One of most important factors in this matter is thickness of walking deck and size of walking track, both having a bad effect on your feet and ankles if they don't respect a set of healthy measures. Therefore if you plan to do both walking and jogging on your treadmill, its walking deck's thickness needs to be at least 3 inches in order to provide a healthy solution. The walking track should be around 48 inches in length and 17-18 inches in width to provide necessary space for you to work out in a comfortable position.

The next step you need to figure out when choosing a treadmill is what you want it to show you on its electronic board. The electronic board differs from treadmill to treadmill, although some of basic parameters almost all of them offer are speed, distance, calorie burnout and maybe inclination degree. Some of newer treadmill models have an interesting extra feature that measures your heart rate and shows it on their monitor. A really important factor you should take into consideration when choosing a treadmill if you have heart problems.

The benefits of choosing a treadmill for home workout instead of going to a gym are immense. First off, it will save precious time it takes you to go and come back from local gym, not to mention you save money it would take you to pay for gym training session or monthly fee. The second main advantage is that by having a treadmill in your home, all members of your family will have chance to work out (which of course can turn into a disadvantage when everyone wants to work out at same time, but that's highly improbable if you make a precise time-schedule).

Alkaline ionized water “first came to notice in Japan, where researchers noted that people drinking water that came from certain fast-moving rocky mountain streams enjoyed extraordinarily good health. It turned out that this naturally occurring water was alkaline and had a different structure and electrical properties." Larry Clapp, PhD. in "Prostate Health in 90 days”

Alkaline water is produced at home with a small kitchen appliance called a water ionizer (long in use in Japan and Korea). As water ionizers have become more popular in North America, more health professionals have had opportunity to evaluate their effects on their clients:

Sue Pollock, N.D. writes, we can “assist body in being more alkaline with …drinking alkaline water.”

“I believe that best water is water that is alkaline (reduced) and purified using a small device known as a water ionizer.” (Dr. Stefan Kuprowsky)

"It is my opinion that ionized water will change way in which all health practitioners and public approach their health in coming years." Dr. T. Baroody in "Alkalize or Die."

Why not just rely on a change of diet? According to Sang Whang, researcher and author of “Reverse Aging”, danger is that we might omit important foods:

“Since waste products that we are trying to discharge are acidic, right kind of water is alkaline water...My personal recommendation is to enjoy foods that we like, but do not over-eat or exclude any food. Eat in moderation following professional dieticians' "balanced diet" concept, and let alkaline water do job of cleansing acidic wastes.”