اكبر قطة فى العالم

اكبر قطة فى العالم

هلا بكم في عالم القطط , وهذه هي ماوت , وهي اسمن قطة في العالم , يصل وزنها 35 كيلوغرام , نضعها صورها بين ايديكم , بعد ان نالت مؤخرا جائزة حول اشتراكها في معرض للقطط , وقد استطاعت ماوت من مفاجئة الجمهور بوزنها وحجمها الكبير .

حمام في سويسرا اسمه اشوفك وما تشوفني

صور لطفل لديه ذيل من الخلف..سبحان الله!

لطفل نمت له في البداية قطعة لحمية صغيرة , بدت كذيل الفئران
ومع نموه يوما بعد يوم , اصبحت تتحول هذه الذيل ,

التي نمت فوق مؤخرته الى ما يشبه الرجل .

ننشر فيما يلي صور واضحة , تشرح عناء هذا الطفل ,

الذي يحاول الاطباء منذ مدة قطع الذيل الخلفية التي تبدو كالرجل ,

الا انه وضمن الفحوصات اكتشفوا ان قوة العظام بداخل هذه الذيل اقوى من الفولاذ ,

ما يصعب مهمة اقتلاع الذيل من مؤخرة هذا الطفل.

ومن اجل انهاء الخبر بالصورة المرجوة نقول "سبحان الله".

لو أعجبك الموضوع ..اضغطل على زر لايك وشير "في الأسفل" وشكرا

امرأه صينية سحبت 6 سيارات بشعرها

كيف تموت الراقصات؟!؟ ~

بالصور شاهدوا الرجل صاحب اغرب وجه فى العالم…

شانغ شونساي الرجل الصيني (32عاما) صاحب اغرب واكبر وجه بالعالم

يعاني من ورم وزنه 23 كيلوغرام في وجهه غير ملامحه
اجريت له عملية جراحية تم خلالها ازالة 10 كيلوغرام من الورم
وهو بانتظار ان يتحسن الحال بصورة كاملة
فاحمدوا واشكروا الله على ما انتم به

نوع من الأسماك يشبه التمساح ..سبحان الله ~

امرأة تعرض زوجها للبيع

لم تتردد أليس بادلي - الزوجة الأمريكية لحظة واحدة قبل عرض زوجها للبيع في ركن الاعلانات في أحد المواقع المشهورة . الزوجة المسكينة أقدمت على هذه الخطوة الجريئة بعدما ضاقت ذرعا بزوجها الذي يقضي معظم وقته في الجلوس أمام الشاشة لممارسة ألعاب الفيديو التي يدمنها .

و تقول الزوجة مبررة فعلتها المضحكة : "لم أكن ألتقي كثيرا بزوجي لذلك فكرت في بيعه لمن يدفع أكثر و ما شجعني أكثر هو ردة فعل حماتي التي أشارت علي بأن لا أتردد في ذلك"

و في نص الإعلان كتبت أليس أن هذا الزوج المعروض للبيع لمن يدفع أكثر لا يتطلب عناية فائقة بل لا يتطلب أكثر من إطعامه و تقديم المشروبات له كل 3 ساعات
من جهته قال الزوج ضاحكا أن الفكرة طريفة من نوعها و أن ما أقدمت عليه زوجته لا يتعدى الدعابة المضحكة و أنه يحب زوجته فعلا و لا يتمنى مفارقتها يوما ما و أنه أصبح الآن بعد الاستمتاع بألعاب الفيديو يذهب ليجلس مع زوجته ليشاهدا معا بعض الردود المضحكة على إعلانها

مليونير يتخلى عن ثروته بحثا عن السعادة

في خطوة جريئة و غير مسبوقة قام المليونير النمساوي كارل رابيدير بالتخلي عن كامل ثروته " بحثا عن السعادة" . و يقول كارل وهو رجل أعمال ناجح في السابعة و الأربعين من عمره أنه كان يظن أن جمع الأموال سيجعله أكثر سعادة لكنه اكتشف أنه كلما زادت ثروته زاد غمه و حزنه . و كخطوة أولى قام بالتخلي عن كافة ممتلكاته و أمواله و لم يترك منها و لو مليما واحد و تبرع بها للمؤسسات الخيرية و هو الذي طالما اعتقد أن ثراءه الفاحش هو أحدد أسباب تفشي الفقر في العالم.

اليوم يعيش كارل على راتب شهري لا يتجاوز الألف يورو و يقطن في بيت خشبي متواضع بعدما تخلى عن فيلته الفاخرة إلا أنه يبدو أشد سعادة مما كان قبل و يقول أنه كان يبدو أكبر بعشر سنوات عندما كان مهتما بثروته و ممتلكاته . بالأمس القريب كان يقطن فيلا فخمة في ارقى مناطق في النمسا و كان يركن سيارته الليموزين الفاخرة في مرأب شديد الإتساع فضلا عن امتلاكه لخمس طائرات إلا أنه بالرغم من كل ذلك كان يشعر بالحزن المتواصل وهاهو وجد الحل أخيرا و يبدو انه فعلا سعيد جدا بما أقدم عليه إذ يقول أنه يشعر بالراحة أخيرا و بأنه تخلص من عبء كبير كان يثقل كاهله.

كارل لا يتمنى شيئا في الوقت الحالي و يقول أنه يعيش فعلا الحياة التي طالما حلم بها و أن الممتلكات المادية لا و لم تجلب له السعادة قط

رسام مصري يحول شارع "محمد محمود" إلى لوحة فنية

شارع محمد محمود هو الشارع المؤدي مباشرة إلى ميدان التحرير في مصر، شهد في الأيام الأخيرة مصادمات دامية بين آلاف المتظاهرين و قوات الأمن ، تناثرت فيه قنابل الغاز هنا و الرصاص المطاطي هناك و الرصاص الحي هنالك أحيانا إلا أن ذلك لم يمنع الفنان المصري " صبحي" الملقب ب "رسام الثورة " من الصمود أمام جدران الشارع و مواجهة الطلقات و الغازات الخانقة و الاصطدامات العنيفة ليرسم هذه الملحمة التاريخية .

يقول هذا الفنان الثائر أنه يرى رسوماته على جدران الشارع شاهدا على ما يحدث و أنه لن يكف عن الرسم حتى تحقق الثورة أهدافها حتى ولو اضطر إلى الرسم على جميع جدران مصر! و هو فخور بالدور الذي يقوم به كيف لا وهذا الحائط هو الذي رسم البسمة على شفاه المصابين عندما لجؤوا إليه لطلب شيء من الراحة بعد ساعات من المواجهات العنيفة.

اللوحات الفنية في مدخل الشارع تحكي لنا الوقائع بالتفصيل : حريق هنا .. جريح هناك.. مندسون و شهداء و تستمر المحاولات لتحقيق مبادئ الثورة و يستمر الفنان - رغم الاختناق بالغاز - في مغازلة جدران مصر بريشته لتكون شاهدا ناطقا على الأحداث .

القبض على أمريكي يعرض طفلته للبيع مقابل 25 دولار

أصدرت المحكمة أمرا بسجن أمريكي لمدة 6 سنوات بعد إقدامه على عرض طفلته البالغة من العمر 8 أشهر للبيع أمام سوبرماركت كبير في ولاية كاليفورنيا.

القبض على الجاني رفقة زوجته كان بعد بلاغ تلقته الشرطة من قبل سيدتين مفاده أن زوجين كانا بصدد بيع رضيعة لا يتجاوز عمرها الثمانية أشهر أمام متجر وولمارت جنوب سان فرانسيسكو . و تفيد الصحف المحلية أن الأب معروف بكونه مدمن مخدرات و أنه اضطر لعرض طفلته للبيع للحصول على المال إلا أنه عندما مواجهته بالوقائع أنكر كونه كان ينوي فعلا بيع الرضيعة و أنه نادم على ما اقترفه وهو يتمنى تخفيف العقوبة المسلطة عليه واسعافه بإطلاق سراح مشروط حتى يعود إلى عائلته.

و هذه الحادثة ليست الأولى من نوعها في هذه العائلة ففي عام 2006 انتزعت المحكمة من نفس الرجل حضانة طفله الذي يبلغ 3 سنوات و ذلك بعد اكتشاف ضلوعه في تصنيع المواد المخدرة في البيت صحبة شقيقه اما في هذه الحالة فهو إضافة إلى انتزاع الحضانة فهو يواجه حكما بالسجن لمدة 6 سنوات وهي العقوبة القصوى التي يفرضها القانون بسبب تعريض حياة طفل للخطر

الأم- سامانتا توماسيني - تواجه هي الأخرى حكما بالسجن لمدة 4 سنوات مع السراح المشروط و إجبارها على تتبع برنامج خاص للتوقف عن الإدمان أما الطفلة الصغيرة فسيتم عرضها للتبني الدائم أو للتبني من قبل احد الأقارب المهتمين بمستقبل العائلة

Beauté d'hiver

Quand le temps se refroidit, notre peau tiraille, notre nez rougit, nos lèvres se dessèchent, nos cheveux deviennent électriques. Pourtant, en y mettant du sien et du soin, on peut s’offrir, mine de rien, une vraie beauté d’hiver, fraîche et rose.
’hiver, notre visage est en première ligne, mais notre corps souffre aussi. Leur pire ennemi n’est pas tant le froid que les variations de température entre intérieur et extérieur. Pourtant, l’alternance du chaud et du froid peut aussi être bénéfique : elle active la microcirculation, élimine les toxines et redynamise le système cutané. A condition de respecter quelques principes.

Corps : pensez à nourrir avant d’hydrater

Même s’il est protégé par les vêtements, notre corps a besoin d’être hydraté. Et en hiver, un simple lait hydratant ne suffit plus. Il faut le remplacer par une huile sèche ou une crème très nourrissante afin de restaurer le film hydrolipidique. Une astuce : utilisez une huile lavante sous la douche ou ajoutez quelques gouttes d’huile d’olive ou de monoï dans l’eau du bain. Et diminuez la fréquence des gommages : ils fragilisent l’épiderme.

Côté extrémités, soyez attentif
Pieds et mains, plus en butte aux aléas climatiques, ont besoin d’un traitement spécifique. Optez pour une crème riche, à appliquer matin et/ou soir selon l’état de sécheresse. A la maison, vous pouvez enfiler pendant quarante-cinq minutes les Chaussettes pieds secs de Scholl : leurs fibres contiennent un gel qui diffuse des actifs nourrissants.

Visage : renforcez les défenses

Contrairement à une idée reçue, en hiver, ce n’est pas l’eau qui hydrate mais le gras. Lui seul empêche l’évaporation de l’eau de la cellule tout en agissant comme une barrière protectrice. Aussi, remplacez votre crème hydratante par une crème plus nourrissante. Et choisissez la version un cran au-dessus de votre soin habituel : peau sèche si vous avez la peau normale, peau normale si vous avez la peau grasse.

Plus fragile, la peau sèche a besoin d’une double protection : appliquez un sérum réhydratant sous la crème de jour protectrice. Si vous rougissez facilement, choisissez un soin pour peau réactive : il associe une protection vasculaire à une protection climatique. La crème (légèrement verte !) s’applique matin et soir. Vous pouvez aussi dissimuler vos rougeurs sous une crème de teint spécialement étudiée.

Sur la bouche, protection maximale
Sans couche graisseuse sous-cutanée, la peau des lèvres ne peut pas s’épaissir pour se défendre, alors elle tiraille, se fendille et gerce. Le bon réflexe : appliquez avant votre rouge à lèvres un baume riche en cire et en huile végétale. On trouve de plus en plus de formules labiales deux en un, qui soignent et maquillent en même temps. Renouvelez l’opération plusieurs fois dans la journée.

Un maquillage protecteur et enlumineur
L’hiver, quand la lumière se raréfie, utilisez un fond de teint spécialement étudié pour la réfléchir. Certains s’adaptent même aux variations de température. Pour que le froid ne fige pas votre maquillage, choisissez des fards à paupières avec une texture crème, qui font le regard lumineux sans creuser les traits. Et sur les cils, posez un mascara waterproof pour que la larme à l’œil ne vire pas au regard charbonneux involontaire.Cheveux : évitez le déssèchement

Le froid agit sur le cuir chevelu en réduisant la production de sébum. Les cheveux gras y trouvent leur compte. Pas les cheveux secs, qui le deviennent encore plus et cassent. La solution : un masque nourrissant une fois par semaine, à garder pendant un bon quart d’heure ; les autres jours, un soin gainant sans rinçage pour limiter les agressions. Et gardez la main légère sur les shampoings secs, les laques et autres sprays coiffants qui électrisent les cheveux.

4 bons réflexes

- Faire une cure d’acides gras essentiels : une supplémentation de vitamine E, d’huile d’onagre ou de bourrache pendant les trois mois d’hiver aide à restaurer l’épiderm
- Supprimer les savons et les produits lavants agressifs : bourrés de tensioactifs, ils sont trop décapants. A remplacer par des formules nettoyantes sans savon.
- Remplacer son eau démaquillante ou son gel par un lait, une crème ou une huile démaquillante, plus nourrissant.
- Mettre une crème de nuit : elle compensera les agressions de la journée et reformera une bonne protection lipidique.

Quel produit choisir ?

Face à la multitude de l’offre, il n’est pas toujours facile de s’y retrouver. Aujourd’hui, la plupart des produits sont de qualité. A chacun de trouver ce qui lui convient le mieux. Voici ceux que nous avons aimés.

- Sous la douche. Huile lavante, laboratoires Vendôme.
- Sur le corps. Huile sèche à l’huile d’olive, The Body Shop. Crème nourrissante Nutri Soft 24 h, L’Oréal.
- Sur les pieds. Crème pour pieds secs, Pedi Relax.
- Sur les mains. Crème mains sensibles, A-Derma.
- Sur les cheveux. Masque au beurre de karité, Furterer. Sur les pointes : Sérum de soie sublimateur, Leonor Greyl.
- Sur les lèvres. Sourire tonique, Dr Pierre Ricaud.
- Sur le visage. Crème Superdefense, Clinique (peau normale). Optimum, Lancôme (peau grasse). Supra Sérum Haute Exigence et Crème Haute Exigence, Clarins (peau sèche). Soin hydratant peaux réactives, Nivea (peau sensible).
- Pour les rougeurs. Rosaliac, La Roche-Posay. Crème de teint compacte Couvrance, Avène

Secrets et mensonges de la jalousie

Quoi de plus insupportable, et de plus banal, que de se croire trompé, remplacé, oublié, nié ? En plus, c’est un sentiment inavouable. Sans doute parce qu’il cache des frustrations inavouées. La jalousie, porte ouverte sur l’inconscient ?


Sommaire
D’où vient la jalousie ?
Peut-on être jaloux parce qu’on se sent soi-même infidèle ?
Les femmes sont-elles plus jalouses que les hommes ?
Peut-on ne pas être jaloux ?
Quand tombe-t-on dans le pathologique ?
Peut-elle cacher un désir homosexuel ?
En quoi la jalousie diffère-t-elle de l’envie ?
De quel genre de rival a-t-on peur ?
Pourquoi est-il si difficile de renoncer à la jalousie ?
Témoignage : “A travers mon mari, j’étais jalouse de mon père”
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Nous avons tous un jour éprouvé cette douleur terrible. Sous son emprise, il a même pu nous venir l’envie de tuer… ou de mourir. Pour, après coup, nous demander : mais qu’est-ce qui m’a pris ? La réponse sera différente pour chacun. Car la jalousie est un sentiment aussi répandu que complexe et trompeur : elle cache souvent des frustrations, des désirs inavoués. Nul besoin de psys pour le deviner : elle nous vient de très loin, du fond de notre enfance. Parfois, la jalousie se cache elle-même, au point d’être méconnaissable. En effet, de tous les sentiments humains, c’est sans doute celui qu’on (se) dissimule le plus. Parce qu’elle est mal jugée, on en a honte et on ose à peine s’interroger sur son fonctionnement. Pourtant, elle a beaucoup à nous apprendre.

D’où vient la jalousie ?

D’après les psychanalystes, on n’aurait jamais été jaloux qu’une seule fois, dans sa toute petite enfance. Une jalousie si terrible qu’elle nous a marqués à vie. Lorsqu’on est jaloux, on ne ferait jamais que revivre cette douleur-là, celle du tout petit enfant qui ne supporte pas de voir sa mère se détourner de lui. Tout d’un coup, son monde s’écroule : il se sent abandonné, trahi.

Pour Lacan, cette souffrance, nécessaire car elle permet de sortir de la fusion avec la mère, intervient à la fin de la période du sevrage, déjà difficile en soi, et au moment où l’enfant s’apprête à vivre un traumatisme important : réaliser qu’il n’est plus tout seul, qu’il existe un autre (par exemple, à l’arrivée d’un nouvel enfant dans la famille). Tout dépend donc de la manière dont cette première blessure aura été vécue. Que certains avalent les couleuvres plus difficilement que d’autres, et les voilà marqués au fer rouge du manque. Aucun amour ne sera jamais assez grand. Aucun être ne sera jamais assez fiable.

Peut-on être jaloux parce qu’on se sent soi-même infidèle ?

C’est un phénomène assez courant. Avant son mariage, Jean-Jacques, grand séducteur, faisait du charme à tout va et accumulait les conquêtes. Depuis, il s’est « rangé ». Son épouse lui est fidèle. Elle s’habille avec sobriété et se comporte sans provocation. Pourtant, Jean-Jacques, terriblement jaloux, blêmit dès qu’elle converse avec un autre homme. « Ce que cet homme projette sur son épouse, ce sont ses propres désirs, commente Jean-Pierre Winter, psychanalyste. Pour lui, le désir équivaut au passage à l’acte. Donc il se sent coupable, refoule son envie de la tromper et la lui attribue. » Cette jalousie porte un nom : il s’agit de la fameuse « jalousie de projection » que Freud a définie dans son ouvrage Névrose, psychose et perversion, Puf, 1992.Peut-elle cacher un désir homosexuel ?

Il existe une forme de jalousie, proche de la paranoïa, que Freud a qualifié de « délirante ». Dans ce cas, celui que l’on désire, ce n’est pas le partenaire, c’est le (ou la) rival(e). Si je suis une femme, par exemple, j’éprouve une attirance inconsciente pour la maîtresse de mon mari. Et ce qui me chagrine, c’est que celle-ci aime mon mari plutôt que moi. En un mot, la jalousie délirante est l’expression d’un désir homosexuel refoulé. L’expérience de Céline nous en donne une illustration parfaite : « J’ai vécu trois ans avec Bernard, que j’ai quitté à cause de son métier : il était gynécologue accoucheur. Je ne pouvais plus supporter qu’il voie des sexes de femmes toute la journée. Au début, j’avais du mal à croire qu’il restait aussi imperturbable qu’il le prétendait mais je parvenais à me contrôler. Et puis j’ai remplacé cinq jours sa secrétaire. Pour la première fois, j’ai vu la salle d’attente. “Pas mal cette grande blonde !” “Plutôt jolie, la rousse !” Le soir, je bombardais Bernard de questions. A partir de ce moment, quand on faisait l’amour, j’étais obsédée par l’idée que son désir ne s’adressait pas à moi mais à elles. J’imaginais leurs seins, leurs fesses… C’était atroce...

En quoi la jalousie diffère-t-elle de l’envie ?

Certains ne sont jaloux qu’en amour, d’autres uniquement au travail… Mais dans le cadre professionnel, on parlera plutôt d’« envie ». La jalousie est « la crainte de perdre ce que l’on possède ». Tandis que l’envie est « la souffrance de voir quelqu’un d’autre posséder ce qu’on désire pour soi-même ». Par ailleurs, la jalousie suppose un tiers rival, tandis que l’envie implique une relation à une seule personne. Mais ces deux sentiments sont intimement liés. Le mot « jalousie » ne vient-il pas du grec ancien zelos, qui signifie « envie ».

De quel genre de rival a-t-on peur ?

Il arrive que seul un certain type de rival nous inspire de la jalousie :

Le rival jumeau
Marc a vécu avec une femme qui avait des relations multiples, alors que lui était fidèle. Cela ne l’a pas du tout gêné… tant que ses rivaux ne lui ressemblaient pas : « Il s’agissait de relations bien différentes de celle vécue avec moi, ils ne me menaçaient pas. Mais, un jour, un autre homme, plus proche de moi, est entré dans sa vie. Et là, j’ai beaucoup souffert. » « Marc jouit d’une grande assise narcissique, note Jean-Pierre Winter. Il est convaincu que personne ne vaut mieux que lui. Or le rival apparaît ici comme un double qu’il suppose plus parfait que lui et qui menace de prendre sa place. D’où l’explosion de sa jalousie. »

Le rival opposé
A l’inverse, Sylvain, professeur de français, ne peut supporter un rival qui soit son contraire : « L’ex-époux de ma femme n’avait éveillé en moi aucune jalousie jusqu’au jour où je suis tombé sur une de ses lettres, truffée de fautes d’orthographe. Ça m’a anéanti. Je ne comprenais plus rien. Si elle avait pu aimer cet homme, comment pouvait-elle m’aimer moi qui suis si différent ? » « Il y a, derrière cette réaction, estime Jean-Pierre Winter, l’incertitude d’être véritablement l’objet du désir de l’autre : “Si ce que je lui donne n’est pas ce qu’elle désire, alors que me veut-elle ? Que veut-elle ? Et moi, qui suis-je ? Que me manque-t-il ?” Il s’agit à la fois d’un effondrement de son identité et d’une blessure narcissique. »Pourquoi est-il si difficile de renoncer à la jalousie ?

Pour beaucoup, la jalousie est une preuve d’amour. Si notre partenaire en est dénué, il n’est pas rare qu’on le lui reproche. C’est à son aune que nous mesurons la force de la passion. La jalousie fait donc partie du plaisir de l’amour : elle réveille, galvanise, érotise ! C’est un aphrodisiaque. Relancer son désir sur la jalousie est d’ailleurs une pratique courante. La violence du désir est décuplée, liée à l’agressivité, à l’envie d’écraser, le rival… « Mon mari m’a toujours fait des scènes de jalousie tout à fait injustifiées, raconte Marie. J’en étais très agacée jusqu’au jour où je me suis rendue compte qu’il aimait cela. Après ces scènes, il me faisait l’amour avec une ardeur accrue. »

Mais la jalousie n’est pas gouvernée par la seule passion. Pendant des siècles, elle a été avant tout une affaire d’honneur à régler entre hommes. Le Méditerranéen, par exemple, se doit d’être jaloux : cela relève du code social. « Mais, aujourd’hui, les codes se transforment, tournant souvent le dos à l’héritage culturel », explique Catherine Anthony.

Nous avons tous des stratégies – inconscientes – de protection. Certains se blindent au point qu’ils ne peuvent ou ne veulent plus tomber amoureux : leur refus d’aimer est un refus d’être trahi. D’autres parviennent à se convaincre qu’ils gardent toujours la place préférentielle. D’autres encore s’inventent des échappatoires assez surprenantes : ainsi Henri pousse sa femme dans les bras d’un autre et désire assister à la scène. « Ce n’est pas qu’il ne soit pas jaloux, souligne Michèle Montrelay, mais sa jalousie est au contraire si aiguë qu’il lui faut à tout prix y échapper. En lui appliquant des figures concrètes, il l’exorcise… »

Il existe d’autres remèdes… L’écriture, par exemple, a apaisé bien des jaloux. « Ecrire, c’est tuer ! » pour reprendre les mots d’Henri Michaux. Combien de pièces de théâtre, de romans, de scénarios n’ont-ils pas été bâtis sur ce sentiment ! Nathalie, elle, est entrée en psychothérapie : « Cela m’a aidée à changer de regard, à prendre du recul et, surtout, à mieux supporter les moments de crise », confie-telle. « Mais on ne “guérit” pas de la jalousie, prévient Jean-Pierre Winter. Pas plus qu’on ne guérit de l’amour. L’analyse n’est pas une anesthésie. »
En clair, nous ne pouvons pas refuser d’être jaloux, mais nous pouvons refuser de nous laisser détruire par la jalousie.

Témoignage : “A travers mon mari, j’étais jalouse de mon père”

Anne-Marie, 26 ans : « Quand j’ai épousé Paul, de quinze ans mon aîné, j’étais d’une jalousie maladive. Je jetais les lettres et les photos de ses ex. Je lui faisais des scènes épouvantables. Nous étions au bord de la rupture… J’ai décidé de suivre une analyse. Là, j’ai compris que l’origine de mon délire venait d’un violent ressentiment envers mon père. A mes 12 ans, âge auquel j’avais besoin d’être reconnue dans ma féminité, il avait détourné son attention de moi vers une amie de ma mère. Il ne la trompait pas, mais cette femme était devenue une sorte de déesse intouchable et moi je rêvais de lui ressembler… L’analyse m’a aidée à prendre de la distance vis-à-vis de ma jalousie qui n’avait donc pas grand-chose à voir avec Paul. Son comportement, c’est vrai, était irréprochable. »Conseils

Cessez de vous torturer

Interdisez-vous de fouiller dans ses affaires.

Vous trouverez toujours de quoi aiguiser votre jalousie : pour le jaloux, tout est preuve !

Repensez aux premiers moments de votre rencontre et tâchez de retrouver le sentiment de confiance qui vous animait alors. Cela vous évitera de sombrer dans la paranoïa.

Ayez conscience que le couple que l’on forme avec quelqu’un est chaque fois unique. Ce qui se passe entre deux personnes précises ne peut jamais se rejouer de la même manière.

N’hésitez pas à voir votre « rival(e) » si son image vous hante. Cela cassera le fantasme – un jaloux imagine toujours le pire – et donnera à votre jalousie les contours précis d’un corps, donc une limite. « C’est un premier pas vers la reconstruction »,

Secrets et mensonges de la jalousie

Quoi de plus insupportable, et de plus banal, que de se croire trompé, remplacé, oublié, nié ? En plus, c’est un sentiment inavouable. Sans doute parce qu’il cache des frustrations inavouées. La jalousie, porte ouverte sur l’inconscient ?


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D’où vient la jalousie ?
Peut-on être jaloux parce qu’on se sent soi-même infidèle ?
Les femmes sont-elles plus jalouses que les hommes ?
Peut-on ne pas être jaloux ?
Quand tombe-t-on dans le pathologique ?
Peut-elle cacher un désir homosexuel ?
En quoi la jalousie diffère-t-elle de l’envie ?
De quel genre de rival a-t-on peur ?
Pourquoi est-il si difficile de renoncer à la jalousie ?
Témoignage : “A travers mon mari, j’étais jalouse de mon père”
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Nous avons tous un jour éprouvé cette douleur terrible. Sous son emprise, il a même pu nous venir l’envie de tuer… ou de mourir. Pour, après coup, nous demander : mais qu’est-ce qui m’a pris ? La réponse sera différente pour chacun. Car la jalousie est un sentiment aussi répandu que complexe et trompeur : elle cache souvent des frustrations, des désirs inavoués. Nul besoin de psys pour le deviner : elle nous vient de très loin, du fond de notre enfance. Parfois, la jalousie se cache elle-même, au point d’être méconnaissable. En effet, de tous les sentiments humains, c’est sans doute celui qu’on (se) dissimule le plus. Parce qu’elle est mal jugée, on en a honte et on ose à peine s’interroger sur son fonctionnement. Pourtant, elle a beaucoup à nous apprendre.

D’où vient la jalousie ?

D’après les psychanalystes, on n’aurait jamais été jaloux qu’une seule fois, dans sa toute petite enfance. Une jalousie si terrible qu’elle nous a marqués à vie. Lorsqu’on est jaloux, on ne ferait jamais que revivre cette douleur-là, celle du tout petit enfant qui ne supporte pas de voir sa mère se détourner de lui. Tout d’un coup, son monde s’écroule : il se sent abandonné, trahi.

Pour Lacan, cette souffrance, nécessaire car elle permet de sortir de la fusion avec la mère, intervient à la fin de la période du sevrage, déjà difficile en soi, et au moment où l’enfant s’apprête à vivre un traumatisme important : réaliser qu’il n’est plus tout seul, qu’il existe un autre (par exemple, à l’arrivée d’un nouvel enfant dans la famille). Tout dépend donc de la manière dont cette première blessure aura été vécue. Que certains avalent les couleuvres plus difficilement que d’autres, et les voilà marqués au fer rouge du manque. Aucun amour ne sera jamais assez grand. Aucun être ne sera jamais assez fiable.

Peut-on être jaloux parce qu’on se sent soi-même infidèle ?

C’est un phénomène assez courant. Avant son mariage, Jean-Jacques, grand séducteur, faisait du charme à tout va et accumulait les conquêtes. Depuis, il s’est « rangé ». Son épouse lui est fidèle. Elle s’habille avec sobriété et se comporte sans provocation. Pourtant, Jean-Jacques, terriblement jaloux, blêmit dès qu’elle converse avec un autre homme. « Ce que cet homme projette sur son épouse, ce sont ses propres désirs, commente Jean-Pierre Winter, psychanalyste. Pour lui, le désir équivaut au passage à l’acte. Donc il se sent coupable, refoule son envie de la tromper et la lui attribue. » Cette jalousie porte un nom : il s’agit de la fameuse « jalousie de projection » que Freud a définie dans son ouvrage Névrose, psychose et perversion, Puf, 1992.Peut-elle cacher un désir homosexuel ?

Il existe une forme de jalousie, proche de la paranoïa, que Freud a qualifié de « délirante ». Dans ce cas, celui que l’on désire, ce n’est pas le partenaire, c’est le (ou la) rival(e). Si je suis une femme, par exemple, j’éprouve une attirance inconsciente pour la maîtresse de mon mari. Et ce qui me chagrine, c’est que celle-ci aime mon mari plutôt que moi. En un mot, la jalousie délirante est l’expression d’un désir homosexuel refoulé. L’expérience de Céline nous en donne une illustration parfaite : « J’ai vécu trois ans avec Bernard, que j’ai quitté à cause de son métier : il était gynécologue accoucheur. Je ne pouvais plus supporter qu’il voie des sexes de femmes toute la journée. Au début, j’avais du mal à croire qu’il restait aussi imperturbable qu’il le prétendait mais je parvenais à me contrôler. Et puis j’ai remplacé cinq jours sa secrétaire. Pour la première fois, j’ai vu la salle d’attente. “Pas mal cette grande blonde !” “Plutôt jolie, la rousse !” Le soir, je bombardais Bernard de questions. A partir de ce moment, quand on faisait l’amour, j’étais obsédée par l’idée que son désir ne s’adressait pas à moi mais à elles. J’imaginais leurs seins, leurs fesses… C’était atroce...

En quoi la jalousie diffère-t-elle de l’envie ?

Certains ne sont jaloux qu’en amour, d’autres uniquement au travail… Mais dans le cadre professionnel, on parlera plutôt d’« envie ». La jalousie est « la crainte de perdre ce que l’on possède ». Tandis que l’envie est « la souffrance de voir quelqu’un d’autre posséder ce qu’on désire pour soi-même ». Par ailleurs, la jalousie suppose un tiers rival, tandis que l’envie implique une relation à une seule personne. Mais ces deux sentiments sont intimement liés. Le mot « jalousie » ne vient-il pas du grec ancien zelos, qui signifie « envie ».

De quel genre de rival a-t-on peur ?

Il arrive que seul un certain type de rival nous inspire de la jalousie :

Le rival jumeau
Marc a vécu avec une femme qui avait des relations multiples, alors que lui était fidèle. Cela ne l’a pas du tout gêné… tant que ses rivaux ne lui ressemblaient pas : « Il s’agissait de relations bien différentes de celle vécue avec moi, ils ne me menaçaient pas. Mais, un jour, un autre homme, plus proche de moi, est entré dans sa vie. Et là, j’ai beaucoup souffert. » « Marc jouit d’une grande assise narcissique, note Jean-Pierre Winter. Il est convaincu que personne ne vaut mieux que lui. Or le rival apparaît ici comme un double qu’il suppose plus parfait que lui et qui menace de prendre sa place. D’où l’explosion de sa jalousie. »

Le rival opposé
A l’inverse, Sylvain, professeur de français, ne peut supporter un rival qui soit son contraire : « L’ex-époux de ma femme n’avait éveillé en moi aucune jalousie jusqu’au jour où je suis tombé sur une de ses lettres, truffée de fautes d’orthographe. Ça m’a anéanti. Je ne comprenais plus rien. Si elle avait pu aimer cet homme, comment pouvait-elle m’aimer moi qui suis si différent ? » « Il y a, derrière cette réaction, estime Jean-Pierre Winter, l’incertitude d’être véritablement l’objet du désir de l’autre : “Si ce que je lui donne n’est pas ce qu’elle désire, alors que me veut-elle ? Que veut-elle ? Et moi, qui suis-je ? Que me manque-t-il ?” Il s’agit à la fois d’un effondrement de son identité et d’une blessure narcissique. »Pourquoi est-il si difficile de renoncer à la jalousie ?

Pour beaucoup, la jalousie est une preuve d’amour. Si notre partenaire en est dénué, il n’est pas rare qu’on le lui reproche. C’est à son aune que nous mesurons la force de la passion. La jalousie fait donc partie du plaisir de l’amour : elle réveille, galvanise, érotise ! C’est un aphrodisiaque. Relancer son désir sur la jalousie est d’ailleurs une pratique courante. La violence du désir est décuplée, liée à l’agressivité, à l’envie d’écraser, le rival… « Mon mari m’a toujours fait des scènes de jalousie tout à fait injustifiées, raconte Marie. J’en étais très agacée jusqu’au jour où je me suis rendue compte qu’il aimait cela. Après ces scènes, il me faisait l’amour avec une ardeur accrue. »

Mais la jalousie n’est pas gouvernée par la seule passion. Pendant des siècles, elle a été avant tout une affaire d’honneur à régler entre hommes. Le Méditerranéen, par exemple, se doit d’être jaloux : cela relève du code social. « Mais, aujourd’hui, les codes se transforment, tournant souvent le dos à l’héritage culturel », explique Catherine Anthony.

Nous avons tous des stratégies – inconscientes – de protection. Certains se blindent au point qu’ils ne peuvent ou ne veulent plus tomber amoureux : leur refus d’aimer est un refus d’être trahi. D’autres parviennent à se convaincre qu’ils gardent toujours la place préférentielle. D’autres encore s’inventent des échappatoires assez surprenantes : ainsi Henri pousse sa femme dans les bras d’un autre et désire assister à la scène. « Ce n’est pas qu’il ne soit pas jaloux, souligne Michèle Montrelay, mais sa jalousie est au contraire si aiguë qu’il lui faut à tout prix y échapper. En lui appliquant des figures concrètes, il l’exorcise… »

Il existe d’autres remèdes… L’écriture, par exemple, a apaisé bien des jaloux. « Ecrire, c’est tuer ! » pour reprendre les mots d’Henri Michaux. Combien de pièces de théâtre, de romans, de scénarios n’ont-ils pas été bâtis sur ce sentiment ! Nathalie, elle, est entrée en psychothérapie : « Cela m’a aidée à changer de regard, à prendre du recul et, surtout, à mieux supporter les moments de crise », confie-telle. « Mais on ne “guérit” pas de la jalousie, prévient Jean-Pierre Winter. Pas plus qu’on ne guérit de l’amour. L’analyse n’est pas une anesthésie. »
En clair, nous ne pouvons pas refuser d’être jaloux, mais nous pouvons refuser de nous laisser détruire par la jalousie.

Témoignage : “A travers mon mari, j’étais jalouse de mon père”

Anne-Marie, 26 ans : « Quand j’ai épousé Paul, de quinze ans mon aîné, j’étais d’une jalousie maladive. Je jetais les lettres et les photos de ses ex. Je lui faisais des scènes épouvantables. Nous étions au bord de la rupture… J’ai décidé de suivre une analyse. Là, j’ai compris que l’origine de mon délire venait d’un violent ressentiment envers mon père. A mes 12 ans, âge auquel j’avais besoin d’être reconnue dans ma féminité, il avait détourné son attention de moi vers une amie de ma mère. Il ne la trompait pas, mais cette femme était devenue une sorte de déesse intouchable et moi je rêvais de lui ressembler… L’analyse m’a aidée à prendre de la distance vis-à-vis de ma jalousie qui n’avait donc pas grand-chose à voir avec Paul. Son comportement, c’est vrai, était irréprochable. »Conseils

Cessez de vous torturer

Interdisez-vous de fouiller dans ses affaires.

Vous trouverez toujours de quoi aiguiser votre jalousie : pour le jaloux, tout est preuve !

Repensez aux premiers moments de votre rencontre et tâchez de retrouver le sentiment de confiance qui vous animait alors. Cela vous évitera de sombrer dans la paranoïa.

Ayez conscience que le couple que l’on forme avec quelqu’un est chaque fois unique. Ce qui se passe entre deux personnes précises ne peut jamais se rejouer de la même manière.

N’hésitez pas à voir votre « rival(e) » si son image vous hante. Cela cassera le fantasme – un jaloux imagine toujours le pire – et donnera à votre jalousie les contours précis d’un corps, donc une limite. « C’est un premier pas vers la reconstruction »,

How To Combat Stress Through Healthy Eating

Stress can be one of your biggest challenges if you are trying to lose weight. Unfortunately, stress is virtually unavoidable in this day and age. When you're feeling stressed out, the effort involved in sticking to a responsible eating plan can feel like something of a nuisance.

The big problem is that if stress leads to unhealthy eating, then the unhealthy eating will lead to more stress. And in reverse, healthy eating will result in a reduction of stress. I know it seems hard at times, but the times you when you feel most stressed are the times when eating healthily is most important.

Often, pressures in the workplace can lead to unhealthy eating. Sometimes it's just a lot easier to pop into the nearest fast food restaurant when you don't have much time to eat. The harsh truth though is that this is simply being irresponsible if you are trying to lose weight.

There are plenty of healthy foods that you can buy that can be prepared quickly. A sandwich shop can easily whip you up a healthy sandwich with wholemeal bread and a piece of fruit just as quickly as McDonalds can crank out a greasy cheeseburger. Alternatively, make a healthy lunch at home and take it to work with you. This way you won't even have to leave the office at lunch time.

Now I understand that fast food can be very addictive and tasty, but they do a lot of harm to your body, and can even weaken your immune system. Not to mention they will make you fat. Eating greasy and fatty foods will not help your concentration levels at all, so if you want to perform well at work, you should eat something better.

Remember this, the more stressed you are, the more healthy you need to eat. Be sure to start your day off well with a nutritional breakfast. A simple bowl of cereal and a glass of fruit juice can be prepared in seconds if you don't have much time.

There's so many healthy options available for lunch meals that you really have no excuse to go to McDonalds. A healthy lunch could consist of rice noodles or pastas with fresh boiled vegetables. Sandwiches with granary bread filled with egg white, meat or vegetables are another easy lunch to make. Try to go easy on adding butter and cheese to your sandwiches, as you want to keep your calories under control. In addition, a piece of fruit or two is a great snack to eat along side it.

Eating healthily and reducing stress involves eating healthy meals and eating at appropriate intervals. It's a good idea to eat healthy snacks in between your meals. You could keep some canned fruit, cereal bars and whole wheat crackers in your store or office to keep you going throughout the day.

So remember, when you are stressed you have two cycles to chose from:

Stress > Unhealthy Eating > More stress > Health problems

or…

Stress > Healthy Eating > Reduced Stress Levels > Stronger Immune system

Which would you prefer? The Lunch Box Diet is a great option as a healthy diet plan because as well as helping you lose weight, it is also a great stress busting diet due to all of its health properties.

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Best Foods for Fat Burning

I couldn't be any simpler with my nutrition recommendations for fat burning. You will get have the most energy and the best body and fitness level possible if you eat whole, natural foods. I always ask Dr. Chris Mohr, author of the Turbulence Training for Fat Loss Nutrition Guidelines if I ever need help with nutrition information.

You must avoid processed foods, which is pretty much anything in a bag or a box. So cut out muffins, donuts, pre-packaged cereals, white bread, pasta, chips, crackers, cookies, etc. 

We need to return to a time of simpler eating, focusing on fruits, vegetables, nuts, lean proteins, and healthy fats. It will take some "bad habit breaking" to rid yourself of your addiction to processed foods, but in your journey you will learn to appreciate the taste of REAL food again.

You don't have to eat meat to lose fat and build muscle, but it's not unhealthy to eat beef, chicken, and fish. In fact, fish contains essential fatty acids we can't do without.

You might have heard about the importance of healthy fats, which is a big turn-around from the low-fat mentality of the 80's and 90's. We now know eating fish and nuts won't make us fat, but will in fact make us healthy and help control our appetite.

So just focus on foods that haven't been processed, and you'll start to see changes in your body and energy levels in a matter of days. Get rid of the processed foods and you won't be tired anymore!

I strongly believe nutrition is the MOST important factor in fat loss and in health. If you're eating processed foods, trans-fats, and too many calories, you won't get maximum benefits from your exercise program, no matter what you are doing. Nutrition can either heal you or kill you, so choose wisely. Fortunately, the right choices are the simple choices.

I've had clients that switched to whole, natural foods and almost overnight they've reported changes in their bodies and huge increases in mental energy. So stick with the simple nutrition approach for fat burning.

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How To Increase Hair Growth

Hair loss is a common problem for both male and female. Although hair loss or excessive hair fall is a not a disease, it can be a indication of an underlying problem. It is always a good idea to check with a doctor. However, hair loss can be due to several other reasons, namely the type of products used on the hair, the water, the environment, stress and so on.

In order to stop hair loss, we need to go the root of the problem. If it is because of an illness, then that needs to be taken care of; if it is due to other reasons mentioned above then we need to find a solution. In any case, we need to take care of hair heath in the same way we need to take care of our bodies.

Some of the ways to stop hair loss and increase hair growth are:

- If there is a major hair loss then it could be an indication of deficiency of some essential nutrients in the body. Check your diet. Plan a well-balanced meal and take multivitamins to put back the lacking nutrients back in the body. Vitamins A, B and E are good for the hair.

- Drink plenty of water. Water flushes out toxins from the body and also keeps you hydrated. Make sure the water you drink is distilled or filtered and avoid water containing chlorine or other chemicals.

- Avoid caffeine. This causes the body to dehydrate which is not good for the hair. Instead try fruit juices.

- Know what you put on your hair. Oil your hair on weekly basis. Apply coconut oil once a week. Warm the oil a little before applying. Leave it one for an hour before washing it off.

- Avoid shampoos that have three in one substances in them. Do not shampoo every day. Twice a week is enough.

- Avoid pulling your hair back tightly.

- Make sure the pillow you sleep on has cotton covers that do not pull your hair out.

- Avoid smoking and alcohol.

- Do not brush or comb the hair when it is wet.

- After a shower dry the hair by patting with the towel rather than rubbing with it

The above tips will help to reduce hair loss and promote new growth. It is natural to loss about forty to fifty strands of hair a day, so do not be alarmed at this. Taking care of the hair in a proper manner will promote hair growth.

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And Abdominal Muscles

"Stomach exercise" is the most frequently asked about and searched on (via internet) yet misunderstood subject in the entire field of health, fitness and exercise. And it's no wonder. Regardless of age, experience or gender, everyone wants a flat "stomach" because the abdominal region is the true showcase of your physique. Since the abs are usually the last place to "shape up" and "lean out," then most people would say that if you've got abs, you've got it all.

Well, in my way of thinking, this is only partially true. There's more to a complete physique than "abdominal exercises" and "six pack abs" and most people are completely wrong about "stomach exercises" and ""stomach muscles." (you'll find out why in just a moment)...

The Difference Between "6-Pack Abs" And Truly "Fit Abs"

Having a great looking set of abs is very much a matter of low body fat. But make no mistake, just being lean and seeing a "six-pack" doesn't mean you are strong, fit or conditioned. Real fitness means more than visible muscle development, it means strength, endurance, and stability, and this type of true functional fitness does not come from merely eating the right foods or reducing your body fat.

Nutrition is so important that you could even say that "abs are made in the kitchen, not in the gym" and you would not be telling a lie. But this clever maxim is not telling the whole truth either. Great abs come from nutrition AND training, not one or the other. The training develops them. The nutrition uncovers them.

Don Juan Ponce de Leon arrived in America in 1493 looking for a fountain of youth and today in the "stomach exercise" marketplace, it seems that far too many people are looking for a "magic fountain" in order to flatten their waistlines.

Ponce never found the fountain of youth and you will never find a magical solution for flat abs. There are no short cuts. It takes a change in lifestyle to get a change in health, physique and performance. That includes nutrition AND training.

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There's No Such Thing As "Stomach Exercises"

THIS is your stomach!

Proper choice of exercise is a critical factor in your quest for a firm and flat waistline. But you will never get a great "stomach" from ANY "stomach exercise" because your stomach is a part of your digestive tract, not your skeletal muscular system! So let's get the terminology straight, shall we?

The area of you body you really want to improve is called your "core region."Many people refer to it as the "abdominal region." However, training only with "ab exercise" is NOT the optimal approach.

The abdominals only include the front (anterior) side of your body and if the only type of training you do is abdominal training, you may be unwittingly setting yourself up for lower back problems. If you don't think this is serious, then consider this statistic:

According to the American Chiropractic Association, more than 31 million Americans are suffering from low back pain at any given time.

So would you like to trade great abs for a bad back?

I didn't think so. The good news is that you can kill two birds with one stone. You can develop great abdominal muscles, great core muscles and a strong, pain-free back by using exercises that focus not on the "stomach," (which is not a muscle you train at all), not on the "abdominals," (which is only part of the muscles you need to target), but on the entire core.

The core is the key to your success.

The core is the entire complex of muscles around your hip and waist region from your lower rib cage to the bottom of your pelvis. If you just focus on "abdominal exercises" alone (or "stomach" exercises, LOL), you will develop what I refer to as a "one dimensional body." I focus on training the body as a whole, or "multi-dimensional training" to develop a complete person and to develop effective and powerful athletes.

What every program I write has in common is that I do not attempt to "isolate" the abdominals (or train the "stomach muscles!") It's all about the core and about integrating your body as a unit so you function better in daily life.

As you do core-focused exercise programs you not only train your muscular system but also the system that drives your muscular system – that is, the nervous system. This may very well be the most important secret for getting better results in your workout programs.

The more efficiently your nervous system works, the better your results will be. Core workouts that improve both muscular strength and conditioning while also improving neural drive will develop stronger neural control of the associated muscles.

This type of training for your core may very well be the most important secret for getting better results in your workout programs.

• THIS is why my "brand" of core training gets results in women who have had C-sections, or other abdominal surgeries when nothing else worked
• THIS is why the core exercises I recommend will flatten out a "pooching" belly, which is a result of deep muscular weakness and lack of neuromuscular control (It's NOT just a body fat problem!)
• THIS is why my clients have overcome agonizing lower back pain when all else failed
• THIS is why my workout program have helped men and women recover from embarrassing incontinence
• THIS is how I have helped hundreds of new moms regain their flat and firm midsections after having their babies
• THIS is why my clients remain injury free, while so many other training programs are actually the CAUSE of injuries
• And THIS is why my type of training – PROGRESSIVE CORE TRAINING – develops amazing athletes – top wresters, PGA golfers, and pro boxers with powerful punches and abs of steel.

The purpose of this article was not to give more workout routines (I've written an entire book about core training that's FULL of workouts ("Firm And Flatten Your Abs) and there's plenty of Free sample workouts to be found on this site and lots more to come in upcoming issues of my newsletter. The purpose of this article was to "install" 3 incredibly important lessons into your brain:

• You can't train your "stomach" because your stomach is an internal organ of digestion not a skeletal muscle!
• You can't totally "isolate" your abdominals because your abdominals do not work in isolation, they work in conjunction with the rest of your body (and "isolation" as with only doing crunches, is not the optimal approach anyway).
• You get more by training your core! You become a better athlete, you help prevent injuries, you get stronger and you get that coveted 6-pack abs look.

I hope the "morals" of these lessons have already sunk in and will become a part of your own fitness philosophy... and the next time you hear someone talk about "stomach exercises", you'll now be able to get a good chuckle out of that.

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The Hidden Health Hazards of Grilling And Barbecuing

Many people enjoy a tender grilled chicken breast, sirloin steak, or filet of fish, and nothing says summer quite like a good old fashioned barbecue. But if you aren't careful, a summer of enjoying barbecued cuisine can prove deadly to your health.

It has been well documented that undercooking meat can cause a variety of food borne diseases. But it's now apparent that overcooking can be just as bad, if not worse, as studies reveal that it can cause cancer.

The true culprit is charred meat, the portion of the meat that's essentially turned into charcoal due to overheating. Scientists found that charred meat produces a compound called PhIP, which has been shown to cause various types of cancers in rats.

The findings were revealed at a conference for the American Association for Cancer Research in April, wherein they showed that when PhIP was mixed in with rats' food, their spleens, prostates and intestines underwent cancerous genetic mutations after four weeks.

If this isn't bad enough, other evidence suggests that PhIP isn't the only malignant compound that's produced when meat is charred. Another compound called heterocyclic amines, or HCAs, can increase the risk of various cancers in humans, including prostate, colon, stomach and breast cancer.

Yet another compound worthy of concern is called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs. PAHs form when fats from chicken, steak and types of fish are re-deposited onto the barbecued slab, due to the high heat and smoke brewing from the hibachi, after the fatty oils have dripped on the hot coals below.

So, do findings like this mean you should swear off barbecuing forever? Certainly not. And even if it did, it's not likely that the thousands of Americans who barbecue regularly even would. However, caution can and should be taken when eating and preparing for a barbecue:

Get the Grill Goin'—If you haven't used the grill for awhile, its best to give it a good clean by turning up the heat to high and closing the lid for about 10 minutes. This will remove the caked oil and grease from past grilling

Cut the Fat—Not only does trimming the fat off meat reduce saturated fat content, it also greatly reduces the likelihood of PAH compounds forming

Remove Charred Meat Portions from the Meat Before Serving or Eating

Marinade Meat—Marinating does mean extra preparation, but scientists believe that the ingredients in marinades act as a sort of shield for the meat, reducing the chances of carcinogenic compounds forming significantly

Wash Your Hands—This is common sense, but cleaning your hands thoroughly—for at least 20 seconds—is essential when handling raw meat

Avoid Cross Contamination—The easiest way to avoid this is to use two different plates when handling food: One plate for raw meat, another plate for cooked meats. The same standard should apply for cutting raw and cooked meat products (i.e. different utensils and cutting boards)

Pre-cook Meats—Boiling chicken wings or heating up pieces of swordfish or steak in the oven prior to grilling is a great way to ensure it's fully cooked

Flip Frequently—Once you've made it to the grill, don't just leave it alone only to flip the burger once or twice. Research indicates that flipping frequently at a low heat hastens the time it takes to get the barbecued fare from the grill to the dinner table.

Exercise Portion Control—The thicker the meat, the longer it takes to cook thoroughly. Keeping the cuts small will fix this

Keep a Thermometer Handy—Judging whether or not meat is cooked thoroughly enough shouldn't be done just by examining its inner color. The U.S. Department of Health advises that chicken should be cooked to at least 165 degrees, hamburger to 160 degrees, pork to 150 degrees and hot dogs to at least 140 degrees. Steak should be cooked to 145 degrees for medium rare and 160 degrees for medium

Following these 10 tips will help provide you with yet another fun, safe and delicious season of barbecue bonanza.

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How Ace Inhibitors Work to Lower Blood Pressure

Blood pressure medications come in different forms and each is intended to cause a different reaction in the blood or blood vessels. An ace inhibitor is one such medication used in the treatment of hypertension.

Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) inhibitors prevent the manufacture of a hormone in the body called angiotensin II. Angiotensin II makes blood vessels narrower. When the hormone production is blocked, the arteries remain wider and allow blood to flow through with less pressure on the vessels, thereby lowering blood pressure.

Brand Names for Ace Inhibitors

Benazepril, Enalapril and Lisinopril are three ACE inhibitors commonly used in the treatment of high blood pressure. They are seldom the first course of action but are used to treat the more severe cases of hypertension. Ideally, maintaining a proper weight and eating right are the best ways to control blood pressure. After that a diuretic type of medication may be prescribed, which works based on the idea of flushing the arteries so pressure is reduced.

The brand names under which the common ACE inhibitors used to treat high blood pressure are sold are Lotensin (benazepril), Vasotec (enalapril) and Prinivil and Zestril (lisinopril). All of these work to increase blood flow by keeping the arteries open and wide.

ACE inhibitors have side effects just like any other drugs. It can feel as if you have a bad cold because many of the symptoms that are possible are a cough, sore throat, fever, and mouth sores. Other symptoms include an itchy, red skin rash, swelling of the neck, face or tongue, or a salty or metallic taste in your mouth. While all of these are not extremely common, they have been reported in enough cases to be listed as possible side effects to taking ACE inhibitors.

One side effect is raised potassium levels. Some medications, such as diuretics, actually reduce potassium and that has some health risks with it as well. The opposite is true of ACE inhibitors. Because they can raise potassium levels it is important to have yours monitored if you are taking any of these prescriptions. Symptoms of too much potassium in the blood stream include nervousness, a numbness or tingling feeling in the hands or feet, and even confusion. There can also be difficulty breathing.

It is important to watch what you eat and what you do while taking ACE inhibitors. Some foods which contain potassium, such as salt substitutes can cause you to have dangerously high levels of potassium. Also, taking anti-inflammatory drugs such as Advil, Motrin, Aleve or aspirin can negate the effects of your ACE inhibitor drug.

The challenge in controlling blood pressure with medicine is two-fold. Medical professionals will try the least invasive type of drug, meaning one with the least chance of side effects and that requires the lowest dose possible to manage your blood pressure. This means that a patient can often go through years of trial and error type of drug experimentation before finding something that works. Meanwhile, blood pressure can be going untreated.

Secondly, medications to treat blood pressure have side effects – all of them to some degree. You may find that using them requires you to take other medications to treat the symptoms of the side effects.

As with any disease or condition, a natural approach can be just as effective, without the risk of side effects. A doctor can help you determine if you need to lose weight or make other changes to control your blood pressure.

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Home Remedies for Cramping In Pregnancy

Most women will experience cramping in pregnancy, and many will experience different types of cramping at different times during their full term. The good news is that most cramping in pregnancy is perfectly normal and even a healthy sign that everything is on track, and that there are easy home remedies for cramping in pregnancy that you can try.

First – A Warning

Mild to moderate cramping in pregnancy – the kind that is uncomfortable but not unbearable – is normal. Excruciating pain is not! If you're experiencing very severe cramping, especially if it's accompanied by bleeding or spotting, seek immediate emergency medical advice.

Abdominal Cramping in Pregnancy

By far the most common type of cramping in pregnancy is abdominal cramping – nearly every woman will experience this – at least during some part of her pregnancy. This abdominal cramping is due to many factors – implantation, round ligament pain, increased pressure on the organs as your baby grows, constipation, and many other factors. There are several ways that you can minimise or treat abdominal cramping during pregnancy:

§ Take it easy. Your body is already under enormous additional pressure when you are pregnant. Don't invite abdominal pain by not making the effort to take things a little easier.
§ Eating a balanced diet, and drinking plenty of water. Also, remember that because your baby is pressing on your GI tract, heartburn is far more likely, so try to avoid spicy foods that may make it worse.
§ Learn a pregnancy massage technique. Often, gentle massage on the area affected by abdominal cramping during pregnancy, with or without the application of heat or cold, can help to treat the symptoms of pain.

If leaning into the cramps, resting more and therapies like massage don't help with abdominal cramping during pregnancy, and you're concerned, speak to your doctor, to find out if there is a treatment available.

Leg Cramps during Pregnancy

Leg cramps, particularly during the second trimester of pregnancy, are another common problem faced by many women. These cramps are caused by a variety of factors, including mineral deficiencies, and by pressure on nerves by your growing baby, and while they can be annoying when they strike in the middle of the night, they're rarely ever a sign of a serious problem.

In order to prevent leg cramps during pregnancy, you should remember to drink lots of water, and try to take a long, warm, relaxing bath before bedtime. If you do find yourself suffering leg cramps at night, standing up can usually soothe the pain, as can massaging the affected area.

Cramps during pregnancy are a normal part of the changes that your body is going through, and they're usually nothing to be too concerned about. However, there's also no reason you should suffer in silence, so why not learn techniques like massage, invest in safe pain killing treatments, and take the time to take care of yourself? You may not be able to eliminate cramping during pregnancy completely, but you can certainly minimise the frequency and severity of your symptoms!

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The Best Skinny Guy Weight Training Exercises

Can you imagine you are wasting all your time on the wrong weight training exercises? Can you imagine that every weight training exercise you are doing is dead wrong? Skinny guy's must meet a different set of requirements when choosing the most effective weight training exercises for maximal muscle growth. You do what to transform your skinny body into a rock-hard muscular body, right?

Without further ado, here are the top two exercises for each muscle group I used to gain 41 pounds of muscle mass in under six months:

Chest: Bench Press and Flat DB Chest Press

Back: Bent Over Barbell Rows and Close Grip Chin Ups

Shoulders: Seated DB Shoulder Press and Standing Military Press

Triceps: Dips and Tricep Pressdowns

Biceps: Standing Barbell Curls and Incline Bicep Curls

Quads: Squats and Lunges

Hips: Deadlifts and Stiff Leg Deadlifts

Lower Back: Good Morning

Calves: Standing Calve Raises

Abdominals: Weighted Ball Situps and Weighted Cable Crunches

Yes, there are many more exercises I did not list but these are simply the best. Stick to these weight training exercises for the best possible muscular and strength gains and you will have a rock-hard muscular body in less time than before!

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How Can A Healthy Diet Give You A Healthy Heart?

We live in a world where people are seduced by fat food every day. So many people choose the taste of greasy and fatty sausages or burgers over the nutritional value of healthy fresh salad. It is pure madness, but it shows how addicted people have become to the taste of junk. These people have a total disregard for what it is doing to their hearts.

Alarmingly, more and more medical related deaths have been recorded in the last few decades that are related to heart related problems and cardiac arrests. It is no secret that fast food has played a big part in this.

Studies have shown us that around 80% of heart disease can be prevented through healthy eating. A staggering figure I'm sure you'll agree. To have a healthy heart, all it takes is the willingness to learn new habits.

While learning new eating habits may seem like a massive step, don't worry, you don't have to make 100 drastic changes all at once. You won't need to turn into a rabbit and only eat vegetables and nothing else for the rest of your life.

If you want a healthy heart, you can start by changing how you cook your favourite non-vegetarian foods. Adding spice to non-veg foods like sage, dry mustard, dill, tarragon, marjoram or oregano can reduce fat saturation and cholesterol. If you like to eat lots of meat, stick to lean red meat and white meat.

Pure vegetarian foods however need to become a large part of your diet. Start gradually eating more and more fresh vegetables. Veggies still contain fats, but not as much. Foods like cucumber, tomatoes, carrots and leafy vegetables are very healthy and don't add cholesterol to your body. The Lunch Box Diet is a great healthy diet based on the popular grazing principle that boosts your metabolism through eating small regular meals.

Red and green fruits, low fat milk, olive oil and wholegrain foods are also good vegetarian foods you should have a lot of in your diet if you want a healthy heart.

When you buy foods from the supermarkets, be careful and don't always trust the labels when they say the product is low cholesterol. Always avoid Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) – this is bad cholesterol, which can cause heart complexities. In contrast, High Density Lipoprotein is good cholesterol – this can help to protect against cardio-vascular risks.

Unhealthy non-food related habits are also important to eradicate. If you smoke or drink lots of caffeine and alcohol, this is something you should cut back on. Exercise is also good for strengthening you cardio-vascular system. So if you're a bit of a couch potato, now is the time to hit the gym.

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How Bad is Your Nutrition?

Chances are your nutrition is terrible. Or at the very least, your nutrition plan is good but you allow yourself far too many treats. Take today for example. How many Halloween candies have you treated yourself to at work? And you still have to go home and resist the leftover candy bowl or your child's Halloween loot. The bottom line: You can't succeed in your fat loss program if your diet is average.

I need to bring up this point because of the many emails people send me about their nutrition. From what I read, most people's nutrition plans are far too poor to allow them to lose fat. And yet they are working harder than ever in the gym and wondering why they aren't losing fat. No workout will help you build muscle and lose fat if you keep eating at fast-food restaurants, drinking sugary sodas, and raiding bags of leftover mini-candy bars.

And it's frustrating because the secrets to fat loss nutrition are so simple. The best approach is eating several small meals per day, with each meal containing lean protein, vegetables, and other whole foods. You must eliminate unnecessary calories such as soda and high-fat, high-sugar snacks (like that mini-Snickers bar that's on your desk right now). If you're trying to lose fat, you can't have treats every day. If fat loss is the goal, then cookies, apple pie, ice cream, nachos, fried foods, etc. just don't make the cut, as unfortunate as it is.

Research shows that an increased intake of fruits and vegetables is associated with fat loss (nutritionists never put a limit on the number of vegetables that people should eat - provided they are not fried or covered in fat or sauces). Other research suggests that replacing carbohydrates with almonds (a source of fiber, protein, and monounsaturated fats) leads to greater weight loss. Almonds are a very healthy snack and help curb hunger. A typical serving is 1 ounce of almonds (about 22 pieces) and can replace chips, chocolate bars, and cookies in your diet.

Make sure you are logging your food intake and making notes about your energy levels when you eat certain foods. Soon you will identify the nutritional reasons for your fatigue or for your consistent energy levels. You will quickly associate sugar and fried foods with poor mental performance, while noticing that small, whole, natural food-based meals and snacks help keep you alert and full of energy.

If you are overweight and just starting to improve your nutrition, I have some good news for you. You should begin losing at least 1 pound per week (probably 2 or more) simply from the nutritional changes.

Nutrition is that powerful. Don't expect to start eating perfectly tomorrow, but you should slowly build up to eating much better and healthier than you were yesterday. Try to improve your nutrition plan everyday. Stay consistent and focused with your nutritional approach. You can do it. Here are three nutrition changes that would pay huge dividends for a fat-loss beginner:

1) Eat several small, whole food meals per day.

2) Don't consume any unnecessary liquid calories (i.e. no soda, alcohol, or sweetened beverages). Drink more water – nutrition experts recommend 3 liters per day.

3) Eliminate processed carbohydrates and sugar from your nutrition plan (no soda, cake, chips, white bread, or chocolate bars).

If you're fed up with the body fat and spare tire around your middle, then it's time to take a structured approach to fat loss.

If your current nutritional plan is preventing you from losing fat, then it's time for you to start working on building better eating habits. This can be as simple as committing to one small nutritional improvement per day (such as replacing your lunchtime soda with water) and one large nutritional change per week (such as setting aside time on a Sunday to prepare a weekly menu and all of your meals).

But you need to have a plan to make this work, just like how you have a plan for your workouts. Your nutrition plan should include the contents of every meal, as well as your grocery list for the week. This will enable you to have meal alternatives for nights when you might need to be running from one event to the other with no time or healthy snack alternatives when you are on the road between meetings.

It's important that you make your plan something you can follow. If you are currently eating 7 meals per week at the golden arches, it wouldn't be realistic to plan to replace those meals with carrot sticks and tofu this week. A better plan would be to substitute a couple of those meals with healthier sandwich options and then work on improving things even more in the following weeks.

So here's a three-step guideline on building a better nutrition plan:

1) Prepare a weekly menu. Outline each meal and snack for every day of the upcoming week. Take into account the possibilities that you might work late or get invited out to lunch. The more options you have and preparations you make, the better you will be able to stick to your fat loss plan.

2) From your menu plan, you'll now know what foods and ingredients you need to make it through the week. Make your grocery list and stick to it (see mine below). Grocery shopping is your first opportunity to break some bad nutritional habits. You can't eat chips, cookies, or cakes if you don't have them in the house – so don't buy them and you'll avoid any future temptation.

3) Prepare the meals or prepare the ingredients so that making the actual meal doesn't take a lot of time. Like shopping, it's best to do all of these preparations at one time (such as on a Sunday or another day off).

My shopping list includes:

Fruits · Apples · Oranges · Blueberries · Melon · Peaches · Grapefruit · Raspberries

Vegetables · Peppers (red, yellow, green, & orange), · Spinach · Asparagus · Broccoli · Snow Peas · Mushrooms · Frozen mixed vegetables · Tomato sauce

Protein Sources · Chicken breasts · Turkey breasts · Salmon fillets · Lean beef · Skim milk & low-fat, low-sugar yogurt

Carbohydrates · Oat bread · Oatmeal (no sugar added) · Whole-wheat pasta

Other · Green tea · Unsalted, not roasted, Almonds

You'll notice that most of these foods come without a food label. Most of the foods that you should avoid come in a bag or a box. Building a shopping list that contains very few bagged or boxed items is something to aim for. But when you do purchase something with a label, make sure to avoid two of the unhealthiest ingredients created by man:

1) High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) 2) Hydrogenated or partially-hydrogenated vegetable oil (the sources of trans-fatty acids)

You might have heard of these two ingredients. They are strongly associated with obesity and other lifestyle-diseases (such as diabetes).

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The 20 Second Countdown

Why everywhere you look are top psychologists and doctors still teaching outdated methods for treating general anxiety and panic attacks?

It seems every time I do a search online there is yet another anxiety "expert" rehashing the same old ideas. Brown Paper bags, think happy thoughts, do your breathing etc. I am sure you have come across them a million times before already.

How are people supposed to solve their anxiety issue if they are continuously exposed to these techniques and methods that only teach people to cope with anxiety. Just coping is not good enough. Real solutions are needed.

I want to share with you something that does work. It is a very simple way to help end the fear of a PANIC ATTACK. (In later emails I will address feelings of general anxiety)

This is a very good exercise for people who want something practical to focus their attention on when they feel the pressure of a panic attack building.

Its very simple and easy to remember. Here goes…

The 20 Second Countdown

When you feel the sensations of a panic attack building do the following.

Tell the panic that it has 20 seconds to initiate the full panic attack. 20 seconds and no more. After the 20 seconds are complete it must stop making empty threats.

You are allowing 20 seconds for it to fully manifest but not a second more.

Whatever the bodily sensation is that you fear, it must happen within that 20 second time frame.

-If you heart is going to explode then it has 20 seconds to do so.

-If you are going to lose control, then your mind has 20 seconds to do so.

-If you are going to faint – 20 seconds! But absolutely no more time than that.

You get the picture.

By setting a specific time frame you establish boundaries of control. You turn it into a game where you call fear's bluff. If it were a poker game, you are asking anxiety to show its hand.

This works because it establishes a sense of control within your mind and body.

You think to yourself "I am not prepared to spend my time worrying about this. I've had enough. I am going to be generous and give it 20 seconds but after 20 seconds and nothing has happened then the opportunity has officially passed and I am going to go back to what I was doing."

Then start counting -but nice and slowly, don't rattle it off as fast as you can. Really tease it out like you did when you were a child and you never wanted to reach zero. Teasing it out is the key because it allows you to feel generous and that you are giving anxiety every chance possible.

Deep down you know there is really nothing to fear.

To really help tease it out, break the last few numbers into fractions.

5…………………………..
4…………………………..
3……………………………
2…and three quarters…
2…and half………………
2…………………………..
1…and three quarters… (last chance anxiety)
1…and half……………… (I really cant wait any longer)
1…………………………..
0.
Sorry too late we've reached the end.

By not rushing through the countdown you will feel your confidence soar because you are demonstrating real control and authority over your anxious thoughts and bodily sensations. You are saying "look, I am really trying to give you all the time I can to unleash X,Y, and Z, I am being very generous here with this countdown.

Count your way to freedom. Count your way to confidence.

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Affiliate Marketer Defined

According to The World's Glossary of Internet Terms, "Affiliate Marketer is defined as: "A business relationship with a merchant or other service provider who allows you to link to that business. When a visitor clicks on the link at your site and subsequently makes a purchase from the merchant, you receive a commission based on the amount of the sale, a referral fee or a pay-for-click fee."

This is a simple, straight-forward agreement between a merchant and an affiliate. Budding affiliate marketers run into a problem when they try to reverse the success process. Instead of starting at the beginning, they try to start at the end.

Making money is the end of the process. The beginning of the process is education and there are several steps in between. Too many people, who are just getting started in affiliate marketing, fail to take the steps necessary to get to the end of the process and actually make money.

Step #1: Educate yourself. This is the key, opening the door of opportunity. It's also the common thread connecting successful affiliate marketers. Education lays the foundation - the building blocks to success. Start by gathering the best information you can find about affiliate marketing and absorbing it.

Step #2: Turn that information into usable knowledge. Even the best information remains kind of worthless, however, until after you discover how to use it - how to make it serve your purpose.

Step #3: Start applying the knowledge ... take action ...start building your affiliate business. Will you make mistakes, even though you've invested all that time educating yourself? Yes, you most likely will make mistakes.

Step #4: Test and tweak, test and tweak. This one never ends. And it's often the dividing line between succeeding and failing. Attention to small details often returns big rewards.

Following these steps will define you as a successful affiliate marketer.

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How to Avoid Over-training to Maximize Muscle Growth

Almost anyone that's picked up a set of weights has or will experience symptoms of over-training at one point in there muscle building program. Over-training can lead to serious injury, chronic fatigue, and even muscle loss.

Over-training is very common amongst athletes and particularly bodybuilders, since they figure that training as much as possible is the fastest way to massive muscle gains.

This couldn't be any further from the truth however...

Training too much, or at too high of an intensity will lead to over-training.

Now this doesn't mean you don't have to put plenty of effort in to see some decent results... Whether you are a bodybuilder, athlete, or just someone that wants to add some additional mass to your frame, you need to train hard and be consistent-that's a given. In order to get the most out of your genetics, you have to progressively overload the muscles by increasing the weight and / or intensity of each weight training workout.

The problem is however, that many of us increase the intensity of our workouts or get insufficient amounts of rest, or even worse, a combination of both. The trick is finding the right balance between workout volume and intensity, and rest and recovery. And that is exactly what I'll cover in this article.

The Effects of Over-Training on Bodybuilders

First, let's take a look at some of the effects of over-training and how one can prevent over-training from happening in the first place.

The Effects of Over-training on the Nervous System

Over-training effects both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems in the following negative ways:

• Higher resting heart rate
• Weak appetite
• High blood pressure
• Weight loss
• Trouble sleeping
• Increased metabolic rate
• Irritability
• Early onset of fatigue
  

If you are experiencing more than one of the symptoms outlined above, you may be in a state of over-training, and should evaluate your routine as soon as possible.

The Effects of Over-training on Hormone Levels

Many studies have indicated that over-training negatively effects the levels of hormones, as well as the hormone response in the body.  Since hormones play such an important role in the muscle building process, this can have a detrimental effect on your training progress.

 

Over-training has been show to:

• Decrease testosterone levels
• Decrease thyroxine levels
• Increase cortisol levels
  

The increase in cortisol levels along with the decrease in testosterone levels is a deadly combination, since this leads to protein tissue break down. This will ultimately lead to a loss of muscle tissue.  

The Effects of Over-training on the Immune System

perhaps one of the most alarming repercussions of over-training is it's negative impact on the immune system-you're bodies first defense against harmful viruses and bacteria.

Over-training can drastically decrease the levels of antibodies and lymphocytes in your body, making you much more susceptible to illness.  Simply put, this means that if you are in a state of over-training, you are much more likely to get sick.  Since you will have to skip workouts while you are sick, your muscle building progress will slow considerably.

The Effects of Over-training on the Metabolic System

Here is a list of how over-training can  effect the metabolic system.  These symptoms are the ones that are most commonly discussed, and are ones we can't ignore:

• Micro tears in the muscle
• Chronically depleted glycogen levels
• Slow, weak muscle contractions
• Depleted creatine phosphate stores
• Excessive accumulation of lactic acid
• Extreme DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness)
• Tendon and connective tissue damage

So you must get the point by now... Over-training effects the entire body, and can seriously impact the results of your muscle building program.  

Now let's take a look at the different types of over-training, and what we can do to prevent it.

Is it Worse to Over-Train With Cardio or Weight Training?

Any form of over-training is a bad thing, however, I've personally experienced both types of over-training and can honestly say that over-training in the weight room is much worse, and much more prevalent than over-training through cardiovascular training.

Here are some of the reasons why: 

• In order to grow, muscles must fully recover from their last workout, every workout.  If you are over-training and work the muscles before they have fully recovered, you will break down the muscle tissue before it has rebuilt-making it impossible to build muscle!

• Over-training with weights makes you more susceptible to nervous systems hormone and immune system issues, which all pose serious health risks.

• It can lead beginners down the wrong path, perhaps wasting money on unnecessary supplements, or even worse, steroids.

I personally believe that only competitive athletes such as swimmers, runners and bikers run a serious risk of reaching a state of cardiovascular over-training, since there are often training for two or more hours daily. 

The bottom line is that it is much easier for the average person to over-train while weight training than while cardiovascular training, and I think the effects can be more serious.

How do I Determine if I'm Over-training?

Determining if you're currently over-training is fairly simple.   If you're in tune with your body, you can often see the signs of over-training before they get serious.  If you are losing interest in workouts, are having trouble sleeping, and feel weak and irritable, you may be in a state of over-training and should take a week or more off.

If you are experiencing two or more of the symptoms outlined earlier in the article, this should raise a red flag. 

Another variable you can use to determine if you are over-training is by tracking the performance of your workouts. 

Has your physical performance improved compared to your last workout?

For example, let's say last workout you were able to perform 8 pull-ups using your body-weight, but were only able to perform 6 pull-ups the following week.  This means that you have not "out done" your previous workout, have not fully recovered, and therefore are likely over-training.  You nave to re-asses your program and make modifications so that you see progress every workout. 

How Can I Prevent Over-training?

n order to avoid over-training, you need to take a multi-facited approach.  Determining the correct training volume and intensity, eating the right foods, and getting the right amount of rest and recovery must all be taken in to consideration.  Now let's take a look at each of those factors in more detail.

Correct Training Volume 

Determining the correct training volume can be difficult, especially when you are first starting out.  You have to determine how much weight to lift, how many repetitions and set to perform for every single workout.

You need to use your own judgment in this case, based on your recovery ability and your recovery methods.  Remember that the goal is that you improve every single workout, and if this isn't happening, you have to decrease the intensity of your workouts.

This is where many people go wrong though.  You begin your workout and realize that you have not fully recovered.  You can either continue to train at a lower intensity than the previous workout, or skip the workout entirely.

As hard as it may be, skipping the workout is the right way to go.  Just turn around and go home!  Your body is telling you that it needs more rest, and you must listen to it! 

There is no point in training at a lower intensity, further breaking down the muscle tissue.   By doing this you will increase your risk of injury, and make it harder for your body to fully recovery for your next training session.

Proper Nutrition

Your diet plays a huge role in your muscle building program.  It helps regulate hormone levels, provides energy, and provides the raw building blocks that are used to create new tissue.

Here are some dietary recommendations that will limit the chance of over-training: 

• Do not skip breakfast.  This is one of the most important meals of the day.  Skipping breakfast is very catabolic, and can promote muscle loss.
• Never let yourself get hungry.  If you're trying to build muscle mass, you have to constantly feed your body quality foods so that it never has the chance catabolize muscle tissue.
• Unless you are trying to build muscle and lose fat, make sure you have eaten prior to your training session and are not hungry.
• Have the largest meal of the day within an hour after your workout.  Do this every single workout!
• Consider taking proven supplements like creatine, and antioxidants to increase performance and fight free radicals.
• Eat every 2-3 hours to ensure that your body remains in an anabolic state.
• Keep glycogen levels at full capacity to inhibit muscle tissue breakdown. 

Rest & Recovery

Rest and recovery is essential when it comes to avoiding over-training.  Make sure that you get at least 7 hours of sleep each night, and that you are on a consistent schedule.  As for recovery time, it's important that you have days off between weight training workouts.  Try to have one rest day between weight training workouts, and never train the same muscle groups on consecutive days. 

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