Showing posts with label Body. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Body. Show all posts

January 14, 2013

Challenging & Controlling Acid Reflux

Photo Courtesy of Medicine Net
I don't know if you all know, but I suffer from Acid Reflux. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a condition in which the stomach contents (food or liquid) leak backwards from the stomach into the esophagus (the tube from the mouth to the stomach). This action can irritate the esophagus, causing heartburn and other symptoms. Acid Reflux is no joke, over the weekend it triggered me after eating one too many slices of pizza late in the night. 

This is how you can trigger acid reflux; eating late at night, poor diet and exercise, lying down after eating, not enough proper sleep as well as accumulating too many carbonated drinks. I started to get heartburn and indigestion and I thought it stemmed from one night of eating very late at night. I thought that was the case but my pains start to frequently occur as heart and chest burns, then I began to feel sharp pains in my stomach. The pain I was feeling were like thunderbolts shooting from my stomach up towards my chest; a feeling not so pleasant. Then I began to cake medical measurements in to stopping my acid reflux so I did and I haven't had any pains up until now. 

It's tough having acid reflux, because it can damage your internal organs drastically. For those who struggle with acid reflux like I do, I'm going to share with you tips and habits I do to slow down the acid reflux from occurring, I mean you can't get rid of it unless you take surgery measures, but you can control it and help push it out your system without surgery by doing the following: 

November 3, 2010

Workout Wednesday: YOGA


Today's Workout Wednesday is simply the relaxing and easiest form of exercising. You all know about YOGA even if you never tried it or you heard about it from a friend who's taken YOGA classes. YOGA is simply a relaxing form of exercising, placing your body in flexible positions, to relax your mind, body, and soul. Also, in the process you can shed some lbs and tone your body. I never tried YOGA but i'm aware the moves that are done in YOGA classes, I have done but just wasn't paying attention. YOGA is very good for those who refuse to go to a gym and workout. YOGA is free, you can take classes from your own home, or simply have a YOGA class yourself with a few close friends. When I say YOGA is free from your home, I mean you can turn on your OnDemand if you are a digital cable subscriber and find various free YOGA feautres. I rather take the in home YOGA classes rather than paying membership at the gym lol. What about you? I hear that YOGA classes are fun and your body feels so great afterwards. I really need to get up on the bandwagon!