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By James EvansRecently published1 topic

Don't Kiss Your Baby on the Mouth

It happens every day. A young mother tenderly kisses her baby on the mouth or gently wipes her baby’s face with a cloth moistened with her own saliva. She caringly tests the temperature of the baby food by tasting it first before serving it to her baby on the same spoon or lets her baby playfully put its fingers in her mouth and then into its own mouth. Don’t! The bacteria that cause tooth decay and periodontal disease are not found in the mouths of newbo babies and can be passed on by even a simple kiss on the lips.

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

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By James EvansRecently published1 topic

Measuring your hydration level

Dehydration can be highly dangerous, whether it results from exertion, environmental factors or health status. But how do you tell whether you are dehydrated or not? The unique HydraTrend Test Strips produce an accurate hydration reading in less than 60 seconds. They are convenient and easy to use, and require only a small urine sample. Each kit includes 50 test strips, a sample collection cup, complete instructions, a color chart for reading results, quality controls, and a card for recording test results for over time.

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

9,811 views

By James EvansRecently published1 topic

How Old Should Your Children Be Before They Begin Lifting Weights?

Only a generation ago it was generally thought to be taboo for children under 14 to lift weights. It was commonly believed that it would stunt their growth, damage their joints, or injure their spines, among other things. Over the years, most of these assumptions have been disproven, and youngsters are now experiencing the benefits of weight training for personal development and sports training. So, how old SHOULD your children be before they start strength training?

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

7,302 views

By James EvansRecently published1 topic

Par course exercise - outdoor exercise for the whole family

Like solitary sentinels they stand alone in parks, recreation areas, and along countless trails throughout America. Consisting of an assortment of balance beams, chinning bars, parallel bars, and stretching posts in various configurations, these individual exercise stations -- collectively known as a par course -– are probably among the most practical, yet least used, fitness amenities anywhere. The par course was originally designed for outdoor interval training to accommodate broadscale community or group fitness.

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

6,671 views

By James EvansRecently published1 topic

Cabbage ears - a dubious distinction

You see them most often on wrestlers, boxers, and mixed martial artists (and sometimes rugby players) – those swollen, puffy-looking ears that look like cauliflowers (a variety of cabbage). Hence the name: cauliflower ear. Also known as perichondrial hematoma, the cauliflower ear is a common injury among athletes engaged in combat sports, but it can happen to anyone who suffers a blow to the ear. It usually affects the outer ear causing blood or fluid to collect under the perichondrium causing the ear to become swollen and deformed and resembling a cauliflower in appearance.

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

5,061 views

By James EvansRecently published1 topic

Pole Dancing - Beyond the Sleaze

Pole dancing has evolved from its sleazy striptease reputation to a legitimate form of exercise that is gaining in popularity worldwide. In addition to the many private pole dancing studios, more and more health clubs and fitness centers are offering pole dancing classes as a creative form of exercise that also caters to the “sensual side.” There are several well-known pole dancing studios in the Bay Area including Catherine Rose’s Slinky Productions which offers both private and group instruction and actress Sheila Kelley’s S Factor with multiple locations nationwide.

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

3,213 views

By James EvansRecently published1 topic

Don't kiss your baby on the mouth

It happens every day. A young mother tenderly kisses her baby on the mouth or gently wipes her baby’s face with a cloth moistened with her own saliva. She caringly tests the temperature of the baby food by tasting it first before serving it to her baby on the same spoon or lets her baby playfully put its fingers in her mouth and then into its own mouth. Don’t! The bacteria that cause tooth decay and periodontal disease are not found in the mouths of newbo babies and can be passed on by even a simple kiss on the lips.

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

2,365 views

By James EvansRecently published1 topic

Get Big Fast without Juicing

The temptation to use steroids is often irresistible to young men surrounded by “roiders” prowling the gym and strutting their stuff with their artificially-enhanced muscles, bulging veins, and inflated egos. It seems that everyone wants to get bigger and stronger faster without devoting the time – sometimes years - that it sometimes takes to build the body naturally. So, how to get bigger and stronger faster without taking forever and without juicing? Breathing squats. Most people have never heard of breathing squats, but many oldtimers will tell you about them.

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

2,240 views

By James EvansRecently publishedTopic pending

How to die from an airplane flight without crashing

More travellers may be dying by just sitting in airplanes every year than in actual airline crashes. Traveller’s Thrombosis – more popularly known as Economy Class Syndrome – is the moniker attributed to the occurrence of often fatal condition of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in people who travel long distances by aircraft. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) (http://www.iata.org/) there were 502 airline fatalities in 2008.

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Recently published

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By James EvansRecently published1 topic

Babies may be brighter than we think

Believe it or not, your baby – even as young as 6 months old – might be brighter than you think. In fact, your little tyke might be able to interpret the emotions of your family pet even before he/she can talk. A new study published in the July edition of Developmental Psychology (www.apa.org/jou als/dev/) and reported in LiveScience.com (http://www.livescience.com/) found that 6-month-olds can associate the sounds of growling, barking, and whining of dogs with pictures of the dogs showing corresponding body language.

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

1,966 views

By James EvansRecently published1 topic

Music to Soothe the Savage Beast - Coping with Stress During Challenging Economic Times

Almost everyone in America has been affected by the economic uncertainty that has engulfed the country for the past eighteen months. Characterized by the continuing mortgage crisis, record unemployment, business closings, declining stock markets, bank failures, and more, the economy has touched all of us in different ways. How we cope with the individual stress associated with the economy has been different too, but a growing number of people have turned to music from India.

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

1,744 views

By James EvansRecently published1 topic

Muscle Up Your Website

More and more otherwise astute businesses, organizations, and professionals are making poor choices in their website design and construction. Too often, they choose a friend who is “good with computers” to be the webmaster (and usually willing to do it for next to nothing) or they choose a cheap, over-the-counter software package just to save money. Either way, it can be a big mistake because the end result is a glut of lackluster and less-than-optimal websites that never achieve what they might have achieved if they were designed right in the first place.

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

1,730 views

By James EvansRecently published1 topic

Controlling Hypertension Naturally

According to the American Heart Association more than 65 millio Americans over 20 – almost one in every three adults - suffer from high blood pressure, and 30% of them don’t even know they have it. In fact, the older we get, the more likely we are not to do anything about it. Scary? You bet! Especially since high blood pressure is often a precursor to heart attacks and strokes, among other health problems such as kidney failure and eye problems! So what exactly IS blood pressure anyway?

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

1,727 views

By James EvansRecently published1 topic

Are Your Children at Risk for "Recession Obesity?"

Just when you thought the consequences of our sagging economy could not be worse, think again. The obesity rate among children in the U.S. has already reached epidemic proportions, and now the economy may be driving some parents to substitute fast foods for healthy foods in an effort to manage their household budgets, according to a recent report by AFP published on Yahoo.

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

1,673 views

By James EvansRecently published1 topic

A Cure for Arthritis?

Margie Garrison was just 11 years old when she fell and injured her back in a playground accident. The trauma of her injury led to the development of severe osteoarthritis of the spine, and for the next 43 years she lived in pain while one physician after another treated her with medications and told her to “learn to live with it.” It was only when an enlightened physician told her that, “Arthritis is the easiest disease to cure,” did she finally decide to take responsibility for her own cure through diet and exercise.

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

1,668 views

By James EvansRecently published1 topic

Hiring a Personal Trainer - Where Do You Start?

You’ve been thinking about getting in shape forever and finally made the decision to join a health club – congratulations! Now what? You don’t know how to use the equipment and you haven’t the slightest idea of where to start. So, should you hire a personal trainer or try to figure things out ...

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

1,618 views

By James EvansRecently published1 topic

Rid yourself of migraines forever and look good at the same time

Renowned plastic surgeo Leonard W. Glass, MD, was a guest on the popular radio talk show “Forever Young” on San Diego’s KCBQ 1170 AM several years ago when he stated how he and other plastic surgeons had observed that many of their patients had found relief from migraine headaches as an outcome of botox treatments for cosmetic reasons.

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

1,445 views

By James EvansRecently published1 topic

Is God Fat Too?

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (http://www.cdc.gov/), American society has become “obesogenic.” In other words, we’re fat and getting fatter. The majority of people in this country profess themselves to be Christians yet this same majority is also overweight or obese which is completely contrary to 1 Corinthians 6:19-20: “…do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price.

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

1,434 views

By James EvansRecently published1 topic

Coping with Debt Stress

The present state of the economy is having an adverse affect on more than just the pocketbook. According to a recent Associated Press-AOL Health Poll, debt stress is impacting the health of as many as 10-16 million people in this country. Of those polled, 27% suffered from ulcers or digestive tract problems; 44% had migraines or other headaches; 29% suffered severe anxiety; 23% had severe depression; 6% reported heart attacks (twice the rate of those with low debt stress); and 51% had muscle tension.

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

1,209 views

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