Monthly Archive: August 2011

Spice Up Your Health

Spice Up Your Health

This month has More Herbs, Less Salt Day — an occasion designed to encourage herbal intake and less sodium in your daily diet. Flavor your food with these feisty items: Oregano. While it seasons...

Water Aerobics

Water Aerobics

Water’s natural buoyancy gently resists your efforts — strengthening muscles without stressing your joints or back. It’s perfect for senior citizens, pregnant women, and anyone recovering from injury. The over-exaggerated nature of these exercises...

Family Fun

Family Fun

Busy schedules mean families have little time to play together. In honor of Family Fun Month, try these ideas to help foster confidence, bonding, and health in you and your kids. Host a mini...

Heirloom Tomatoes

Heirloom Tomatoes

Great tomato flavor that has been passed down for generations! Unique in shape, color, size, and flavor, heirloom tomatoes are fast becoming the most popular tomatoes around. For those who appreciate a tomato in...

Bragg Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Bragg Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil

If your health is as important to you as flavor, aroma and taste, take a look at olive oil! Here’s great news: Olive oil is considered a “perfect food”. It has been used for...

Right on Sight

Right on Sight

Even razor-sharp vision is vulnerable to damage and degeneration. Stay focused with these reminders for keeping your peepers keen. Clarity check: Take advantage of August’s National Eye Exam Month to schedule your regular appointment....

Why Age Matters

Why Age Matters

Fertility and aging You were born with your life supply of eggs already in place – usually about two million of them. However, from the moment you were born these eggs began to die,...

Old Time Health Secrets

Old Time Health Secrets

Even with up-to-date health news, we can learn from generations past. Stay current with these secrets your grandma already knew: Daily kickoff. Eat a big breakfast. Research shows consuming most of your calories —...

Sweet Temptations

Sweet Temptations

Healthy living doesn’t mean foregoing your favorite treats forever. Don’t desert dessert; try these ideas for keeping taste and health on the same page. Minimize: Moderation is critical to eating well. Use small dessert...

Family Time

Family Time

With endless errands and hectic workloads, tight schedules often cast quality family time by the wayside. Reinstate togetherness as a priority with a few creative techniques for incorporating fun, fitness, and family into your...

What’s in Your Water?

What’s in Your Water?

Your water may look refreshingly clear, but is it? Depending on where you live and where the water comes from, invisible microbial agents, chemicals, and debris can flood your H2O. From arsenic and lead...

Pinpointing Health

Pinpointing Health

Acupuncture and acupressure therapies aim to restore balance when the natural flow of energy, or qi (chi), thought to support wellness, is disrupted or blocked. Many people report relief from pain and other symptoms...

Pre-conception Care

Pre-conception Care

In suggesting a three-month period of pre-conception care, the aim is to encourage you to look at all the different aspects of your lifestyle, such as your diet (including the vitamins and supplements you...

How to Pump Your Milk

How to Pump Your Milk

Pumping milk is when you squeeze milk from your breasts by hand or by a pump, store it, and save it in a container so you can feed your baby later. It’s a great...

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding

Doctors, midwives, and even manufacturers of baby formula agree that breastfeeding is best for both you and your new baby. For this reason, I encourage you to give it a try. No sooner has...

Hair Loss

Hair Loss

Your hair follicles need estrogen to function properly and for your hair to grow. As estrogen levels fall during menopause, you may find tat you have increasingly regular bad-hair days. A gradual loss or...

Color Your World

Color Your World

According to recent research, color paints your perspective, thoughts, feelings, even your cognitive function — suggesting that when it comes to the spectrum of light, there’s more than meets the eye. Before choosing hues...

Walk Support

Walk Support

Your feet may sustain the bulk of the burden, but walking is a whole-body job that requires muscular strength, flexibility, and balance — from the tips of your toes to the top of your...

Neutralize Nitrites

Neutralize Nitrites

The debate surrounding the potential health dangers of nitrites — the chemical used to preserve processed meats — has been going on for 40 years. Some reports debunk concerns, citing that vegetables contain higher...

Period Pain

Period Pain

Known medically as dysmenorrheal, period pain is caused by substances called prostaglandins. Many prostaglandins are healthy, but some are unhealthy and can increase your sensitivity to pain. Around ten percent of the women who...

Lights Out

Lights Out

At the end of each day, the sun melts beneath the horizon and evening steps in — bringing bedtime for most. Yet under the blanket of night, electricity illuminates the world. RANDOM EDIT Experts...

Miracle Berries?

Miracle Berries?

Exotic berries are gaining attention for their unique tastes and health benefits. Check out 3 of these fruit sensations from afar. Goji berries: Harvested for 6000 years in the Tibetan Himalayas and Mongolian subtropics,...

Freshen Your Refreshment

Freshen Your Refreshment

During the summer months, hydration can be a problem, especially if water seems to bore your taste buds. Dazzle your H2O by adding a hint of flavor… and give your mouth the incentive to...

Vinegar Power

Vinegar Power

Vinegar is more than a condiment or preservative. Acetic fermentation of fruits or sugars produces a potent super force that can conquer everything from toenail fungus to morning sickness. Check out these versatile applications:...

Hi-Hiccup Relief

Hi-Hiccup Relief

Although they’re sometimes painful, and can in rare cases point to an underlying health concern — like acid reflux, metabolic disorders, or even tumors in the nervous system — hiccups are usually annoying at...

Overactive Thyroid

Overactive Thyroid

If your thyroid gland produces too much thyroid hormone, you’re said to have an overactive thyroid, a condition known as hyperthyroidism. It means that your body systems go into overdrive. Although hyperthyroidism can occur...

Rut Strut

Rut Strut

Keep your walks interesting with these boredom busters: Play switcharoo. If your schedule permits, consider transplanting your walk to another time. If you’re used to greeting the day with a break-of-dawn hike, try strapping...