This blog examines twelve science-backed tips for healthy, vibrant skin.
Twelve Lifestyle Tips for Vibrant Skin
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Poliana D. Vale, M.D.
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Plant Foods Improve Your Heart’s Health
Higher consumption of fruit and vegetables was significantly associated with a lower risk of death from all causes, particularly from cardiovascular diseases. The average risk of death from all causes was reduced by 5% for each additional daily serving of fruit and...
Prevent a Gout Attack!
Will a gout attack cause you acute pain and cripple your daily activities? You can take effective preventative measures now, even if you have had a past history of gout! Discover three natural remedies that could ease a gout attack. What is Gout? Gout is the most...
Change Your Diet; Improve Your Allergies
More than 45 million Americans suffer from seasonal allergies. Dietary factors impact the course of seasonal allergies. Indeed, your diet can improve or aggravate your allergy symptoms. What foods help with seasonal allergies? What foods should be avoided during...
Could Optimism Improve Your Health?
Optimism leads to a hardiness that prolongs health. The Universities of Helsinki and Turku along with the University College of London, did a large observational study assessing the protective effects of an optimistic outlook on health. They found that individuals who...
Cancer Prevention Strategies: DNA Repair
Approximately one in three Americans will develop cancer sometime during their lives. In this article, we outline a lifestyle program that reduces cancer risk through DNA repair. Cancer originates in genes that are encoded in DNA. Genes tell a cell what to do, when to...
Self-Control Increases Your Happiness
“Self-control is the capacity to alter and regulate predominant response tendencies resulting in the inhibition of undesirable behaviors while promoting desirable ones to support the pursuit of long-term goals.”((Tracy T. L. Cheung. Why are people with high...
Hypertension: All Fired Up
To defeat high blood pressure or at least prevent its serious complication, we need more than the DASH diet and exercise. In this second article on hypertension, we address the role the nervous system plays in hypertension. To defeat hypertension or at the very...
Citrus: Brain Boosters and Mood Enhancers
Flavonoids, such as those found in citrus and kiwi, have been shown to be highly effective in preventing age-related cognitive decline in both animals and humans.Besides protecting brain cells from free radical damage, they provide multiple ways of protecting brain...
Lower High Blood Pressure Naturally
Nearly fifty percent of Americans have hypertension. Worldwide, statistics are not much better. Thirty-one percent of the world’s population has high blood pressure. Hypertension (HPT or HBP) is called the silent killer because often there is no sign or symptom until...