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- Reducing Hypertension (high blood pressure) Naturally By Stewart Hare
Hypertension is commonly known as high blood pressure. A healthy young adult resting blood pressure should be around 120/80 mmHg, blood pressure rises with age, a typically healthy 50 year old should have blood pressure reading of 150/90 mmHg at rest. Hypertension (high blood pressure) is diagnosed when the blood pressure is constantly above 160/95 mmHg at rest.The contributing factors to hypert…
- Lesser of Two Evils: Splenda or Equal? By Dr. Joseph Mercola
While packages of the artificial sweetener Splenda claim, "made from sugar, so it tastes like sugar," one competitor argues that this statement is nothing short of false advertising.In fact, this rival, Equal manufacturer Merisant Co., has filed a lawsuit against Splenda stating the advertisement should read something a little more like, "made from dextrose, maltodextrin and 4-chloro-4-deoxy-alp…
- Finding The Perfect Diet for You By Georgette Pann
BASIC WEIGHT MANAGEMENTThe perfect diet should be combined with a healthy weight management or activity program. Weight management may conjure up that dreaded "exercise" word. And exercise to some means pushing the body beyond limits, experiencing painful in joints, muscles, bones – everywhere. No pain no gain, right? Wrong. Instead, replace the word "exercise" with "activity" and incorporate th…
- Autism and Nutritional Supplements By Ray Smith
Unfortunately, it has been proved beyond doubt that a large percentage of the United States population suffers from nutritional deficiency. Studies show, 30% of the general population has a marginal level of Vitamin C and 15% are Vitamin C deficient. Low level of vitamins and minerals like, calcium, iron, folic acid, magnesium, and chromium continue to be a significant but common problem in the …
- Oat Bran Can Help Prevent High Cholesterol By Robert Nelson
The natural antioxidants in Oat Bran can significantly reduce blood cholesterol levels by suppressing the adhesive molecules which make blood cells stick to artery walls, researchers reported.When blood cells stick to artery walls and cause inflammation, plaque deposits build up and narrow the passageways through which blood flows. But the Oat Bran antioxidants (known as avenanthramides) can su…
- South Beach Diet - US vs. World By Lara Cioc
Diets concern especially Americans as they do have a "national weight problem". So it would only be natural that dieting issues be so over proportioned in the US. Also, "miracle diet recipes" are very popular and make way rapidly into people's minds. This also happened with the South Beach Diet – the diet that will not only allow you get rid of a lot of weight rapidly without starving but will a…
- The Value Of The Mineral Selenium To Overall Health By Charlene Nuble
In recent years, the value of the trace mineral selenium to overall health and well being has come to light. Many vital health benefits have come to be associated with maintaining sufficient levels of selenium in the body and recent study indicates that this mineral can play an important role in protecting the body from serious disease and illness.Selenium is especially important in the body’s o…
- Beginning an Alkaline Diet: The Basic Principles - Start Alkalizing Today! By Ross Bridgeford
Each and every person living in the UK is facing a myriad of health and lifestyle challenges every day. We are constantly being fed new information about what is healthy and what is unhealthy while thousands of us try to deal with problems ranging from obesity to fatigue to life threatening diseases.The alkalarian approach to diet offers a simple, basic understanding of what causes the body to …
- How Do You Know Your Nutrition is Working for You? By Peter Saunders
Please feel free to comment, so that the article may be developed.How would you like to know what is going on in you body?Are you healthy? How do you know? Is your lifestyle doing anything for you?Researchers at the Huntsman Cancer Institute have developed the Biophotonic Scanner. Initially developed to look at eye health, this remarkable machine was developed to look at carotenoids in human …
- Gift of Health By Jeanne Perciaccanto
People want to get the very best they can when purchasing anything.They research all of the alternatives and select what they feel is the best suited for their needs whether a car, washer/dryer or a pet.In selecting a puppy, many follow the same protocol to determine which breed would be the best for their family.They go to the library and take out books about particular breeds. They will call …
- Nutrition for a Healthy Lifestyle By John Gibb
Nutrition for a healthy lifestyle can be a large step in maintaining your body’s physical performance and your mind’s well-being. Proper nutrition is often neglected in this day and age, with most people opting for fast food’s convenience and low price. However, there are plenty of foods you can eat that are simple to prepare and low in cost that can help give your body the materials it needs to…
- Natural Alternative to HRT By Stewart Hare
HRT stands for hormone replacement therapy. Hormone replacement therapy aim is to restore oestrogen levels to a normal pre-menopausal state for menopausal women suffering from the signs and symptoms of oestrogen deficiency and it also postpones other consequences such as coronary heart disease and osteoporosis.Hot flushes, profuse sweating especially at night, anxiety, feeling of suffocation, ho…
- 5 Ways Amino Acids Can Help You Stay Healthy By Beverly Terhune
Amino acids are the building blocks for all life, also the chemical basis for all protein. Protein is one of the biggest components of our bodies. Our bodies use amino acids to form the proteins which build everything from muscles and bones, skin and hair, to internal organs and fluids. Besides building cells and repairing tissue, amino acids form antibodies to combat invading bacteria & viruses…
- Exposing the "Best" Source of Protein Myth By Jim Duffy
An American culture that is marked by a chronic lack of time and the need to achieve is often in pursuit of the “best” something or other. These “best” lists tend to improve time efficiency they help people make quick decisions without a lot of research or “trial and error”.However, as with most inventions, there is a potentially harmful application of these very popular “best” lists. There are …
- Glorious Summer Greens By Heather Dominick
Summer brings a lot of fantastic things with it, but one of the healthiest for those of us in the colder climates is more fresh food. The growing season has started and is shifting into full gear. Keep your eyes open for these foods to help your summer be absolutely luscious.Glorious GreensMost of my clients who have worked with me individually have experienced learning
how to use greens for th…
- How Can Fat Be Essential? By Garry Gamber
How Can Fat Be Essential?
By Garry Gamber
Did you know that some fats are essential to the body? Yes, there are some fats that our body cannot produce which means that we must get them from our food. Perhaps you’ve heard of omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acids. These are both considered essential and must be supplied by the foods we eat.
What do they do? Well, the omega-…
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Kinesiology By Jane Thurnell-Read
Kinesiology is rapidly gaining in popularity as a powerful but gentle, holistic therapy that can be used in a wide variety of situations and for many different purposes. If you want to check out your allergies, get some help with stress or sort out health problems without drugs then a visit to a kinesiologist may be exactly what is needed. You may also experience kinesiology when your chiropract…
- Why Digestive Enzymes Are Vital To Good Health! By Roger Jirves
Most digestive disorders develop because of the bodys inability
to produce sufficient enzymes for health-enhancing digestion and proper nutrient absorption. Enzyme depletion results in improper digestion and absorption, leading to chronic disorders
Malabsorption is the inability of the cells of the body to obtain nutrients from the foods consumed. This inaction causes loss of vitamins, miner…
- Our Livers Need for Water By Jan Johnson
Although many realize that the liver has its own cleansing system, it does need help - as it cannot maintain its healthy state if its being abused. Abuse occurs when too much of the wrong foods are entering the body.The livers main role is to neutralize the wastes and toxins in the body. Toxins refer to “bad foods” that do more harm than good. Some of these “bad foods” are fried foods that are h…
- The Ins and Outs of Proper Nutrition By Beverley Brooke
Secretly we all want just a few things in life, none the
least of which is to live a life that is healthy and
energetic. One way to accomplish this is to eat a well
balanced diet that fuels the body to take on life’s
challenges.Did you know that one of the best things you can do to
improve your overall health and well being is to eat a
diet that is well rounded and nutritious?Diet can make the d…
- Discover How to Grow Your Own Source of Vitamins, Fiber, Proteins, and More By Emily Clark
Sprouts not only taste good, but they are also a great source of
vitamins, fiber, protein, anti-oxidants, and enzymes. A sprout is
produced when a seed starts growing into a vegetable. Sprouts can
grow from the seeds of vegetables, from grains such as buckwheat,
and from beans. While Mung beans are perhaps the most common
source of sprouts, you can also obtain good results from lentils,
soybeans…
- Nutritional Ways to Beat Cystitis By Stewart Hare
Cystitis is an infection or inflammation of the bladder; it tends to be more common in women than men. A half of women will suffer from cystitis at sometime during their life. Women tend to be more affected by cystitis because the urethra in women is much shorter than in men this makes it easy for infection to pass along the urinary tract. Infections are usually triggered by bacteria.Symptoms of…
- Stay Healty, Eat more Fish and Seafood By Hans Dekker
There are a lot of very good reasons to eat fish and seafood. Fish is a source of high quality protein, and is low in fat and cholesterol.Fish and seafood are an excellent source of Vitamin B12, Vitamin D, Magnesium and Omega 3 fatty acids. There is now a lot of evidence that people who regularly include fish in their diet have a lower risk of unwanted weight gain.The Omega 3 fatty acids that Fi…
- Diet and Eczema By Mel Sinclair
Much controversy and argument surrounds the idea that food may play a role in triggering eczema. It has only been in recent years that doctors and health professionals have become aware of the significance of diet on eczema.It is now generally acknowledged that some 10 – 25 percent of people are affected by food sensitivity, and it has become much more widely accepted that food intolerance may p…
- Death, Aging, Rejuvenation (Part 3) By Aleksandr Kavokin, MD/PhD
AgingHow did aging appeared?If mechanism of Death was chosen by evolution, how was aging chosen?Why for example at certain age animals do not die instantly and just give the room for the next generation. Nurturing is one explanation at least for human society.But lets say new generation of young adults already reached puberty . Why would not old generation die in an instant. Why do they age?Actu…
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