Massage of any kind is relaxing and promotes a feeling of calmness. To many health practitioners, in fact, foot massage has been known to be good for health and well-being. Foot massage is common throughout the east as a healing method. In the east, foot massage is not only practiced on adults but on children as well. Foot massage or reflexology works in the same manner as acupuncture. Each area of the foot corresponds with another area of the...more
Dietary guidelines for adults 2 is, naturally, a follow up to article 1, and focuses on what foods constitute a good diet where article 1 focused upon why we need a good diet. My approach is that food should be fun because most health food aficionados that I know don't seem to smile too often and therefore I don't hold them up as good examples. Eating is a major part of life and life should be fun; if we only get one life what's the point in...more
Diabetes is when the body does not produce enough insulin to manage blood sugar levels within the body. However, a good way to control this is through a proper diabetic diet. This means that a one would have to try other measures for controlling their blood sugar levels. In addition to a good diabetic diet you should exercise often. For some people you can also help to ease the troubles of diabetes by taking medication, such as daily injections of insulin or pill forms. People at risk of becoming diabetic are individuals who are overweight, and don't leave a active lifestyle. The two of these have been at the leading cause of diabetes worldwide. You can also be active and slim and still get diabetes, because some people in their family are susceptible to it due to heredity. It is also the lifestyle of a person that contributes to this avoidable occurrence. Today's foods are high in fat. People are tempted by the variety of fast food choices out their. The choices we make today last a lifetime. Avoiding exercise, eating lots of fatty foods and sugar within your diet, as well as being overweight, are some of the major contributing factors surrounding diabetes. Diabetes sometime can...more
What are some of the early warning signs of AsthmaEarly Warning Signs of Asthma can help head off an attack.Early warning signs could be experienced prior to your start of an asthma episode. Should you recognize these clues that happen before actual asthma symptoms, early coarse of action can be started. These signs are unique for different...more
My grandmother used to be up at the crack of dawnnot because she had to, but because her body clock had shifted to a different time frame with increasing age. My step-mother used to complain that after Dad retired, he woke up every morning before six. The connection seems inevitableolder people do not need as much sleep as younger folks do....more
Which tea is better - green tea or black tea? As we all know, green tea is a very powerful weapon against several illnesses. But how about black tea? Do we also get health benefits from it?Black tea does have several health benefits but they are not nearly as wide-ranging and powerful as those of green tea.But what makes green tea more beneficial than black tea?The answer is "catechins"! Catechins are green tea's main ingredient containing eight times more than black tea. Catechins are, by the way, the one responsible for green tea's amazing health benefits. Bottom line is that the more catechins a tea has, the better it is for your general health.Unfortunately, these catechins are mostly oxidized into theaflavins and thearubigens during the manufacture of black tea.Theaflavins and thearubigens do have some of their own health benefits, but they can't compare with the wide-ranging effects of green tea's catechins, particularly the powerful EGCG.While a cup of black tea contains about 5- 10 mg of the powerful catechin EGCG, a cup of green tea contains more than eight times than amount, or 40-90 mg.Although green and black teas came from the same plant - Camellia Sinensis, what makes...more
Juice fasting is gaining popularity as a great way to detoxify. Many people are interested in getting toxins out of their system so they can live a healthier life. When toxins accumulate in the body, they feel sluggish and also have a poor immune...more
When I was a 42 year old woman the awareness that I had ADD, or ADHD to be specific, changed my life forever. Until that day, I had never even heard of ADD.ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) is not fun. Not for anyone. I am annoyed when I hear anyone...more
Herbal remedies are seeing a rise in popularity. This includes using herbs for detoxification. Many people like the idea of using herbs as natural products have minimal side effects. Herbs in fact have many therapeutic abilities. The following list...more
In a world where a person's worth tends to be measured by appearance, it is little wonder that we have so many young women falling into the trap of eating disorders. This obsession with achieving the perfect figure has led to one of the most...more
Has your doctor advised you to reduce your cholesterol level? That is no surprise considering how many people have high cholesterol these days. To help lower your cholesterol, here are 10 simple tips you can use live a healthier life.For most health...more
My son caught infantigo (www.ainfantigo.com) while we were traveling home from Argentina on an airplane. He had an open wound on his wrist from a torn aluminum juice can, and the wound grew more and more infected. At first we thought that he was...more