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Why is it that less than two percent of people who lose weight keep it off? Why do New Year’s resolutions or our good intentions so often fail? Toward the end of the article, you will learn powerful secrets from Florence, Stanley, and Lilo on how to build willpower...
Want to lose weight? Want to improve your digestion? Here is a tip. Chew your food thoroughly. Why? What other benefits does chewing food offer? You may be surprised! Helps Weight Management and Satiety Researchers at Iowa State University found that chewing food...
Uterine fibroids (leiomyoma) are usually benign tumors that are in the smooth muscle tissue of the uterus (womb). Overall, these tumors are fairly common and occur in about 50% to 80% of women by the time they reach age 50. Uterine fibroids (UF) can be as small as a...
The average age of onset for rheumatoid arthritis (R.A.) is between 30 to 60 years of age. What is worse is that children can develop RA. About 1.3 million adults in the U.S. have rheumatoid arthritis. Women are three times more likely to get it than men. Like so many...
Regarding lab testing for atherosclerosis or heart disease, it is not wise to assess one's risk based solely on LDL and HDL cholesterol levels. The particle size of LDL cholesterol counts, too. Small dense LDLs are the most atherogenic. Higher HDL levels are...
Persistent inflammation fuels most chronic diseases and is a major player in the complications of viral illnesses. If you have a chronic disease–arthritis, diabetes, hypertension, atherosclerosis, obesity, or chronic major depression, these science-validated...
So how can we reduce stress? Identify the stressors we can change! A stressor, among other definitions, is a violation of any law that governs our beings. So, in this article, we will consider physical laws that we often overlook. If we want less stress and superior...
Adjust Your Perspective At a women's conference, prime front seats were erroneously double-ticketed. Many of the ladies who had previously arranged for front seats were delegated to the back. Their unhappiness with the seating arrangements threatened to derail the...
If you had a magic pill that would reduce your risk for cancer between 30% or more, the threat from dying from heart disease by 32%, reduce your risk for type 2 diabetes by 47-78 %, and taste good—wouldn’t you take it? In this article we will show how a vegetarian...
Salt affects blood pressure. If you are deficient in sodium, your blood pressure can drop too low! However, if you regularly consume salty and sodium-rich processed foods, you can increase your risk for five other medical conditions besides hypertension! Find out...