking for unavailable food.
But not feeling hungry does not mean that you don’t need breakfast, or won’t benefit from eating it.
How long you can go all depends on when you last ate and how much you ate, and how active you are in the morning. Basically, the longer your evening fast lasted, or the more energetic you are in the morning, the sooner you should get some calories in your body.
A smoothie with fruit and/or yogurt and/or juice is a good start to the day. If you don’t have time to make one, prepare something fast like peanut butter on whole-grain toast. Or keep quick, easy snacks on hand to nibble on in the car (nuts, a prepackaged energy bar or shake, fruit).

Exercise Equals Health!

Staying healthy can be as easy as just working out? Yes!

The role of exercise in helping to lower stress - and the subsequent beneficial effects on health - has been widely studied. Most studies carried out over the last 30 years agree: a continual high level of stress has a number harmful effects on overall health. People who experience high stress get more colds, suffer more digestive tract problems and have more frequent bouts of fatigue.

Regular exercise helps relieve stress. It does so directly, by providing an outlet for, and consuming much of, the nervous energy produced by stress. It also helps indirectly by shifting one’s focus away from the external factors producing the stress.

Exercise can help the cardiovascular system, which in turn improves blood flow, carries away toxins from muscles and organs, and helps keep the kidneys and endocrine system working well. It helps remove germs and circulate antibodies. All those promote a healthy immune system by lessening the body’s susceptibility to disease, while increasing the robustness of the immune system itself.Exercising increases the body temperature slightly. This, as anyone who has suffered from a cold knows, is the body’s natural response to colds, flu and other diseases. The increased temperature helps kill the infecting organisms.

A study at the University of Colorado, Boulder suggests that moderate exercise helps prevent colds as well. It showed that individuals are less likely to get sick after stressful situations when they had engaged in a regular program of moderate exercise.

Exercise programs, undertaken consistently and correctly, help improve body image - that’s one of most individual’s primary goals in making the effort, after all. That improved body image often leads to higher levels of confidence and relaxation in social situations. That in turn helps reduce stress and enhance the immune system. Relax and forget the pills...the simple secret to staying healthy is exercise!

Mollie McCarl, personal trainer and owner of Fitness Spa
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News in Living Longer

It's so easy to just relax and watch a little TV, but according to the Harvard School of Public Health, studies that have followed large groups of people for many years are all drawing the same conclusion: A sedentary (inactive) lifestyle increases the chances of becoming overweight and developing a number of chronic diseases. Exercise or regular physical activity helps many of the body's systems function better and keeps a host of diseases at bay. According to the US Surgeon General's report, regular physical activity:Improves your chances of living longer and living healthierProtects against heart disease, high blood pressure and high cholesterolHelps protects against certain cancers, including colon and breast cancerHelps prevent or control type 2 diabetes Helps prevent arthritis and may help relieve pain and stiffness in people with this conditionHelps prevent the insidious loss of bone known as osteoporosisReduces the risk of falling among older adultsRelieves symptoms of depression and anxiety and improves mood If you already exercise on a daily basis - keep it up! If not, please consider taking a walk each day. Start off easy if you need to with a short 10 minute walk. From there, gradually increase your walking to 30 minutes a day - the results will amaze you! Your mood will improve, your energy levels will increase and you'll enjoy all of the health benefits above. Just a little effort gives you what is needed to live a long and happy life.Mollie McCarl, trainer and owner of Fitness Spa770-632-3595www.ptcfitnessspa.com351 Westpark WalkPeachtree City, GA 30269

Positive Energy in Exercise

Changing your attitude is important in losing weight. You'll find that attitude is everything when you exercise. You must develop your ability to feel good in spite of your weight and current circumstances. Because they are only current, you can start changing how you feel and thus influence the outcome of your future. You are never stuck. Nothing is ever hopeless. You are never defeated. Do not give in to those kinds of thoughts and feelings. Begin feeling good now and thinking of good things now and move toward happiness and joy. Expect everything to work out and it will, but you must expect and know it for sure. Life is composed of ups and downs but if you maintain a joyful and positive outlook and can smile during you trials, you will experience many more ups than downs and maintain the perfect weight!

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Good Nutrition!!

Synergy or synergism (from the Greek synergos meaning working together, circa 1660) refers to the phenomenon in which two or more discrete agents, acting together, create an effect greater than the sum of the effects each is able to create independently. This is definitely true when it comes to a balanced diet. Good nutrition is vital to developing a fit body and every day there is more research appearing that proves the importance of eating a variety of plant foods. Recently, Dr. Rui Hai Liu, an associate professor in the Department of Food Science at Cornell University, appeared at the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) International Conference on Food, Nutrition and Cancer to present some of his latest findings: "Different (raw) plant foods have different phytochemicals, these substances go to different organs, tissues and cells, where they perform different functions. What your body needs to ward off disease is this synergistic effect - this teamwork - that is produced by eating a wide variety of plant foods." Clearly, a vitamin-mineral supplement is not enough. There needs to be a platform of whole food nutrition to build off of. Choose a whole food supplement to bridge the gap of the foods you are eating and the foods you need to eat more often. “The thousands of vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals in (raw) whole foods act synergistically together to create a more powerful effect than the sum of their parts, producing a result which cannot be recreated by supplements". This statement is from Jeff Prince, the vice president for education at the American Institute for Cancer Research. This is evidence that it is the synergistic combination of all pure raw whole food ingredients including nuts, seeds, grains, fruits, vegetables, berries, herbs, oils, & spices that creates a strong and healthy body. A great source of whole food nutrition is Juice Plus.

Variety is the spice of life. It is also the key to a balanced diet. Reward your body with a variety of raw foods and a good quality whole food supplement to give yourself the nutritional edge needed for perfect health!

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