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Seven Reasons to Stretch
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
We all hear a lot about exercising and all of the wonderful things it can do for your mind and body (and, indeed, it can!). What is often overlooked, though, is the importance of including stretching as a main component of your fitness routine and lifestyle. No matter what your age, stretching is for you. [...]
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Recipe for Chaos and Achievement
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
We all want lives of achievement, health, happiness and some measure of wealth. We want the “good life!” And yet, the vast majority end up leading relatively average, middle-class lives. How can this be? How can so many of the world’s most educated people end up working paycheck to paycheck? I think the answers are [...]
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Water’s Effectiveness on the Body
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Drinking More Water Is Key To Alleviating Some Of Today’s Most Common Diseases and Disorders by Kelly Joyce Neff Everyone knows we should drink water. This may seem obvious. But could you actually be chronically dehydrated? water through urination, rather than retaining it.. The one is plump, full, and juicy, containing all its natural water. [...]
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Foods that Fight Depression
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Drug advertisements and conventional doctors tell the public that depression is caused by an imbalance of a neurotransmitter in the brain called serotonin. This idea makes it seem that drugs that flood the brain with serotonin are the answer to depression, but there is no scientific evidence that drug therapy really works. In studies in [...]
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Disinfecting could make you sick
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
By KIM KNIGHT – Sunday Star Times Advertisers cashing in on a newly germ-phobic nation may be doing more harm than good, say public health officials. “We don’t live in a sterile world and nor should we endeavour to do so,” said Greg Simmons, Ministry of Health chief adviser for population health. At the height [...]
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Dialogue on Clean-energy Efforts
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
12:21 PM CDT on Monday, July 6, 2009 By ELIZABETH SOUDER / The Dallas Morning News esouder@dallasnews.com In July of last year, Dallas billionaire T. Boone Pickens began a $60 million advertising campaign and speaking tour designed to persuade Americans to stop using foreign oil. The oilman-turned-environmentalist proposed a seemingly simple plan: Convert cars, especially [...]
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Permanent diet may equal longer life
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
By Karen Kaplan 8:23 PM PDT, July 9, 2009 For a country in which roughly 200 million people are overweight or obese, scientists today have discouraging news: Even those who maintain a healthy weight probably should be eating less. Evidence has been mounting for years that the practice of caloric restriction — essentially, going on [...]
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Six Sources of Air Pollution in Home
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Indoor Air Pollution Can Kill The most widely quoted statistic about air quality is this: The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that indoor air can be two- to five-times more polluted than the air outdoors. And while the EPA is responsible for cracking down on outdoor pollution — the smog, ozone and other chemicals that spew [...]
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Natural Ways to Combat SAD
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
With only about four hours of sunlight daily during December and January, many Northerners find themselves combating seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Researchers believe wintertime SAD is linked to changes in levels of hormones and brain chemicals like serotonin caused by lack of sunlight. While some cases require antidepressants, lifestyle changes can often help alleviate SAD [...]
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Factors that Affect Your Digestion
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Remember: Our health starts in our intestines. So what are the most important factors that affect our digestion? Here’s my top-five list: Levels of beneficial bacteria in your intestines. From my last newsletter I emphasized the importance of high levels of beneficial bacteria (known as probiotics). Sources include cultured foods like yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut and [...]
