Category Archives: Health and Fitness
Does That Vitamin Nutrition Supplement Help You or Harm You?
To millions of people in this country, the taking of a vitamin nutrition supplement is a cherished part of the daily routine. And why wouldn’t they – there are so many studies out there, in prestigious medical magazines like the Journal of the American Medical Association no less, that recommend that everyone take at least … Continue reading
Introducing Vegetable Nutrition to the Average Americans Palate
It’s been a great year for vegetables. The first family has been planting a great vegetable patch in the White House lawns, and now, the fast food industry is gearing up to sell vegetables in school vending machines like they would fast food. As surprising as that is, they really are trying. Their relentless marketing … Continue reading
Children are an amazing part of life. Whether or not you choose to have a few of your own is completely up to you. This statement can be interpreted in a couple different ways. Clearly you can make a choice regarding marriage and kids at some point in your life. But what if a pregnancy happens unplanned? Again, you have a choice to make. Are you going to give birth to the child and raise him/her like a parent, or do you turn to abortion? In America at least, this is totally up to you. However, statistics show that unwanted pregnancies tend to end poorly for the innocent children far too often.
Around 75 million unwanted pregnancies occur each year. This statistic applies to the entire global population. Imagine if every one of these pregnancies resulted in natural birth, but only a small fraction of the parents kept the children. Where do all the others go? Sadly, many people don’t consider this aspect of unwanted pregnancies. Who … Continue reading
Saving Real Money on All Types of Birth Control Pills
Being on the pill is not exactly a low-cost exercise. Some brands can run you to $60 a month. That’s $700 or more for the whole year. The cost savings potential here is not lost on women who use them. Research shows that women have been looking into their options in various types of birth … Continue reading
Keeping Up with Type II Diabetes Treatment
Type II diabetes is difficult to live with for all of its complications. It can be a great deal of hard work keeping tabs all the time on your health, keeping up with all you doctors’ appointments and keeping in constant touch with what your blood sugar is. Even with all this effort, you can … Continue reading
Treatment of Dementia
Dementia is an organic brain disease caused by underlying diseases, such as brain tumors, environmental contaminants, or drug related factors. The goal of treatment of dementia is to control the symptoms, and treat any underlying disease if present, which can also be nutrition or hormone related. Treatment for reversible organic lesions such as tumors or … Continue reading
Treatment for Warts that Works Better than a Dead Cat
The subject of finding a treatment for warts is one that causes much consternation. The part in Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer where Tom and Huck take a dead cat to the cemetery in a bid to get rid of a nasty case of warts sets up the premise for much of that story’s drama. Warts … Continue reading
A Treatment for Diarrhea Uncovers a Panacea
Clostridium difficile is the name of the bug. If it seems kind of obscure, you want it to stay that way. It is one of the worst bugs to cause diarrhea ever. There are a number of these around that no treatment for diarrhea will work on. The victims of diarrhea caused by these bacteria … Continue reading
Is a Weight Problem One of the Most Telling Stress Symptoms?
Some people just suffer from never-ending stress. It’s just the way they are. Of all the troubling symptoms that stress can be responsible for, making you put on weight and aging you quicker have to be the most difficult to cope with. If you are always feeling the stress of life’s challenges, and you find … Continue reading
Rolfing – The New Kid on on the Block in Body and Spine Alignment
Dancers and practitioners of yoga tend to notice when their bodies feel out of alignment. They are people who tend to be in touch with their bodies. I can lay claim to such a self-awareness myself, having been a dancer most of my life. When a year ago, I felt that my body was all … Continue reading