Diet & Fitness / Wellness
If you have a wound or irritation on your skin that doesn’t seem quite right or isn’t healing as it should, chances are it might be some kind of lesion. But is the skin lesion cancerous or not? That’s the important question. Lesions are defined as almost any type of…
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Diet & Fitness / Wellness
By Peter Rodrick Basically, osteoporosis means porous bones. In the Greek it translates as “passages through bones.” (This makes perfect sense if you look at the images of osteoporotic bone as opposed to normal bone.) Osteoporosis is a silent disease in that there is no physical sensation associated with it….
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Diet & Fitness / Wellness
If you watch the news or read the newspaper or magazines, it is easy to find a long list of reasons why you should lose or maintain your weight as well as an equally long – if not longer – list of unique diet ideas that are meant to make…
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Diet & Fitness / Wellness
In today’s world of monitoring everything from your body mass index to measuring your waistline, many people don’t realize that you can be fit and fat at the same time. It is extremely possible to be fit, yet considered overweight by many of today’s standards. A large part of this…
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Diet & Fitness / Wellness
Every time the seasons change 35 million Americans start sneezing, rubbing their watery eyes, blowing their stuffy noses, and itching like mad. They are the ranks of seasonal allergy sufferers, joined by another 50 million kindred souls who endure an even wider variety of allergic reactions to trees, grass, flowers,…
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Diet & Fitness / Wellness
The unique, wonderfully fragrant aroma of roast lamb sizzling in the oven with sprigs of rosemary, or freshly made pizza topped with the delightfully aromatic herb, oregano, are just some of those delicious memories that can be stored quietly at the back of our nasal sensory organs to be reminded…
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Diet & Fitness / Wellness
It appears that the medical profession the world over are all too quick to prescribe drugs rather than to suggest natural methods of lowering high blood pressure (hypertension). Most of these medicines can have undesirable side effects, so it is a good idea to look for natural methods. It has…
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Diet & Fitness / Wellness
For the morbidly obese, most of whom have tried the diet route without success, bariatric surgery may be the last best option. With the range of obesity related diseases and obesity itself on the rise, bariatric surgery and its quick weight loss may be the solution for a return to…
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Diet & Fitness / Wellness
Several years ago, it was all over the news. Free radicals were damaging — we all had them, and antioxidants were the solution. But what role do free radicals play in damaging the body, and how are we supposed to get rid of them? How do antioxidants work and what…
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Diet & Fitness / Wellness
by Dr. John Anne The causes of diabetes are still not fully understood. Neither are medical scientists able to explain why some people develop diabetes and others don’t. Certain factors have, however, been clearly identified that contribute to the development of diabetes. Is Diabetes Inherited? Heredity is a major factor….
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