Diet & Fitness / Wellness
Experiencing some mild to moderate discomfort once in a while after eating is not uncommon. But feeling bloated, achy or numb after each meal isn’t normal. At the root of the problem could be gluten sensitivity symptoms. You don’t have to live with the discomfort associated with gluten sensitivity. Even…
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Fatigue…Weight gain…Depression…Hair loss… They are common symptoms to an underlying health problem, one that leaves many women asking “Do I have an underactive thyroid?” The answer is — it’s quite possible. An underactive thyroid can cause many health problems. Hypothyroidism is more common than you might think — up to…
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Diet & Fitness / Wellness
Cellulite affects nearly 90 percent of women, and contrary to popular belief, cellulite can appear on skinny, average weight or overweight individuals. Cellulite is not so much a weight condition as it is a skin condition; cellulite appears when fat cells get trapped directly underneath the skin’s surface, which results…
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Typically, childhood vaccinations are monitored and meticulously recorded on special sheets from the pediatrician’s office while adult vaccinations are often forgotten or overlooked by health care providers. Approximately 50,000 people die each year from diseases that could be prevented with vaccinations, 36,000 of those deaths are due to the influenza…
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Pain is normally your body’s way of signaling that there’s something amiss. So when you feel pain in your breast, you may panic and assume the worst — breast cancer. Could breast pain be a sign of cancer? It’s possible. But the good news is that pain doesn’t usually signal…
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Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disorder and a common cause of hyperthyroidism, or an overactive thyroid gland. A person suffering from Graves’ disease has a thyroid that produces too many hormones. These hormones affect different bodily functions and parts of the body, so Graves’ disease symptoms are diverse. Graves’ disease…
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Whether you need to lose 20 pounds or 100, hopping on that scale and discovering that you’ve lost 10 percent of your total goal can have powerful benefits, both mentally and physically. Here are 10 reasons why: 1. Ten percent is an achievable first goal. Instead of fretting about all…
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For years, vitamins and other supplements were viewed as a “one size fits all.” However, many recent studies have differentiated between men and women and have discovered supplements that are especially beneficial for women. Here are the top 10 nutrients for women: Folic acid or folate Folate, or synthetic folic…
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by Rick Kelly Whether you are right in the middle of a diet and exercise program or successfully completing one, the main thing that you will notice is that the amount of fat you are burning off is slowing down. Those amazing results that you experienced when you first started…
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By Peter Hutch Acid reflux disorder, also known as gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD, is a condition worthy of ample attention. This chronic and complicated health problem affects the digestive tract by causing inflammation and even permanent damage to the esophagus. Because it affects a great number of people world-wide,…
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