The Peripheral Heart Action Circuit was developed by Dr. Arthur Steinhaus and gained popularity during the 1960’s. The Peripheral Heart Action Circuit was designed so that the blood in your body continues to circulate during a workout.  Also keep in mind that your heart muscles are worked before your body’s bigger muscles.

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With February being devoted to women’s heart health, you ‘re probably seeing a lot of statistics relating to heart attacks, strokes and other issues. While these conditions are alarming, others may also lead to a serious risk to your health, and in some cases, a higher risk of losing your life too soon. Diabetes is known as the silent killer, because symptoms are easier to ignore and it isn’t an issue that gets a lot of attention in the media. However, it can be very serious for women and should be given the attention that it deserves.

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As crazy as this may sound even though the word cholesterol is considered an evil element in your diet, cholesterol is in fact essential for life. Your body needs it to make sex hormones, bile, vitamin D, cell membranes, and nerve sheaths.

These and other functions fall to serum cholesterol, which is a waxy, fat-like compound, that circulates in the bloodstream (also called lipid). Your liver makes about a gram each day, which is all your body needs.

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While it’s no news that feeding you and your family fast food isn’t the healthiest choice, you probably don’t think too much about it. After all, if you only indulge in convenience occasionally, your kids will probably be okay, right? If the fact that you’re feeding them junk food isn’t enough, consider this: testing reveals that 48% of soda fountains contain bacteria; not just any bacteria, but the stuff that is commonly found in feces! Even if your local fast food joint is fairly clean and nobody is in the kitchen coughing on your food, you could still get sick just from indulging in a fountain drink. This is just one more compelling reason to stay away from fast food.

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Water bottles are filling up our landfills to the tune of approximately 30 million every day. Instead of recycling their plastic water bottles people find it easier to just drop it into their garbage cans. It’s estimated that only 14% of plastic bottles are recycled.

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