Here are this week's reading diversions for your personal enlightenment. Have a super duper weekend!
Eating Less Red Meat Could Benefit Health And Environment, Study Suggests
Cutting down the amount of red meat we eat not only affects our physical health, but also the health of the environment, a new study from the United Kingdom suggests.
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Feeling Tired? It's Probably What You Ate / Nutrition
Food sensitivities are another area that can make a person tired and fatigued. When your body is sick of being exposed to certain foods or chemicals, it can create inflammation in the form of irritable bowel syndrome, migraines, or fibromyalgia that make you feel run down. Many of my clients report having "lots more energy" after they've gone through the first several days of a food elimination diet. Your liver and kidneys have to do a lot of filtering all day, so it's best to keep chemicals and additives out of your diet to be able to keep energy levels up.
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High Blood Pressure Causes, Symptoms, Treatment - High Blood Pressure Causes on eMedicineHealth
In 90% of people with hypertension, the cause of high blood pressure is not known and is referred to as primary or essential hypertension. While the specific cause is unknown, there are risk factors that can contribute to developing high blood pressure.
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Strengthforcaring.com - Caring for Others - Coping with Crohn's Disease
With the treatment options available today, most people with Crohn's disease can live healthy and fulfilling lives. Sometimes though, it’s the psychological aspect that most affects a person who has a chronic illness. You may have to learn coping strategies to deal with embarrassing or painful symptoms. You also may have to learn how to tame your fear of possible surgeries, cancer, or unexpected complications of your disease.
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Natural Remedies to Prevent and Relieve Heartburn, Gas and Other Digestive Woes - iVillage
If you struggle with heartburn, you might be hesitant to chug something acidic, like apple cider vinegar.
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Hydration 101: How Much Water Do You Really Need?
It may surprise you to learn that there has never been any scientific evidence to support the “eight by eight” doctrine when it comes to proper hydration.
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David Wolfe's 10 Immunity Superheroes You Never Heard of (But Should) | Gaiam Life
Your immune system is vast and complex. It is designed to detoxify your body as well as protect it from illness and foreign invaders.
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Foods For Liver: 10 Foods For A Healthy And Clean Liver
Suri says avoiding an excessive consumption of tobacco, alcohol, coffee and white sugar and adding in low impact exercises (like daily walks) and drinking lots of water are all ways to ensure good liver health.
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Warning Signs of a Stroke - Oprah.com
Dr. Taylor uses the word "stroke" to describe what symptoms to look for in those suffering from a stroke.
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Essentially, myokymia is a twitch -- an involuntary muscle spasm in the upper eyelid muscle that causes a fluttery sensation. The trick to stopping it, according to Thau, is to "break the twitch." She recommends trying alternating hot and cold compresses, which can soothe the overactive nerve that's causing the spasm. If that doesn't work, "try drinking a glass of tonic water," she recommends. "The quinine helps nerve impulses."
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Healthy habits pay off after age 75 - Health - CBC News
Living a healthy lifestyle can add five years to women’s lives and six years to men’s, researchers report in Thursday's issue of the British Medical Journal.
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5 signs you’ll develop diabetes | Diabetes | Get Healthy | Best Health
Have you ever stopped to take stock of your risk factors for diabetes? By 2012, almost three million Canadians will know they have the disease. Will you be one of them? Here are five signs you might develop diabetes
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Secret Powers of Seeds | Reader's Digest
Send in the seeds! Like nuts, they are emerging as nutritional superstars. Packed with protein, good fat, and fibre, they’re just what the doctor ordered
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Menopause: How to take charge and keep the... | Chatelaine.com
Changes in hormones also affect the strength of bones, heart health and blood sugar levels. That makes menopause management two-fold: It’s about addressing changes in quality of life and controlling disease risk. Now is the time to be vigilant for hormone-driven cancers (regular screening is often advised), osteoporosis from declining growth hormone and calcium levels, and cardiovascular- and diabetes-related issue from rising cholesterol and stress hormone levels.
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Healthy breakfast ideas: Eight ingredients to... | Chatelaine.com
Bottom line: I recommend adding a half cup of blueberries daily to your smoothie, topping your yogurt or enjoying them as a side dish to your breakfast. As an added bonus to boosting brain power, blueberries are the only berry I have seen proven in studies to aid the hormonal balance that shreds belly fat too.
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Worst Mistakes Parents Make When Talking to Kids | Psychology Today
Effective listening involves all of the non-verbals, such as maintaining eye contact, conveying understanding with our faces and voices, and using words to reflect our understanding. This parent is teaching her kid not to bother her, and that the things that are important to him are not important to her. This can make a kid feel alone and not good enough.
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Is Money the Secret to Happiness | Psychology Today
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To answer this question, I looked at recent large research studies conducted by The Gallup Organization and researchers at Princeton and University of British Columbia, as well as experimental studies manipulating what people were asked to do with ‘found” money to shed light on the money-happiness link. These studies looked at the money-happiness link from different angles, suggesting the answer depends on how you frame the question.
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Good Health Habits at Age 60 and Beyond -- FamilyDoctor.org
Regular physical activity is also good for your brain. Studies have shown that people who do simple exercises (for example, walking briskly) on a regular basis are better able to make decisions than people who aren't physically active
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