It is a natural human urge to be loved, to be understood, and to be wanted. One of women's biggest drives in life is to make themselves as attractive as they can, whether they do so through shopping, make-up, or even an intentional eating disorder. There is an extreme amount of pressure on everyone––not just women––to look good. Not everybody can deal with this pressure in a healthy way. While some people do absolutely...more
What do dodocosahexaenoic acid or DHA and eicosapentaenoic acid or EPA have in common? They are the two compounds that make up the famed of omega-3 fatty acids. We have all heard how incredibly healthy these fish oils are for our bodies in helping to lower blood pressure, reduce overall cholesterol, and even reduce the effects of certain types of cancers, but did you know they can also dramatically increase the power of your brain as well?Studies...more
It seems that the healthy benefits of fish oil and omega-3 fatty acids are still being discovered. Aside from all of the health giving benefits of has been credited with in recent years, it seems that one of the most profound is its ability to help protect our hearts.Protecting our hearts is something that is extremely valuable considering that heart disease is the number one killer of adults in the United States. This is due to a combination of a bad diet and lack of exercise and the numbers of heart attacks seem to be growing every single year. This makes the recent findings of the benefits of fish oil all the more exciting and promising for those that are looking to reduce the chances that they will succumb to this horrible disease.Recent studies conducted in Denmark actually showed that ingesting fish oil supplements could reduce heart attacks by as much as 50%. This number is incredibly staggering but it seems to be backed up by another study from the Harvard school of public health that shows that those who include omega-3 fatty acids as part of the regular diet greatly lessen the risk of incurring any heart disease whatsoever. So, what makes these supplements so heart...more
Eating disorders can be one of the most harmful and troubling things that occur in a person's lifetime. The combination of the stress that they feel and oftentimes depression that leads to them, coupled with the harmful effects that eating disorders create in a person's physical life, make him a true nightmare indeed. For most of the time that...more
Considering the healthy benefits of taking fish oil as part of a healthy diet, it might be hard to imagine that there are any negative side effects that can occur, but like most things we take into our bodies, not all of the effects are good even containing omega 3 fatty acids.First of all, to be clear, the positive aspects of fish oil and Omega 3...more
There are a number of causes of eating disorders, but the two main culprits are fashion and culture. For a number of years, fashion models have been as thin as they could get, and anyone who wasn't underweight by health standards was rejected as “too fat” to be a model. Therefore, even narrowing the focus to women hoping to be models, there is insurmountable pressure to be stick-thin.However, this has infiltrated culture as a whole. Models are not the only ones who feel compelled to be thin. The girls who see models and recognize them as ideals of beauty feel like they are supposed to look like that. Men who see fashion models and recognize them as ideals of beauty think that the girls they date should look like that. In this way, overall societal norms become skewed, and suddenly normal girls at a normal weight feel inadequate compared to girls who are starving themselves and getting more attention from men.Of course, there are more cause of eating disorders than just societal pressure. While culture and society have changed the standards of beauty and lowered the weight that is considered socially acceptable and socially ideal, individuals are also responsible for...more
I think it's safe to say that just about everyone has heard about the healthful benefits of adding fish oil to your diet. The Omega 3 Fatty Acids it contains, has been linked to positive effects in humans including lower blood pressure, lower...more
While overweight people are often ridiculed, sometimes it is not simply a matter of choosing to be overweight; sometimes it's an addictive eating disorder. This is not to say that there aren't some lazy people who don't take care of themselves, but...more
With each and every year that passes it seems to get harder and harder for parents to protect their children from the evils of the world. It's hard enough to help keep them young and innocent and away from things such as sex, alcohol, and drugs but...more
Men with erectile dysfunction lack the good health. Erectile dysfunction is just the outcome of the consistent abnormal health. The condition of the erectile dysfunction is characterized by the improper functioning of the male reproductive system....more
Sex is an important part of life of an individual. We need to understand that sex is the mandatory part of the life that makes us healthy and happy. Saints had even described sex as the way to reach the god. General notion prevails that sex only...more
"Wearing jeans can make you impotent," you must be saying what am I saying? But, friends it is true. It has been proved through the studies that wearing jeans reduces the sperm count. Specifically, the tight jeans are very much harmful to the sperm...more