Archive for July, 2008

5 Foods that Fight Inflammation

Imagine this, you are walking into your kitchen and you trip over another toy left on the floor, that you’ve told your child a dozen times to put away. As you proceed to pick yourself up off the floor, you notice your arm is beginning to swell and turn red and an imprint of [...]

Is Seafood Safe?

We’ve read and heard about it from the FDA about fish being dangerous for pregnant women, women of childbearing age who may become pregnant and nursing mothers. But how true is this?
Nutritionists have professed for many years that fish consumption is good. They rave about the reduction of risk of disease, assisting in [...]

The Health Benefits of Garlic

Garlic has an intriguing history as well as a wonderful flavor. In the past, this pungent herb was used to treat numerous ailments from hangovers to typhoid; and of course let’s not forget the occasional vampire. Garlic however, attracted much attention in the early 1980’s when it was linked to the ‘French Paradox’. [...]

Are There Benefits to Purchasing Organic Foods?

This a question that is always brought up when deciding between organic and regular store bought produce and food in general. The questions are based around the unnatural ingredients and the way our food is produced. The use of pesticides, antibiotics and growth hormones makes people leary and start to question and with [...]

Stay Healthy While You Work

Let’s face it, many of us are not independently wealthy so working is not an option. Staying healthy should not be an option either and should not be compromised because of our work schedule.
Today I will concentrate on those that work in front of a computer monitor 8 to 12 hours per day. [...]

Walking – Can Lower Risk of Strokes

In a study done at Cooper Aerobics Center in Dallas, researchers determined that being moderately fit can reduce your risk of suffering a stroke. Moderately fit was defined as one who walks briskly at least 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week.
The ones involved in the research study were asked to take a [...]

Going Green – What does that mean?

We hear the phrase, ‘going green’, everywhere. We hear on television, radio and read in the newspaper and magazines, but do we really know what it means?
It is simply another way of saying, ‘environmentally friendly’. If you recycle or try to conserve energy, you are actually ‘going green’. It is about saving [...]

Caffeine and Miscarriages

Caffeine and Miscarriages

In this world we live in it is very easy to be addicted to caffeine. But for women who become pregnant giving up the daily Starbucks treat or diet coke may be a bit difficult. However, with the research being done, it may be wise for women to for go their daily caffeine [...]

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