Take the Edge off by Adding More Fiber into your Diet
Fiber is packed with nutritious benefits that often go unnoticed. Although the easiest fiber sources to name are obvious to any nutrition nut out there, there are a variety of foods that offer the same benefits as whole wheat bread and oatmeal. In fact, it may be even easier to consume more fiber given these options. Not only does fiber...
6 Ways to Eat Healthy and Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
Cut back on animal foods--such as meats and cheese--and shift to more organic, locally grown plant foods, including beans, vegetables and grains, to slash your carbon footprint. All the attention on climate change brings into focus the role you can play to help protect our planet through your everyday food choices. From the demand for local, sustainable and organic food...
Finding Long-term Care for a Loved One
Making the decision to move a loved one who has dementia into an assisted-living facility or nursing home is never easy. Not only can it be emotionally difficult, but it can also be hard to figure out how and where to start your search for a place where your parent can receive the care he or she needs at...
Why Mosquitoes Are Attracted to Us and How to Naturally Repel Them
Nothing screams summer more than family BBQ’s beneath the hot July moon and the feeling of lush green grass on your bare feet. As you nibble your way through a slice of watermelon, that unavoidable pest is awaiting its chance for a nibble too … but on you. Although mosquitoes seem to be impossible to avoid, there are ways...
26 Flowers That Are Safe to Eat
Edible flowers are back in vogue, gracing the covers of glossy food magazines and adding panache to restaurant entrees. Today's flower cookery revival is defined less by "glam" than the move toward local and sustainable food options, consumers growing their own fresh produce, and more adventurous cooking ingredients. Flowers add color, texture, and vibrancy to any dish, not to...
Parenting Advice From Kangaroos?
As many as 450,000 lives could be saved each year by taking a cue from marsupials. If parents of premature babies in poor countries were to continuously carry infants against the skin in "kangaroo pouches" and increase breastfeeding and regular medical monitoring, we might save more of the 15 million babies born too soon each year. That is the...
The Power of Fear and Cancer Screenings
Cancer is a scary illness. It is one of the illnesses that people most fear, even though heart disease and diabetes are far more prevalent and likely killers than cancer. However, fearing a health issue can also do unnecessary damage to a person who is not at risk for a disease. The Power of Fear Fear is a natural response to...
Rise in Synthetic Marijuana Use Among Teens Poses Huge Health Risks
Synthetic marijuana continues to be a problem with adolescents. In March, 2011, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administrationtook emergency action to control five chemicals used to make so-called "fake pot." This action made possessing and/or selling these products illegal in the United States. These chemicals are now designated as Schedule 1 substances, which is the most restrictive category under the Controlled Substances...
Harvard Health Question: What Happens When You Faint?
Fainting, the temporary loss of consciousness that doctors call syncope (SINK-uh-pee), can be embarrassing, scary, and dangerous. It's also quite common -- an estimated one in three people faints at least once in their lifetime. People pass out when the brain doesn't get enough blood and becomes deprived of fuel and oxygen. This is usually caused by a sudden drop...
Meditation and Yoga Can Have Positive Effects on Breast Cancer Patients
Researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered that a specific type of meditation training helps with breast cancer survival outcomes. Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer and the American Cancer Society states that more people are surviving this type of cancer than ever before. Meditation is one of the recommended types of complimentary...
