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5 Easy exercise you should do everyday to keep yourself healthy

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Exercises and fitness are very important for your mental and physical health. Daily 30 minutes of exercise is sufficient to improve your overall health. The following are the 5 best exercises one can follow on a routine basis to keep oneself healthy. Swimming:  Swimming is an exercise or sport that involves the use of one’s entire body to move through water. There are different swimming styles like, butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, free style and individual medley. Swimming is an exercise or sport that burns a lot of calories, builds muscular strength and endurance. Swimming cools you off and refreshes you in summer, improves cardiovascular fitness and an enjoyable sport too. Swimming also helps to maintain a healthy heart, weight and lungs. Though very beneficial, swimming has some disadvantages too like increasing the risk of certain injuries. Fungal infections, skin allergies and an urge to quit during winter Tai Chi:  Tai chi is a Chinese form of exercise based on Mart...

Advantages of Yoga for Healthy Lungs

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The benefits of Yoga in our lives are well known to everyone. Simple breathing exercises and asanas described in Yoga are particularly beneficial for lungs. The increase in pollution day by day is more reason for us to take care of ourselves; particularly lungs. The more we go out, the more polluted air causes damage to our lungs. Let us find out, how yoga can have positive effects on our lungs. One of the most simple breathing exercises in yoga, Kapalbhati, helps in lengthening the inhaling and exhaling process, maintaining equal lengths of breath and also rapid inhaling and exhaling. It also helps in the movement of the muscles of the upper torso, stretching and strengthening them by the rapid movement. Breathing exercises, Pranayam and yoga helps in neutralizing mild asthma and COPD by improving breathing efficiency and reducing inflammation. Not only do these breathing exercises help in reducing various diseases, but, along with some asanas like trikonasana, they have vari...

Top 5 natural remedies for migraine treatment

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Migraine is a very common condition, according to the Migraine Research Foundation (MRF) Migraine headaches are not just headaches but these are a part of neurological conditions and are often followed by conditions like, Nausea Vomiting Visual changes Numbness in hand and feet Sound, light and smell sensitivity Migraine headaches are known as chronic disorders and also known to cause negative impact on the patient’s life. There are various medications that are used to heal or ease the migraine pain. But, still there is a group of patients that lie on natural remedies for cure or help. Acupressure Acupressure involves the application of pressure on one’s body at specific locations. This pressure is known to relieve and ease the muscle pain. One such well known point of pressure is in the space between the base and of the left thumb and pointing i.e. index finger. As migraine is a chronic disorder, one understand about the factors triggering the headaches slowly. C...