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 Ask any average American what cholesterol is and a majority will give you a fat-related answer. While this may not be too far from the truth, the reality of the matter is that cholesterol and fat are two different things. This means that cholesterol can be found in both high-fat foods and low-fat foods. More to this, high-fat diets are not the sole sources of bad cholesterol. Hereditary factors also contribute significantly to one’s cholesterol build-up levels. The good news however is that cholesterol levels can be well managed by eating lower cholesterol foods.
To start, nutritionists recommend the inclusion of oats and whole grains in a person’s diet. Walnuts, fatty fish and foods that contain plant stanols or sterols are also recommended since research into the same has found that they significantly reduce bad cholesterol in the body. People should however know that eating these foods does not give them the leeway to indulge in high-fat foods. Continue Reading »
A rash is a kind of red bump that forms on your body and could be caused due to a variety of reasons. This word is freely used in normal language to denote a number of skin conditions. Most commonly occurring skin conditions or skin rash types are:
- Non infected scaly patches on the skin.
- Scaly patches on skin caused by fungal or bacterial infection.
- Red, itchy patches or bumps all over the skin.
Skin rashes are rarely classified as dangerous, but still warrant medical attention. Rashes should not be self-diagnosed. Proper evaluation of the skin rash type requires a doctor visit. The following list of skin rash types may help you to categorize the condition.
Non infected scaly patches on the skin:
A scaly and itchy skin rash type usually represents a condition known as eczema. Continue Reading »
 Today, women are expected to attend to their career while taking care of family responsibilities. Before and after work, she is likely involved in meal preparation, seeing to the family’s needs along with doing the non-stop stream of household chores. It is easy to understand how women can become nearly exhausted and begin asking health questions and looking for answers, only to find that there is plenty of health information available, but is usually confusing and conflicting. Who to believe? Who is trying to sell me what? Even doctors are often promoting this and that product as the latest greatest solution to various maladies and women’s health problems. Do you find yourself asking questions like these:
Women’s Health Question #1 – Are Bioidentical Hormones Different from Synthetic Drugs?
Yes, bioidentical hormones are very different from the synthetic drugs. The term “bioidentical” means that the hormone is exactly the same as what the body naturally makes. The body will treat a bioidentical hormone as if the body produced it naturally. When used in dosages similar to the body’s normal production, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy can provide health benefits without the side effects associated with non-natural or synthetic drugs. Synthetic hormones are not natural to the body – they are different from natural hormones so they can be patented and marketed by the drug companies. Continue Reading »
 The weather can be nippy right through May every year, and people get worried about what the cold can do to their skin, just as much as how they fear the sun. Here are a few pointers on how to tell the myths and the facts apart. People just pass around ancient wisdom, urban legends that stand in for tips for skin care; but most of the time, unfortunately, these are wrong. Let us try to tell the wheat from chaff, shall we?
Urban Legend 1: There is a story doing the rounds, that normal everyday face cream can’t quite cut it in the winter. You need to ditch it for something extra resilient in the cold weather, goes the belief. It is true, that your regular face cream could do with a little help handling deep cold; but that doesn’t mean you have to switch creams altogether. All you need is a little dab of moisturizing serum to go over your skin first; moisturizing serum is light, and it absorbs in the skin really well – especially the formulas with hyaluronic acid. The serum helps your skin attract water, and will plump it up. Rub in your regular face cream on top of it, and you should be good to go. Continue Reading »
 For many years now, heart disease has been on the rise. It wasn’t log ago that heart disease was most common in elderly people, but as the years pass, the ages of people who develop heart conditions keeps dropping. People in their 30s are now being diagnosed with one heart condition or another. What’s going on? It’s our mostly sedentary, high stress lives and poor diets that put us most at risk. Although our physicians seem to constantly be chiding us on following a healthy lifestyle and getting regular exercise, so many of us don’t listen to this good advice. Today, it’s important to understand that heart disease can strike you even at a relatively young age. Keeping a healthy heart should be a lifelong pursuit which begins in childhood. Let’s take a look at the ABCs of a healthy heart.
If you take a look at the statistics regarding heart disease over the past several decades, it becomes apparent that a healthy heart does have a relationship to exercise. Up until the 1980s and early 1990s, kids were far more active than they are today. Riding bikes, participation in sports and playground activities were part of a kid’s daily life. As the couch potato syndrome developed, along with time spent at the PC and video games becoming the norm, kids became less inclined to get out in the fresh air after school, opting instead to sit in front of the tube or computer, adopting a sedentary lifestyle while still in their teens. It’s also notable that physical education is now an optional, not mandatory, class.
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 Recently, someone challenged me to name the 10 healthiest foods. I found the question interesting – there are, literally, thousands of foods from which to choose! After contemplating this question, it occurred to me that most Americans get plenty of meat and dairy products and consequently need no urging to include these foods in our diets. Most of us know that excessive amounts of fat, sugar and processed foods aren’t good for us. That narrows down the field of candidates for inclusion in this list of the 10 healthiest foods we should be eating. You’ve guessed it by now, right? While being ultra-rich in nutrients and cancer-fighting antioxidants, produce is perhaps the most ignored item on our menus.
Take a look at our 10 healthiest foods list and see if you don’t agree that ample portions of these fruits and vegetables shouldn’t play a leading role at your table. You may be amazed to learn that each of these foods have medicinal properties as well.
- Berries: Nearly all berries are rejuvenating tonics for your heart and blood. Several studies have shown that a daily serving of berries, rich in potassium, can decrease your risk of stroke by as much as 40%. Additionally, most berries have antiviral properties in varying degrees, are excellent blood purifiers and work wonders for your complexion.
- Broccoli must be included on our list of the 10 healthiest foods. Like most dark, green leafy veggies, is packed with nutrients and antioxidants. Naturopathic physicians recommend generous daily servings of broccoli to patients recuperating from a lengthy illness, as this vegetable has been shown to speed their return to good health.
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 Taking good care of your body is a crucial aspect of life that some folks fail to take seriously. After all, you never know when a health affliction or ailment could arise. One common health concern that affects many men and women all around the world is kidney stones. If you are not sure what these are, they are essentially calcium deposits that form into pebbles inside your kidneys. While some stones are small, others can be quite large. Naturally these kidney stones can cause serious pain and discomfort. Luckily there are remedies for kidney stones that most people can choose if they become afflicted. But first, you need to understand your condition.
There are certain remedies for kidney stones that can be done in the privacy of your own home. First of all, you should understand some of the leading causes for these irksome and painful stones. Common beverages that can lead to kidney stones are soft drinks. This is due to the acidity, which causes buildup in the kidneys. As you may already know, the things you consume pass through your stomach, to your intestines. At this point certain nutrients are absorbed into the blood stream to be used by your body. Your kidneys then filter liquids out of the blood and send them down through the ureters, and on to the bladder.
Clearly it is important drink water.
Water is a natural remedy for kidney stones. After all, water is what your body is made up of to some degree, and your systems need it to remain healthy. By consuming six to ten glasses of water each day, you are doing your kidneys a favor. Continue Reading »
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