December 12, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
Overview Turmeric comes from the root of the Curcuma longa plant. Mostly known as the main ingredient in curry, it has a peppery, slightly bitter flavor and a brown skin with orange flesh. Turmeric has long been used to as…
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December 12, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
For those individuals who use acai berry as an alternative method for treating minor health disorders and diseases without the use of prescription medication, certain side effects or adverse reactions are possible following the consumption of the fruit or fruit…
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1. Resistance for Forward Neck Exercises is in Your Hands For those interested in obtaining a thicker, more muscular neck, you’ll need to attack the neck muscles from all sides: front, back and sides (or laterals). It doesn’t generally take…
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Fishing is the sport–and art and science some would argue–of dangling a tempting morsel of food in front of a hungry fish. Fish want to eat, and it’s your job as a fisherman to give them what they crave: bait….
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Burns occur when the skin is exposed to heat, electricity, chemicals, radiation or UV rays from the sun. These injuries are classified by degree, with a first-degree burn being the least serious and affecting only the outer layer of skin….
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December 12, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
Overview The Atkins and South Beach diets have the same premise–obesity is caused by high-carbohydrate foods that raise your body’s blood sugar. The late Dr. Robert Atkins and Arthur Agatston, the diets’ inventors, both wrote that high-fat and high-protein foods…
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1. Kayaking on Your Level Kayaking can be an easy and calm exercise or a fast moving, challenging form of exercise, depending on what you choose. Paddling on a lazy river, close to a shore for a couple hours is…
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1. Optic Neuritis Multiple Sclerosis, also known as MS, affects the central nervous system. There are a variety of symptoms, and some of them are seemingly unrelated. About 55 percent of patients with MS in the United States have eye…
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December 12, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
Overview Psyllium is considered a dietary supplement high in soluble fiber. It’s found in many bulk-forming laxatives that not only add volume to your stool, but also water. Together, this often makes waste pass more easily through your intestines. However,…
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Resveratrol is a naturally occurring antioxidant compound found in grapes, wine, peanuts and certain berries. Red wine consumption, in moderation, has been supported by health officials to promote heart health. Emerging research claims that resveratrol offers many health benefits without…
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December 12, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
Detoxification is the process of cleaning toxins and eliminating threatening substances from our environment. Internally, a detox program can enlist several products or methods to rid the body of toxic substances that have accumulated over time. As described by detox-guide.com,…
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December 12, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
Overview Many beginning bodybuilders find it very difficult to gain weight and are known as “hardgainers.” They are naturally very lean and find it hard to eat enough to grow and build muscle. These are the ones who benefit from…
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A kidney stone is a hard mass of crystals that have separated out from the urine. According to the National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, kidney stones account for almost three million doctor visits and more than…
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December 12, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
You can lose weight fast, and smart, by combining daily exercise with a restriction of calorie intake, according to Shape Fit. By decreasing your calorie intake by about 250 calories and burning off the same number in calories through an…
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December 12, 2013 Sexual and Reproductive Health
Once expectant parents decide to save or donate their baby’s cord blood, many are at a loss of what to do next. Although the process of saving or donating cord blood varies, some general procedures are common. The Save or…
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December 12, 2013 Sexual and Reproductive Health
The American Pregnancy website claims Down syndrome (Trisomy 21) is the most common birth defect in the United States. Caused by an extra copy of chromosome number 21, there are a handful of symptoms usually identified during the course of…
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Regularly exercising your joints can help reduce pain, according to the physical therapy site thephysiotherapysite.co.uk. Keeping your joints moving will help with your pain, mobility and stress level. Know that for the best results, these exercises need to be done…
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The knee is a weight-bearing hinge joint composed of several bones, ligaments, tendons and muscles. Physiotherapy exercises will strengthen the muscles and ligaments that support the knee joint and rehabilitate the knee after injury, inflammation or surgery. The knee is…
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Healthy living means making the right choices for your body and all of its organs. Your heart keeps you alive–forcing nutrients through your cells, bringing oxygen to your brain, and aiding in the release of toxins. Keeping this vital organ…
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1. Keep Things Simple From the basic salsa step, all other salsa steps derive and flourish. Learn the basics and do common salsa turns until the steps and turns become second nature. Then when you move on to more advanced…
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December 12, 2013 Mental Health
In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR), the term mental disorder is defined as “a clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual and that is associated with…
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1. Say Where It Hurts Because the knee is such a complex joint, it’s susceptible to a variety of overuse injuries. The only way for you and your doctor to figure out which one you’ve got is for you to…
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From an anatomical standpoint, the butt consists of three muscles known as the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus. When you want to create a fuller, rounder butt, you need to work these muscles with weight training exercises. You…
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December 12, 2013 Sexual and Reproductive Health
Inducing labor is not something a woman should do without the consent of her health care provider, no matter how natural the technique. Attempts to start labor should not be made prior to the 40th week of pregnancy. With a…
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Overview The seed husks of the psyllium plant contain a type of soluble fiber that is used to prevent or treat constipation. Like all types of fiber, psyllium passes through the body undigested. As it travels through the gastrointestinal tract,…
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December 12, 2013 Side Effects of a Black Cohosh Supplement
Black cohosh, known as black snakeroot, macrotys, bugbane, bugwort, rattleroots, rattleweed, Actaea racemosa and Cimicifuga racemosa has been used by Native Americans for over 200 years according to the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC). Historically black cohosh treated arthritis…
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December 12, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
Strong upright fronds, covered with hundreds of spiny green bristles, the horsetail plant (Equisetum) grows naturally in watery marshes and clay-based soil. While more than 20 varieties of horsetail exist, the one used for herbal purposes is field horsetail (Equisetum…
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Overview Your maximum heart rate (MHR) is the highest pulse rate you can achieve during an all-out effort. According to experts at Montana State University, your MHR declines about one beat a year after the age of 15, and the…
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1. Two Main Types To assess an abdominal injury, first determine if the injury is considered penetrating or blunt. Understanding what type of injury has occurred will help in assessing possible complications. Determine what caused the injury. For example, car…
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Hybrids are items with two or more components. There is a large emphasis on “going green,” conserving energy and saving money in today’s society. Hybrid vehicles are one way consumers are trying to spend less over time and leave a…
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