If Lasik is not right for your eyes, or the thought of it does not appeal to you. You may wish to consider contact lenses, Orthokeratology (Ortho-K), or, that old standby, eyeglasses. Not only are these options cheaper, but they might suit your lifestyle better and is less scary than surgery. All these methods have one thing in common and that is the benefit of reversibility.Contact lensPutting aside Lasik, there is a huge variety of contact lens...more
The Atkins Diet is a weight loss program for those who intend to lose a few pounds or even more. It mainly consists of eating foods that are high in protein and very low in carbohydrates. The only problem is that on the long-run is it healthy?What Should I Eat?Normally, low carbohydrate diets means taking out certain foods out of your regular diet and increasing the intake of others. If you choose this diet, you'll avoid all foods with...more
How many of you have had this experience? There's been no time to get to the gym in the last month or so. So finally when there is time, you (consciously or subcounsciously) "make up" for lost time. The next day OUCH, you feel like you've been hit by a truck!This is a common scenario for most of us. New exercisers often "overdo" at first because they are unaware of the impact of sudden and intense activity on the body and its need for adjustment.Regular and experienced exercisers often forget that fitness slowly declines when stopped for more than a couple of weeks. The body needs to readjust to the demands placed on it. For me, it's just plain old ego I don't want to admit to myself that I have lost any of my fitness!"Overdoing" is just one of the many ways that we can hurt ourselves when we are using our bodies vigorously. Aside from the obvious twisted ankle (acute injury), there are many injuries that happen insidiously (tendonitis, arthritis etc.). Now before I scare you away from exercise, its worth mentioning that most of these injuries happen just as often in sedentary people because of lack of exercise.So, the real point of this article is to give you some guidelines to...more
Simply put, Comfort Channel exists to help make your life more comfortable, relaxing, and stress-free through enhancing wellness and providing an online shopping portal offering a vast array of comfort-enhancing and stress-reducing products. Products are divided into various categories including children and baby products, exercise and fitness,...more
Here are some statistics about back pain. It has been estimated that out of every five people in America, four of them suffer some sort of back pain. Very often these back pains resulted from nothing more than fatigue, or stress to the body due to poor sleeping habits. But what about those that complain of major back pains continually?Several of...more
You will find that most modern acupuncturists now use disposable stainless steel needles of a diameter of about 0.18 to 0.51 mm and which have been sterilized using either ethylene oxide or an autoclave machine. The upper third of the needle is wound round with a thicker wire (normally bronze) or is covered in plastic, which helps to stiffen the needle and provide a handle which the acupuncturist can hold whilst inserting the needles. It all depends on what style of acupuncture is being practiced as to the size and type of needle used as well as the depth to which the needle is inserted.Sometimes the warming of an acupuncture point by moxibustion (or the burning of mugwort) is a different form of treatment to acupuncture and is often, though not exclusively used as a supplemental treatment. The Chinese term of Zhen jig which is commonly used to refer to acupuncture come from the word "Zhen" meaning "needle" and "Jiu" meaning "moxibustion". Moxibustion is still used today in varying degrees in the many schools of oriental medicine and one well known technique still being used is the insertion of the needle at the desired acupuncture point and then dried mugwort is attached to the...more
One of the biggest misconceptions about sleep is that it if you go for a couple of days with no sleep, you will end up losing your sanity. Eye opening discoveries were made a few years ago, and this has changed this great misunderstanding about...more
One of the most distressing aspects of Alzheimer's disease is the complete personality change suffered by many people. This is especially distressing for the relatives and friends of the Alzheimer's patient. The general behavior and personality of...more
In America we have become very fat. Our terrible diets have created our lard filled tummies. Although not everyone in the country is large, most of us could probably afford to drop some pounds.We absolutely should! Becoming a size or two smaller will...more
Causes of sleep disorders are varied and range from serious neurological problems to simple nightmares. Sleep disorder means any difference in the normal sleep pattern that can be sleeplessness, oversleep or intermittent sleep behaviors. Persistent...more
Vertigo is a disease which manifests sudden postural imbalance and dizziness. The person may suddenly feel the symptoms but will get back to their normal state after the episode of vertigo. However vertigo is a serious disease as it increases the...more
You are what you eat, and you are what you think, but do you know that you are also the color that you choose? The fact that colors have psychological significance and that meditating on them can heal old, emotional wounds is the basis of Dr. John...more