Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Exercise -- very interesting

"Do you frequently drag yourself out of bed when the alarm goes off in the morning? Do you regularly feel unrested in the morning? Do you frequently have times in the day where you would really like a nap? Do you need coffee or other stimulants to get through your day? Do you frequently have trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep at night? Do you have chronic digestive or other health issues, or are you in pain frequently? Are you under a fair bit of emotional stress? If you answered yes to more than one question, parasympathetic-type exercise will give you energy and improve your health, whereas sympathetic exercise (hard exercise) will drain you and worsen your health."

Read the entire article on Vreni Gurd's blog entry:
http://blog.wellnesstips.ca/blog/index.php/?p=107

Monday, October 08, 2007

Artificial Sweeteners

"Artificial sweeteners are not a healthy substitute for sugar and they often cause people to eat more food and gain weight. "

Read the entire article online at http://www.wellnesstips.ca/artificial%20sweeteners.htm

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Sugar

"On some level most of us know that sugar is not healthy, but I don't think the majority of us have any idea truly how devastating sugar is. "

Read the entire article online at http://www.wellnesstips.ca/sugar.htm