One of the greatest and simplest pleasures of life is to share a smile and a laugh with a good friend. Your beautiful smile is a sign of encouragement, a positive outlook and of good health. Sometimes we forget that dental health is an important part of staying fit, preventing disease and even living longer. [...]
Cancer is a disease that no one wants to think about-until they’ve been diagnosed. But sticking your head in the sand is not the solution. Instead, learn what you can about this and other diseases. Education and preventive health go hand in hand. What is cancer? Cancer is defined as the uncontrolled growth and spread [...]
If the sheer size of the vitamin department at your local Tom Thumb pharmacy or Whole Foods Market counts for anything, Americans must be among the best-nourished people on earth. Scan the shelves and you’ll see bottle after bottle filled with tablets, fruit-flavored chewables, red pills, purple pills, and little Freds and Barneys. Your original [...]
Proper nutrition is so crucial to our looks and well being. What we put inside our bodies always shows up on the outside, like it or not. To feel and look your absolute best, aim to eat these “superfood” choices below almost every day. 1. Sweet Potatoes:Abundant source of vitamin A-great for skin, hair, nails, [...]
When you can’t stay on a diet, do you say to yourself, This diet just doesn’t work. Or, do you say to yourself, I just can’t stay on a diet. It is likely that neither statement is true. Dieting success or failure has a lot to do with finding a really good fit between you [...]
As many as 10 million Americans experience chronic or occasional (episodic) anxiety. It has emotional components, such as apprehension, trouble with concentration and feeling tense, as well as physical symptoms such as heart palpitations, shaking, sweating, rapid breathing and asthma attacks. Your stomach and reproductive organs can be affected, too. Anxious people are usually pretty [...]
A child needs to eat a balanced diet of health foods every day. Find out how to identify a healthy child’s diet by reading this informative article! Every child needs to grow up eating a well-balanced, healthy diet for optimum health benefits, as well as for their proper growth. Good nutrition in a child helps [...]
Moisture retention, cooling and prevention of infection at injury sites lead a list of benefits reported in folklore but unsubstantiated by scientific evidence. Aloe Vera looks like a cactus but actually belongs to the Lily family. It was found originally in Africa but now grows in many parts of the world. The plant yields 2 [...]
Papaya enzymes can help improve your digestion, but should not be taken lightly. Papaya enzymes are intended to help with human digestion and to help get rid of intestinal worms, though they have not been approved to do so by the FDA. This means that they are classified not as a drug (which must prove [...]
Recently, there has been considerable interest in the potential health benefits of Green Tea. Much of this interest has centered on its powerful antioxidant properties. Green Tea Extract research has concluded that it is 100 times more potent in neutralizing free radicals than vitamin E. What is Green Tea Extract? The Chinese have been touting [...]