Added March 21, 2012, Under: Children's Health, Diets, Environment, Health, Nutrition
As part of the change to eating wholesome, living food, there is a growing trend for people to keep a few chickens in their garden or back yard for truly free range eggs. Obviously the very best way to get eggs is to have your own hens. Fortunately, more and more cities in the USA are changing their laws to allow small back yard flocks - especially if you forgo the rooster which you do not need anyway. If you ...
Added March 19, 2012, Under: Children's Health, Diseases, Environment, Health
Vitamin D is not a vitamin at all but a feel good hormone that is probably the single most important factor in human health and, unfortunately, much of the world's population is deficient in this vital vitamin (hormone).
According to D*Action, every tissue in our bodies needs vitamin D and will not work correctly if we do not get enough. In its most extreme forms, vitamin D deficiency produces rickets in children and osteomalaccia (bone softening) in adults.
For some background ...
Added March 16, 2012, Under: Children's Health, Diets, Environment, Parents
It can be very distressing, both for the child and the parents, when nightmares or night terrors become a regular occurrence. But there is a difference between night terrors and nightmares and children can have both at different times in their young lives.
The average age for night terrors is between 3 and 12 years - with a bit of leeway at either end. In contrast, nightmares may occur for all of us from time to time, and sometimes children have ...
Added March 5, 2012, Under: Diseases, Environment, Skin Conditions
If you are one of the those “hands on” people like me who don't even own a pair of rubber gloves for using in the kitchen, then these tips are for you! When I start chopping up onions or pressing garlic, I always seem to end up with stinky hands with an odor that keeps on lingering no matter what I do. Well now it seems that I have been doing the wrong thing by trying to wash my hands ...
Added , Under: Diseases, Environment, Skin Conditions
Just as more and more people are becoming aware of the dangers of toxic and harmful chemicals that they apply to their skin, so the same awareness is dawning on pet owners too. Cats, dogs and other pets can be just as vulnerable as we are to synthetic and harsh products. Of course these products can be very damaging to your pets but also to your children, your home and to the environment in general. Instead of going straight for ...
Added February 28, 2012, Under: Diseases, Environment, Exercise, Health
I have recently written a post about the importance of tears to your eye health. So what should you do if you find that your eyes are tired and scratchy and obviously low in moisture?
1. First and foremost you need to make your surroundings less dry and more humid as dry air can be the cause of dry eyes. Try running a portable humidifier in your home and if necessary, move from room to room with you, making sure it ...
Added , Under: Environment, Health
Unlike others in the animal kingdom, humans are alone in crying tears of emotion as well as using tears to communicate feelings of distress and to eliminate unwanted hormones and other proteins that have been produced during a time of stress. A “good cry” serves more than one purpose.
Tears are secretions that clean and lubricate the eyes. Lacrimation or lachrymation (from the Latinlacrima, meaning "tear") is the production or shedding of tears. When we cry tears of emotion, this could mean ...
Added February 27, 2012, Under: Environment, Technology
According to the site opposingviews.com, three of some of the best known cosmetic companies have done an about-turn on their animal testing policies. After claiming for the past two decades that they did not test on animals, they have now reverted to their former bad habits and all because China has insisted they do so if they wish to sell their products in that fastest growing economy.
Originally, Avon, Estee Lauder and Mary Kay showed the way by banning such tests on ...
Added February 23, 2012, Under: Diseases, Environment, Exercise, New Moms, Women's Health
Women have a one-in-eight chance of developing breast cancer during their lifetime, with an approximately 200 000 new cases every year of which some 40 000 will die. And yet, researchers estimate that about 40% of all USA breast cancer cases could be prevented by making lifestyle changes. Here are a whole host of such changes:
1. Mammograms - one of the first (and many will throw up their hands in horror and disbelief) tips to avoid breast cancer is not ...
Added February 16, 2012, Under: Babies, Children's Health, Environment, Parents
A system was developed in the US, after the tragic fire that took the lives of the Apollo crew on the launch pad in the late 1960s, and this was for flame retardant material. This flame retardant system was intended to be used exclusively for space clothing but went on to be used for flammable materials in the helicopters in the Vietnam War because so many soldiers were dying from out-of-control onboard fires during fire fights.
Unfortunately, it did not stop ...
