Just One Fast Food Meal Damages Your Arteries
In "Super Size Me," Morgan Spurlock proved that eating nothing but fast food for a month is disheartening (he became despondent, his cholesterol rose 65 points and he had heart palpitations) and inflating (he gained 24 pounds). What he didn't know was that even one fast-food meal - just ONE - damages your arteries. If you slam a sausage, egg...
American Pain Society: Yoga, Not Meds May be the Best Treatment for Neck Pain
“The mainstay of conservative treatment for neck pain is non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication and the evidence of its effectiveness is contradictory, while side effects such as nausea and dizziness are well known.” This is a telling and disturbing statement from a study out of Germany regarding the treatment of neck pain recently published in the Journal of Pain. In this study,...
Exercise Boosts Gray Matter to Help Fight Off Brain Disorders
While we might not think about the health of our brain and mind when we are exercising, recent research reveals that regular physical activity plays a significant role in preventing dementia and other central nervous system disorders. Working Out Pumps Oxygen to the Brain In one study from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, researchers found that individuals with Parkinson’s disease...
Getting the Winter Doldrums? How About a Negative Fast!
You've probably heard the saying, "You are what you eat," meaning your diet dictates how you look and feel. But what about the words you speak? Is there any possible way that the words you're constantly saying don't affect your health whatsoever? In my experience with clients, the words they speak about themselves and the state and their lives has...
Winter Allergy Time: Boost Your Folate Intake
Q: Leaves are gone, there are no flowers, but my allergies just keep going. What is it that gets me sneezing and congested during the winter? - Penelope P., Zanesville, Ohio A: Mold spores and dust mites are the usual suspects when it comes to identifying winter allergies. Mold spores can lurk in piles of rotting autumn leaves; in soil...
The Toxic Workplace: Know the Risks of Where You Work
In a study published in the online journal Environmental Health, researchers set out to outline the link between breast cancer risk and workplace exposure to carcinogens and toxic substances. Scientists found that exposure to hormone disruptive chemicals is prevalent in many professions, contributing to the most frequent cancer diagnosis in the United States. Wide Range of Dangerous Professions for Women Researchers...
1 in 5 Children Now Obese: Are Lax School Laws to Blame?
As the childhood obesity epidemic continues (the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now estimates that 1/5 of American children are obese), public health officials continue to look at ways...
Naturally Boost Your Libido With These 5 Delicious Treats
It would be hard to heat up your love life if, after "50 First Dates" with the same guy, your amnesia made it impossible to remember who you'd met, or even what you thought of him. But, unlike Drew Barrymore's character Lucy Whitmore, most women who struggle with what they consider inadequate desire can reboot their libido with smart...
5 Belly Fat Risk Factors That Lead to Heart Disease
Weight gain is hard on the ego, but it's even harder on your heart--especially when that weight is centered around your middle. Fat is dangerous to the heart, and not only because it increases the risk for conditions that contribute to heart disease, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes. The fat located in your abdomen--called visceral fat--lies...
Debunking 7 Myths About Alcohol
Blame it on craft beers, inexpensive wine or the down economy - North Americans are sipping more alcohol, more often. (Twenty-two percent of you say you drink too much, up from 17 percent a decade ago.)
