How to Avoid Weight Gain While Working at HomeWritten by Rachel Greenberg
We have all heard many benefits of working at home – set your own hours, spend more time with your family, avoid commute, etc. And many people (including myself!) have actually reaped these benefits. But one thing we aren’t told is that for some of us, one unfortunate side effect of being at home all day is weight gain.Now I know that a lot of work-at-home crowd is really only at home in an office part of time. Salespeople are always out on sales calls, and well, if you run a day care center in your home, then you’re probably chasing little ones around all day. These work-at-home types are probably immune to weight gain. I’m talking about rest of us. Those of us who are home alone, all day, with nothing but a computer and a bag of cookies to keep us company. How can we fight urge to indulge? Let’s take a look at top 5 options: 1. Set a routine and stick to it. Yes, I know, one of benefits of working at home is not having rigid work schedule, but we still need to have some sort of structure. Your routine should only allow for a few minutes of snacking a day, so that you know when and where you will be eating. 2. Don’t keep tempting foods in house. This is much easier said than done, especially if you have children. I do not have kids, (but I do have a husband who can eat whatever he wants and never gain weight. Don’t you just hate him?) so I have to watch which foods get put into pantry. And let’s face it, we could all stand to make some healthier selections. Buy apples instead of chips, or protein bars instead of candy bars. Just one substitute here and there can make a difference.
| | Omega-3 And Sudden Cardiac ArrestWritten by Greg Post
Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) is responsible for numerous deaths in U.S. and other countries around world. It is not same as a heart attack. A heart attack normally occurs when advanced atherosclerosis (clogging of arteries) slowly starves heart causing irreversible damage. The heart finally cannot function properly and stops. Sudden cardiac death occurs when electrical impulses that control heart function become erratic resulting in an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia). When arrhythmia is severe enough heart suddenly stops, starving brain of needed blood. Death often follows quickly unless emergency care is administered immediately. Often sudden cardiac death occurs when no other heart disease is detected. It has long been understood that eating fish can reduce likelihood of heart attack and other cardiovascular diseases. The reason? Fish, especially cold-water fatty fish, is high in two omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). These two fatty acids are eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Omega-3 has been shown to reduce build-up of artery clogging atherosclerosis and keep blood platelets from sticking together thus reducing risk of heart attack and stroke. But more recent studies suggest that omega-3 fatty acids also have an effect on dangerous arrhythmias that can cause sudden cardiac death by regulating impulses that control heart rhythm. One study involved use of mycocytes (cells that beat independently). By adding free fatty acids to these cells arrhythmias were aborted. When fatty acids were extracted from mycocytes arrhythmias would reoccur thus indicating that omega-3 fatty acids have a stabilizing effect on heart rhythm. The apparent mechanism for controlling rhythm involved cell ion channels, proteins that control movement of sodium, calcium and potassium ions across membrane of cell. Another study, conducted by Danish researchers, examined relationship between heart rate variability and omega-3 fatty acids in healthy subjects. It had already been determined that heart arrhythmias could be positively impacted in patients who were recent heart attack victims. These researchers wanted to determine if people otherwise free of heart disease could gain same arrhythmia controlling benefits from omega-3 fatty acids.
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