Monthly Archive: March 2012

Earthy, essential

Today’s lesson is all about minerals. I know that to some people learning about minerals is about as exciting as watching water boil. Not me, I think minerals are fascinating. These essential nutrients play...

Cancer-fighting tips

When it comes to fighting cancer, the good news is that many kinds are subject to delay or avoidance by making healthy lifestyle choices. Some of the behavioral tweaks recommended by a leading cancer...

What’s Keeping You Awake?

Being complex creatures living in a complex world, many factors can have an impact on our sleep. Here you will find some short tips to help you make some important lifestyle changes that will...

Ways to Avoid an Asthma Attack

Ways to Avoid an Asthma Attack

Take vitamin C – Lack of vitamin C can cause asthma, high-dose vitamin C relieves it. Researchers have found that asthma is linked to both a decreased preference for foods containing vitamin C and...

Quit Fooling Around

Quit Fooling Around

You don’t have to trick yourself into eating healthy. Good nutrition to feel great, build energy, and keep your body and mind in top condition doesn’t mean giving up your favorite foods: Keep it...

Vitamins that support hair health

Vitamin B3 (Niacin): It nourishes hair follicles and promotes blood circulation to the scalp. It is found in fish, chicken and wheat germ. Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid): It prevents the graying of hair and...

Symptoms of Asthma

Symptoms of Asthma

Wheezing with a cold (usually also with a fever) The majority of colds turn into “chest colds” Wheezing while not sick (“out of the blue”) Wheezing is a squeaking, musical sound produced when breathing...

Have you fed your brain lately?

Have you ever wondered what happens to the food you eat every day? Vitamins, minerals and other nutrients from your diet help to nourish your body, passing through blood vessels to your internal organ...

Sleep Deficit

Sleep Deficit

People often shrug off fatigue for lack of sleep. But while tiredness is a health risk in its own right (sleep deprivation can cause heart trouble and raise your susceptibility to accidents), it can...

Facts About Whole Grains

Facts About Whole Grains

In the past whole grains were mostly used to provide fiber and promote digestive health. But recent studies show that whole grains provide much more, including additional vitamins and minerals, plus high levels of...

Healthy Eating While at Work

Healthy Eating While at Work

A busy work schedule can present challenges to eating healthy. You have limited time and energy to think about your food choices. It’s tempting to skip meals or to eat foods high in calories,...

Ask about drugs, supplements

I have had several alerts on the potential problem created by specific “statins” —- medications taken by many, young and elderly, to control cholesterol. On the other side of the coin, there is consistent...

Snack Sense

Snack Sense

The munchies aren’t a bad thing, depending on what you choose to eat. Research shows that snacking on healthy foods between meals can actually make your metabolism more effective, aid weight loss, and help...

Getting enough vitamins

In addition to texting, making calls and surfing the Web, you may want to consider using your smartphone — yes, your dandy cellphone — to help manage your health. For quick health advice in...

Mega-Dose Vitamins Therapy

Mega-Dose Vitamins Therapy

Safety of Nutritional Supplements There was not even one death caused by an dietary supplement in either 2008 or 209, according to the most recent information collected by the U.S. National Poison Data System...

How to get kids to take their vitamins

How to get kids to take their vitamins

You cannot expect a small child to swallow a tablet or a chunk of a tablet. You can crush the tablet (or tablet fraction) and give the resulting powder in juice or mixed in...

Iron-Deficiency Anemia

Iron-Deficiency Anemia

Iron is part of the make-up of hemoglobin and myoglobin (“heme”, as in blood; “myo”, as in muscle). These substances have the remarkable ability to grab onto or release oxygen and carbon dioxide at...

Kids and vitamin E

Kids and vitamin E

We use to prick both ends of vitamin E capsules and squeeze the contents into a teaspoonful of non-allergenic juice to get an infant to take the vitamin. There also are water-soluble fatty vitamin...

Vitamin D and the Sun

Vitamin D and the Sun

A big change was brought about by the advent of UV-blocking sunscreen lotions used to prevent skin cancer. The feared skin cancers have a relationship to sun exposure. Some develop from precancerous lesions, such...