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Posted by Wendy King on 02/09/2012
Vitamin E is one of our most important anti-oxidant vitamins. It fights against free radicals, helping to protect our arteries from cholesterol buildup and our cells from cancer. Vitamin E also keeps our blood cells flexible and healthy, and plays a role in reducing inflammation. Back in the 1980’s and ‘90’s, many doctors and [...]
02/08/2012Read More
With the cold and flu season still kicking around, heading out to the pharmacy every week can get annoying — and expensive. But finding the best solutions to fight your viruses can be right in front of you.We all know eating foods that are rich in nutrients can be good for our health, [...]
02/07/2012Read More
Piercing, shooting, burning, stabbing—even the vocabulary of chronic pain is distressing. Most people who live with it would do almost anything for relief. But medication can compound your problems with other risks: Narcotic painkillers and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs), for example, may cause gastrointestinal bleeding, heart attack, and stroke. The good news is, researchers are [...]
02/06/2012Read More
Love, when it involves an initial state of bliss, can later make you feel sick or crazy, whether or not the object of your affection has left your life. Bliss is an emotion that people seek. A surge of extreme pleasure and rapture is felt when it is activated, and you seem to transcend [...]
02/05/2012Read More
We all need second chances. This isn’t a perfect world. We’re not perfect people. I’m probably on my 1000th second chance right now and I’m not ashamed to admit it. Because even though I’ve failed a lot, it means I’ve tried a lot too. We rarely get things right the first time. Almost every [...]
02/04/2012Read More
By Jacob Sokol – “I’d always believed that a life of quality, enjoyment, and wisdom were my human birthright and would be automatically bestowed upon me as time passed. I never suspected that I would have to learn how to live – that there were specific disciplines and ways of seeing the world I [...]
02/01/2012Read More
In the past few years, scientists have become increasingly worried about the growing presence of synthetic chemicals in our bodies, and in our environment — and the connection these chemicals may have to cancer, hormonal imbalances, and many other diseases. These are not just the toxins leaking out of industrial dumps — they are [...]
01/30/2012Read More
Vitamins and minerals are essential to any diet, and research suggests they may help prevent cancer and heart disease, not to mention other health problems. But reality check: Many studies have been conducted on vitamin-containing food, but not necessarily supplements. In fact, if you eat a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and fortified food, [...]
01/29/2012Read More
I remember it like it was yesterday. I was seven and, after school one day, my mom agreed to take me to my favorite fast food joint for a burger, fries and a cola because I did well on a test. As we pulled into the parking lot, my mouth started to water. I literally [...]
01/24/2012Read More
By Wendy Eustace – This time of year a lot of people join gyms, go on diets, set goals and generally make attempts to improve their lives. As Dan Sullivan points out in “The Laws of Lifetime Growth”, Growth is a fundamental desire of all human beings. Whatever your goals for 2012; chances are that [...]
01/17/2012Read More
I have three teenage boys at home, and two of them are in their last year of high school. They are about as forgetful as any human being is capable of being. They routinely forget all kinds of things ranging from appointments, to chores, to homework assignments. With the older guys, I joke that [...]
