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Six Medical Myths 2008-09-18 22:52:32 Turkey meat makes you sleepy. The faint light ruins your sight. Drink at least eight glasses of water per day. There are some myths and even the doctors think they are true.
Here are six myths promoted by the media and some doctors. They have no scientific background.
We Must Drink At Least Eight Glasses of Water [...] Read more:Myths
Nine Tips for Back Pains 2008-09-11 13:00:57 Have you had enough of your back pains? Here are some smart and easy tips to help you put an end to your pain!
1. Have a Proper Position In Bed
What you should do: when you want to sleep, lay down on your back or on one side, in the fetus position. This positions respect the [...] Read more:Pains
Foods against Erectile Dysfunctions 2008-09-10 02:10:52 Yes, there are such foods, accessible to anyone. However, this kind of foods are not aphrodisiacs with ‘pseudo-miraculous’ effect.
1. Pomegranate Juice
An American study reached to the conclusion that, consumed regularly, pomegranate juice fights against
erectile dysfunctions. Moreover, the participants to this study noticed a visible amelioration of the erectile function after several week Read more:Foods
Lemon Juice Diet 2008-09-08 23:11:44 Cultivated in China since 3,000 years ago, the lemon tree is very well known thanks to the therapeutic properties of its fruits and leafs.
Lemon
has two important properties: it’s an antibacterial agent with plenty of vitamin C, the juice from a fruit covers 50% from the daily recommended dose of an adult. It contains potassium [...] Read more:Juice
15 Myths about Diets 2008-09-06 02:20:39 The land of slimming diets, is with no doubt the United States of America. New diets appear all the time; maybe because America has the greatest number of overweight and obese persons in the world, (almost 45-50 % of Americans are fat and obese).
In Europe, Britain is the fattest country. Figures show that 23% of [...] Read more:Myths
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Chocolate Diet 2008-09-04 01:47:09 It is known that alcohol and narcotics create addiction, but the chocolate addiction can be treated easily.
Yes, chocolate contains substances that creates addiction. Besides sugar and stimulative substances (like caffeine), the chocolate contains many fats, which explains why chocolate addiction often leads to fatness. This is a low fat diet with few calories, that [...] Read more:Chocolate
12 Steps For A Healthier Life 2008-09-02 06:14:09 1. Breakfast
It’s a tag, but also a truth: people who have breakfast burn less calories at lunch and dinner. A breakfast rich in proteins but low in fats will give you the energy needed for the entire day. Or you can choose a breakfast rich in fibers that will satisfy your appetite until noon.
2. Less [...]
Preventing diabetes 2008-07-27 21:50:32 Diabetes mellitus, often referred to as diabetes, is the result of insufficient insulin hormone and is characterized by high quantities of sugar in one’s blood.
Its most frequent symptoms are: frequent urination, excessive thirst, extreme hunger, unusual weight loss, increased fatigue, blurry vision.
At the moment, diabetes is considered a chronic disease and seeing that there [...]
The Relation Between Diet and Heart Diseases 2008-06-05 07:50:28 Nutritionists and cardiologists have come to the conclusion that a healthy and equilibrated diet can influence in a positive way heart conditions ( both in preventing and curing them ).
A healthy lifestyle combined with the right diet can reduce in a significant manner heart problems. If the cholesterol level in blood drops, chances of developing [...] Read more:Heart
Cellulite 2008-05-26 07:44:54 Most women are confronted with this problem and even though it is not a serious medical condition it can be unaesthetic especially if someone wants to wears shorts or skirts.
Many treatments which appear on mass media are presented as having miraculous results when in fact they are not as efficient as they are shown.
Cellulite
appears [...]
Stress Myths 2008-10-06 00:52:11 1. Stress Is The Same for Everyone
It is completely wrong. Stress is different for each of us. What is stressful for one person is not an issue for the other. Each individual reacts to stress in a very personal way.
2. Stress Is Always Noxious
According to this myth, the lack of stress should make us healthy [...] Read more:Myths
Five Rules Against Constipation 2008-10-03 00:33:49 Constipation is a frequent issue, especially for women. The main causes are the bad nutrition and the chaotic life style.
When Do We Suffer From Constipation?
It is said that the normal frequency of feces is between three per day and one time at three days. We suffer from constipation when the number of feces is smaller [...] Read more:Rules
The Ten Healthiest Foods 2008-10-01 18:21:38 Bad diets and sever diseases are strongly connected. In order to avoid having cancer, ulcer, vascular disturbances, insomnia or milkleg, it is enough to eat some foods that should always be on a healthy daily diet. Mark Glen, a famous British dietitian, recommends the following ten healthiest foods:
Apples - an excellent source of pectin, fibers [...] Read more:Foods
How To Defeat Chronic Fatigue 2008-09-29 01:48:06 Chronic fatigue may endanger your health if you ignore it.
Every day a colleague, a relative or a friend are complaining of feeling tired. It seems natural and normal. But it is not. The human body is like a complicated machine that needs fuel: food, water, sleep and physical exercises in order to work properly. Meanwhile, [...] Read more:Fatigue
Ten Tips to Beat Depression 2008-09-23 02:41:59 When you’re depressed, the last thing you need is to have a list of different kinds of expectations. Don’t push yourself to accomplish those expectations! The first thing you must resolve is the first expectation. After that, you can try the others but depending on how you are feeling.
1. Take Action And Accept Some Help!
Read [...]
Stem Cells in Blood Transfusions 2008-09-22 00:43:49 The use of stem cells in the regeneration of tissues offers new perspectives and gives hope to the world. Stem cells may regenerate the neurons in Parkinson disease, the cardiac cells destroyed by myocardial infarction or the pancreatic cells that are responsible with the production of insulin.
A new perspective on the use of stem cells [...] Read more:Blood
Sex Is Good For Health 2008-09-20 02:26:17 Sex is a source of pleasure and energy! Regulate sexual activity limits stress, depression, insomnias and protects you from cancer and cardio vascular diseases.
Sex Is an Anti-stress Weapon
When you have orgasm, the brain produces chemical substances called endorphins (a kind of natural morphine, produced by the body). These hormones are called ‘the hormones of pleasure’ [...] Read more:Health
Common Cold or Flu ? 2008-10-25 22:57:13 You’re sneezing, your head hurts and you have fever. Although we often confuse common cold with flu, you have to know that both of them are contagious viral infections caused by viruses from different families and that they have different symptoms.
Usually, cold has easily bearable symptoms that disappear after four five days. The flu is [...] Read more:Common
10 Reasons To Get More Sleep 2008-10-21 23:49:39 Sleep is more important than physical exercises and good eating. The lack of sleep may cause diseases, produces dark rings around your eyes and ages your skin.
10 reasons to get to bed earlier:
1. Sleep is essential for a good functioning of the brain and of the whole body. Rest adjusts the body temperature and [...] Read more:Reasons
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Varicose veins 2008-10-14 22:34:05 You love to have tanned beautiful legs and nice pedicure and to wear short skirts and dresses. Still, something is bothering you. Lately, on your legs appeared some blue greenish enlarged and convoluted veins. Above all, Varicose veins are a matter of health and not beauty, because they indicate blood circulation problems.
Even if some people [...]
If You Want a Facelift, Stop Smoking ! 2008-10-10 22:30:29 Organic food, regular physical exercises, meditation… and a pack of cigarettes per day - a life style that undermines itself, as Abby Ellyn writes in an article in ‘New York Times’.
Don’t be surprised if your plastic surgeon will advise you to give up smoking when you contact him for a facelift. And you know what? [...] Read more:Smoking
Impotence Can Be Successfully Treated 2008-10-08 22:52:58 Erectile dysfunction, also called impotence, affects men over the age of 40. There are 80% physical causes and only 20% psychological causes. The good news is that there are efficient treatments that can fix this problem.
Each man is, at a certain time in his life, unable to initiate and maintain a good erection until “the [...] Read more:Impotence
Doped with Love 2008-11-12 19:15:37 Do you think love is just a matter of feelings? Well, you’re wrong: love lives in the brain and it is in fact the result of some hormones variations. This is the less romantic side of love, yet interesting. These hormonic modifications explain the need of finding your soul mate and the serenity of those [...]