5 Worst Foods For Eye Health
Just as there are foods that are good for your eye health, like carrots, there are also foods that can be damaging to your eyes. Read on to find out which ones might be lurking in your cupboards even now. Because our eyes are vascular, meaning full of blood vessels, we need to eat a heart-healthy diet if we want...
13 Ways Inflammation Can Destroy Your Health
One of the biggest hazards to your health out there is inflammation. Inflammation is a key player in the development of many illnesses, including cancer and autoimmune disease. It can cause pain and even deformity. It is the enemy within and it can be difficult to defeat. What is inflammation? The Medical Dictionary defines inflammation as, "a protective tissue response to...
Where is the Best Place for You to Work Out?
Should you work out at home or at the gym? Both have advantages and disadvantages. Do you like privacy, someone motivating you, a personal trainer, or maybe a DVD? Wherever you decide to exercise, you should be happy with yourself because you’re taking a step toward a better you. The kind of workout you would like to do, and the...
Study: Having Lunch After Recess May Help Kids Eat Their Fruits and Veggies
Anyone who has, or spends a lot of time around, children knows that it can be very difficult at times to get them to clear the produce on their plates. In fact, NPR's "The Salt" reports that kids throw away between 24 and 35 percent of their school lunch trays. How to get kids to eat more of their fruits...
Study: Quitting While Ovulating May Help Female Smokers Kick the Habit
According to the leaders of a new study out of the University of Montreal, women often have a harder time quitting smoking than men, and sadly, the number of young female smokers is rising. However, the study has come across some information that may potentially make it easier for women to quit smoking - synching the smoke-free start date with...
Loved One in a Coma? Your Voice May Help Awaken Them, Study Says
If someone you know and love is in a coma, science may have a significant bit of good news. A new study performed by researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago found that hearing the voices of loved ones telling them stories from their lives could help speed recovery. For those unfamiliar with the condition, there are various degrees of coma,...
Is Human Connection the Answer to Addiction?
Every one of us craves the human connection. It is as essential to our existence as breathing. From the time of our conception, we learn what it means to be bonded to another human being by the sound of our mother's heartbeat. That need for connection stays with us until our dying breath. So, what happens when we have lost...
Fight Fat and Tooth Decay with Cranberries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_u3WxnlTCE Cranberries aren’t just for Thanksgiving. This superfood is something you should enjoy all year long. They are available fresh in the fall and winter, and frozen year round. They contain lots of vitamin C and fiber while outranking nearly every fruit and vegetable when it comes to important disease fighting antioxidants. They’ve been shown to cause the death of...
Kefir: The Super-Probiotic Drink that Beats Probiotic Pills
The many benefits of probiotics are only beginning to be realized and researched. Crucial for digestive health, they’ve also been found to be beneficial for weight loss, our immune system and fighting infections, as well as allergies. Although most people get their probiotics in the form of a pill or yogurt, there’s actually a more potent source of the health-supporting...
8 Ways to Support Your Natural Sleep Cycle
Sleep gets surprisingly little attention considering the enormous role it plays in our lives. If you were to spend eight hours a night sleeping and lived for 75 years, you would spend 25 years asleep. That sounds like a lot, but consider all the things that can happen when you do not get enough sleep. When human beings are sleep...
