This thread is something I meant to start a while back. I want to put up very useful info that you, the members, can use regarding their health and fitness to make your life better is some way or form.. All you need is to come here and read what's in the thread. There will be a new thread each week, and they're meant for you to learn tips, tricks and information on how to take better care of your body and mind. It is true that you can simply looks something up yourself, and that's fine. However, how many people take the time to search for something to read about fitness or health? These threads will be available so that when you come here, in the science forum, you'll see them and maybe be interested enough to look through them. So, as you're already reading this, let's start the info.

This week is just a collection very useful tidbits I found from a Yahoo! news article. I was putting something together but didn't have enough time finish it for today. I will put it up next week.

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1. Eat Bacon and Eggs for Breakfast
Regularly skipping breakfast increases your risk of obesity by 450 percent. Moreover, researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University found that people who regularly ate a protein-rich, 600-calorie breakfast lost significantly more weight in 8 months than those who consumed only 300 calories and a quarter of the protein.

And no, eggs and bacon aren't unhealthy. (Overeating eggs and bacon—or anything else—is what's unhealthy.) In fact, whole eggs contain more essential vitamins and minerals per calorie than any other food. They're also one of the best sources of choline, a substance your body requires to break down fat for energy. What's more, in a recent review of dozens of scientific studies, Wake Forest University researchers found no connection between egg consumption and heart disease. As for bacon, once it's been cooked it contains just 1 gram of saturated fat per slice—and one-third of that is the kind that has no effect on cholesterol levels.


2. Tilt Up Your Rearview Mirror
Just far enough to force yourself into an upright sitting position to see behind you. You’ll improve your posture, and soothe your aching back.

3.Lean Back in Your Office Chair
Parking your torso at a 90-degree angle strains your spine, say Scottish and Canadian researchers. Instead, give your chair the La-Z-Boy treatment and recline the seat back slightly. The ideal angle is 45 degrees off vertical.


4. Use the Bathroom Stall Nearest to the Door
It has the fewest germs and the most toilet paper, because everyone walks past it.


5. Don't Blow Your Nose When You Have a Cold
It can force mucus and germs back into nasal passages and prolong the cold. Use antihistamines. And please—wipe.


6. Stand Up and Stretch Out
Genes in your body linked to heart disease, diabetes, and obesity can be "turned on" if you sit for hours on end, reports a study in Diabetes. Hit the "off" button by taking hourly laps during TV, book, and Web sessions.


7. Take a Vitamin D Supplement
An Archives of Internal Medicine review reports that 400 IU of vitamin D a day reduces your risk of an early death by 7 percent. Most multivitamins deliver 400 IU of D, but check the label.


8. Pet Your Dog Often
Spending time with a pet is more effective at reducing stress than spending time with friends, girlfriends, or bartenders. Especially bartenders.


9. Steam Your Broccoli
Italian researchers recently discovered that steaming broccoli increases its concentration of glucosinolates (compounds found to fight cancer) by 30 percent. Boiling actually lowers the levels.


10. Lose the Dryer Lint
Taking 10 seconds to empty the lint trap in your clothes dryer can prevent you from being one of the 315 dryer-fire victims each year in the United States.


11. Skip Spray Cleaners
Using household spray cleaners just once a week increases your risk of an asthma attack by 76 percent, say Spanish researchers. Use wipes instead.


12. Never Eat Out of the Original Container
How many times have you dipped into a pint of ice cream only to find yourself staring at the bottom of the container 15 minutes later? And stop using oversize plates, bowls, and cups. Research shows you’ll put more food on them, but won’t be any more satisfied (just fatter).


13. Rent The Hangover 2
Laughing at a funny movie causes blood vessels to dilate by 22 percent, according to a University of Maryland study. This, in turn, reduces your blood pressure.


14. Tape a Golf Ball to the Back of Your Pajamas
It'll force you to sleep on your side or front. Back sleepers often have blocked airways, and that leads to a host of troubles, including snoring and apnea.


15. Sleep 7 to 8 Hours a Night
Too much or too little sleep can kill you. A British study found that getting more than 9 hours of sack time a night, or less than 6, doubles your risk of an early death from any cause.

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As we any thread like this discussion can be beneficial.


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This is something nice to read. I'm big of fitness, health, and improving myself and others around me.

Allow me to make one suggestion: The best thing you can do is make one small change at a time. Don't try 17 new things to be healthier and better. Do one little thing, make it a part of your life, and change something else later down the road.

My first suggestion for everyone is to not sit as much. Stand more often, get out of that chair more often, and get moving around more often. When you sit, you are physically destroying your body. Humans weren't meant to be sitters, we're meant to move around and do things. Sitting crushes organs, debilitates your cardiovascular system, hurts your heart, atrophies your muscles and is generally bad. Every 1 hour you sit, stand for 10 minutes. Walk around, get food, stand up and think while you take a small break.

Get used to doing that for a week. Next week, I'll throw something else out there.

Good thread. I hope people use it and improve their lives.

Wow! This is an awesome start Cyro! To add to what you have said, I have listed my statements accordingly to your facts by numbering them.

2. I will definitely give it a try. Since I drive on a weekly basis at least, I could use this for my posture.

3. I notice that whenever I try to sit up straight, I end up leaning forward somehow. Cyro's statement here gives me a possible reason why.

4. I never thought of that; I will keep this in mind the next time I have to use a public restroom.

5. I blow my nose way too much. Gotta resist the urge the next time I am sick.

6. All the more I should get even some basic exercise. *thinks to self* I think I'll go for a walk after finishing this post.

8. I have not had a dog for about 7 and 1/2 years, but I have three cats. One of them follows me around so much I call her my multi-colored shadow. Now I ought to pay attention to her more.

12. They are all mind games and they are worth playing. Last year I started using a coffee mug instead of a bowl for my ice cream and I enjoy my ice cream just as much as I did before the switch. Also, I better stop eating right out of the bag of chips if I want enjoy them longer.

14. I cannot get myself to sleep on my back. Whenever I do try, I feel uncomfortable and have to turn onto my side. Now I have a reason to stay on my side.

Thanks for the tips cyro, I don't suppose you have any more?
Also I'm not going to rent the hangover 2 until I've seen the first one

I can find more, but I have a single topic for next Monday. However, I may to another collection of tips soon. I would have to say the laughing tip is pretty big. Lowering blood pressure can help with a lot of things. Laughing is also good for your brain/mental health.