Low Energy from Statin drug use may lead to other health risks

Statin drugs can create many possible side effects, including low energy, amnesia and memory problems, inflammation, and stiff muscles.
These side effects can cause you to avoid some of the healthy lifestyle habits that are critical to lowering your cholesterol naturally! Exercise is critical to cholesterol reduction. This can be tough if the statin drug is causing you to have low energy and stiff muscles.

Watch this video clip to find out more about decreased energy due to statins:



Exercise is critical to good health. If you have high cholesterol, exercise and nutrition are important to naturally lower it.
If your statin drugs are reducing your energy, here are more tips so you can lower cholesterol naturally and boost your energy:
* Get short bouts of exercise throughout your day, whenever you have energy. For example, run errands for work on foot like post office visits and buying supplies.
* At work, take regular stretching breaks. When you get up for a bathroom break, walk briskly. Take the stairs.
* When driving places, park farther away to walk a little extra.
* Kick Caffeine! Take a weekend and go off all caffeinated beverages. Over time, our bodies build up a tolerance to caffeine, so we end up more tired and lifeless!
* Eat nutritious, high-energy foods for snacks, like nuts and dried fruits. But do not snack in between each meal. If you keep your digestive system working 'round the clock, it might "drain the brain" and leave you less alert or focused.

Exercise Work-Outs: a Prescription for Depression?

Exercise is a powerful healer. We know that physical activity is vital for a healthy body and disease prevention. Exercise improves most physical states. Some of its benefits include:
* Improves sleep
* Weight control
* Better digestion
* More energy
* Enhanced focus and alertness
* Faster metabolism
* Disease prevention
* Decreased blood pressure

But do you know...?
Its mental health benefits are profound! One research study showed how exercise can alleviate depression. But...Not So Fast!...
If a doctor prescribes exercise to a patient diagnosed with depression, will it work as effectively as these research participants' programs did?

Read this controversial article for yourself-

http://ezinearticles.com/?Exercise-is-Medicine---Can-Regular-Exercise-Work-Outs-Be-Prescribed-For-Depression?&id=1742221

What do you think? Are Exercise Prescriptions the answer to depression? Will they be a viable treatment option? Will people stick to exercise programs and feel happier?
Share your thoughts with us.

Chronic Pain and Exercise: How to modify your work-outs so you stay active, healthy and pain-free

When you suffer with chronic pain, exercise can be difficult. Exercise can leave you sore. If you have fibromyalgia, an autoimmune disorder, or myofascial pain syndrome, you already feel sore so often that you don't dare "risk" feeling sore after exercise.

However, we all know the importance of getting regular exercise. Some of the many benefits include:
* Weight Control
* Improved energy
* Better sleep
* Mood regulation
* Increased metabolism
* Boosts immune function
* Lowers risk for cancer
* Reduces heart disease
* Eases joint pain
* Relieves symptoms of arthritis
* Prevents illness

The list could go on. Obviously, exercise is a critical part of a healthy lifestyle. With modifications, chronic pain sufferers can exercise, too.

This article describes this process:

http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Chronic-Pain-Sufferers-Can-Modify-Their-Work-Outs-So-They-Stay-Active,-Healthy-and-Pain-Free&id=1634271

Committed to exercise, and using modifications, pain sufferers can also reap the benefits. (And Exercise is Medicine, so maybe one day they will not need those modifications because they may become pain-free!)

In Pain? Recovering from an Injury? 7 tips to spark your energy levels

When your body is in pain, or healing from an injury, your natural energy may be drained. You will relieve pain and recover faster if you foster your body's natural healing process and avoid draining its energy.

This article describes how the healing process affects your energy, and 7 ways to get it back for optimal recovery.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Pain-Sufferers---7-Ways-to-Regain-Your-Energy-When-Youre-Healing-From-Pain-and-Injury&id=1597494

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Pain and Injury Recovery: Rest is important

When you are in pain, or recovering from an injury, your sleep is compromised. Your body uses your energy for healing, and it becomes critical that you get good-quality sleep.

Read more to understand the role of rest in pain relief and injury recovery:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Why-Rest-is-an-Important-Part-of-Pain-Relief-and-Injury-Recovery&id=1581772

If you are currently recovering from pain or injury, you should focus to ensure that you get sound sleep and rest.

Pain Sufferers: 7 Ways to naturally energize from pain and injury

When you are in pain, or healing from an injury, you do not have your usual energy. Your body uses its energy to heal the pain and trauma. This is part of the body's natural healing response.

However, with our hectic lifestyles, sometimes we continue to test our energy. And we try to force ourselves to have more energy, with the use of stimulants like caffeine.

Read this article and discover 7 Ways to naturally recapture your body's energy, for better recovery from pain and injury:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Pain-Sufferers---7-Ways-to-Regain-Your-Energy-When-Youre-Healing-From-Pain-and-Injury&id=1597494

You will improve your body's ability to heal, and you will recover faster, when you respect the healing process and tap into your body's natural energy.

Stressed Out and Multi-Tasking

We're a nation of multi-taskers. Always on the go. Always on alert. Using modern conveniences and technology to squeeeze as much into our days as possible.

ABC shows us just how prevalent this mindset is in the American lifestyle:



How does this lifestyle take a toll on our health?

Stress contributes to pain and disease. Research on stress has conclusively demonstrated that feeling highly stressed increases pain levels, blood pressure, and disease risk. Stress contributes to fatigue, zapping our energy and mood. Stress decreases our sleep, quality and quantity.

Can there be...

Good News about Stress?

Actually, there are stresses that help our bodies. "Good stress" is known as eustress. Physical activity is the type of stress that benefits our health the most. Physical activity includes sports, exercise, recreation and active hobbies.

Physical activity lowers blood pressure, reduces pain and muscle tension, and prevents disease. It improves energy, metabolism, mood and sleep.

Other stressful activities that may be good for us include social events such as weddings and reunions, volunteering for charity functions and local organizations, fun times like festivals and concerts, and major milestones like new babies in the family.

To reduce stress, pain and tension in your life:
*Exercise Regularly
*Eat Nutritious foods
*Practice Spiritual fulfillment
*Meditate and Breathe slowly
*Improve your Sleep habits
*Drink plenty of pure Water

...and minimize your drive to be multi-tasking.

Greet each day with exhuberance and make more time to ...Breathe!