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Healthier Summer Cocktails
August 31st, 2010Summer may be coming to an end, but there’s a little time left to enjoy a backyard gathering around the grill, pool or handmade bar. Just as certain foods reflect the sights and smells of summer, so too do certain cocktails. Some of these, however, are sure to blow a healthy diet and add unwanted quantities of sugar and calories.
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Home Water Safety: What Toxins are In Your Water?
August 29th, 2010Is the water coming out of your tap safe to drink? Could toxins be seeping into the aquifer your city is tapped into? These questions deserve honest answers. The place to start is the Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (OGWDW), which is responsible for overseeing and maintaining the national law for safeguarding tap water in the U.S.A.
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Put Calcium Back in Your Diet
August 24th, 2010You may have heard that most people are not getting enough calcium in their diet, but you might not be aware of why this is such an important factor for your health. No other mineral has a more abundant presence in your body than calcium, and there is a very good reason for that. It has an active role in the growth, development, maintenance, and reproduction of the human body in general, as well as many specific areas.
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Road Trips and Exercising
August 16th, 2010You have a two week vacation scheduled – two weeks in a van traveling from state to state, seeing the sights. In the exercise world, two weeks is a long time. How can you keep yourself in shape while vacationing?
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The Benefits of Fish Oil
August 14th, 2010The interest in fish oil’s benefits on human health is said to have originally begun by observing Greenland Eskimos. Despite their diet of high-fat and cholesterol rich food, they appeared healthier, with little signs of heart disease or heart complications.
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Parent Anxiety Can Affect Children
August 13th, 2010As children grow they learn from their parents and caretakers their methods of coping with life’s challenges, even those that are unfavorable. It seems that through modeling parent behavior, children of anxious parents are more likely to become anxious themselves.
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Consumer V. Fast Food : In Defense of Fast Food (Part 2)
August 11th, 2010In our previous article, we looked at the consumer’s case and examined all the ways the fast food industry is setting them up for dietary failure. Now, in this article, we’ll hear the defense from the fast food industry and consider the ways the consumer is responsible.
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Consumer V. Fast Food : Which is Guilty in the Obesity Epidemic? (Part 1)
August 4th, 2010Is the consumer an innocent victim of a money-hungry fast food market, or are fast food restaurants just providing what the consumer has demanded? Who’s guilty for the obesity epidemic?
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The Top Four Toxic Beauty Products (and how to avoid them!)
July 28th, 2010Toxic ingredients are often included in everyday cosmetic items. Here are the top four offenders and how to avoid them. Features six natural recipes and a FREE printable wallet guide!
Obesity Plus Hypertension can Equal Diabetes
September 3rd, 2010Just as obesity has witnessed an upsurge, so too has type 2 diabetes. Approximately 197 million people globally suffer from compromised glucose intolerance. Doctors indicate that approximately 90 percent of all type 2 diabetes cases are attributable to the combination of excess weight and hypertension (high blood pressure).
Try Tea Tree Oil for Shingles Outbreaks
September 2nd, 2010Shingles are caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox. This virus, once contracted, remains dormant in a person’s nerve roots. A common treatment now recognized by both the scientific community and natural health professionals is tea tree oil.
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