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- Stay Hydrated With These Foods - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2012 from sarah labdarWater is an important nutrient that you need to replenish on a daily basis. We lose water through perspiration, aspiration and respiration. Every cell in the body needs water to properly function. Dehydration can cause fatigue, headaches, dizziness, and sluggishness. Therefore it’s important to ...
Views: 1157 - What is your Prominent Ayurvedic Dosha? - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2010 from sarah labdarAyurvedic medicine has been around for thousands of years. With the increased popularity in complementary and alternative medicines, Ayurveda has been steadily increasing in the number of followers in America. Although, Ayuravedic medicine is still used as the traditional medicine in India. The ...
Views: 1148(2 votes) - Mistakes at the Gym - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2010 from sarah labdarCardiovascular exercise also known as cardio is one of the quickest ways to burn fat and lose inches. Cardio is the exercise that gets the body moving, the heart pumping and the oxygen flowing through the body. Although, low intensity workouts have been proven to burn fat calories, cardio has ...
Views: 1140 - A Daily Acne Routine For A Clear Complexion - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2011 from sarah labdarIt’s pretty devastating when you wake up in the morning, look in the mirror and notice a pimple has sprouted on your face overnight. Acne is the number one skin problem that people are faced with ion a day-to-day basis. According to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) about 40 million ...
Views: 1124(1 vote) - Eat These Hot Foods at the First Sign of a Cold - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2012 from sarah labdarAt the first sign of a cold, the first food most people turn to is chicken soup. That’s because when you were young and got sick your mom or grandmother would take care of you and serve you chicken soup to make you feel better. For centuries folk medicine has passed down this comfort food as a ...
Views: 1122 - Foods to Detox the Body - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from sarah labdarAs toxicity has become a growing concern within our society the need for detox has grown greater. With newer, stronger chemicals in the air, water, drugs, medications and foods the risk for exposure is much greater than it was in the past. Other factors such as lifestyle also lead to the risk of ...
Views: 1121(1 vote) - What is Ayurvedic Medicine? - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2010 from sarah labdarAyurveda is one of the oldest systems of medicine in the world. Ayurvedic medicine is an up and coming practice in the United States. In Western medicine it is regarded as a complementary or alternative medicine however, Ayurvedic medicine is the traditional medicine in Eastern cultures of the ...
Views: 1112(3 votes) - Fight Facial Wrinkles With These 3 Remedies - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from sarah labdarAs we get older the signs of aging creep up on our face with sagging jowls, forehead wrinkles, crows feet, brow lines, sagging eyelids, etc. Do you want to erase these signs of aging? Some cover up the wrinkles with makeup tricks, others pay big bucks to remove these lines professionally, and ...
Views: 1105 - Tone & Strengthen the Upper Body with These Easy Exercises - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2013 from sarah labdarThe upper body is one of many problem areas for women, but not so much for men. The arms, triceps, biceps, chest, shoulders and upper back are all incorporated into upper body exercises. For a woman, it's the flab that sags underneath the arm that starts to appear as we age that is a huge ...
Views: 1105 - The Best 8 Aerobic Exercises - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2010 from sarah labdarWhen most people think of aerobic exercise they think of the classes called aerobics that involves a rhythmical routine that is taught at the gym. Although this is definitely aerobic exercise there are many other aerobic exercises that should be mentioned when considering any exercise routine. ...
Views: 1099(1 vote) - Coconut Water- The Newest Natural Health Drink - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2011 from sarah labdarCoconut water is the newest natural sports drink on today’s market, however it has been around a long time. It is a popular drink in the tropics where coconuts are readily available and sold fresh on the streets cut right in front of your eyes. Like its predecessors the acai berry, smart water ...
Views: 1093 - Supportive Treatment for People Who Suffer With ADHD - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2010 from sarah labdarAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be a debilitating, self-conscious disorder that can encumber your life. If you are diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood, then more than likely you have had ADHD all your life. Either you coped with your symptoms throughout childhood or you were ...
Views: 1091 - Walk Off The Weight - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2012 from sarah labdarMore than half of Americans would like to lose weight. But less than half of that number are seriously trying to lose weight. There are tons of ways to lose weight, but one of the most effective forms of exercise is walking. Walking off the weight is easy, affordable, and can be done anywhere. ...
Views: 1091 - Acne Scars - What Causes Them and How to Prevent Them - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2010 from sarah labdarAcne is a skin condition that affects 90% of the population at some point during their life cycle. It is unsightly, embarrassing and unattractive. Acne occurs as a result of blockage in the follicle of our pores. As a result our skin becomes irritated causing a pimple which is usually large, red ...
Views: 1085 - Lose Weight By Learning How To Run - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2011 from sarah labdarRunning is an exercise that you usually love or hate. Especially if you are overweight, running is not a welcomed part of ones exercise routine. However, running is one exercise that can get you into shape really quickly by burning a ton of calories and working almost every muscle in the body. ...
Views: 1081 - How to Improve Ones Health by Making Small Changes - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2012 from sarah labdarSo you want to improve your health? First take a good look at how you got to where you are now. Do you make wise, healthy decisions when it comes to your health? Do you eat healthy, exercise enough, and get enough sleep? Improving ones health is all about changing the decisions you are making ...
Views: 1079 - How Can Herbs Treat Stress - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2011 from sarah labdarStress can have an unbalancing effect upon the body, which can cause moderate to severe changes in our normal bodily function. Whether stress is acute or chronic we experience several symptoms, which affect not only our mind but our body as well. Acute stress causes symptoms of increased heart ...
Views: 1074(1 vote) - The Difference Between Herbs and Spices For Detoxing - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from sarah labdarNaturopathic medicine has been using detoxification for over 3000 years. Ayurvedic medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Native Americans, and folk medicine all use herbs and spices for medicinal and detoxification purposes. Herbs and spices are the primary detox supplements used to cleanse ...
Views: 1071(1 vote) - What Causes Frizzy Hair - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2011 from sarah labdarFrizzy hair is one of the main problems that women deal with on a daily basis. Reducing frizz can be a difficult task however before you can reduce it you need to understand why your hair is frizzy in the first place, because you may be causing your own hair to frizz. Frizzy hair is caused ...
Views: 1062 - Yoga an Alternative Exercise - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2010 from sarah labdarYoga was first experimented with in the US in the 1960’s and has steadily grown in popularity since. Approximately 30 million Americans practice Hatha yoga. Like many of the other alternative medicines, yoga promotes a whole-body approach to health and exercise. Unlike traditional medical ...
Views: 1060(3 votes) - Alternative Medicine for Treatment of Tinnitus - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from sarah labdarAlternative medicine is becoming more readily accessed by patients and chosen more frequently than traditional medicine. This is due to the holistic look at the patient, their family and their life rather than just the symptom. Additionally, alternative treatments look at preventing disease and ...
Views: 1058 - Organic Skin Care, The Best Type of Skin Care - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2011 from sarah labdarDesiring beauty can be as simple as having clear, clean, healthy looking skin. Skin is the largest organ that covers the entire outer surface of the body. Having great looking skin is not only for women anymore, men and women of all ages are searching for the best way to keep their skin youthful ...
Views: 1056(2 votes) - Stress & The Healthy Ways to Deal With It - by Submitted on May 29, 2012 from sarah labdarHumans experience stress on a daily basis, at work, home, with any experience or emotion. Stress isn’t necessarily bad for you. It is all in how one reacts to stress. For one stress may be overwhelming where as the same stress can cause another to be inspired. Stress can lead to disease or quite ...
Views: 1052 - How Exercise Benefits Your Beauty - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2011 from sarah labdarIn a world obsessed by beauty, we’ve spent billions of dollars a year on products to enhance our skin, hair and nails. However, what we don’t realize when we buy and use these beauty products is that there are easier and more natural ways to enhance ones beauty. By eating healthy, living a ...
Views: 1051 - 3 Key Elements to Enjoy Exercise - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2010 from sarah labdarThere are three key elements to any exercise program that should be considered before starting your physical fitness. These elements are safety, effectiveness, and enjoyment. Nine times out of ten people will quit an exercise routine because they do not enjoy what they are doing. Although ...
Views: 1046(2 votes) - Stress Management Techniques to Use In Your Daily Life - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2011 from sarah labdarPeople develop ways to cope with stress over their lifetime from past experiences, expectations and environment. Coping mechanisms are triggered once we assess a situation to be stressful. However, not everyone copes with stress in an effective way. Therefore stress management can help to ...
Views: 1046 - Foods to Reduce Inflammation - by Submitted on May 17, 2011 from sarah labdarPain, stiffness, and swelling are just a few signs of inflammation. Inflammation can be caused by many things an injury, fall, allergies or even acne. Inflammation can also occur due to the presence of a disease such as hay fever, atherosclerosis, arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, irritable ...
Views: 1034 - 10 Tips for Everyday Health - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2012 from sarah labdarIn our fast paced lives it’s hard to make time to eat right, and exercise. However, bad habits have a way of creeping up on you that can be detrimental to your health. Maybe its time you start thinking about how to change your everyday health! 1. Lose Weight Its no wonder why losing weight ...
Views: 1033 - Arthritis Exercises - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2010 from sarah labdarOne recommended way to reduce and relieve your painful arthritis symptoms is through exercise. Doctors recommend it and patients sometimes decide to do it on their own. Either way it is an integral part of slowing down the progression of arthritis symptoms. Thirty minutes of daily activity is ...
Views: 1028 - Health Benefits of Green Tea, Why You Should Drink More - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2012 from sarah labdarGreen tea has been around for thousands of years but we are just starting to realize the miracle health benefits that it possesses. The Chinese have been using green tea to treat illnesses ranging from headaches to cancer for longer than we know. Its abilities stem from its organic compounds ...
Views: 1025(1 vote) - Home Remedies For The Treatment Of Fatigue - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2011 from sarah labdarWhatever is causing your fatigue the number one best way to cure your symptoms is to rest. Physical and mental fatigue can be relieved through physical rest and relaxation. This gives your body and mind time to recuperate from the strain, tiredness, weariness, and exhaustion that it is going ...
Views: 1023 - Heart Health - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2010 from sarah labdarHeart Disease is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. That makes learning about heart health a number one priority, especially if you are over the age of 40 or have been diagnosed with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or heart disease or someone in your family has been ...
Views: 1019(1 vote) - Why Are You Fatigued? - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from sarah labdarFatigue is a common symptom that everyone experiences at some point in his or her life. About 20% of Americans experience fatigue daily that interferes with their daily life. More and more people are presenting in the hospitals, at their doctors office and in walk in clinics with fatigue as ...
Views: 1016(1 vote) - Human Growth Hormone-Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks? - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2010 from sarah labdarThrough technology and medicine we are continually researching and developing techniques to increase the human lifespan. Even though we have come a long way, we still are searching for that one product that will reverse the affects of aging and keep us young and beautiful throughout the years of ...
Views: 1009(1 vote) - Reduce Bad Cholesterol - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2010 from sarah labdarHigh cholesterol is a major concern in today’s society. With many people relying on fast food, fried foods and baked foods the risk for obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, heart attack and stroke are more prominent. So what can people do avoid the risks and how can you ...
Views: 1004 - What You Want In An Anti Aging Skin Care Treatment - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2010 from sarah labdarIt’s a natural part of the aging process, sagging skin, wrinkles, and age spots, although no body wants to get old. Regardless of the signs of aging, the physical and mental signs can take a toll as well. For most women avoiding those signs of aging are a day to day struggle. With thousands of ...
Views: 1003(1 vote) - What is Your Motivation to Lose Weight? - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2013 from sarah labdarIt is very hard to lose weight without the proper motivation. What motivates us to do anything? Is it the goal, the outcome, success, competition, etc. whatever it is it drives us to push until we get what we want. So how come the obesity rates are going up? And how is it that so many people ...
Views: 1002 - Do You Need Medication for Your Stress? - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2011 from sarah labdarStress is a relatively new psychological and biological term to describe the failure of an organism to respond appropriately to a threat. Previous to this description stress was used in mechanics to mean a strain. Both definitions are accurate to describe how stress affects a human being. Stress ...
Views: 993 - Simple, Easy Changes To Lose Weight - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2012 from sarah labdarThere are two key ways to lose weight, exercise and proper nutrition. However, ramping up exercise and paring down on calories is a hard task to accomplish. Staying on track and avoiding temptation is hard when you’re trying to lose weight, it takes a lot of determination and motivation. But ...
Views: 977 - Top 5 Gym Equipment For A Fat Burning Workout - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2011 from sarah labdarIn 2009, the Centers for Disease Control found that 63% of Americans were either overweight or obese. This number although egregious is not astonishing. Too many American’s consume fast food and don’t exercise. But I wouldn’t be surprised if the number of people who tried to start an exercise ...
Views: 974 - How to Achieve Better Health - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2011 from sarah labdarNow that we are in the 21st century, more people focus has shifted to improving their health. Health is important because ones health determines, how long you will live and what type of quality your life will have. Health is determined by diet, physical fitness, happiness, stress levels, choices ...
Views: 972 - Natural Anti Aging Treatments - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2012 from sarah labdarNo one likes getting old. But it’s a natural part of life. And as we age our bodies start to decline both internally and externally. Internal decline can lead to diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, immune weakness, and cancer. External signs of aging include wrinkles, sagging ...
Views: 963 - When To Use A Detox Tea - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2011 from sarah labdarThe human body was created with its own excretory system to cleanse and remove toxins, chemicals and metabolic waste. The liver, lungs, kidney, and blood remove all toxins, that are unusable, that harm the body or are not necessary for the body to function. Over thousands of years, humans have ...
Views: 963(1 vote) - The Signs & Symptoms of An Asthma Attack - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2011 from sarah labdarAsthma is an incurable disease that affects the lungs and makes it difficult to breath. The muscles within the bronchi spasm, causing tightening around the airways. As the airway narrows it makes it difficult to breathe especially breathe out. Asthma can affect all ages, from kids all the way to ...
Views: 959 - The History and Benefits of Acupuncture - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2010 from sarah labdarAcupuncture is a technique whereby inserting needles into specific points on the body will reduce pain and increase the body's own ability to heal itself. Much like several of the other alternative medicines, acupuncture has not been readily accepted in Western culture. It has only started to ...
Views: 958(1 vote) - Herbal Laxatives to Treat Constipation - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2011 from sarah labdarConstipation is a gastrointestinal problem that affects almost everyone at some point in his or her life. Constipation causes painful or difficult bowel movements. When you experience constipation, initially reducing pain and eliminating hardened or dried stool from the bowels is the first ...
Views: 951 - What Arthritis Medication Can Do For You - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2010 from sarah labdarThere are over 100 medications and drugs being used in the treatment of arthritis as well as hundreds more natural remedies and treatments. Equally there are over 150 different types of arthritis all of which affect the joints and bones. When determining the right treatment program it is good to ...
Views: 939 - Naturally Lower Your Cholesterol Through the Food You Eat - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2011 from sarah labdarCholesterol is measured in three ways, LDL (bad) cholesterol, HDL (good) cholesterol, and total cholesterol. Cholesterol is determined by a couple of different factors genetics, diet and exercise. One’s diet is the easiest factor to control. However, peoples eating habits have declined over the ...
Views: 936 - Migraine Management - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2010 from sarah labdarMigraines are painful syndromes that attack men and women all over the world on a daily basis, some with no relief. Managing and treating migraines is an ongoing process because of the increasing number of triggers, treatments and prescriptions available. Not to mention that not everyone ...
Views: 933 - Traditional Acne Treatments - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2011 from sarah labdarAcne is a skin condition that appears as pimples, zits or pustules that show up out nowhere and can ruin your day, night or self-confidence. Almost everyone experiences acne at some point in his or her life. Acne occurs most often during adolescence, however it is not uncommon to have acne ...
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