Recent studies are showing that caffeine is beneficial to our general health. Studies have suggested that caffeine helps boost our memory and has helped patients suffering with Alzheimer’s disease. However, more recent research indicates that caffeine helps prevent skin cancer and it doesn’t matter whether you drink it or apply it topically via sunscreen lotions, [...]
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Hypertension
Hypertension is a blood pressure measurement greater than 140/90mm of Hg. About one in three adults suffer with high blood pressure which is also known as the ‘silent killer’ because often hypertension does not come with noticeable symptoms and the risk of stroke, heart attack, or kidney failure is very high. Today’s society encourages us [...]
What is wrong with a little cellulite?
My teen aged daughter had been visiting a friend and returned home with a popular women’s magazine. The front page featured a famous celebrity in a bathing costume, looking in good shape. Several pages into the magazine, the exposée continued with more celebrities, including ones known for their ‘hot’ bodies. The problem I had with [...]
Looks Can Be Deceiving
Would you rather look healthy than be healthy? A client of mine said that she wanted to look more healthy and as I thought about what she had said, it struck me that we often wish for the wrong things and then wonder why our lives take detours. It is so much easier to be [...]
How Can We Combat Childhood Obesity?
This topic is currently being discussed in The White House and I know it is difficult to come up with one solution that will work for all but we do need to address this before we completely reverse our mortality rates. I think that we need to start at the beginning of life. Women should [...]
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