Netting Hammocks

Netting hammocks are positively ‘dynamic’, meaning the hammock netting changes shape to conform to any body shape or size, to provide support with no pressure points. This ability to conform makes netting hammocks the most comfortable and therapeutic hammocks available.

Relaxing in a netting hammock is truly ‘out of this world’ and has to be experienced to be believed. Every part of the body in contact with the hammock netting has support. There are no pressure points and this experience is known as ‘neutral gravity’. This is the closest feeling to the sensation of ‘weightlessness’, available on Terra Firma. In zero gravity, the body will assume a ‘neutral body position’. While relaxing in a reclining hammock chair the netting will provide the body with a level of support which mimics this ‘neutral body position’ – a posture similar to the fetal position, with “head facing slightly forward, shoulders rolled forward, abdominal area slightly bent at the waist and knees slightly bent”.
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Sprang Weaving

Sprang weaving is a technique of weaving developed more than 3,500 years ago which is still in use today by the Maya Indians of Central America to weave netting hammocks. The threads or cords of the hammock are not knotted, which enables the netting to change shape and conform to the users’ body shape. This provides a level of comfort impossible to obtain with Western Furniture, which will always require the body to change shape, to fit the furniture!

Health Benefits

Studies have been done on the therapeutic benefits of relaxing in hammocks. Sufferers of neck and back pain seeking natural remedies rather than medicating pain, are able to gain relief and lessen their discomfort while relaxing in a reclining hammock. This is due to the hammock netting changing shape and supporting the body’s weight evenly, which enables muscular tension and stress held within the body to be released.

It is well known that excess stress is detrimental to health, so anything we can do to reduce stress in our lives, will be beneficial. Relaxing in a hammock recliner is a great way to relieve stress naturally – the gentle swaying motion of the hammock will promote relaxation for body and mind, and reduce anxiety levels.

There are even therapeutic benefits for those who already have good health – studies have also shown that the gentle swaying motion of a hammock stimulates brain activity! Whatever the reason for relaxing in a hammock, be it for therapy or just ‘time out’, try power napping – you will be amazed at the therapeutic benefits available to everyone.

Hammock World netting hammocks are undoubtedly the most comfortable, therapeutic hammocks available. Our Hammock Recliner, together with the Comfort Cushion, which has been custom designed to provide extra comfort, offers total body support with no pressure points.

The hammock netting expands to fit everybody, regardless of body size or shape – customised comfort provides perfect back and lumbar support while offering therapeutic relief from accumulated body stress, muscular tension and back pain discomfort.

I had the great honor to speak with James “The Thinker” Smith on Sunday night. First off, very nice guy. What a source of knowledge as well. Here are some of the key points to our conversation:

Strength training can mean but doesn’t have to be weight training. Weight training is a form of strength training. Read that again if it doesn’t make sense at first glance. The whole goal of training athletes is to improve their performance in their chosen sport or game. You must always think of how you are going to accomplish this. Sometimes, weights are not what is called for. I had some of my guys do a contrast speed day last night and the only ‘weight room’ stuff they did was a superset of TRX rows and walking parking lot lunges at the end. Again, what is going to make them better?

The more advanced an athlete is skill wise (talent), the less they are going to need and be able to handle in the weight room. Their central nervous systems are so advanced that they will simply not require a ton of work to get an adaptation. On the flip side, too much can fry them a lot quicker than it would a lesser athlete. This is why at the professional level of sport, you don’t see as much heavy lifting or lifting in general going on.

You have to think of the CNS as a cup of water. At the beginning of the workout (hopefully), your cup should be full. I say full because it depends on your recovery and recuperation methods up until this point. Actually, you can think of this as a two way cup. If you put any too much of one component in and then try to fit too much of another in, the cup will overflow and this will not be good. If this happens, you did not create a positive adaptation. As well, you only have some much in the CNS tank going into a training session. Once that cup is empty, it is empty. Again, many strength coaches spend 99% of their time on strength work. That is going to leave them 1% for the rest of the skills they may need to work on, including, power, strength endurance, core, flexibility, coordinated movements and so on.

I have about 5 pages of notes from the other night and I am a smarter coach for speaking with Coach Smith. Learn from the best!

I recently saw a very health conscious 40 year old male who, 6 months before, successfully adopted a low carbohydrate lifestyle losing 20 pounds. Over the last three months, however, he added a morning smoothie with bananas and various “healthy” juices, as well as whey protein.

He has also began eating bananas and apples throughout the day and after work-outs. His recent lab tests show his fasting sugar has increased above 100 mg/dl, his triglycerides have increased by 50 points and his VLDL’s (very low density lipoproteins) doubled.

In addition, his weight loss leveled out and despite working out a lot, gained weight and some fat around the mid-section. Do you wonder what is going on here? He is demonstrating signs of fructose toxicity.

Sugar, or table sugar, is made up of 50 % Fructose and 50% glucose. Juices, apples and bananas have higher concentrations of fructose approaching 60% fructose and 40% glucose. Fructose is a toxin. The metabolism of fructose in the liver causes the elevation of triglycerides, VLDL and acyl-glycerols that get trapped in your liver causing fatty liver changes (elevated uric acid levels that cause Gout and even high blood pressure.)

Fortunately, these changes are rapidly reversed by getting rid of sugars and high fructose foods. So, what is the physiology behind why fructose is really a toxin?

When you eat products containing sugar or high fructose corn syrup, your body breaks it down to glucose and fructose in your intestines. Glucose is used by your brain, muscles, organs systems and even some by the heart, but the heart runs much better on fats.

When glucose hits your liver for metabolism, 80 percent of it is already used by your body, and the remaining 20 % is broken down in the liver. Unfortunately fructose is very different. Fructose is not used by your brain; it is not used by your muscles or any organs in your body.

In fact, it doesn’t even cause insulin levels to go up, and therefore leptins won’t signal your brain that you have plenty of food and are satisfied. So you’re still hungry. It is then transported 100 % intact to the liver for metabolism. And here is the big problem. It overloads your liver’s ability to metabolize substances.

Fructose enters the liver cells and is ultimately converted to 4 main compounds.

1. The first involves a number of enzyme systems and is called de novo lipogenesis new fat formation. So it is fructose that causes fat formation, NOT fat!
2. The second produces compounds that gum up the liver resulting in elevated liver enzymes and a condition called fatty liver.
3. The third is the production of VLDL’s or very low density lipoproteins which are now being considered more atherogenic (arterial plaque producing) than the “bad” LDL’s.

Lastly excess triglycerides are pumped out of the liver resulting in the classic metabolic syndrome lipid abnormalities of high triglycerides, high VLDL’s, and low HDL’s. And it get’s worse. Because of the tremendous load on the liver it causes an increase in uric acid. This is known to cause gout, but another problem with uric acid is that it blocks the relaxation of arterial blood vessels, thus causing hypertension.

So to summarize, what do you call a substance that our body can’t use, and that the only way it is metabolized is through the liver? And the breakdown products result in products that are dangerous to our body? That is the perfect definition for a toxin and fructose is a toxin. So getting control of sugar consumption is a lifesaving goal.

It is believed that the most nutritious plant on planet earth is the Moringa Oleifera. Since the Discovery Channel documentary on the Moringa Oleifera ten years ago, people worldwide have taken notice of the powerful botanical and its amazing health benefits. This documentary highlighted the success seen in parts of Africa where people who add dried Moringa leaves into their diet are overcoming malnutrition.

Here are some key facts:

>Moringa is considered to have the highest protein ratio of any plant so far studied on earth.

>Moringa contains 90 nutrients and 46 antioxidants.

>Moringa is referenced in 300 folk medicine remedies.

>Moringa contains 4x the calcium of milk, 4x the vitamin A of carrots, 2x the protein of yogurt, 3x the potassium of bananas, 7x the vitamin C of oranges.

>Nourishes our bodies immune system.

>Promotes healthy circulation.

>Supports normal blood glucose levels.

>Natural anti-aging benefits

>Promotes healthy digestion

>Heightens mental clarity and increases energy

>Moringa is recognized throughout the world as an amazing source of nutrition by The National Geographic Society, The National Science Foundation, The United Nations World Food Program, The National Institute of Health.

>Moringa is found to be exponentially more nutritious in dried form rather than raw.

When we think of starvation and malnutrition around the world we typically think of Africa and India. There are many other countries is which this problem exists. These countries lie in areas where the climate is warm enough to grow Moringa Oleifera. It is puzzling then why malnutrition and starvation still exist. It is because of ignorance and lack of awareness. People are typically unaware that the solution to their problem is growing right in their back yards, so to speak. The more awareness that can be raised, the more Moringa can be used as a solution. There are a number of good organizations taking to task educating people, in these countries, on this miracle tree. If people have nothing else to eat, this tree can keep them alive!

People all over the world need to know about this amazing plant. For example, in North America, people are also malnourished. Not from having too little to eat, but from lack of nutrients in the food supply. This is one of the main reasons for the epidemic of obesity. Poor farming practices, GMO foods, and more are to blame for North America’s malnutrition problem. It is notable that Moringa can be prepared and shipped around the world without losing its efficacy, since it maintains its nutritional value through the drying process.

Think about it, have you ever heard of an edible tree? Many parts of the Moringa tree can be used, from the leaves to the fruit pods. The oil that is pressed out of the seeds can be used for cooking or medicinal uses as well. The left over seed cake from pressing the seeds is able to filter the dirtiest water into pure drinking water. It is no wonder why the Moringa tree has been quoted as a “very giving tree”.

Most people acknowledge what are the effects of smoking but not all people understand that smoking harms women more than men. It is an accepted fact that tobacco has never done anything good to the body, but it seems unfair that women receive more damage for having a daily puff of Dunhill than men.

Here are some of the results of a research made by Lancet about the effects of smoking among women:

• Women are more prone than men to have heart disease caused by smoking
• Women receive more carcinogens and toxins from tobacco than men
• Yet, men are more likely to quit than women
• The effects of smoking is more prominent in women than in men

The research started from 1966 to 2010 and studied individuals that came from diverse range of populations worldwide. The study received no funding, and the results were consistent. Smoking is more harmful for women because they are more heavily influenced by hormones compared to men. In men, the genes play much more significant role in their bodies.

Women are mostly estrogen-powered; it keeps sexual characteristics and makes them feminine in many ways. It is the estrogen that is responsible for distribution of fats in favorable places like the breasts, hips and buttocks. It is also responsible for menstrual cycles and maintenance of the reproductive tract. Estrogen makes the heart and blood vessels healthy. It stimulates bone formation and prevents its resorption to avoid osteoporosis. In addition, high levels of estrogen are responsible for excellent mood (cranky mood is usually caused by insufficient levels of estrogen, which happens in cases like menopause and during menses).

One of the reasons why smoking harms more women than men is because nicotine (along with harmful chemicals found in cigarette smoke) reduces the ability of the body to produce estrogen. Reduced estrogen in the bloodstream is akin to a ‘mini’ menopause. The ‘favored’ fat distribution will be in disarray, piling up fat in places where no woman wants to have such as under the chin, arms and above the hips (lovehandles).

Tobacco abuse can:

— disrupt daily menstrual cycles,
— cause infertility,
— vaginal dryness and increased susceptibility to vaginal infections as the protective secretions dries up.

Long-term tobacco use weakens the bones by inhibiting calcium absorption, causing early onset of osteoporosis.

As said, estrogen plays an important role to keep heart and blood vessels healthy. Estrogen helps increase good cholesterol (high-density lipoprotein) while keeping bad cholesterol levels down. And it can be a reason why women are more prone to heart disease the longer they smoke, because nicotine reduces production of heart-friendly estrogen. Therefore smoking increases risk of diseases in heart and blood vessels, especially in women.

Women’s bodies also have more fluid content than men. This is evident by having soft, suppler and clearer skin. It also makes them more sensitive to even slight changes in water levels. Cigarette smoke has a drying effect on the skin, and it constricts tiny blood vessels that nourish the skin with nutrients and water. It prematurely ages the skin, making it less elastic and decreasing its natural protection from the elements. Because of decreased blood circulation cell replacement slows down, causing emergence of dark spots. Nicotine also stains skin cells, which is hard to remove because of slow skin turnover. Women have proportionally more circulating blood than men of the same height and weight therefore this feature explains why women absorb more toxins and carcinogens in each puff of cigarette smoke.

But the big reason why the effects of smoking are more harmful in women than in men is due to their anatomy. It is a fact that women have more complicated bodies; they have mammary glands, uterus and cervix which have no equivalent parts in men. They undergo pregnancy, monthly menstrual periods during reproductive years and menopause when supply of egg cell runs out. These complicated operations require precise actions of different body systems to accomplish. Men do not to undergo such events. Therefore, components in cigarette smoke like toxins and carcinogens can do a lot more damage in women’s bodies.

Sadly, most cigarette cessation programs are not that focused on women. For example, most graphic cigarette warnings only depict damage in men and not on women. And one more thing, tobacco companies are currently increasing its advertisements to women, and sees them as its growth market in advent of increased scrutiny from authorities.

The vast majority of women are never aware of this. Though the research study advocates for increased emphasis in women in tobacco cessation programs, it seems the best recommendation for women is to avoid tobacco altogether. That includes first-hand and second-hand smoke because the effects of smoking in women can be far worse than in men.