Nutritional calculators
Nutritional calculators Find out what is your daily required caloric intake based on your basal metabolic rate (BMR), your body mass index (BMI) or your body fat and the health risks associated with it using the specific nutritional calculators.
Jung personality types
Find out your personality type - your likes and dislikes, your likely career choices, your compatibility with others.Jung personality types assessment test.
Metabolic type self test
Metabolic type self test A proper, "customized" diet has many benefits: painless weight loss, increased energy and improved health. The metabolic typing diet does just that. To find the right balance specifically for you between proteins and carbohydrates take the metabolic type self test.
Nutritional content tables
Nutritional content tables Find out how many calories, proteins, carbohydrates, cholesterol, vitamins and minerals your food contains. Either you are dieting to loose weight or cleanse your body, or you figured out what is your metabolic type and you need to know specific foods for your type, well, the nutritional content tables will provide you with the answer you need. Ref. USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory, SR20 / 2008 database.
Glycemic Index
Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load tables The table provided herein is a compilation of various sources for most common foods. Sustained elevated blood sugar levels are known to trigger a plethora of health problems like diabetes type two, hearth disease and inflammation.
Depression test
Zung depression self assessment test , based on the Zung Self-Rating Scale, is a widely used depression screening tool that is recognized by physicians worldwide. Although designed as a screening tool, this depression test has been adapted to track also your score over time.
14 July 2009
Yoga and Meditation for a Healthy Hearth
Section: Mind and body - Category: Hatha yoga
According to a study from Yale University School of Medicine, people who practice yoga and meditation at least three times per week reduce blood pressure, pulse and most importantly their risk for heart disease.
21 December 2008
Sun salutation benefits
Section: Mind and body - Category: Hatha yoga
Sun Salutation (Surya Namaskar) is part of Hatha Yoga (the “physical” part of Yoga).
Sun Salutation has multiple mental and physical benefits. In only ten minutes you can achieve a low impact workout that combines both Resistance Training (e.g. weight lifting) and Cardiovascular (“Cardio”) Training.
21 December 2008
Sun salutation
Section: Mind and body - Category: Hatha yoga
Among many Sun Salutation techniques, Sivananda Sun Salutation stands out. It was developed by Swami Sivananda, a practicing medical doctor (MD) before taking up monasticism, therefore developed by a person with knowledge of the human body.
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Mind quotes
Family life is full of major and minor crises -the ups and downs of health, success and failure in career, marriage, and divorce -and all kinds of characters. It is tied to places and events and histories. With all of these felt details, life etches itself into memory and personality. It's difficult to imagine anything more nourishing to the soul.Thomas Moore
