Sleep Cycles are More Important than You Think
Lack of sleep is a hidden epidemic, and one that makes you old before your time. Find out why your sleep cycles are critical to good health.
Best strategies for kicking the tobacco habit
Look around and see how many people are kicking the tobacco habit. If you have not yet been successful here are the strategies that work.
Powerful Health Benefits of Tea
The health buzz word associated with green tea is ‘antioxidants.’ Its leaves, loaded with flavonoids and other polyphenols, act as antioxidants to lower the risk of some diseases. “While numerous studies have found possible benefits, the actual benefits of drinking tea are not certain,” said the report. But there’s the catch. What else are you consuming? …
All Adults Should Take a Daily Multivitamin
One of the most commonly asked questions is “Why should I take a multivitamin?” Ideally, we would all get our essential vitamins and minerals from our diet, but according to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), most of us do not. With this finding JAMA recommends taking a multivitamin as one way to promote…
The Many Benefits of Walking
As fuel prices edge closer to $4.00 per gallon, many of us are looking for ways around those constant fill-ups at the pump. Also, as we’re coming out of a long, cold winter and into the nicer spring season, shaking off those foul-weather doldrums is a pleasant prospect. So, consider this: walking. It is a…
The Powerful Benefits of Mushroom
Pharaohs decreed that no commoner could touch a mushroom, thus reserving the delicacy for royalty. Likewise, many other civilizations including Mexico, Russia, China and Greece, held it in high regard, going as far as practicing rituals with the mushroom. Today the mushroom is enthroned as a powerful antioxidant. Bearing essential nutrients that are of great value to the…
Asparagus Provides the Health Benefits of Broccoli
The legendary health benefits of broccoli are waiting for you in asparagus, and conventional asparagus can be safely bought. Get the power!
Eat More Protein and Lose Weight
If you’re managing to eat 7 to 9 daily servings of fruits and vegetables, give yourself a pat on the back. But don’t be tempted to cut back on protein to make room for all that produce. Recent research has shown that getting a higher percentage of calories from protein helps people get slim and stay that…
The Whole Truth about Vitamin C
If you think Vitamin C is just a humble vitamin to take when a cold comes on, it’s time for a big surprise. Are you getting enough of the great defender?
Metabolic Syndrome Less Likely for Vegetarians
A study into dietary patterns and how they affect the prevalence of metabolic syndrome or its individual risk factors has concluded that people who don’t eat meat are around 56% less likely to develop metabolic syndrome than those that do. This particular piece of research is part of a larger study by the Karoliska…