Lifestyles not only cause a lack of motivation, but it also creates space for stress and other lifestyle diseases like hypertension, diabetes, increased cholesterol levels and heart attacks. To mute it, there are some hobbies that can relieve stress and keep the heart healthy.

Stress can not only reduce mental health but also physical health. People who are stressed are more likely to have heart disease.

Here are some activities or hobbies that can reduce stress and make your heart healthy, as reported by onlymyhealth, Tuesday (19/03/2012) :

1. Traveling

Traveling with friends or family travel to new places is a fun way to make heart still healthy. If the funds available are limited, no need to do the traveling that far away. Look beautiful or interesting places that are near your home.

2. Cooking

Try the new menu also will help relieve your stress. Try to choose a healthy menu for the family, so in addition to reducing stress, you also can provide healthy food for the family.

3. Dancing

Dancing is not only fun and relieve stress, but also helps burn calories so you can get additional benefits for weight loss.

4. Gardening or raising animals

Caring for plants or animals is the next best way to keep the heart healthy and happy. This hobby also makes you more relaxed and positive energy that brings calm the nerves.

5. Painting

Painting is like pouring stress into the canvas and produce a beautiful painting. It will make you more calm and comfortable.

6. Listen to music or singing

Many studies have proven that listening to music can relieve stress and be beneficial in patients with heart disease by reducing blood pressure, heart rate and anxiety.

Sleep is very important to maintain one's health overall. But there are some people who get a little amount of sleep time. How to stay healthy despite the lack of sleep?

If someone does not get enough sleep, then he will feel tired, lethargic, depressed, have difficulty concentrating and there is the possibility of more frequent illness because the immune system is down.

Even so there are some things one can do to stay healthy body despite getting less sleep, as quoted from Livestrong, Monday (3/19/2012), namely :

1. As much as possible to get time for a nap

If it does not get a good night's sleep, then try to get a little time to take a nap even though only 15 minutes. This can help recharge the body and brain as well as prepare for the next several hours.

2. Exercise every day

Exercising does not need heavy or powerful, but can by jogging or cycling around the neighborhood for 30 minutes. This will help you release excess energy in the body so it can go to bed early and get enough sleep.

3. Avoid eating before bed

Try to eat or snack last performed at least 2 hours before bedtime. This is to ensure that during sleep, the body will break and no severe digestive process, so you sleep better and feel more refreshed when you wake up in the morning.

4. Do not consume stimulants before bed

One cup of coffee including stimulants, if you want coffee consumption should be six hours before bedtime. This is because if consumed too close to bedtime can interfere with the quality and quantity of sleep.

5. Relax before bed

Try to turn off computers, televisions and other electronics for 1 hour before bed looking at the screen or the light can trick the brain into thinking that it was still awake. Meanwhile, dim the lights and turn off electronics can calm the mind and body and sleep quality will improve.

Green Tea

Content of antioxidants in green tea is not only useful for fighting cancer. According to recent research, the content can also relieve halitosis or bad breath odors due to various reasons, including cavities. Antioxidant compounds called polyphenols are believed to eliminate the various causes of bad breath. Even a variety of disorders associated with bad breath, such as cavities can also be prevented by diligent drinking green tea.

"Above all, we find the additional benefits of green tea in the field of oral health," wrote the researchers from Israel's Institute of Technology in the journal Archives of Oral Niology, as quoted from Dailymail, Monday (19/03/2012).

Types of polyphenols or antioxidants in green tea that can alleviate bad breath is epigallocatechin 3 gallate (EGCG). It is said in the report of experts, the content of EGCG is one of the most interesting component in green tea leaf. This reinforces the benefits of green tea as a superfood or food or beverage with various properties. Previously, the content of polyphenols in green tea are believed to reduce cancer risk and protect the heart from damage.

Various previous studies even mention, the content of antioxidants in green tea can prevent a variety of neurological disorders caused by the aging process. Neurological disorders including Parkinson's and is one form of senility that is alzherimer. In essence, raw material of green tea hardly different from the raw material of black tea. The difference lies only in the processing process, which makes green tea has less caffeine content but it has more polyphenol levels.

Since thousands of years ago, this one kind of tea is traditionally consumed by the population of China and the Far East. Usually drunk without sugar, so the number of calories is confirmed very few and is suitable for people who are dieting.

Awareness for healthy living with the advent of the habit of cycling in big cities increasing. The bicycler not have to worry about cycling in the middle of the smoke pollution of motor vehicles. The study found that cycling in the middle of traffic passing a motor vehicle does not endanger the health condition.

Various previous studies did find a variety of negative effects of pollution exposure to health, particularly pollution from motor vehicle exhaust. However, when coupled with intense physical activity such as cycling, the harmful effects of pollution to health is still very small.

A researcher from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) want to see the impact of air pollution exposure and volume as well as cycle routes bicycler health conditions. The finding is surprising and make happy the bicycler.

"We found that breathing in air containing polluting vehicles along the roads during morning and afternoon only have a small impact to the health of cyclists," said the researcher, Tom Cole-Hunter as reported by The Conversation, Sunday (18/03/2012).

Although the impact of pollution on health cyclist quite a bit, Cole-Hunter suggested that the cyclist should not challenging smoke pollution. Finding a route that bypassed fewer vehicles will certainly reduce the amount of dirty air particles are inhaled.

"Cyclists who suffer from asthma complaints would be better if it followed the road less dense. Since particle emission vehicles can adversely affect the respiratory system," said Cole-Hunter.

The study also found that cyclists who have respiratory problems tend to feel shortness of breath and wheezing experienced after bike along the crowded streets of a motor vehicle. Finally, these cyclists then reroute the trip or used a ventilator to resolve complaints.

Cyclists women found to be better able to detect an increase in odor emissions. That is, these women are more sensitive to exposure to vehicle emissions.

At present, go to work or school by bicycle is an effective solution for people who want to get used to exercising. Especially after getting congested traffic that causes congestion due to population growth.

The study was conducted over three years in Brisbane, Australia, and will be presented at the seminar to gain a PhD researcher at the International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (ILAQH) at Queensland University of Technology.

In modern times such as now, not a few women who are sexually active, although not yet officially married, even some of which are still attending school. Though many health benefits that can be felt when the woman can keep her virginity.

Virginity is highly valued in eastern countries. Women are considered sacred in religion and morals when it could keep her virginity before marriage.

Unfortunately, promiscuity is rampant among young people, to make women can take off her virginity at any time, even though he was attending school. Virginity is one of the most special gift that God gives to a woman.

Here are some health benefits to women to keep her virginity before marriage, as reported by Timesofindia, Friday (16/03/2012) :

1. No need to afraid of getting pregnant out of wedlock

Of the many advantages, this one is the most obvious. Many single women who regularly have sex is always concerned with the pregnancy. So if you are a virgin, you do not have to worry about this. You also do not need to bother having a routine birth control pills if you do not want to get pregnant before marriage.

2. Do not get sexually transmitted infections

Women who can keep the virginity of course will not have dangerous sex. This of course will keep him away from a variety of sexually transmitted infections such as HIV / AIDS, herpes and genital warts, syphilis and gonorhea.

3. There is no emotional trauma of a relationship

Love is not all about sex. There are many things you can do without sex. Remember, sexual frustration can make you feel hurt, stress, depression, loneliness and so angry.

4. Be happier

In fact, most men prefer to marry women who are still virgins. Women who can keep her virginity until marriage later tend to have happier marriages than those who do pre-marital sex.

Drinking Soda does not feel fresh if consumed in the heat. But some people have a habit of drinking soda almost every day. Should stop this habit, because there is a cause that can be generated. Most people know that soda is not good for health because he has absolutely no nutritional value. But many people are hard to stop the habit of drinking soda. Here are 5 things that could be a reason for someone to kick the habit of drinking soda, as quoted by MSNBC.

1. Accelerated Aging

Diet soda or regular containing phosphate or phosphoric acid, because these compounds could provide a sharp flavor in cola drinks. If someone is too much consumption of phosphoric acid can cause heart problems, kidney, muscle loss, osteoporosis and accelerated aging. FASEB Journal published a study that found some soda manufacturers have increased phosphoric acid levels in their products over recent decades.

2. Causes of cancer

Caramel color in soda that is 2-methylimidazole and 4-methylimidazole have been known to cause cancer in animals, so this material is also suspected to be harmful to human health. Based on a list of strict proportion in California known 16 micrograms of 4-methylimidazole was able to pose the threat of cancer, whereas in soda drinks can be contained up to 200 micrograms per 0.6 liter of soda.

3. Overweight and trigger diabetes

People who frequently consume soft drinks will have a significant weight gain, estimated at around 10 Kg in 4 years. Obesity is happening, of course led to an increased risk of diaebtes. Especially people who are obese tend to become inactive and have other unhealthy lifestyle can contribute greatly to the emergence of diabetes.

4. Toxins from soda cans

Almost all aluminum soda cans lined with epoxy resin, called bisphenol A (BPA), which serves to keep the acid in soda not react with the metal. BPA is known to disrupt hormones, cause obesity and some forms of reproductive cancers.

5. water pollution

Artificial sweeteners that used in diet soda drinks does not dissolve in the body and also in waste water. Swiss researchers discovered Acesulfame K, Saccharin and Sucrose in rivers and lakes in Switzerland. A recent study found eating sucrose can disrupt some of the organisms.