Jim Oneill's Articles http://www.a1articles.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com Exercising at Home with Videos These days, there are a lot of people purchasing exercise videos and to say the least; there are plenty to choose from. But the question is, are there really any advantages to using exercise videos? Well, in a word, yes, there are actually a lot of advant... http://www.a1articles.com/exercising-at-home-with-videos-62997.html 16th June 2006 Hobbies and Everyday Chores Can Become Exercise Sessions There are hobbies and household chores that involve physical activity. With a little imagination, you can have fun doing them and convert them into real body workouts. Here are some examples: GARDENING All the gardening activities such as squatting, ... http://www.a1articles.com/hobbies-and-everyday-chores-can-become-exercise-sessions-57417.html 26th May 2006 Green Tea: Natures Miracle Heath Drink "Camellia Sinensis" or Green Tea is rich in Catechins, which are antioxidants. The best variety is said to originate from tea farms in China, especially those protected from pesticides. It is best to drink pure green tea without preservatives or other art... http://www.a1articles.com/green-tea-natures-miracle-heath-drink-57086.html 26th May 2006 An Effective Exercise Routine for Beginners Let's start with this very important rule: NEVER OVERDO THE FIRST FEW SESSIONS. Many beginners to exercising fall for this trap, especially when they do not have qualified trainers with them. They get overly excited and lose patience. They try to produce ... http://www.a1articles.com/an-effective-exercise-routine-for-beginners-55544.html 21st May 2006 Can Nutrition Help Slow Down the Aging Process? We all age. That fact is inevitable. But a lot of the negative changes that take place in our bodies are not. As we age, we become more susceptible to such things as heart disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and arthritis. However, medical research has show... http://www.a1articles.com/can-nutrition-help-slow-down-the-aging-process-54554.html 20th May 2006 Are The Foods You Eat Putting Your Health at Risk? Food (and water) is the absolute first thing you need in order to ensure life. Without it you would wither away and die. You need food for its nutrition and for its sustenance. But are the foods you consume today supplying you with good solid nutrition, o... http://www.a1articles.com/are-the-foods-you-eat-putting-your-health-at-risk-54303.html 18th May 2006 What You Should Know Before Taking Supplements These days there is plenty of controversy and debate over whether it is beneficial to take various supplements. There are many kinds of supplements out there all with different intentions. There are food or meal supplements, weight loss supplements, stren... http://www.a1articles.com/what-you-should-know-before-taking-supplements-53792.html 16th May 2006 Walking Your Way to Better Health It is an accepted fact that exercise is an important part of any successful weight loss plan. Every muscle you have can burn calories, so the more you work them, the more calories you burn. So, don't just depend on dieting alone. Move that body and do som... http://www.a1articles.com/walking-your-way-to-better-health-52845.html 12th May 2006 Good Fats and Bad Fats; what is The Real Difference? For most of us, eating is one of the most satisfying things we do in our everyday lives. As a matter of fact, we have our favorite dishes, favorite drinks and favorite snack foods which only proves that eating is one of our favorite activities. There's re... http://www.a1articles.com/good-fats-and-bad-fats-what-is-the-real-difference-51802.html 10th May 2006 The Weight Loss Industry, Are They Really Telling Us The Truth? Everyone who has ever tried to lose weight and keep it off knows that it is a very hard thing to do. In fact, nothing can be closer to the truth than to say that weight loss is hard. So it's no wonder that when one weight loss company or another comes up ... http://www.a1articles.com/the-weight-loss-industry-are-they-really-telling-us-the-truth-51514.html 09th May 2006 Excessive Exercise and Eating Disorders In our society, the perceived perfect image of women falls right in line with the slenderness of girls 10 to 12 years old. This unrealistic perception spawned by the supermodels seen today in ads for popular clothing and undergarment makers such as Vi... http://www.a1articles.com/excessive-exercise-and-eating-disorders-50879.html 07th May 2006 How Does Alcohol Affect Exercise? It's finally Friday and you just got off work. Now you're thinking about going out later and having a few drinks with your friends and relaxing. After all, you worked hard all week and you certainly deserve a little enjoyment and fun now that the weekend'... http://www.a1articles.com/how-does-alcohol-affect-exercise-47298.html 25th April 2006 Exercise and Children, What You Should Know Your child of lets say eight years old tells you he or she wants to start exercising and that he or she wants to start lifting weights. Now you might want to know if this is really a good idea, if it is safe and if it will benefit your child or if it is n... http://www.a1articles.com/exercise-and-children-what-you-should-know-45382.html 20th April 2006 Ginseng; Is It Really Beneficial or an Asian Myth? For thousands of years, ginseng has been revered in the Orient as an almost magical natural supplement with amazing benefits for those who use it regularly. It is said that ginseng will boost the immune system, enhance vitality, increase physical enduranc... http://www.a1articles.com/ginseng-is-it-really-beneficial-or-an-asian-myth-44980.html 20th April 2006 How to Make Losing Weight A Little Easier Starting a weight loss diet is one of the easiest things a person can do. Staying with it, well, that's another thing entirely. There are so many reasons that people just can't seem to stay with their weight loss attempts. If you are like most people,... http://www.a1articles.com/how-to-make-losing-weight-a-little-easier-44692.html 16th April 2006 Keeping Yourself Fit After 40 Have you ever noticed how people who do no exercise at all still have a look of fullness in their arms, legs and chests for example, when they are less than 30 years old? Have you also noticed that this look of fullness starts to slowly become a look of d... http://www.a1articles.com/keeping-yourself-fit-after-40-42154.html 06th April 2006 When People Quit Smoking, Is Weight Gain Unavoidable? There are a lot of people who smoke out there who, among other reasons, are afraid to try to quit smoking cigarettes for the fear of what they think is inevitable weight gain. Almost everyone they know who has successfully quit smoking really packed on th... http://www.a1articles.com/when-people-quit-smoking-is-weight-gain-unavoidable-41560.html 04th April 2006 Take Your Vitamins, but Don't Overdose on Them We all know people who go to the local health store like GNC or High Health to get their supply of vitamins. They often go to these places because they feel or even know that they can get a better grade of vitamin there than at the local drug store or sup... http://www.a1articles.com/take-your-vitamins-but-dont-overdose-on-them-41540.html 03rd April 2006 Four Myths about Diet That You Should Pay No Attention To Nowhere are there more fad diets, weight loss schemes and wild, completely unsubstantiated weight loss advice circulating than in the USA. With so much conflicting "information" out there, it's no wonder people don't know where to turn to lose weight prop... http://www.a1articles.com/four-myths-about-diet-that-you-should-pay-no-attention-to-40887.html 01st April 2006 Ten Things to Look For to Spot a Fad Diet Fad diets are everywhere. They come and they go. some simply run their course then disappear forever, while some pop up, go away for a while, then sort of show up again a year or two later and continue to repeat this cycle. the fact is, there are a lot of... http://www.a1articles.com/ten-things-to-look-for-to-spot-a-fad-diet-39922.html 01st April 2006 How to Prevent Child Obesity In America today, it is estimated that over 65% of the population is overweight with around 30% being at least clinically obese. Even more alarming is the estimation that 15% to 20% of the country's children are overweight with nearly one third being at l... http://www.a1articles.com/how-to-prevent-child-obesity-38184.html 23rd March 2006 Exercise Can Help Relieve Lower Back Pain If you are one of the millions of people that suffer from lower back pain, then you need to know that exercise can do wonders for you. When it comes to relieving lower back pain, exercise provides more long term relief than any back pills that your doctor... http://www.a1articles.com/exercise-can-help-relieve-lower-back-pain-37997.html 22nd March 2006 If Sugar is Bad For You, Are Sugar Substitutes Better Instead? Everyone knows that sugar is not a good part of a healthy diet and so many people are turning to sugar substitutes in order to get their sweet tooth fulfilled, but, are these substitutes in reality better than sugar or are there more things hidden under t... http://www.a1articles.com/if-sugar-is-bad-for-you-are-sugar-substitutes-better-instead-37026.html 20th March 2006 How to Get Around Excuses for Not Exercising Over the years, there have been people making up plenty of excuses to avoid exercising. Some of these excuses are creative, some are ridicules, but most are in a group of common excuses used everyday to justify not having to make the effort to improve the... http://www.a1articles.com/how-to-get-around-excuses-for-not-exercising-36790.html 17th March 2006 Exercise and Your Health, How Much Does it really Help? You always hear people say, "You need to exercise regularly to maintain your health", but just how much does exercise really do for your health overall? Are the health benefits of exercise really worth the effort it takes to exercise regularly? Can't you ... http://www.a1articles.com/exercise-and-your-health-how-much-does-it-really-help-36251.html 15th March 2006 If You Don't Sweat During Exercise, Is It A Waste Of Time? You always hear the old adage, "lets go exercise and work up a good sweat" like sweating is a sign that you've had a good, productive workout. But what if you exercise and you don't really sweat during the workout? Was that workout a lost cause? Does it m... http://www.a1articles.com/if-you-dont-sweat-during-exercise-is-it-a-waste-of-time-34787.html 11th March 2006 Why Most of Your Diets Always Fail Over the years, there has been millions and millions of people who have tried countless numbers of different diets to try and lose weight. Equally so, there has been millions and millions of people who failed at these diets. If all of these diets are supp... http://www.a1articles.com/why-most-of-your-diets-always-fail-34381.html 09th March 2006 Why Women Should Train Different Than Men It's no big secret that a women's idea of what the perfect body is for her is vastly different from what a man's idea of what the perfect body for him is. Men and women store fat differently, and because women are predisposed to naturally maintain higher ... http://www.a1articles.com/why-women-should-train-different-than-men-33962.html 07th March 2006 The Skinny on Fat Burners So your thinking about adding fat burners to your daily routine to help you on your way to that slimmer, trimmer body you've always wanted. Hey! Every little bit helps right? So why not fat burners? Well, here is the low-down on fat burners that just migh... http://www.a1articles.com/the-skinny-on-fat-burners-33116.html 05th March 2006 Some Common myths That Keep Women From Weight Training Weight training has long been known to improve health, improve strength, step up vigor, and improve the physique. Men have been taking advantage of this fact for many years now, but many women have avoided weight training and continue to do so because the... http://www.a1articles.com/some-common-myths-that-keep-women-from-weight-training-31458.html 23rd February 2006 Dieting Mistakes to Avoid Many people set out to lose weight with good intentions of sticking it out until they reach their goals. In fact, they intend to lose those unwanted extra pounds for good without ever seeing them again. So then, why is it that so many people lose weight o... http://www.a1articles.com/dieting-mistakes-to-avoid-31290.html 22nd February 2006 Get Exercise and Lose Weight Playing Video Games I know what you're probably saying right now. "Yea, right" or "what is this guy, some kind of a joker". Well, ordinarily you would be right on the mark with those comments, but there is a video game out there that not only can be a ton of fun, but can als... http://www.a1articles.com/get-exercise-and-lose-weight-playing-video-games-30958.html 21st February 2006