Added September 30, 2011, Under: Children's Health, Diseases, Headaches & Migraines, Health, Weight Loss
If you put sugar on your food or in your beverages or you are eating processed food which has added sugar, then this is detrimental to your health.
Sugar, and the inflammation it causes, is at the root of countless diseases
On May 26, 2009, Robert Lustig gave a lecture called “Sugar: The Bitter Truth” which was posted on YouTube the following July. Since then, it has been viewed over one and a half million times, gaining new viewers at a rate ...
Added September 29, 2011, Under: Children's Health, Headaches & Migraines, Health, Nutrition
Sesame seeds have been used throughout history as both a food source and for sesame seed oil. Sprinkling sesame seeds on breads before baking is not new, as one ancient Egyptian tomb dating back 4000 years is decorated with a scene of a baker sprinkling sesame seeds into his dough, while Sicilian bakers did the same centuries ago.
Sesame seeds are considered to be full of health benefits as they are high in energy while full of many nutrients, minerals, antioxidants ...
Added , Under: Diets, Health, Nutrition
Salt is essential for life—you cannot live without it - but it must be NATURAL salt and NOT PROCESSED salt.
Processed salt is nothing like natural salt - one is health damaging while the second is healing
Natural salt is 84% percent sodium chloride but processed salt is 98%. The remaining 16% of natural salt comprises other naturally occurring minerals such as trace minerals like silicon, phosphorous and vanadium. However that 2% of processed salt consists of chemicals such as moisture absorbents ...
Added September 28, 2011, Under: Health, Nutrition, Weight Loss
Food identity theft is when some food companies try to take away the consumer's right to know what is in the food that they eat, the liquids that they drink and the health products they use. There is now a site called www.foodidentitytheft.com which is run by the Citizens for Health so that facts can be provided to consumers abut food ingredients and package labels to enable them to make informed decisions about the food they purchase.
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Added , Under: Babies, Children's Health, Parents, Sickness
If and when your children get sick, here is how to go the natural way with some good old fashioned home remedies:
1. Think BRAT for DIARRHEA. - that is a choice of bananas, rice, apple sauce and toast
2. Black licorice will cure children's CONSTIPATION nine times out of ten.
3. The chemical reaction between baking soda and vinegar creates a cooling effect that will soothe your child’s MINOR BURNS. Just pour equal amounts of the ingredients into a bowl to bathe ...
Added September 27, 2011, Under: Men's Health, Skin Conditions, Women's Health
Do you suffer from smelly and sweaty feet? Many people do and it is not really surprising because our feet have more sweat glands than any other part of the body. All that sweat needs somewhere to go and of course the best place would be out into the fresh air from bare feet. But most of the time our hard working feet spend too much time encased in socks and shoes.
Medically known as bromodosis, stinky feet is a common ...
Added September 26, 2011, Under: Diets, Diseases, Health, Nutrition
You may have noticed the words “low GI” on some of the food you buy and wondered what it meant. GI or the Glycemic Index is the method for measuring what kind of impact various foods have on your system. It was devised approximately twenty years' ago to help with dietary recommendations for diabetics.
Those researchers who worked on the glycemic index found that the effect of a carbohydrate on blood-glucose levels was not actually determined by just any sugar ...
Added , Under: Diets, Nutrition, Skin Conditions, Women's Health
The appearance of our skin on the outside is often a reflection of what is going on – good or bad – on the inside. Healing Natural Oils will treat the symptoms of so many skin conditions such as acne, cellulite, eczema, psoriasis, rosacea, stretch marks, wrinkles and more but what we put inside is very important too.
If you are healthy on the inside, you will have glowing skin, shiny hair and a beautiful smile.
1. Green veggies are great for ...
Added September 25, 2011, Under: Diets, Drugs, Health
We are always being told about high cholesterol and how we must avoid this modern phenomenon. But if this is your experience, there is much you should learn about cholesterol before getting stressed out about it.
In the article found at http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/08/10/making-sense-of-your-cholesterol-numbers.aspx Dr Mercola points out that cholesterol could easily be described as the smoking gun of the last two decades.
He says “It"s been responsible for demonizing entire categories of foods (like eggs and saturated fats) and blamed for just ...
Added , Under: Books, Children's Health, Diets, Environment, Parents
No one can be the perfect parent, or even come close, but we can all try by teaching our children to be independent while helping them to feel secure and loved.
Here are a few guidelines to achieve this goal:
1. Learn to listen and not while you are concentrating on something else. Sometimes children really need your undivided attention and of course they will soon learn to know when you are not really listening.
2. Take care to boost their self ...
