Articles for tag: Cramps, Muscle Cramps, Muscle Fatigue

Muscle Cramps – Causes and Treatments

Ouch! A griping leg pain has stopped you in your tracks or awakened you from a sound sleep. Muscle cramps. What causes muscles, usually leg muscles, to suddenly lockup, become hard as a rock and produce indescribable pain? The answer is not clear and the cause of muscle cramps is still not known, but there ...

The Surprising Health Benefits of Pumpkin Seed Oil

For most of us, pumpkin means pies and Jack o’lanterns, and perhaps even pumpkin cookies or breads. But, is there more health benefits to pumpkin that just beta kerotene, antioxidants and Vitamin C? According to recent medical studies, the answer is a resounding “yes”. Early research seems to indicate that one particular type of pumpkin ...

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Causes and Symptoms of Vitamin a Deficiency

Vitamin A deficiency can have two different causes. The first cause of vitamin A deficiency is called a primary deficiency which is when not enough vitamin A is consumed by the individual. A secondary deficiency in vitamin A is when the individual consumes enough vitamin A, but the vitamin A is either not absorbed correctly ...

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Is Box Jumping Real Cardio Exercise?

  You can get a great cardio workout with the right kind of box jumping routines. I’m a certified personal trainer. If you’re skeptical that box jumping counts as actual cardio exercise, find a 12 inch plyometric stool or “box,” and repeatedly jump onto it and off, both feet at the same time, no pausing ...