Our hearts beat throughout our lives, an estimated three billion beats per lifetime on average. It never stops as long as we are alive, that is! When we worry about a deadline, run to catch a bus, read a book or email, cheer for our favorite team, and even when we are asleep, it keeps [...]
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High BP: Understanding the numbers
When it comes to heart rate and blood pressure, numbers matter. Both blood pressure and heart rate are reported in numbers. Except you have dealt with them, you may not really know what those numbers mean. Even people who have had their blood pressure checked do not really understand the numbers. Most doctors tell their [...]
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Superstar rap artists, Daz EFX once said “Check yourself before you wreck yourself”. They were not talking about your heart rate nor your blood pressure! But I think its good advice when it comes to heart rate and blood pressure: checking it frequently is a good idea.
Many factors come to play in elevating blood pressure levels: [...]
Quiz: answers
1. Erratic heartbeats always mean heart attacks.
False. Erratic heartbeats almost never mean a heart attack. They very common, almost everyone’s heart skips a beat now and again; heart flutters, or flip-flop are also common place. An abnormal heart rhythm without chest pain or shortness of breath is not a severe condition. However, it should be [...]
New Year, New Start
It’s a new year, yay! 2010, alright. After the celebrations, the congratulations, and the jubilations, you make resolutions. The most common resolution is weight loss or some health related resolve. Well, if weight loss is in your plans for 2010, or quitting smoking, or just improved digestion and health, I hereby suggest a cleanse. A cleanse [...]
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There are many good herbs that help the body cleanse itself from different toxins. Nature’s Sunshine Products has put together herbs, minerals and vitamins targeted to various cleansing needs.
However, before you go on a cleanse, make sure your energy level is high enough for one. To be sure ask an herbalist, your doctor, or medical [...]
Natural Hair Care
On average there are 120,000 hair strands on our head, and like the rest of the body, they need to be fed. The saying “You are what you eat” also applies to your hair. Whatever you consume or lack in your diet reflects on your locks also.
That makes hair analysis one of the most accurate [...]
Six weeks to perfect skin
The skin is the largest organ in the human body. More often than not it defines us. No matter how healthy you may be or how good you feel on the inside, your skin tells your health story in a rather strident tone. Nothing speaks well of your health condition like young smooth flourishing skin.
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…Natural hair care continued.
However, there are guidelines for average need and some specific nutrients and supplements you can focus on while working on certain needs.
For example:
Dry hair- usually due to a lack of essential fatty acids. Eating foods high in EFAs also help boost protein that is necessary for glossy hair.
Oily hair- determined by genes, [...]
The Bushman’s 10 Commandments To Healthy Skin
Thou shalt have no other foods but organic foods, fresh fruits, raw nuts, and vegetables.
Thou shalt not put on thy skin anything that thou would not eat, or any likeness of anything that is not in thy dinner plate, or that is not natural, or that is not in thy refrigerator, or thy pantry.
Thou shalt [...]