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In the last few decades if any of our celestial bodies has acquired a repute of being a truant it is Sun. Our life giving source of energy has been linked with sun burn, cancer, pigmentation and tens of other cosmetic skin ailments by skin companies. We forget that the Sun has for centuries been a source of healing and power.

In an article titled Healing Sunlight in Mindpowernews writer Andreas Moritz says very few people know that not getting enough sun kills 50,000 people from cancer deaths every year in the US alone. As shown later, these are deaths that are easily preventable through the Vitamin D produced by the body in response to regular sun exposure.

Unfortunately, it is the ultraviolet portion of sunlight that is the most easily eliminated by windows, houses, spectacles, sunglasses, sun lotions, and clothing.

Before antibiotic drugs were discovered in the 1930s – penicillin having been the first one – the healing power of sunlight was favored by the medical community, at least in Europe.

Andreas Moritz is also the author of a book Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation. This article is a must read and you can read it here.

A routine warm up before you start on your exercise is important. You may do it only for 10 minutes just before exercising. A typical warm up includes, stretching. Slow stretching can help your muscles increase its blood flow, preventing injury to them as well as tendons (strong tissue connecting bones and muscles), and ligaments (a tissue holding the bones together). Major muscle groups like the chest, abdomen, shoulders, arms, and legs should always be warmed up before you start your work out. During the process, remember to go easy on each muscle without jerking yourself out. Stretching also improves your flexibility.

The traditional stretches for your body are head and neck curls, arms and shoulders, shoulders and chest, hips, trunks knees and calves. It’s always a good idea to follow your body pattern from top to toe for the best effects. A good warm up should last you at least 20 minutes.

A number of questions continue to circle around the flu shot or the influenza vaccine. According to an estimate by the CDC, 5-20% of Americans catch flu every year among which 200000 people end up in hospitals and 30000 even die. Getting an influenza vaccine is the best way to prevent being laid down by the flu.

The best time to get the flu shot is in October or November since the flu season may begin as early as October and run through till May. There are two main types of influenza vaccines. The traditional one consists of an inactivated virus that is given with a needle. This does not contain a live virus and will not cause the flu.

The second type of flu shot is given as a nasal vaccine and is called the FluMist. It can sometimes cause flu and is thus recommended for people who are healthy and aged between 2 to 49 years. Generally this is not given to pregnant women.

Every year, the flu vaccine includes different kinds of virus. The strains selected are those which researchers say are most likely to spread that year. even though a flu shot cannot provide blanket protection against all types of influenza, if the choice is right, the vaccine is 70-90% effective in preventing flu among healthy people below 65 years of age.

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