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4 Common Methods Used To Determine Body Composition

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Knowing your body and its ideal weight is more than just knowing your BMI (Body Mass Index). There are many methods and devices that are used to determine body composition. Having a clear idea of your body composition is the first step towards improving it. Your body composition test results can help you understand your weight and help improve your overall health. You can also achieve your fitness goals with a proper approach. Some methods are quick and easy, but they will provide you just the basic information. If that’s all you need to know, then great. There are other methods that are lengthy and require the assistance of a trained technician to administer a test. For obvious reasons, these methods are expensive, but they let you understand a lot more about your body. The Four Common Methods Used To Find Body Composition Are: 1. Skinfold Calipers Using skinfold calipers is one of the most commonly used methods. How they work is that they pinch external body fat in several places around your body. How much skinfold can be grasped by the caliper’s arm is measured, and then these measurements are used in mathematical calculations. This helps you determine the […]

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Best Home Remedies For Stomach Flu- The Complete Guide 2019

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Best Home Remedies for Stomach Flu

Stomach flu is commonly referred to as Gastroenteritis in the medical science community. It causes inflammation in the stomach and small intestine region. As a result, the person carrying the stomach flu bug suffers from relentless diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and dehydration. Many different factors could lead to stomach flu but bacteria, viruses, and fungus are some of the common ones. Stomach flu is extremely contagious. For instance, sharing the same room with the diseased, drinking contaminated water and close physical contact can transmit the disease. As far as its treatment is concerned, there are many effective home remedies that can help manage the symptoms of stomach flu. It’s better to have so many treatment options because what helps one person may not help another. Also, everyone’s body reacts differently to these treatments. For instance, some people infected with stomach flu find it easy to fall asleep, whereas, others don’t. It’s totally arbitrary. Best Home Remedies For Stomach Flu 1. Drink Plenty of Water Most of the time, expensive electrolytes or energy drinks are not the right solutions for stomach flu. Recent research by JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association) suggests that chugging down any fruit juice diluted […]

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7 Anti-Aging Trends Everybody Needs to Know in 2019

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The search for the fountain of youth is ongoing. Consumers prefer non-invasive procedures that are fast-acting, minimally invasive and affordable. Results count. 1. Dermal Fillers Dermal fillers are as popular as ever, used to fill in folds under the skin. There are synthetic and natural fillers. One of the reasons these treatments are so popular is because they provide immediate results, making wrinkles and fine lines a thing of the past. While collagen was once used as the “Go-To” dermal filler of choice, hyaluronic acid has gained in popularity since it is believed that there may be permanent anti-aging results from the resulting collagen growth associated with it. Choice reports that even though synthetic fillers are applauded as longer lasting, there have been some problems with it coagulating under the skin and forming lumps that have to be removed surgically. 2. Stem Cell Therapy Stem cell therapy has shown promising results in the fight against aging. When you age, the number of stem cells decreases. Based on a logical assumption that there is a connection between the number of stem cells present in your body and signs of aging, a study was conducted at the University of Miami Miller School […]

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Hip Pain Causes & Treatments [The Complete Guide-2019]

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Hip Pain Causes & Treatments

The hip joint is probably the most used section of the human body. Whether you want to go to the bathroom, pick up something from the floor or just cough; hip joint gets massively affected. In case of runners and other athletes, there is a lot of impact on the hip joint as they frequently hit their foot against the ground. But, also non-athletes can damage their hip joint either by overusing or underusing it.     In this post, I have listed a few common causes behind the hip pain. I have covered both, the internal and external area of the hip joint. Also, the root cause of your hip pain can be anything from incorrect posture to damage to the cartilage. Hip Pain Causes 1. Hip Fractures It is a fracture in the upper part of the thigh bone. Caused mainly due to high impact injuries occurring in sports, road accidents, etc. In young people, this type of injuries can be difficult to detect in the initial stages as the pain is not severe until things start to aggravate. This is one of the reasons why hip fractures should be taken seriously and any sign of discomfort in that […]

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What is a Joint Cartilage and Why is it Important in the Body?

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Joint Cartilage

In every moving part of your body, there’s a connective tissue whose role is to serve as a cushion between the bone and the joint. The role of this flexible fibrous tissue in the body is incredibly important as it protects moving bones from touching the joint and essentially causing the stiff, painful feeling. The human body has three types of cartilages, namely; Elastic cartilage, Fibrocartilage and Hyaline cartilage and they all have distinct features. Of importance is the joint cartilage, – a unique tissue of diarthrodial joint whose absence automatically results in arthritis. If it is damaged, however, lots of details and procedures would go into ensuring it heals and functions well. But, what exactly is a Joint Cartilage? As the basic science of Articular Cartilage explains, this super-tough and flexible material acts as a cushion between the joint and the bones. However, this joint cartilage is officially referred to as articular cartilage for it covers the entire surface where the articulate born meets the joint. Basically, it is the cartilage found at the knee joint and whose main role is to ensure no friction is generated as the femur or the tibia glide over the joint. What it’s […]

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