You can eat well for less with simple cooking techniques. Processed food companies tell us that it’s hard to cook, takes too much time and expensive. “You deserve a break today“. Give me a break. This is a myth. Check out the website, https://www.ewg.org/goodfood/ Here are a few quick tips. Breakfast: Smoothie half cup of […]
But 1st , have you ever wondered about those little stickers on fruits and vegetables. Aside from being a pain in neck trying to get them off, the numbers on the stickers tell the cashier the price to charge you for the item. They are called price lookup codes. PLU If you […]
Easing Your Tension Headaches: 7 Tips from a Chiropractor Combine stress, repetitive activities and poor posture, and what do you get? Tension headaches. They encircle your head like a too-tight crown. “Fortunately, you can do a lot on your own to prevent or relieve tension-type headaches,” says chiropractor Andrew Bang, DC. “You don’t always […]
How many times have you heard it’s unhealthy to eat a certain food or food group. Then a new study comes out telling you that the food group or food is healthy. You have to be confused by now. I’d like to clear up the issue about fats. In 1988 the Department of Health […]
Your environment is likely the most important predictor of your overall health and wellness. Your health is a microcosm of your environment. Your health is essentially a distillation of how your body responses to the environment. A good way to address this is to become more aware and start making some small changes in […]
With the hectic pace of day-to-day life, many people don’t get the recommended amount of sleep each night. According to the National Sleep Foundation, adults typically need between 7 and 9 hours of sleep per night in order to function at their best. Getting a few less hours a night for a couple days […]
The World Health Association (WHO) has announced a review into potential risks of plastic in drinking water after a new analysis of some of the world’s most popular bottled water brands found more than 90% contain tiny pieces of plastic. A previous study also found high levels of micro plastic and tap water. In the […]
It’s well documented that 70 to 80% of our healthcare dollars are spent on chronic disease. The medical treatment for chronic disease, you can say, is treatment by numbers. If your blood pressure is up, we have to lower that number. If you cholesterol is up, we have to lower that number. Diabetes […]
John Ellis M.D., an orthopedic surgeon has written extensively about treating carpal tunnel with vitamin B6. He suggests that 400 to 600 mg of B6 taken 1 to 3 times a day for 1 or 2 months can reverse the condition. B6 is useless if you are deficient in Zinc. Zinc deficiencies are created […]
Anti-Aging. It seems like every new product related to health is some sort of antiaging pill potion or lotion. Guess what, we are all aging. The real pursuit should be aging gracefully, with full function of mind body and soul. There are ways of predicting your aging process. There’s a number of tests used […]