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How you manage your muscles now might affect your future more than you realize! Because muscle strength is directly associated with functionality and independence, it is important to keep your muscles toned up, because shrinking skeletal muscle mass can lead to...
What can one do to relieve coughing caused by the common cold or influenza? Effective remedies might just be in your kitchen pantry or bathroom! Contrast Showers Alternating hot and cold showers as tolerated; hot water for 1 ½ minutes and cold water for 30 seconds;...
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...
If you are sedentary, a 5 minute exercise break every 2 to 3 hours helps to reverse the negative effects of sitting. (1)((Indiana University. “Taking short walking breaks found to reverse negative effects of prolonged sitting.” ScienceDaily. 8 September 2014.))...
“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...
A few studies show that consuming kiwifruit has a beneficial effect on the immune system. It helps to reduce the incidence and severity of symptoms of upper respiratory tract infections. And it potentially could be more beneficial than supplementation with vitamin C...
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...
Globally, the World Health Organization estimates that depression affects more than 100 million people. The use of antidepressants is only fully effective in about 30-40 % of depressed persons, initially. One-third of depressed individuals remain so, even after using...
High blood pressure damages the brain by adversely affecting the following: ((American Heart Association. “New imaging technique detects early brain damage from hypertension.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 17 September 2015....
Frequent consumption of berries will improve your health if you have diabetes or atherosclerosis, as well as decrease your risk for developing these illnesses. Here’s why. Cardiovascular Protection Harvard researchers followed 100,000 young and middle-aged women for...