Naturopathic medicine is useful not only for treating the acute discomforts of perimenopausal women, but also has a role to play in preventing fatal diseases caused by the lack of estrogen during menopause. After menopause, women are at significant risk of heart and blood vessel disease. Indeed, cardiovascular disease is on top of the list when talking about causes of death of women in Western societies, claiming twice as many lives every year as cancer. Although these diseases tend to attack women later than men, usually after menopause, this should not stop women from looking for ways to decrease their risk. Additionally, the survival rate of women who suffer heart attacks is lower than that

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An elliptical workout differs from a treadmill workout in a few ways. Both will give you an aerobic workout but an elliptical trainer will work different muscle groups than a treadmill.

While both are excellent choices, they do have distinct differences. By knowing the difference, you can decide if an elliptical workout, the treadmill workout or even a combination of both works best for you.

Elliptical Workout

When comparing an elliptical workout to a treadmill workout the first thing you will notice is the elliptical trainer has much less impact. This low impact is especially good for people with joint, knee, lower back or hip problems.

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Q: What is atherosclerosis?

A: Atherosclerosis is the build up of plaque in the body s arteries, leading to a loss elasticity and hardening of the arteries. This plaque build-up results in a reduction in blood flow to vital organs including the heart and brain.

Q: How does this plaque build-up occur?

A: It is mainly caused by damage/trauma to the arteries from any of several sources including free radical damage, smoking, trans-fats, refined sugar, and chlorinated water, among others. To repair the wounded area caused by this trauma, the body signals an inflammatory response causing phospholipids, fibrin (and other clotting factors), and cholesterol to build-up over the damaged area. This is how the

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Cardio is important for both weight loss and good cardiovascular health. Some body builders forget the importance of cardio, because they don’t want to lose muscle mass as a result. Unless you are an ectomorph, part of your exercise regime should focus on aerobics. Contrary to what some people believe, cardio will not reduce you’re muscle mass, and it will help you build up endurance and gain more definition.

Below is a list of reasons why you should keep up to date with your cardio workouts.

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I just want to make a couple of points about this idea of making exercise easy before I get into the rest of the article.

1. A level of exercise that is relatively easy, yet effective, at one stage of your personal fitness or weight loss program may be worthless at another stage.

2. Exercise is one of those things where you get back what you put in, in terms of health, fitness, weight loss, energy, or combinations of those.

In other words, what is “easy” exercise for you might not be what is easy for your neighbor, or vice versa. Also, what is “easy” exercise for you when you begin it may provide you rewards

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