Stretch Marks: Why Me? Stretch marks are caused by overextension of the collagen, which is the fiber under the skin They usually appear because of pregnancy, excessive weight gain and obesity The bad news is that they are not supposed to disappear The breaking process goes like this, as the fiber tears, you may see a thin red line that eventually turns white as it heals Technically speaking, this is scar tissue, in such thin and hard to handle layers that it would be impossible to remove ...

Annoying Stretch Marks Stretch marks are caused by overextension of the collagen, which is the fiber under the skin They usually appear because of pregnancy, excessive weight gain and obesity The bad news is that they are not supposed to disappear The breaking process goes like this, as the fiber tears, you may see a thin red line that eventually turns white as it heals Technically speaking, this is scar tissue, in such thin and hard to handle layers that it would be impossible to remove through surgery ...

Your Inherited Biological Nutritional Key Copyright 2006 Jeff Garcia Over 400,000 die from food containing 'life threatening' nutrients in just 12 month - more than 100 million Americans are still at risk and it cost to the nation over 100 billion dollars a year And yet no one seems to butt an eyelid despite it still being a serious major problem, in fact an epidemic Obesity, and of the self inflicted causes of disease it is second only to smoking Left to current trends it is soon to ...

Get Attractive With Phentermine Nowadays, people are more inclined towards the use of diet pill as it is easily available, effective, cheaper, and gives prompt result In fact, there are plenty of diet pills available in the market, among them, phentermine diet pill is the most sought after as it is designed to fight extreme obesity Phentermine comes under a class of drug called anorectic or anorexigenic It is chemically similar to an amphetamine, which works by stimulating the central nervous system and increases heart rate and blood pressure ...

Eating Disorders - How To Prevent Them In this article in our continuing series on eating disorders we're going to concentrate on how to prevent an eating disorder from ever starting in the first place There are a number of things someone can do to see that they never fall into the trap of dealing with an eating disorder The most important thing a person can do is get educated Learn everything there is to know about Anorexia, Bulimia, and binge eating disorders Awareness of these diseases ...

Overweight? Watch Out! A new study shows that being overweight in mid-life substantially increased the risk of dying of heart disease later when they get older This finding is based on a research by Northwestern University as result of tracking 17,643 patients for 3 decades Even people with healthy blood pressure and cholesterol levels when the study began are not safer Overweight people are more likely to have heart disease, as they are more likely to have a higher blood pressure and cholesterol Both hike the risk of ...

Fitness For Busy People Does your day begin early in the morning and end late at night? There is so much to do, and so little time for fitness and exercises Is there a way out? How to squeeze exercises into your busy schedule? Running or walking may be a good choice Both are excellent kinds of physical exercises to burn more calories, shed those unwanted pounds and control your weight For example, a 150 lb person walking at 3mph burns approximately 320 calories per hour Brisk walking ...

Living Naturally - Natural Health And Skincare Today's lifestyle leaves us open to a daily chemical assault, from the air we breathe to the water we drink, and the skincare and haircare products we use dailyIt is not known what the long-term effects of these chemicals will be, but one thing's for sure, it can't be good Some people are unaware of the huge amounts of additives in their food, water and personal care products Some are too busy to care, and others have the attitude ' ...

The I Hate Diets Approach To Weight Loss The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 1999-2002 survey) determined that approximately 65% of the US adult population was either obese or overweight This survey also indicated that an estimated 16% of children between the ages of 6 and 19 years are overweight And, there is no doubt that obesity is on the rise in our country! Why the upwards trend in obesity? As most of us are aware, Americans have fallen prey to high-fat, high-sugar, high-calorie diets ...

Obesity - Not Everybody Agrees It Is An Epidemic Obesity has become such an important topic in health and self-improvement circles that it deserves its own "News and Views" column Here is the February, 2006 issue **Book claims obesity "epidemic" is a big lie In his new book, "Fat Politics: The Real Story Behind America's Obesity Epidemic", writer Eric Oliver claims that the ramped up concern over obesity in the last ten years has been driven by the weight loss industry According to ...