saysSheila Perez-Colon, MD, a pediatric endocrinologist who practices in San Juan and Dorado, Puerto Rico. “You see a progressive increase in weight gain, and when plotted in the growth chart, the BMI is increased. You may see what we call central obesity, which is when ...
By being more in tune with the natural fluctuations in our hormones as part of the menstrual cycle, we can adapt our lifestyle habits to improve things like sleep, fitness, mental health, and productivity. Seed cycling is one simple way many women are incorporating the idea of approaching ...
Scientists have tested caffeine in many sports, such as sprinting (4), soccer (5), cycling (6), marathon running, and prolonged exercise (7). According to current recommendations, 3 to 6 mg of caffeine per kilogram of body weight is an effective dose for a pre-workout drink. (For refe...
Increasing the intensity to vigorous (such as jogging or fast walking) or duration (to 1 h) is better. People should be encouraged to engage in whatever form of exercise they enjoy and are therefore most likely to do on a regular basis (hiking, cycling, swimming, soccer, etc.). Where ...
I like to make a homemade sugar scrub with white, granulated sugar and olive oil. The sugar is very softening to the skin, and the olive oil is moisturizing without being too oily. It's also a very easy sugar scrub to make because it only takes two ingredients. ...
The ecological commons includes provisioning (e.g., food, raw materials, medicine, water supplies), regulating (e.g., climate, water, soil retention, flood retention), cultural (e.g., science and education, artistic, spiritual), and supporting (e.g., soil formation, nutrient cycling, water...
WFPS is used as a proxy of soil anoxia; its measurement is simple and it has been used in a massive amount of field N2O studies. Several mechanisms govern the transport of gases in soil including O2 and N2O: gas transport by molecular diffusion (considered to be the predominant process) ...
There is evidence of a link between such tunnels and the presence of mycelium of ectomycorrhizal hyphae, but not clear if the quantities of nutrient base cations so released are of significance in the term of years and decades (Smith and Read, 2008). Our knowledge of the magnitude of ...
The framework had been applied to describe two plant species invasions in South Africa region (Foxcroft et al. 2011; Vardien et al. 2012). In order to evaluate if the application of an existing framework in a new context is possible, we assessed the threat of biological invasions in the ...
Increasing the HGH levels enables the body to maintain high levels of energy, boosted immunity, and increases fitness levels well past the time when the body is scheduled to slow down. How the Body Produces and Uses HGH There are multiple schedules and regimens that people use when cycling or...