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Showing posts with label health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

How can something so good be so bad?

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What is the title referring to? I'm talking about something that everybody loves - food.
What do the following two foods have in common?



Aside from looking tasty and tasting tasty, the other thing they have in common is that they are probably not doing any good to your body's overall health. Both are foods that I like to eat (I also love to eat all the deep-fried, greasy, carby goodness too fml).
One is a plate of instant noodles coated with wax and preservatives with other "proteins" that barely contain any protein. The other is basically a bar of frozen cream dipped in chocolate and nuts.

Summer seems to have just arrived in the blink of an eye. June was still so gloomy and suddenly, summer is here. With me consuming all this unhealthy food, not only am I getting my waistline "unready" for summer, I am also putting lots of bad and not enough good into my body.

I'm sure many of you have already heard of diets that detox your body. These strict diet plans help you control what you put into your body. The Clean Program, for example, gives you a planned diet of drinking just a shake for breakfast and dinner, and you get solid food for lunch, with supplements in between. It is a way to detox and "reset" your body. I know people who have gone on detoxing diets and they all say that it was worth it.

Because of my current crazy eating habits, I don't think I will be able to jump directly into these detox diets, but reading about them certainly made me want to change the way I eat.

Do you guys have meal/diet plans you follow? Or do you just go ahead and eat whatever you feel like (like me)? Haha XD

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Heels, heels. They hurt me so.

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Do you not agree?... Heels are so beautiful. And the higher the heel, the prettier I think they are.
 However, ladies, beauty always comes with a price.


If you have small feet like me, not only do you have to worry about finding shoes that fit (or buying enough insoles to make the shoe fit lol), you also have to worry about finding shoes that are comfortable.
Whenever I wear heels, I end up with aching feet at the end of the day. On some extreme occasions, my knees and thighs hurt too. It's like a work-out, except this work-out is bad for you.

Why is wearing heels bad for you? Here are only some of the reasons why:

Pressure on the ball of your foot.
The height of the heels will cause your body weight to shift to the ball of your foot. The higher the heel, the higher the pressure you put at the front of your foot. This can cause a condition called stone bruise or metatarsalgia to develop - which means that the ball of your foot will be in pain D=

Abnormal posture.
Since your weight is pushed towards the front of your feet, your body's balance is altered. Your hips, shoulders, and back all have to shift to keep you from falling over. Being in a bad posture for a long time can cause back and spine problems.

Squishing your toes.
If you like to wear pointed heels, this problem is especially worse. Your weight is shifted towards the front of your foot, where your toes are. This can cause your toes to be further squeezed in inside the narrow front of the shoe. Over-time, squishing your toes too much can produce hammer toes. This is why you should never squeeze your feet into shoes that are too small for you!

There are many more reasons, but basically, long-time wear of heels (or uncomfortable shoes) can really cause damage.

Housershoes.com offers lots of well-known brand name shoes, with many of the shoes on the site looking like they are comfort-first. With summer around the corner, there is a large selection of ladies sandals on the site that look beach-ready haha.
However, they do not have my shoe size because of my stupid tiny feet =(
This is why it is so difficult for me to find shoes that are nice AND comfy because of my small shoe size.

Where do you guys find your comfortable, but nice-looking shoes?
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