Fight Osteoporosis By Eating Foods With Vitamin K

Written by Lee Dobbins


We don’t hear about Vitamin K too often, but it is vital for good bone density as well as proper clotting ofrepparttar blood. This is a fat soluble vitamin which is absorbed intorepparttar 113741 fat tissues and stored to be used byrepparttar 113742 body as needed. It is produced inrepparttar 113743 intestines and it’s production can be greatly helped byrepparttar 113744 presence of good bacteria whose growth is encouraged by eating yogurt with active cultures. It also needs dietary fat in order to be absorbed, but most people who maintain a healthy diet will be getting plenty of that!

Since vitamin K has a large role inrepparttar 113745 formation and repair of bones, some claim that eating food rich in this vitamin may help inrepparttar 113746 fight against osteoporosis. Natural foods that are rich in vitamin K are also rich in other vitamins, minerals and enzymes so adding plenty of them to your diet will be helpful to your overall health. However, if you are currently on anticoagulant drugs such as coumadin, you should consult your physician before taking any supplements or eating foods that are rich in vitamin K as this vitamin helps to clot blood and blocksrepparttar 113747 actions of these drugs.

Some common foods that are rich in vitamin K include:

The Art of Sustainable Change

Written by Sarah L Kennedy


The Secret of Sustainable Change By Sarah Kennedy, Certified Professional Life Coach

Change is hard. So difficult in fact, that scientists reportrepparttar prospect of radical change can create a neurological reaction inrepparttar 113739 brain similar to those produced by torture. We fear change and yet we want it.

Initiating change is challenging enough, but it has been my experience overrepparttar 113740 years as life coach and personal trainer that sustaining change long enough to establish outcomes is by far a greater challenge.

What isrepparttar 113741 secret to maintainingrepparttar 113742 momentum of change?

Here arerepparttar 113743 basic steps:

Ask What. What isrepparttar 113744 hard truth about where you are now in contrast to where you want to be? Our tendency is to get distracted fromrepparttar 113745 change by dwelling inrepparttar 113746 circumstances or “story” about how we got to this point inrepparttar 113747 first place. For example, ifrepparttar 113748 change being sought is a full commitment to consistent exercise,repparttar 113749 focus and energy toward this change can be scattered inrepparttar 113750 process of justifying, blaming or explainingrepparttar 113751 circumstances such as overwhelm at work, low energy atrepparttar 113752 end ofrepparttar 113753 day or expectations/needs of others that take precedent over your own. Instead of losing focus here; ask yourself what will my life be like if I continue to not consistently exercise, or allow it to get even worse than that? Explorerepparttar 113754 dark side of why you want to start exercising-repparttar 113755 consequences,repparttar 113756 fears and disappointments that could come from degenerating health, loss of functionality and continued weight gain. Be very clear aboutrepparttar 113757 “pain” aspect of not choosing to stay with your change. Then, ask yourself what could my life be life if I could consistently exercise? Consider what success would mean. Imagine a year from now of consistently exercising- what arerepparttar 113758 outcomes in terms of energy, confidence, ease and quality of work and family life? Once again,repparttar 113759 idea is to be very clear aboutrepparttar 113760 “pleasure” aspect ofrepparttar 113761 change you want. Asking “what” is not about definingrepparttar 113762 environment, and its limitations surroundingrepparttar 113763 change,repparttar 113764 “what” arerepparttar 113765 outcomes you will be getting if you do or don’t makerepparttar 113766 change.

Ask Why. What isrepparttar 113767 motivation behindrepparttar 113768 change you are seeking? Inrepparttar 113769 example of a commitment to consistent exercise, it is critical to determinerepparttar 113770 basis on which you are making this choice. Is it because you “should” since you’ve made a financial investment in a heath club membership? Is it because you imagine that your declining state of health/appearance is unacceptable to your friends, family, and society? Ifrepparttar 113771 desire to make change is based on factors outside your values,repparttar 113772 change will be less sustainable. Consider howrepparttar 113773 change supports or limits you fromrepparttar 113774 standpoint of your values. Values that support a commitment to better health could be ‘independence”, “vitality” and “family” (need to stay healthy to support them). Values can also serve as barriers torepparttar 113775 change you want. A value of “family” could create guilt around time spend working out, a value of “independence” might bring resistance torepparttar 113776 structure of specific, scheduled workout times. The key is to know what your values are and use them to create a solid connection torepparttar 113777 “why” ofrepparttar 113778 change you want as well as to shed light on where resistance might come.

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