All humans are addicted to the delicious taste of junk food. We crave it, dream about it, and often want it when we are on our rigorous diets. Somehow it is embedded in our brains that it is something we need. Unfortunately, these types of foods are anything but beneficial to our health. While we wish that they could be …
Health Fitness
Health fitness involves exercising and working out to look and feel better. Your physical and mental well being depend on it. Exercising can reduce your chances of heart disease and diabetes. It can also reduce the effects of depression and eliminate stress. The physical and mental benefits of health fitness are well worth the efforts. They will ensure you are …
Prevent and Treat Heartburn or Acid Reflux
The most common digestive system disorder people experience is heartburn, which is highly associated to acid reflux. Often, many people will encounter heartburn or acid reflux during night time. When this happens, a burning sensation in the chest will be felt. This particular pain is similar to heart attack symptoms. However, heartburn acid reflux is also a very serious disease …
Help I’ve Got Heartburn
Heartburn occurs when there is an abnormal backflow of stomach juices into the esophagus, the tube that leads from the mouth to the stomach. The backflow or reflux causes a feeling of burning, warmth, or heat beneath the breastbone. The discomfort may spread in waves upward into your neck and you may get a sour taste in your mouth. Heartburn …
Skin Care Myths
SKIN CARE MYTHS With an increasing emphasis on beauty and age defiance in North American society, everyone seems to be seeking ways to make themselves appear younger with better skin care. While it is true that skin is one of the keys to a healthy, youthful appearance, not all skin care treatments that are proposed, or even that are popular, …
Most Common Side Effects Of High Blood Pressure Medication
MOST COMMON SIDE EFFECTS OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION Some of the drugs listed below to treat high blood pressure can affect certain functions of the body, resulting in bad side effects. However, drugs that lower blood pressure have proven effective over the years. The benefits of using them far outweigh the risk of side effects. Most people who’ve taken …
Myths From The Weight Loss Crowd
MYTHS FROM THE WEIGHT LOSS CROWD Myth: You’ll be OK with a high protein/low carb diet for weight loss. Fact: This type of diet aims to secure most of the daily required amount of calories from protein foods, such as meat, dairy products and eggs, with a very small part taken from foods containing a lot of carbs (bread, pasta, …
Common Health Advantages of Colon Cleansing Treatments
COMMON HEALTH ADVANTAGES OF COLON CLEANSING TREATMENTS Colon cleansing treatments are designed to better enable the body to release toxins that build up based on the types of foods that we eat, our habits – like smoking, drinking or lack of exercise – and the environment that we live in. When we eat more meat proteins than our bodies need, …
Combatting Atherosclerosis With Good Nutrition
COMBATTING ATHEROSCLEROSIS WITH GOOD NUTRITION Atherosclerosis is like hundreds of cars zooming down an eight-lane highway. One lane disappears, and then another, until the same cars crawl bumper-to-bumper along a one-lane country road. That’s sort of what happens when you have atherosclerosis. Your arteries, the highways for your blood, harden and narrow, and the same amount of blood has to …
Combat the Fat and Tailor Your Supermarket Habits For the New You!
COMBAT THE FAT AND TAILOR YOUR SUPERMARKET HABITS FOR THE NEW YOU! Rome wasn’t built in a day, so combat the fat for the perfect body.The weight lifting’s going great. You have a challenging, but not completely sadistic trainer. You’ve carved time out of your schedule hit the gym. (You even remember to run your workout clothes through the wash…hopefully!) …