In today’s heavily polluted world, it is more important than ever before that we take care of our lungs. It is no longer enough to just not smoke and avoid second hand smoke. Nowadays, your lungs can become contaminated with irritants and pollutants just by stepping outside. This is actually the reason that people have begun to wear facial masks…
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Migraines can be some of the biggest inconveniences to your comfort and overall quality of life. For most people, migraines are nothing more than an occasional inconvenience, but there is a sizable group of people that are chronic migraine sufferers. These people can easily find themselves following a regimen of over the counter pain killers. Taking too many pain killers…
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It is good to cleanse your body every once in a while, as a means of making sure everything is working up to speed. Strictly speaking, liver does not need to be cleansed, as its entire function is to cleanse the body of toxins. Cleansing the liver is akin to attempting to wash a bar of a soap, you can…
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It is important to regulate your cholesterol levels, as your cholesterol plays a pretty significant role in heart disease. There are two types of cholesterol levels, LDL “bad” cholesterol and “good” HDL cholesterol. Like most things to do with your body and your health, your cholesterol levels are affected most by your diet. Below are some foods that you can…
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Research has shown that a low carb diet could help to reduce and treat osteoarthritis pain of the knee, which is one of the most common forms of arthritis. One of the reasons that the low carb diet is able to counteract the pain caused by the arthritis is because it can reduce levels of oxidative stress, which is a…
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a very debilitating autoimmune disease that inflames your joints and causes your joints and body to experience damage and pain. Joints affected by rheumatoid arthritis experience a bit of a strange physiological phenomenon; when you have pain in one joint, the opposite corresponding joint will experience the same pain. Other forms of arthritis, such as osteoarthritis…
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Red wine is obviously made from grapes, and as such, has the same components as grapes. Grapes have several amazing antioxidants, including catechins, epicatechin, resveratrol, and proanthocyanins. The resveratrol comes from the grape skin and provides heart healthy benefits and anti-aging benefits. Grapes also contain flavonoids; the most important are the anthocyanins, the flavonoids responsible for giving red wine its…
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