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Health benefits of saunas

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

saunas

The many claims about the health benefits of saunas. Lose weight, cleanse the body of toxins, relieve arthritis symptoms, improve respiratory problems, snake oil etc.. or scientific fact? You be the judge.

Lose weight

When you’re in a sauna your heart rate increases while your body works to cool. 300 to 500 calories are burned during a session 30 minute sauna.

True, but in a sauna the heart is the only muscle being exerted. The construction and tone the muscles of regular exercise gives the equivalent calorie burn with the additional benefits of dial tone. For optimal weight loss, do some exercise, then take a sauna afterwards.
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Health and Productivity in the Modern Office

Monday, January 4th, 2010

healthy work

Every day we spend more and still working longer hours at the computer. It is therefore not surprising that we suffer from muscle aches, back disorders, vision problems and weight gain. So, as activities become more dependent on the computer we must pay more attention to their working environment.

This note provides a guide to adjust office equipment related to computer and the lighting conditions to prevent eyestrain. If you use a laptop and its activity involves continuously varying environment, use this guide to try to adjust the conditions of its changing environment.

Note that some items are interrelated, for example, changing the height of your chair should adjust your keyboard height and angle of the screen of your monitor.

Health problems associated with computer use
Muscle pain, eye fatigue and other discomforts often associated with prolonged use of the computer.

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