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Q: Physiologically, what is responsible for the phenomenon known as the “second wind”? Is it related to an individual’s fitness level? A: No matter how fit individuals are, the first few minutes into vigorous exercise may cause their muscles to ache and make them somewhat out of breath. The body isn’t able to transport oxygen [...]

The thoughts/feelings, perceptions, and behaviors we have about our body size and shape, form our body image. Negative body image is associated with a number of psychological problems and is a risk factor for eating disorders and relapse following weight loss. Treatment for negative body image is important.

However, it is a possibility that women that dive while menstruating are less able to expel dissolved nitrogen due to increased fluid retention and tissue swelling. This theory is not yet conclusive as a result of limited research in this area. One recent study found that 38 percent of women divers with DCS were menstruating [...]

If you’re like most women, you diet and exercise and honestly try to lose those pesky pounds that cling to you. Adding insult to injury are those little fat pockets – the ones that somehow shifted around as we aged, and are almost impossible to dislodge! But before you give up, there’s just one question [...]

Thus, spiritual communications are neutral and genderless. They are about life experience, and some of that experience is about being in a male or female body.