How to spend a holiday in an interesting manner?

March 23rd, 2015

Getting board on holidays is sometimes so usual that you get used to it.  And the major one is the weekend holiday which is brief and you have piled up with many house hold activates. After a tiring week at work most men prefer to spend a lazy weekend holiday just by resting, sleeping for long hours than usual, eating sweets or by reading newspapers while the women’s get busy in the piled up house hold chores . Yes, no one can deny the importance of doing house hold works. They are much important and not an option at all. The cycle of these day to day activates must be keep going for a smooth life. But in all these works of home and office one forget that we are not machines. Even machines also need rest, maintenance and changing of spare parts some times to get it going. So you should indulge yourself in some mind relaxing activates to calm your soul and mind and to give yourself a new start for the tiring daily week activates.

So here are some tips to make your holiday enjoyable and refreshing.

 

Go for Sightseeing:

Sightseeing has a soothing effect on the nerves. You simply feel relaxed after enjoying a good place rich with natural beauty and peace. It’s a good way to make a boring weekend worth enjoyable by visiting any such place. It is also a great way to spend some quality time with family and friends too.

Watch an interesting movie:

With the daily hustle and bustle of life one can’t able to take a peaceful time out for a movie. Its might be a case that you have to takes several breaks to watch a full movie so why not enjoy your favorite movie or a new blockbuster on holidays. It will provide you both relaxation and entertainment.

 

Indulge in some hobby:

Hobbies are food for the soul. They nurture our spirit, restore our physical energy, and renew our mind. But when we think of giving time to a hobby thousands of thinks come before it. It might be studies, career, office work, household chores or even a sleep. But the fact is that the relaxation on get after enjoying a hobby is much more then a sound sleep in deed. Holidays are the best way to indulge in some productive hobby.

 

Indulge in some exercise:

The human body is also like a machine. It should be kept in a running position which wills enhance its performance.  Your body needs time to maintain itself. Exercise in whatever way possible and convenience for you. It can be jogging, running, walking, cycling or going to gym.

Gift yourself:

Enjoy a delicious treat given by you to yourself if there is no other one who will give it to you. If you love chocolates, sweets cookies etc. then make on online order for sweet hamper UK or buy on for you from market. Make a good dinner as a treat to yourself or eat whatever you love to eat just to feel better and make your day a bit different from the daily routine.

 

Go to spa and saloons:

Personal care is of the good body charger. It’s a comfortable way to pamper you and enjoy a relaxation treat. Have some time for just yourself. Go to a good spa or enjoy going to a saloon having some haircut, manicure, pedicure, facial or body message.

Low quality n cheap dark chocolates are harmful for heart patients

March 23rd, 2015

Chocolate craze is never ending. Everyone loves to eat chocolates irrespective of the age and gender. The trend of gifting sweets, chocolates and candies on different occasions is also increasing. People love to send and receive sweets hamper UK which are loaded with all kind of candies and chocolates. Now a day the increasing researches on chocolates widespread benefits increase its consumption level a lot especially dark chocolate.  Heart patients are also taking huge interest in consuming dark chocolate because of the advantage of its positive impact on the heart health. But the true side of the picture is that the chocolate impact solely depends on the quality of the chocolate. People should not be misled into believing that the typical chocolate bar is good for heart health. There are many low quality chocolates present in the market which are highly processed and contained the high amount of butter, cream and sugar and very low in flavanols which are actually responsible for the heart good health. The pure cocoa beans are expensive, that’s why the companies who are selling good quality dark chocolate which are rich in flavanols, these chocolates are expensive too. The cheap and low quality chocolates are compromising heavily on the cocoa content and adding artificial flavors in huge quantity. When the chocolate is lacking in the content of flavanol, it is then of no good for the heart.

There are several epidemiological studies and some small prospective studies have shown that cocoa exerts beneficial cardiovascular effects. The benefit that is imparted by cocoa especially flavanols found in cocoa seed on human health is likely to be the same as that found primarily by some fruits and vegetables like grapes, cherries and apple. The results of some studies shows that cocoa benefits human body by  improvement in endothelial function (the lining of your artery wall), the reduction in platelet function (decreasing the chances of a blood clot), and the potentially beneficial effects on blood pressure, insulin resistance, and blood lipids.

The other component found in dark chocolate i.e”procyanidins” also have a good effect on human body other than cocoa. “Procyanidins” have potential metabolic effects. Research performed at the University of California demonstrated that the polyphenol activity of dark chocolate is similar to a class of antioxidants found in red wine, black and green tea, apples, and onions. Chocolates also process some antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties which help in the reduction of blood pressure and improve insulin resistance.

 A paper published in the journal “Circulation” reported that heart transplant patients who were given a dose of dark chocolate showed significant improvement in measures of blood flow, clotting and vascular function within only two hours. Participants who were given a placebo dose of fake chocolate showed no improvement in any of these measurements.

There are many low quality chocolates are available in the market, eating of which by the heart patients increase in harm of the patient condition and the disease rather than doing good to it. So go for good chocolates brands, it’s after all the matter of your health.

Make walking easy in Peripheral Artery Disease with Dark Chocolate.

March 21st, 2015

The crazeof sweets is equally popular among kids and adults. The type and kind do vary. But you hardly find anyone who says that we don’t like to eat sweet in any form. It can be candies, jellies, chocolates, toffies, filled candies, butter cream sweets and the list goes on. That why sweet hampers is becoming one of the most widely loved gift on many occasion specially for birthday

The dark chocolate is sometimes have given the least preference because of its bitter taste. It is said that you slowly have to develop taste for it if you don’t like it at all. But the great fact is that the bitter dark chocolate has wrapped in it many health benefits. There benefits actually came from the cocoa beans. Dark chocolate being highly rich in cocoa beans provide the maximum cocoa other than milk chocolate and white chocolate which have more milk, butter and sugar.

There is also a great research done on the effect of Dark chocolate on the patients of  Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD). There made two groups, one is giving with the dark chocolate and the other is not. The research was published in  Journal of the American Heart Association conclude that the people  were able to walk longer distances independently after consuming dark chocolate as opposed to mere milk chocolate. There is a special chemical  called polythenols which is found in strawberries, red cabbage,  purple grapes is also found in dark chocolate. The polythenols have great health benefits like reducing high blood pressure, making blood thin and facilitate in heart diseases, control insulin level in diabetes and many more, but this new aspect of this chemical is so convincing which gives a good rating to the food rich in it specially dark chocolate.

The study has a sample size of 50, it include both men and women and aged between 60-78. with the condition, which can cause pain and cramps that make walking extremely difficult. The process followed is like this, giving milk and dark chocolate on the alternative dates and then allowing the patients to used treadmill, and the results were recorded. , it was observed that those who ate the dark chocolate walked 11 percent farther and 15 percent longer, or 39 feet farther and approximately 17 seconds longer, compared to the milk chocolate eaters. The dark chocolate contained over 85 percent cocoa content while the milk chocolate had less than 30 percent. Moreover the study also showed that the stress level also reduced to the patient on the day they consume dark chocolate and the dark chocolate also increase blood flow to the leg which result in feeling stranger legs that day.

Thus this research is real good news for the patients of Peripheral Artery Disease, as it’s really a challenging job for them to walk. So it’s good to include a little piece of a dark chocolate every day in the diet, its harmless as compared to the medicines and will help body in many different ways.