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Keeping your mind and body in check - popular topics in health and medicine to maintain a long and healthy life.
How to Stay Fit, Healthy, and Happy
How to Maintain Both You Health and Your Mood at the Same Time There's an old saying that youth is wasted on the young. We tend to echo this sentiment with a sigh of longing. Our aging bodies usually make us less happy than we might otherwise be. And we're left looking back on our younger days with a sense of longing. But there's ample evidence that this doesn't have to be the case. We can improve our fitness, happiness, and even regain a measure of youth if we approach it the right way.
By Kari Oakley7 years ago in Longevity
Top 3 Most Curable Cancers
According to data from the National Cancer Institute, more than 600,000 people in the United States died from cancer over the past year. Although adopting healthier lifestyle habits can significantly reduce an individual’s risk for developing cancer, early prevention and screening methods are essential for successful treatment and cure.
By Tobias Gillot7 years ago in Longevity
7 Effective Remedies on How to Stop Snoring
Throughout the US about 70 million people suffer from unsound sleep. They don’t necessarily have to suffer from a sleep disorder; poor quality sleep or not getting the necessary hours of rest often has the same effects as a sleep disorder. Blame it on hectic work schedules or an unhealthy lifestyle, but poor sleep quality has been on the rise for the last many years. Some people suffer from chronic insomnia, some have fragmented sleep, while some people stay up because of ambient factors. Yes, believe it or not, but external factors are often responsible for causing unsound sleep. From noisy neighbors to the sound of traffic, to snoring (leading to the question how to stop snoring), various environmental factors are responsible for contributing to disturbed sleep.
By Sleep Sherpa7 years ago in Longevity
Sleep Apnea
Sleep disorders come in various forms. Even though a large section of the global population suffers from sleep disorders, they are not of the same kind. While some people have difficulty falling asleep, others have difficulty staying asleep. The reasons behind sleep disorders, like sleep apnea, also varies from one person to another. However, regardless of the type of sleep disorder a person suffers from, it is of utmost importance that the real cause behind the disorder be diagnosed and treated, because sleep disorders can wreak havoc on the person’s physical and mental well being. When someone goes without sufficient sleep for days and weeks, it affects the health, memory, concentration, productivity, and immunity.
By Sleep Sherpa7 years ago in Longevity
Smoking Affects More Than Your Lungs
Over 50 percent of American adults smoke, or have smoked, tobacco in their lives. While we all know the terrible effects on our lungs, but do you know the nutritional deficiencies and requirements brought with smoking tobacco??
By Lisa LaRue-Baker7 years ago in Longevity
An Acid Trip You Need to Take
Protein plays an incredibly important role in almost every biological process of the body – and amino acids are the building blocks. Twenty percent of the human body is made up of protein. The major portion of muscles, tissue and cells are made up of amino acids; they carry out most important body functions and give cells their structure. They are also instrumental in the storage and transport of nutrients. They have an influence on the function of organs, glands, tendons and arteries and are essential for healing wounds and repairing tissue – particularly in the muscles, bones, skin and hair. They also aid in the removal of all kinds of waste deposits produced in connection with the metabolism.
By Lisa LaRue-Baker7 years ago in Longevity
Cravings and How to Avoid Them
When you are trying to shift to a healthy diet, or are on a weight loss calorie-restricted diet, cravings can really get the best of you! And what’s worse, if it is necessary to eat and not to eat specific foods for medical issues, cravings can be seriously detrimental if given into. Sweets and high carbs are surely ‘good’ to the taste, but NOT good if they’re the wrong ones.
By Lisa LaRue-Baker7 years ago in Longevity
The Rebounder and Its Effects on Your Health (Part 2)
When a foreign substance such as a virus, toxin, bacteria or traditional drugs and pharmaceuticals, etc. enters your system, the very first thing your body will try to do is to expel it in some way to bring back a healthy balance.
By Akash Sharma7 years ago in Longevity
What Your Face Reveals About Your Health
Most people are health conscious these days. They pay more attention to their health than they did years ago. They watch what they eat and pay close attention to every ache, pain, and discomfort they have. In other words, they monitor the changes in their body so they can be taken care of before they develop into something more serious.
By Margaret Minnicks7 years ago in Longevity
