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- Get Your Calcium From Natural Sources - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2005 from Joseph MercolaYoung girls who obtain extra calcium from food sources tend to gain more bone mass than those who get it from tablet supplements. However, children who already receive adequate amounts of calcium in their diets do not benefit from extra calcium in any form. Some 60 percent of adult bone mass ...
Views: 1062 - Health Care in the 21st Century with Health Savings Accounts - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2005 from Wiley LongConsumer-driven health care has the potential to be a powerful force of change in the health care system. By instituting competitive pressures, encouraging greater price transparency, and rewarding consumers who are proactive about their health, the growing adoption of Health Savings Accounts ...
Views: 939 - How to Spend Less and Make it Your Most Memorable Holiday Season Yet! - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2005 from Joseph MercolaBy Carol Tuttle, Master Energy Therapist and the author of the best-selling book, Remembering Wholeness: A Personal Handbook for Thriving in the 21st Century. Every year your millions of people fall into the same trap. Overspending, getting stressed out and obsessing about presents, family ...
Views: 1005 - Lying With Your Eyes - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2005 from Joseph MercolaThe traditional wisdom that states you can tell a person is lying by looking in their eyes may have some merit to it. While it cannot work as a lie detector, which is effective 100 percent of the time, eye movement is closely connected with cognition and thought. When a right-handed person ...
Views: 1918 - How Vitamin D Protects Your Heart - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2005 from Joseph MercolaA new study has linked a lack of sunshine, the body's most natural source of vitamin D, to the prevalence of cardiovascular disease. Factors that affect sunlight, and therefore vitamin D production, are tied to a patient's cardiovascular risks. In other words, the more sunlight you get, the ...
Views: 1184 - Diabetes and Exercise - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2005 from Martin HarshbergerDiabetes and Exercise There are two main types of diabetes, type I and type II. Type I diabetes is characterized by the pancreas making too little or no insulin. An individual with diabetes type I will have to inject insulin throughout the day in order to control glucose levels. Type II ...
Views: 700 - Taking a Chance on Healthy Living - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2005 from Martin HarshbergerTaking a Chance on Healthy Living! One of the most important aspects of living a healthy and prosperous life is understanding "risk." By this I mean knowing how to understand and analyze situations in life that affect health. Being able to accurately weigh benefits and risks when making health ...
Views: 802 - Vegetarianism Inside-Out - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2005 from Joseph MercolaBy Paul Chek, HHP, NMT Founder, C.H.E.K Institute People become vegetarians for many reasons. Some people do so for what they believe are sound health reasons. We are, for example, experiencing the greatest occurrence of cancer cases and other chronic diseases in history. Some people convert ...
Views: 1018 - Angels Are Among Us - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2005 from Joseph Mercolaby Carol Tuttle Master Energy Therapist and the author of the best-selling book, Remembering Wholeness: A Personal Handbook for Thriving in the 21st Century. Want to change your world? There is nothing to it when you use the powers of your imagination and the powers of heaven to assist you. ...
Views: 926 - The need to change our behaviour - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Gill WebsterWeight has become an important health issue over the last few years, being overweight brings a number of health problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Weight is a funny thing, for some who need to lose weight because of health they simply do not recognise the need ...
Views: 895 - Meditation Improves Your Attention - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2005 from Joseph MercolaBuddhist monks have claimed for centuries that meditation helps increase attention and concentration. New findings offer support for this notion. Increases Thickness of Brain Regions Researchers at Harvard Medical School examined Westerners who meditated for about 20 minutes every day, but ...
Views: 1026 - Getting Chilled May Bring on a Cold - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2005 from Joseph MercolaGetting chilly may bring on a cold, contrary to conventional medical orthodoxy, which says that there is no connection between developing viral infections and a drop in your body temperature. Paid to Sit With Their Feet in Cold Water Ninetystudents were paid to sit for 20 minutes with their ...
Views: 848 - Keep Your Brain Young With Exercise - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2005 from Joseph MercolaScientists have demonstrated that moderately active rats have healthier DNA and more robust brain cells than their less active counterparts. This is the first study to show that lifelong exercise actually decreases cellular aging in the brain. Enjoyable Light Exercise In the study, the animals ...
Views: 807 - Three Major Reasons Why You Are Not Thriving - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2005 from Joseph MercolaBy Carol Tuttle Master Emotional Release Therapist and the author of the best-selling book, Remembering Wholeness: A Personal Handbook for Thriving in the 21st Century. 1. You are holding on to old emotional baggage. Most of the emotion you feel in a day is not even about today. You are just ...
Views: 860 - Terminal Cancer Patients Fighting Back With Omega-3 Fats - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2005 from Joseph MercolaIn 2000, a 78-year-old man was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and told by his doctor he had only a few months to live. Tumors Down to 10 Percent Today, the cancerous tumors in his lungs have shrunk to 10 percent of what they were in 2000, according to last year's computed tomography ...
Views: 883 - The Ultimate Drug for Treating Depression - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2005 from Joseph MercolaMore and more researchers and physicians are coming to the conclusion that exercise can be as effective as antidepressants in reducing the symptoms of major depression. Group or Solitary Both Work Many studies have shown that exercise in a group setting is highly effective, and new research is ...
Views: 827 - Grapes May Prevent Alzheimer's - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2005 from Joseph MercolaResveratrol, a compound found in grapes and red wine, may be prove to be a potent weapon in the battle against Alzheimer's. Fights Amyloid-Beta Peptides A study has shown that it lowers levels of the amyloid-beta peptides, which are responsible for the plaques leading to Alzheimer's disease. ...
Views: 870 - Scaring Kids Away From Fast Food - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2005 from Joseph MercolaAccording to a study by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), roughly a third of children polled didn't know the main ingredient in French fries. And, about 10 percent of them thought fries were mostly made of oil; others suggested eggs, flour, and even apples.This may be part of the reason ...
Views: 898 - Women and Incontinence - End the Suffering - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2005 from Sandra BauerUrinary incontinence is the unintentional loss of urine which has become a significant problem among women. Approximately 11 million women affected by incontinence. One in four ages 30-59 experience incontinence episodes. Many individuals feel this a natural part of aging when in fact - it is ...
Views: 845 - Diabetes: Plain Talk About The Basics - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2005 from Bill UrellWith diabetes, an attitude of 'ignore it and hope it goes away' can kill you. Literally. Diabetes is basically a disease that interferes with the ability of our bodies to use food for energy and growth. One thing that happens when we digest food is that some of it is converted into glucose ...
Views: 1593 - Learning to Live a Healthy Life - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2005 from Martin HarshbergerLearn to Live a Healthy Life: People are obsessed with dieting and weight loss! Don't believe me? Just tune-in to any source of advertising...you're instantly bombarded with the latest diet schemes and "Hollywood" food fads. Here in America, we have built a thriving industry trying to control ...
Views: 749 - Raising a Whole Food Child in a Processed Food World - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2005 from Joseph MercolaNext Page>> By Colleen Huber, Naturopathyworks During at least some of their childhood, you've probably watched your son or daughter notice "the grass is definitely greener elsewhere." One of the biggest challenges to your family's healthy lifestyle is your child's perception that ...
Views: 710 - Your Pillow Is Likely Infected With Fungus and You Don't Even Know It - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2005 from Joseph MercolaAccording to researchersyour pillows may be home for millions of fungal spores, . Aspergillus The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus, which is the species most commonly found in pillows, is also the most likely to cause disease. The resulting syndrome, aspergillosis, has become the leading ...
Views: 1454 - How to Lower your blood pressure quikly - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2005 from Fabiola GroshanIn most cases, the secondary diseases that follow the high blood pressure manifest long time after the hypertension and it's symptoms appear. To provide a treatment for hypertension and to lower blood pressure quickly it is significant to discover it's existence in the beginning phase, before it ...
Views: 796 - 3 Best Ways to Prevent Iron Deficiency Anemia - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2005 from Junji TakanoDid you know that Iron Deficiency Anemia affects about 20% of the world’s population? It is also the most common type of anemia caused by inadequate dietary intake or absorption of iron. But if you do suffer from iron deficiency anemia due to lack of iron in your body, don’t look again on those ...
Views: 1619(2 votes) - Sleep Deprivation - Alarming New Studies - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2005 from GiGi KonwinThere have been several studies recently that link sleep deprivation with an increased risk of developing diabetes, obesity, heart disease and cancer. That’s rather scary when you consider 3.5 million Americans suffer from insomnia. With regard to the obesity cases, researchers have found ...
Views: 1811 - Natural Skin Care - Just Open Your Kitchen Cabinet - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2005 from John EdwardsSafer, less expensive, and easy-to-use natural skin care can be as easy as opening your kitchen cabinet, coupled with a few minutes of preparation. Healthy, radiant, glowing skin is something every person wants. Yet, few of us even think to use what's really the best for out skin: natural skin ...
Views: 1214 - Dermatitis And Eczema - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from John MooreClear Skin Remedies Maybe the first question you asked yourself after the doctor diagnosed your condition was, "Why me ? Why do I have to suffer the redness and irritation of dermatitis ? Why do I have to suffer the itching and dryness of eczema ?"Your doctor is perhaps best qualified to ...
Views: 1433 - What’s the risk to get cancer? - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2005 from Mike SandersIn all the publication, The World Health Organisation (W.H.O.) summarise what we know about cancer from scientific research: Cancer is largely preventable: By stopping smoking, providing healthy food and avoiding the exposure to carcinogens. The most frequent cancer types are curable by ...
Views: 924 - Excerpt: Making a Good Brain Great - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2005 from Yolanda Carden1 YOUR BRAIN IS INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING YOU DO The great sins of the world take place in the brain: but it is in the brain that everything takes place . . . It is in the brain that the poppy is red, that the apple is odorous, that the skylark sings, (and that we love and hate each other). ...
Views: 1152 - The Best Body Building/Weight Loss Supplements – Athlete’s Testimony about the benefits of Creatine Ethyl Ester - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2005 from Chad KlingensmithYOU ARE WELCOME TO REPRODUCE THIS ARTICLE AND DISTRIBUTE AS LONG AS: -The entire article remains intact -You do not remove or alter any html/links -You do not distribute this article to any website that is affiliated with pornography, warez, gambling or hate. BEGIN ARTICLE: Creatine has ...
Views: 1111 - The Commerce of Obesity - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2005 from Joseph MercolaIn an interview with Pam Killeen of Crusador, Dr. Marion Nestle, noted food expert and author of Food Politics and Safe Food, reveals some interesting facts about the marketing of junk foods that have led to the obesity epidemic, including: The appalling American diet may be, in part, ...
Views: 768 - Exercise and Omega-3 Boost Your Memory - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2005 from Joseph MercolaTwo leading neuroscientists recently announced that an active lifestyle and a diet rich in the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oils help prevent the memory loss associated with old age, as well as having other benefits. Seven Keys Along with eating a healthy diet and keeping physically fit, ...
Views: 868 - Cold Sores - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2005 from John MooreTips For Healing Cold Sores That tingling you feel just above your upper lip is unmistakable. You know that it's the start of another cold sore. You've gone through this routine before. First it gets red, then that itchy tingly area puffs out into a big embarrassing cold sore.For some reason ...
Views: 1402 - Lose Weight Confidently - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2005 from hifzur rehmanSo you have decided to lose weight. Great! Why do you want to lose weight? - to live a healthy and disease-free life - to look younger and more attractive - to feel more confident about yourself - to gain popularity in social circles - to be able to wear the clothes of your choice - to ...
Views: 972 - Getting Personal About Your Diabetes - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2005 from William TruesdellDiabetes is a nasty disease, so much so that we don't even look at its bright side. And, diabetes is controllable. Tight control will prevent much of what hurts people most. It's as simple and as complex as that. Control is the key. It's too bad some physicians and some patients simply ascribe ...
Views: 748 - Hurricane Katrina Causes Diabetes - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Devin Hastings"Hurricane Katrina Causes Diabetes" may soon be a real headline. This article will explain what you need to know before you or someone you know are unpleasantly surprised. Though the debate still continues as to the exact cause, Type 1 diabetes (having to use insulin) is thought to be the ...
Views: 1501 - Inflammation – The “Secret” Cause of Heart Disease - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2005 from Al SearsTwenty-five million Americans are in danger of suffering a heart attack and don’t know it. You may be surprised to know that less than half of all heart attack victims had high cholesterol levels. You can find out if you are one of those at risk with a simple blood test called CRP. C-reactive ...
Views: 1269 - Mesothelioma - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2005 from John MooreWhat Is Mesothelioma ? Mesothelioma is the medical name for cancer of the lung or the abdomen lining, and is usually caused by exposure to asbestos. Asbestos is a type of building material used in thermal insulation products and ceiling tiles. Asbestos usage peaked during the 1950s - 1970s, ...
Views: 1424 - Ear tubes - Are they Safe? - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2005 from James HendrixIt is so simple, tikes who are young as well as babies occasionally have a operation for ventilation tubes inserted into their ears. This process is usually for chronic ear infections. As the toddlers get older, their hearing looks to be at a normal stage.Sharp medical experts have said, ...
Views: 1336 - Does calorie restriction lead to weight loss? - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2005 from Rajesh ShettyYes and no. Moderate calorie restriction helps in controlling and getting rid of fat to a certain extent. In fact the so called low carbohydrate diets are low calorie diets. Research proves that the weight loss in these weight loss programs is on account of calorie restriction and not due to ...
Views: 846(1 vote) - Our Health Care Crisis - and a Solution - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2005 from Tim LarsonWe are presently facing a health care crisis that is getting more dire every day. Health care costs are increasing so rapidly that many companies who offered free health insurance to their employees are now passing a lot of the high cost on to their employees. Other employers are dropping their ...
Views: 870(1 vote) - How to get ripped Abs? - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2005 from Rajesh ShettyWant sexy abs?But don't know how to get rid of those love handles?Then read on... There are many factors responsible for abdominal fat like processed food, refined sugar, lack of exercise etc. But the following two invisible factors are mainly responsible for abdominal fat deposits. 1)STRESS ...
Views: 849(1 vote) - Exposing the Miracle Cure - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2005 from Hiram PerezIt was Saturday morning and while I was making breakfast, letting the cats outside, and watering my half-dead plants, I had the TV on. Saturday morning TV is usually composed of nothing but infomercials and today was no different. One of the channels had this guy hawking a book on natural ...
Views: 769(1 vote) - The 12 Most Pesticide-Ridden Fruits and Veggies - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2005 from Benjamin LynchI will never forget the day my mom told me to wash strawberries. As a typical inquisitive 4 year old, I asked, 'Why?' Because fruit pickers pick their nose was her response. I then washed them - sometimes. Now as a 31 year old, I buy organic produce which must mean it is free from boogers and ...
Views: 1030 - The End of the Road - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2005 from Patrick MathieuThe End of the Road Last week I was driving along one of the major highways around Toronto. I had some good music playing on my stereo and the weather was wonderful. I am always a careful driver, so my attention was focused on my driving, but my thoughts were elsewhere. Suddenly, I noticed ...
Views: 847(1 vote) - Do you reallly have IBS? - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2005 from Sophie LeeIrritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a fairly well-known disorder these days – medications for IBS are advertised on TV and in the media, and thankfully it is now far less of a taboo to talk about your bowels. However, this new awareness sometimes means that patients decide they have IBS without ...
Views: 919 - Finding Your Own Pathway to Specialized Health Care - by We live in a highly specialized age. New industries and professions spring up as the established sectors break down into smaller categories. Driven by the wealth of detail in an increasingly complex world, employers and clients prefer to hire specialists rather than generalists. That decision ...
Views: 1098 - Beauty Is as Beauty Eats... - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2005 from Tonya ZavastaDiscover a natural way of eating that can dramatically improve your appearance and your life! Frustrated with costly, invasive or ineffective ways of improving your appearance? In her eye-opening first book, Your Right to Be Beautiful, author Tonya Zavasta shared the natural way she helped ...
Views: 1281 - Title: Live, Learn, and Be Happy with Epilepsy - by Submitted on May 23, 2005 from Stacey Chillemi“Live, Learn and Be Happy with Epilepsy” Epilepsy affects millions of people worldwide, with More than two million people in the United States suffering from the disorder and 125,000 new cases each year in the United States alone. “Live, Learn, and Be Happy with Epilepsy,” will be a 200-page ...
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