5 Best Early Morning Exercises For Busy Moms
Bella Breakdown Being a mother is the best feeling and motherhood is the best journey a woman experiences. The birth of a baby brings a lot of responsibilities to the mother and in taking care of the baby; it is usually observed that mothers forget to take care of themselves. For all the mothers, it is important to note that exercising is very important in losing baby fat and gaining stamina for the whole day. Various studies have been conducted and it is concluded that working out in the morning before breakfast helps in burning fat more effectively and...
March Madness Workout
Bella Breakdown We spend so much of March Madness sitting on the couch. Why not use the basketball players’ ripped bods as inspiration for your own workout? Fitness experts who train professional players have demonstrated the following steps for doing conditioning and getting swole. You can even do the exercises while you cheer on your favorite college team. 1. Plank on a basketball: Put your hands on your b-ball and lift your legs in a march (Great alternative to crunches!). 2. Basketball lunges: Put your basketball stretched out in your hands at a 90-degree angle. Do a right lunge,...
Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Be Sitting Down All Day
Bella Breakdown Sitting in a chair all day may have been expected of you. However, due to growing health concerns, researchers are advising those who can to get out of their work chairs and get physical while working. While sitting in your chair may seem like the most logical thing to do at your desk, try standing for a while. Due to you not using your lower body muscles it could lead to muscle atrophy. This means the longer and the more you stay seated, the more your lower muscles will begin to weaken. Weight gain is also a...
Skipping Lunch Could Be Putting Your Health At Risk More Than You Think
Bella Breakdown Choosing to skip lunch isn’t keeping you as healthy as you may think. While forgetting to eat lunch once in awhile won’t have that big of an effect on you, making it into a constant habit will. When you are constantly skipping meals it will lead to your binge eating during dinnertime because you are now feeling hungrier than normal. Additionally, those that skip meals actually burn fewer calories and have less energy. This has more to with an individual’s metabolism. When food is consumed, metabolism levels rise. Without food to digest, metabolism levels go down. No...
Can Binge-Watching TV Be Dangerous For Your Health?
Bella Breakdown If you were one of the 18.2 million people who started and finished the newest season of Stranger Things over the weekend then good for you. Also, you may want to stop binge-watching television like that because new research suggests it’s bad for your health. According to a 2017 study published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, avid binge-watchers reported poor sleep quality, increased fatigue, and more insomnia symptoms. Researchers at Michigan State University also presented a link between binge-watching and poor lifestyle choices like eating unhealthy meals, snacks and staying in a seated position for...
5 Reasons You Always Get Headaches At Work
Bella Breakdown If you have noticed that you don’t seem to get any headaches except when you’re at work there may be a reason for that. In fact, here are 5 reasons why you are constantly getting headaches while you’re at work. You may have figured this one out on your own, but your computer screen may be the big culprit for your head pain. Since most of our jobs require us to be on a computer or looking at a screen for the duration of our day it’s no surprise that 10-15% of patients associate computer use to...
Benefits Of Indoor Bamboo Plants
Bella Breakdown The benefits of bamboo plants are no more unknown to us all. Along with being extremely good for the environment, it is a very good looking plant. Also, it grows at a steady rate; it is also suitable to use it indoors. The bamboo plant is also considered lucky and this adds another reason why people keep it indoors. We see many vendors and stores selling bamboo plants in a beautifully decorated vase to be kept indoors. Let us take a look at what all benefits a bamboo plant has for you and your house so that...
Healthier Alternatives To Sports Drinks
Bella Breakdown Gatorade may have helped Michael Jordan during Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals, but health experts don’t agree with the benefits. However, a study done by the British Medical Journal found that sports drinks are good for endurance and elite athletes, and pretty much no one else. Instead of filling your body with the sugary drink, end your physical activity with these sports drink alternatives. Chocolate Milk: This was a surprising feature on a healthy list, but the same nutrients that make sports drinks so appealing are the same nutrients found in chocolate milk. Carbohydrates and...
