Can Your Treadmill Tell You When You’re Going to Die?
Sometimes hitting the treadmill can make you feel like you're dying, but did you know that your exercise patterns on the treadmill could be a predictor for your risk of dying? Predicting your risk of death A group of cardiologists at Johns Hopkins recently used the recorded data from 58,000 heart stress tests to create a formula for predicting an individual's...
7 Surprising Things to do with Mustard
Over the last couple of weeks there have been over 28 employee complaints filed against the fast food giant, McDonald’s. Amongst these was a complaint from an employee who suffered a burn from falling on a grill. This employee was subsequently told by a supervisor to put mustard on the wound. Not mayo, not ketchup, not relish… but mustard. According...
Does Open Office Space Improve Work Performance?
Open office spaces were designed to aid in the flow of communication and ideas. Nearly 70 percent of working people spend their days in an open office-type arrangement. While it sounds like a good idea, open office spaces do not always work as well as planned. This particular layout seems to work best for workers in their 20s and 30s,...
STOP Rewarding Kids with Junk Food
Children today are bombarded with so many unhealthy food choices. In many situations they are offered sugar or other junk food as a reward, whether it be in school or at home. This reward system increases children’s chances of becoming obese, and teaches them to eat even when they are not hungry. Little nutrition - Cookies, candy, and cakes are...
5 Reasons to Stretch Every Day
Many of us view stretching as something to do before a workout - and rightly so. Doing any workout, but especially an intense, cardiovascular workout, without properly stretching first increases your risk of injury. However, priming yourself for a workout is not the only reason to stretch. The following are five reasons why it's wonderfully healthy to stretch every day...
10 Reasons to Eat Chia Seeds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jQNajLTp2M&feature=youtu.beembed] Chia seeds were once staple foods, much like corn and beans in the diets of both Aztecs and Mayans. Chia actually comes from the Mayan word for ‘strength,’ which should tell you something about these “superseeds”. They may be small, but they pack a powerful nutritional punch. Chia seeds were consumed thousands of years ago by people who understood their...
A Good Reason to Never Buy Processed Toddler Food Again
Processed foods are evil - and we're not likely to stop saying it until people stop eating them. While the outrageously high sugar and refined salt content of processed foods for adults is bad enough (not to mention the artificial ingredients), you really don't want to be feeding these things to your toddler. While this may seem obvious, many parents,...
Tips to Ease PMS Naturally
Pre-menstrual discomfort is shockingly normal. In fact, about 2/3 of menstruating women regularly experience PMS symptoms like headaches, cramps and mood swings. Although many women turn to birth control to regulate their cycle, balance their hormones, and reduce their monthly symptoms, the use of synthetic hormones may do more harm than good in the long run. Luckily, you can balance your...
5 Reasons to Stop Swimming in Chlorinated Pools
Who would have thought that a classic summer fun activity such as swimming could cause cancer? Most pools you swim in contain chlorine, and while chlorine, kills algae, bacteria and germs, did you know that it is also a potential carcinogen? There are other ways that chlorine may affect the body too, and they are not good. If you're exposed to...
9 Superfoods You’re Probably Throwing Away
Not only is the produce we’re eating less nutritious than it used to be, it’s also more expensive. So what if we told you that you’re probably tossing out some of the most nutritious parts of the foods you eat? Here are 9 examples, which all show that when it comes to health, the whole is almost always better than...
