Someone has rightly said that prevention is better than cure. The saying holds particularly true in case of cardiovascular diseases. Studies have shown that there are thousands of people who have the blood pressure that’s too high to consider them healthy. However, these people also do not fall in to the category of heart patients who need proper drug treatment. So we have a new category of people .. more …
The glucose spike is just the tip of the iceberg of the sugar problem. When your sugar is off, your health is off. Sugars determine everything about your body including your blood type. Your LIFE is literally held in the four parts of your blood: red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and the plasma in which your life is suspended. Your circulatory system is controlled by sugars. Your OS .. more …
Misfolded protein can play havoc with your DNA. Biologists have recently discovered that unstructured proteins are more prevalent than previously thought and that over one third of the proteins in the body are intrinsically disordered with unfolded, partly folded, or chaotically folded proteins.Flexible proteins in your cells are designed to fold around many possible partners. The perfect marriage .. more …
Food is energy, and let’s face it…some foods are better than others. Just like a car runs on gas, a body runs on food. When we put bad fuel in a car, it runs poorly, and when we put bad food in our body, it runs poorly. But there are some ‘high octane’ foods that boost our energy, stimulate our metabolism, and satisfy our cravings to prevent us from filling up with bad foods so that our body .. more …
There’s a lot of contention in the health world over the amount of sodium allowable in a diet. Nowhere is this idea more widely debated than in paleo dieting. If you look through the wide assortment of paleo cookbooks out there, you’ll see what I mean. While some use salt in almost every recipe, others strictly forbid it.The problem with salt in the paleo diet is that paleo purists believe that .. more …
Staying warm and healthy during the winter months is vital for anyone living in cold climates for this time of year. Whether it is a snow-covered tundra or just a cold, dreary afternoon day, staying warm on the inside not only helps you live comfortably, but prevents the onset of colds and the flu. One of the best ways to go about doing this is with healthy soups. Healthy soups are delicious, help .. more …
When is the last time you heard your stomach grumble and growl, demanding to be fed? Are you one who skips meals hoping to lose a pound or two here or there? Are you guilty of eating junk food or .. more …
Exercise regularly. We often find ourselves saying this very phrase, as if making mental notes of what we should do. However, regardless of how many times that we make this mental note, many of us fail to put it into action.We choose to relax in front of the TV because it demands no effort, instead of engaging in some kind of training. We then convince ourselves into thinking that there will be .. more …
Stress is part of everyone’s life. Some people consider it to be a negative thing that one has to avoid, but if you are the type of person who has a positive outlook on life, you will take stress as an opportunity to strengthen your character. Stress may last for only a short time, but if handled the wrong way, it can take hold, become chronic and last far longer than necessary.Because of stress, .. more …
What to do when you’re sick?Yes, that’s a question that seems to ‘cry out’ for a fast, reliable, straight answer; particularly if you’re laying in bed with a series of unwanted symptoms; like a headache, fever, hacking cough, and the like.Well, I believe I’ve actually got a straight answer to that question for you; which I shall reveal in this article. In a moment, I’ll ‘hand you’ a list, which .. more …
