Benefits and Side Effects of Vitamin C
Benefits and Side Effects of Vitamin C
Common cold or fever, wound or fracture, Vitamin C is the common solution. This vitamin helps in increasing the immune system by boosting the nutrients required. It also helps in reducing the histamine levels and aids in curing cold and fever.
The collagen content in the vitamin plays a vital role in healing the wounds. When used externally, this also acts as a very good sunscreen by protecting the skin from damages caused by UV rays. Citrus juice acts as natural bleach to the skin and as body coolant. Due to these properties, …
Type 2 Diabetes – Heart Healthy Diet Tips for Diabetics
Type 2 Diabetes – Heart Healthy Diet Tips for Diabetics
Do you want to have a healthier heart? If you are a person with Type 2 diabetes, having a healthy heart is extremely important when it comes to preventing long-term, potentially fatal complications. Heart disease and hypertension are two of the most common complications a Type 2 diabetic will face. Once you have diabetes, your risk for heart disease can be four times greater.
Here are some heart healthy dietary tips for you to keep in mind and put into practice.
1. First of all, use low-fat cooking methods whenever …
Benefits of CBD Products for Athletes
Athletes involve their bodies with a lot of performance, causing pressure on their bodies. This may lead to inflammation or even pain in untraceable parts of their bodies. In the past, when CBD products were not common and appreciated in the sports industry, most athletes subjected their bodies to the use of painkillers.
Most health experts can confirm that prolonged use of painkillers causes depression as well as a weak immune system. The best way to replace this is the use of CBD products, which most of them have been said to be the best for athletes. More details on …
7 Foods That Are Good for Your Thighs
7 Foods That Are Good for Your Thighs
Most women struggle somewhat with the shape or “chunkyness” of their thighs. A lot of this is due to genetics, gender, and a whole list of things that are beyond our control. We do however make matters worse by eating foods that are easily transformed into fat and as many of us tend to deposit fat on our bottom half first, we turn ourselves into pears.
There are quite a few foods though, of which I’m only going to mention 7 right now, that help the body to more easily burn its …
Healthy Eating – The Benefits of Rhubarb
Healthy Eating – The Benefits of Rhubarb
Rhubarb is botanically recognised as Rheum rhabarbarum and is a member of the Polygonaceae family. The leaves of Rhubarb are toxic but they are also bitter. It is thought that for the amount needed to produce toxic effect one could not handle eating it at that level. Needless to say the leaves of Rhubarb are not edible.
The stalks of rhubarb are the edible part of the plant. It grows similar to silverbeet with deep red stalks eaten as both a sweet and savoury food. It is often assumed that rhubarb is a …
Chlorella Health Benefits – Detoxification of Heavy Metals
Chlorella Health Benefits – Detoxification of Heavy Metals
It is no surprise that we encounter thousands of toxins every day. Toxins and heavy metals can be found everywhere, including in our food, our water, and even our air! Over time, dangerous levels of heavy metals and toxins can build up in our bodies which lead to serious health issues. However, many people with extreme amounts of heavy metals and toxins in their bodies may not even realize it because symptoms are often similar to several other health issues. Have you ever:
Felt tired and fatigued?
Felt stressed?
Felt a decrease …
Healthy Heart Lifestyle and Symptoms of Heart Disease
Healthy Heart Lifestyle and Symptoms of Heart Disease
This article is a brief discussion of the more common symptoms of two classes of heart disease. These are cardiovascular and rheumatic heart diseases. Nothing in this article should be considered as medical advice in any way. The statements herein are intended solely for information to heighten awareness of a health problem that claims the lives of more men and women than any other disease. And, this is by no means a complete coverage of this topic.
The symptoms of heart disease seem to fall in two broad categories, cardiovascular, and rheumatic. …
Healthy Heart Eating – Part 2
Healthy Heart Eating – Part 2
Billion Dollar Industry
Over Treating Patients:
o With doctors doing about 400,000 bypass surgeries and 1 million angioplasties a year — part of a heart-surgery industry worth an estimated $100 billion a year — the question of whether these operations are overused has enormous medical and economic implications.
o Harvard’s Dr. Laham suggests that as many as 400,000 of the angioplasties done in the U.S. each year may be medically unwarranted. “I’m sure we are way overtreating our patients.”
Good Guidelines:
A study done by the Medical University of South Carolina in 2007 on …
Have You Heard of Lymphatic Detoxification?
Have You Heard of Lymphatic Detoxification?
The lymphatic system is a key pathway of detoxification and stimulating this pathway can help our bodies cope with the daily toxic burden of synthetic chemicals, pollutants and toxins we are exposed to.
In fact, the lymphatic system is a complex drainage network involving fluids, vessels and organs. Its primary role is to remove cellular waste, proteins, foreign bodies, excess fluid, toxins and other microorganisms and return them to the bloodstream. Via the lymph nodes, this system helps to filter out toxins purify our bodies of waste.
There are approximately 6-10 litres of lymph …