How to Chew the Right Way for Good Health
Chewing is extremely important to your health. You can do your body a lot of good just by processing your food the right way — from the first bite. Chewing is the first step in the digestive process, and [more…]
How to Identify and Avoid Environmental Toxins
The range and amount of environmental toxins that people are faced with today have exceeded the capability of many people’s bodies to carry out detoxification without any help. The result? Widespread disease [more…]
How to Control Allergies with Smart Food Decisions
The food choices you make can have a tremendous impact on your allergies. Of course, when it comes to food allergies, the choices you make about what you eat can be a matter of life or death [more…]
Fight Allergies with This Healthy Salmon Salad Recipe
If you have food allergies, you need to avoid certain foods. Never eat the specific food you are allergic to, of course, but also make sure to avoid caffeine, sugar, and alcohol. The most allergenic foods [more…]
Detox Your Body and Stay Healthy through Sauna Use
Saunas are great for flushing out the toxins that build up in your body’s fat cells. Your kidneys are detoxification powerhouses, and the intense sweating you can enjoy while spending time in a sauna can [more…]
How to Know whether Your Detox Diet Is Working
How do you know when your toxin-free diet is really making a difference in your life? How can you be sure the healthy choices you’re making through detoxification are having a positive effect on your body [more…]
How to Use Your Muscles to Maximize Detoxification
Going through a regular workout inevitably improves your muscle strength and endurance. Your muscles can help you make the most of your detoxification efforts through stimulation of your lymph system and [more…]
How to Maintain Healthy Levels of Bacteria
Bacteria are on and in us all the time, including the kinds of bacteria that can cause infections. The trick is that they’re present in extremely small numbers, and they don’t start being harmful unless [more…]
Identifying What Qualifies as a Toxin
A toxin is any substance that your body can’t use in a purposeful way or that requires energy to be removed. Even substances that your body has to have to survive can be toxic if you get too much of them [more…]
How to Take an Active Role in Detoxification
Your body can take care of quite a bit of detoxification on its own, but today’s elevated toxin levels demand that you give your body a hand. If you want to enjoy long-term good health, you must work hard [more…]
Detoxifying through a Healthy Diet
If you’re not enjoying optimal health, or if you’re struggling with obesity, you need to take a good, hard look at the many benefits of a detox diet. Changing what you eat [more…]
Where Do You Find Toxic Levels of Lead?
The toxicity of lead has been recognized for many years, but the widespread use of the metal throughout history means that we’ll be forced to deal with lead and its health consequences for the foreseeable [more…]
Damaging Food Additives You're Likely to Find in Your Groceries
In total, food companies add 2,800 substances to their products in an effort to save a buck, boost sales, and ensure that their food will last on the store shelves for a very long time. Many of the toxins [more…]
What’s a Heart Scan and Should You Get One?
Maybe you’ve heard the ads from hospitals in your area urging folks to come in for a heart scan. You’re thinking about getting one, but you’re not sure if it’s worth it. The cost isn’t outrageous, but [more…]
How to Protect Yourself from Ticks
Tick-borne diseases in humans are on the rise. The bite of a tick transmits a host of illnesses, including lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and babesiosis, an infection that destroys red blood [more…]
How to Avoid Lyme Disease from Tick Bites
A growing number of people become ill from Lyme disease after tick bites each year. Understanding this infection and how it spreads will help you understand the steps you need to take to avoid its unpleasant [more…]
Would You Benefit from a Whole-Body Scan?
The whole-body CT scan is another weapon in the arsenal of early-detection health screens. Although the number of medical facilities offering this screening is on the rise, the scan’s ability to identify [more…]
Are Fitness Drinks Really Good for You?
First, let’s define “good.” A good fitness bottled water adequately hydrates your body without adding lots of sugar-based calories that’ll make you gain weight from drinking it. [more…]
The Pros and Cons of Caffeine Consumption
Most of us consume caffeine in one form or another. Caffeine's in our coffee, tea, soft drinks, and chocolates. The nervous system stimulant is even found in some medicines we take, including over-the-counter [more…]
How to Protect Yourself from Biting and Stinging Insects
Mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, wasps, bees, and spiders (which are really arachnids) . . . the biters and stingers that come alive when the temperatures rise are almost enough to make you shun summer and stay [more…]
How to Recognise PCOS Symptoms
Polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, is described as a syndrome rather than a disease because it shows up as a group of signs and symptoms that can occur in any combination. Here are some of the symptoms [more…]
Tips for PCOS Sufferers
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome isn’t a nice condition but the good news is that you can keep the symptoms more or less completely at bay. Here are some tips to help you: [more…]
How to Handle PCOS Symptoms through Low-Carb Substitutions
The cornerstone to controlling PCOS symptoms is eating the low-GI (Glycaemic Index) way, where carbs break down slowly into your bloodstream so your blood sugar levels remain stable. Try these simple swaps [more…]
Managing PCOS For Dummies Cheat Sheet (UK Edition)
With the right approach, you can minimise the effects of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome on your day-to-day life and wellbeing. This Cheat Sheet gives you tips and information to help you manage PCOS and live [more…]
How to Choose Sunglasses for Optimum Eye Protection
At their best, sunglasses should shield your eyes from uncomfortably bright sunlight and damaging UV radiation. Unfortunately, not all sunglasses perform these important functions. Knowing what to look [more…]
