Nutrition and Weight Loss Ideas

Okay! Now I’ll get back on track with our next Blood Pressure article. I hope you didn’t mind my including that last article – it was a factor of being on my mind and my thinking it was important enough to share.

So, here is some more information about Blood Pressure —

We talked about high blood pressure in our first article on this topic – so let’s talk about low blood pressure today.

Low blood pressure is a condition where a person’s blood pressure is much lower than usual. This can cause symptoms such as dizziness, lightheadedness or even collapse. When the blood pressure is too low, this means there is not enough blood flow to the heart, brain, and other vital organs of the body.

It’s actually quite difficult to judge a “normal” blood pressure, because something that is normal for one person may well be “abnormal” for another. Therefore it is important that if it is suspected that someone’s blood pressure may be causing them a problem it should be investigated very carefully. Even small changes in someone’s blood pressure may cause adverse medical problems.

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Here I go — off topic again. But I needed to get this article written and on its way to you. I guess that happens with people who think too much — and who like to write about their thoughts.

I’ll be back later today with another article or two on our actual topics.

I was thinking about some personal things this morning. I don’t know what caused these thoughts to pop into my head — maybe it’s because I’m not having a particularly good day.

I started out this morning by having a tooth break off — and I was only eating a piece of toast! It was right in front too, which really made me upset. Then, a few minutes later I whacked my head on the car door as I was getting into it. I don’t have a lot of hair on top, so I now have a hunk of flesh missing right on the top of my head. I had also picked up a cold virus in the last day or so and didn’t have a good night’s sleep last night because of all the coughing.

I was on my way to being the all-time champion grouch of the year, when I thought about how ridiculous it is to let myself feel so awful. As I thought about that, my brain did sort of a “flip-flop” and I began to think about how we express ourselves and our feelings to others.

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There are so many myths about exercise that focusing on these five seems like I’m short-changing you in some way. However, instead of belaboring a lot of what you may already know, I decided to concentrate on five of the most common, and most misunderstood myths.

I’m sure you’ve heard the comments like — weight training makes women look like Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Or, how about this one – exercising on an empty stomach burns more calories.

Some of these might make sense on the surface, but when you do some research into them, you’ll see that they have little or no basis in reality.

Let’s look at these and then peek behind them to see what we find.

1. No pain, no gain – Perhaps the most common myth out there is the one that says, “If you don’t feel pain when you exercise, you’re not doing it right”. Nothing could be further from the truth. If you’re exercising correctly you should never feel pain. Good professional trainers will always tell you stop your workout at the first sign of pain. The so-called logic behind “no pain, no gain” says that you can’t expect good results without sacrificing something – that’s twisted at best, downright sadistic at worst. Exercise should be something you enjoy or else you will very quickly become disillusioned and drop it entirely. While an intense workout may create slight discomfort, it should never get to the point where you are in actual pain.

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