Asthma
by Editorial Team June 1st, 2007 | Diseases
Asthma can be a frightening and life-threatening disease. Statistics show that it is on the rise among children who live in polluted areas. One of the first lines of defense against repeated asthma attacks is clearing the home of indoor allergens. Experts advise to get rid of any insects, especially cockroaches in the home, and reduce the dust mites in the bedding. Dust mites are microscopic insects that live in warm, moist environments. They thrive in beds, bedding and carpets. It is best to remove carpets from bedrooms and replace them with hardwood floors or tile. Beds need to be
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Winter Skin Care
by Editorial Team April 30th, 2007 | Dermatology
Winter is knocking on our doors. This change of seasons brings low humidity and a chilling cold leaving you with chapped and dry skin. Your skin is already stressed from those long, hot summer days with exposure to the sun, air conditioning and chlorinated water. Now add to that indoor heating, which can also dry out the skin - what do we do to keep our skin healthy? What you put into your body has a great deal to do with how the quality of your skin is. Your skin will only absorb what it needs. Oil based moisturizers,
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Breast Cancer Prevention
by Editorial Team April 10th, 2007 | Cancer
Some of the risk factors correlated to breast cancer have been well defined and are within our control to minimize. The basis for protecting yourself from breast cancer is to keep estrogen at a normal level in the body. One way to do this is to maintain a normal weight, or lose weight if you are overweight. Fatty tissue produces estrogen even after menopause. Decrease dietary fats, sugars and processed food. Decrease or eliminate alcohol from your diet. Try to eat a high fiber diet, consisting of whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetable and bean or organic soy protein. Again,
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Meditation Benefits
by Editorial Team April 7th, 2007 | Mental Health
In a fast-paced world, it is not that hard to become unfocused with what we are doing. Jobs, family, bills, illness, and life's everyday stressful situations have a habit of pulling us in different directions. A calming affect after stress can be beneficial to one's brain. Researchers have found that the results from moderate meditation may not only produce a calming effect, but new research suggests that the practice of meditation may produce lasting changes in the brain. Researchers have done many studies on various meditation rituals and found that monks who spent many years in Buddhist meditation training show
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Folate
by Editorial Team April 1st, 2007 | Nutrition, Vitamins
Having a strong, healthy mind is key to functioning in our daily lives, and stress can affect a persons state of mind. Taking a daily multi-vitamin is extremely important as life is busy and we don't always have the time to eat balanced meals. Folate helps to keep stress under wraps, and promotes mental awareness. Folate is a B-complex vitamin found in fruits such as oranges, strawberries, and avocados and in vegetables, such as asparagus, Brussels sprouts, artichokes, broccoli, and spinach. The synthetic form of folate is folic acid and it is found in certain fortified grain foods, such as
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