Weight Loss: You Are What You Think! by Ray Kelly Most of us know and have heard the phrase, “You are what you eat”. However, is it possible that another phrase also applies? “You are what you THINK”. Yes, it is very possible that this phrase is also an accurate representation of how our perceptions and expectations affect our body and overall health. We are just beginning to understand how the mind and our beliefs affect out body and how it responds to illness. However there is currently enough documented evidence to prove that the mind ... Why Migraines Are More Than Just a Headache by Wendy Brungardt Although the cause of migraine headaches is often undetermined, we do know that they present in different ways, and may involve different areas of the head and/or neck area. Many people experience migraines with an aura. This is a neurological phenomenon that produces a variety of symptoms, both visual and physical. The aura may occur shortly before onset of the headache, or at the same time. Most aura are visual in nature, and often described as blurriness or outlines around obj ... Why is Hoodia such a sought after weight loss supplement? by Andrew Aitaken Hoodia Gordonii is an unambitious little South African desert cactus type plant that has a big future ahead of it. A gift from the native San people who live in the Kalahari Desert in South Africa, this tiny plant the natives' call Author's Biography: ... What is mesothelioma by Andrew Mills Author's Biography: ... 9 Sure Fire Tips For Easy Weight Loss by Bill Urell By the time you finish reading this you'll have some quick, easy and powerful tools to speed your weight loss along. Are you frustrated with complicated diets? If you want easy weight loss, then follow these tips. Each helps a little bit, but put a few together and you have a powerful edge. * Drink plenty of water. Water helps with weight loss for several reasons. Number one it speeds up your metabolism. The faster your metabolism is, the more calories you burn. Drinking water also makes ... Do You Know These Facts About Migraine Headaches ? by Wendy Brungardt A typical migraine headache involves pain on one side of the head, either starting in, or staying centered around the eye, although suffers can experience the pain bi- laterally as well. Because migraines cause an irritation and swelling of the blood vessels and nerves in the brain, pain is often described as throbbing or pounding that is so severe, the patient is unable to function at daily tasks, or to sleep, since many migraines can start at night. This should not be confused w ... What Are The Causes of Migraine Headaches ? by Wendy Brungardt As advanced as science is, and with all the remedies on the market, nobody yet has been able to determine the exact cause of migraine headaches. Many researchers favor the theory that migraine sufferers have a nervous system that is more sensitive to stimuli that trigger this particular kind of pain. Sudden changes in your body, or the environment around you, sets off changes in brain activity that causes inflamed blood vessels and nerves around the brain. The pattern of migraine ... Do You The Best Treatment For Migraine Headaches ? by Wendy Brungardt There are two types of treatments for patients with migraine headaches. The first is prophylactic, or medication that is used regularly in response to patients who have three or more migraines a month that do not respond to the second type of treatment. Abortive treatment is usually medication that suppresses the pain of the migraine, which does not recur at that time. The drugs used in prophylactic treatment include: * Beta-blockers: a drug that affects the heart rate, reducin ... Over-the-Counter Topical Medications For Acne by Ron King In the early stage of the ongoing war with acne, most people go to a pharmacy to buy an over-the-counter medication. There are so many treatments available for acne, that it can be a complicated decision. Advice from friends is not a reliable method for making a choice, because what worked for 1 person may not work for another. And advertising advice? Who trusts that? You can make a more informed choice about which product to try just by knowing about the active ingredients in the various acn ... Changing your life-style can lower blood pressure by Grojan Fabiola When treating high blood pressure it helps a lot if it is detected in an early phase, because it appears long time before its symptoms and complications do.If it's detected early, much of the damage it does to the organs in the body can be prevented, and lowering blood pressure can be done easier. This is the first step that should be taken in high blood pressure treatment. Afterwards, when what is called Author's Biography: We all know that certain advice about a natural and cor ... Breast Cancer, what you should know about Testing and Diagnosis by Fritz Frei The chance, that breast cancer is found early, it is more likely to be treated successfully. Checking for cancer in a person who does not have any symptoms is called screening. Screening-Tests for breast cancer include, among others, clinical breast exams and mammograms and there is a very important base in the health-service for women. The doctor or other health care professional can check the breasts and underarms for lumps, during a clinical breast exam, which could be a sign of breast ... Breast Cancer, what you should know about Testing and Diagnosis by Fritz Frei The chance, that breast cancer is found early, it is more likely to be treated successfully. Checking for cancer in a person who does not have any symptoms is called screening. Screening-Tests for breast cancer include, among others, clinical breast exams and mammograms and there is a very important base in the health-service for women. The doctor or other health care professional can check the breasts and underarms for lumps, during a clinical breast exam, which could be a sign of breast ... Know how you can conceal your hair loss by Rose Lenk For many people, thinning hair is a reality that they would rather deal without. No matter whether their hair loss is due to a medical condition, is hereditary or is stress related, many cope with trying to style limp, thinning tresses on a daily basis. For these people the thoughts of their ever thinning hair are constantly on their mind when they go out into public or attend a special function. The billion-dollar hair loss industry has shown that when it comes to hair, people are willing t ... Fat Cells, Your Diet, and Losing Weight by Janet Roache This may come as a surprise... More than half of all adults that reside in the United States are overweight. That is 100 million people! I personally have struggled with weight management. My weight has fluctuated almost 30 lbs. Can you believe it. One month I weighed 115 pounds and 6 months later I am up to 145 pounds. Have you ever wondered what that mystery fat is? When a individual packs on 20 pounds what is happening inside their body? In this article I will explain what ... Your Immune System Needs Support Too! by Lisa Hyde-Barrett The human body is a very vulnerable organism, except for the very strong line of defense that the immune system has thrown around it. Without the natural defense system provided by the immune system, the bacteria, microbes, viruses, toxins, parasites, etc., would reduce the body to its chemical components in a few days. That is what happens when the body dies and the immune system is no longer there. The human immune system works 24X7, though its work never comes to the limelight. The failur ... 15 Simple Metabolism Boosting Secrets by Janice Elizabeth Small Your metabolism is the rate at which your body burns calories. The faster you burn calories the more weight you can lose even if you eat the same amount, so it makes sense to do everything you can to boost your metabolic rate if you're trying to lose a few pounds. You use about 60% of the calories you need each day just by being alive. That's your basal (or resting) metabolism. About 30% of the calories are accounted for by how much you move (your activity metabolism). The remaining 10% are ... Break a Sweat to Break Your Stress by Louise Hathway Are you swamped at work? Do you always feel one step behind trying to catch up on all the chores on your Author's Biography: Louise Hathway provides effective relaxation techniques to reduce stress in your life. Learn the 5 essential keys to stress reduction. To receive your free 5-part mini-course visit http://www.stress-reduction-4u.com/free-report.html ... Good Sleep Habits: A Key To Better Health! by Ray Kelly Most of us fail to get good nights sleep. As a result we run the risk of greatly increasing our susceptibility to disease and accidents. Getting a good night sleep is a minimum for a healthy life. For most people this amount needs to be around 6 to 8 hours each night. Anything less than that and you are sleeping too little and anything more than that and you are probably sleeping too much. What is it that sleep does for us? The best way to think of sleep is as the body’s form of “downtime”. ... Make Your Bench Press Fast And Explosive Using Exercise Push-Ups by Tony Farrell Do you need to make your Bench Press Explosive? Use the exercise - push-ups. In a lot of sports, athletes may require fast explosive bursts of movement. For example -- When a sprinter runs, he doesn't just run. Instead, he powers up and tries to explode to the finish line as quickly as is humanly possible. Another example is -- When a boxer throws punches, he just doesn't extend his arm and hit his opponent. Instead, he puts all his weight, power and speed into his punches ... Eczema - MIRACLE or purely Coincidental by Kacy Carr Infected persons of the skin disease/disorder eczema are in the millions, it is an uncomfortable road ahead for any sufferer while treatments are carried out to control the symptoms. One of the offending symptoms is that of intense itching; a sufferer finds contentment in scratching the offending area where they sometimes use an instrument like a hairbrush, which can be very dangerous therefore making the condition worse. In some cases the whole of the body is massacred and abused by this d ... A Great New Way to Try the Simple, Easy, Health Remedies From The Old Days by Alfred Jones How did we cure ourselves of many aches, pains and illnesses in the past? Most of the remedies worked very well, were cheap, they could usually be found in most homes and they work today as good as they did then. Gatorade Did you know that? Drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately, without the unpleasant side effects caused by traditional Author's Biography: ... Kicking The Habit: The Zyban Way by Ron King If you're looking for a way to quit smoking that has a proven success rate, you may be interested in a drug called Zyban. The main active ingredient of Zyban is bupropion hydrochloride, which is also known as Wellbutrin. Originally prescribed as an antidepressant, Wellbutrin exhibited a side effect of making patients lose interest in cigarettes. With the Wellbutrin results as a guide, Zyban was developed and has been available as a smoking treatment since 1998. How Zyban Works The reason Z ... Lowering the blood pressure with the help of acupuncture by Grojan Fabiola Doctors and scientists from the Irvine university of California have recently discovered a new method of lowering blood pressure. This method is based on electroacupuncture, which seems to have a significant effect in lowering blood pressure. The method has been tested on rats, by inducing low electric stimulation at the front of their legs, and their blood's pressure after the treatment was 40 percent lower than before(their blood pressure had been artificially increased before). This opens new ... Avoid the Thirties Fat Traps by Janice Elizabeth Small It's amazing how excess weight creeps up on you in your thirties without you becoming aware of it. Suddenly you catch sight of yourself in a shop window or you see a picture taken at your friends wedding and you can't believe how much larger you've become. How did that happen? It feels like pounds of fat appeared overnight. The bad news is that your metabolism (the rate at which you burn calories) does drop quite naturally from your thirties onwards. So you will start to put on weight more ea ... 7 Tips to Healthy Halloween Contact Lens Wear by Steve Cogger Halloween contact lenses are an amazing way to spice up any costume. And, in some cases can make a great costume all on there own. Unfortunately in today’s market place, Halloween contact lenses have been promoted as an accessory rather than a medical device. As it stands today, any theatrical or cosmetic contact lenses purchased without the written approval of a licensed eye care professional are considered illegal. Just because they are sold illegally does not mean they are safe. If you ... |
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