Important Points to Consider Before Taking Supplements

Just alone in the United States of America, more than half of the population take some form of supplement, spending more than U.S.$20 billion a year in an effort to help maintain good health and well-being. Around the world, more and more people are reaching to vitamin supplements to attempt to better their health.But how [...]

CoQ10 – Be Good to Your Heart

CoQ10 is one of the most popular and fastest growing supplements in the US. With more than 8,000 people in the US turning 60 every day, the growing list of ways that CoQ10 benefits emerging seniors is getting a lot of attention. More than $413 million was spent on CoQ10 supplements in 2007, and the [...]

Are Calorie-Blocker Pills Really Effective?

Weight-loss claims exaggerate real evidence. Anyone exposed to commercials on television, radio or the Internet has probably witnessed ads for diet products that claim to absorb fat or block calories in the digestive tract. Many of these nonprescription supplements base their claims on a kernel of scientific fact, but the truth is that these claims [...]

Diesel Exhaust Linked to Various Cancers

The risk of ovarian cancer increases with increased exposure to diesel exhaust, according to a study published in the International Journal of Cancer. “Occupational exposure to diesel exhaust has been classified as probably carcinogenic and that to gasoline engine exhaust as possibly carcinogenic to humans,” a spokesman of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki,stated. [...]

Slow Down on the French Fries

About seven years ago, Swedish researchers caused an uproar when they reported that starchy foods like french fries, crackers, potato chips, and even bread and breakfast cereals contain acrylamide, a chemical that causes cancer in lab animals.Acrylamide is produced when carbohydrates are cooked at high temperatures—that is, fried, grilled, baked, or toasted. Scientists have long [...]

Woman to Woman Talk

A few words of wisdom…. If you are a woman, there are things you can do to reduce your chances of developing diabetes, or, if you have diabetes, to help prevent long-term complications: * Maintain a healthy lifestyle by eating the right foods and getting regular exercise. Some diabetes may be prevented with weight control [...]

Losing Weight with 5 Simple Steps

Are you ready to lose weight but aren’t sure how to start? Worry no more. Follow these five simple steps to weight loss today. No more delays. No more waiting until next week. No more looking for the perfect diet. No more fad diets that cost bushels of money and don’t work. Follow these simple [...]

Don’t Forget Men When You Think Calcium

When it comes to the question of calcium in-take, everyone seems to focus on women and children. The concern for children is obviously their need to build strong bones. Women, of course, have the unfortunate threat of osteoporosis from menopause. Men on the other hand … not so much. The truth is, though, men should [...]

The Hidden Danger of Diaper Changing

If for some reason you need encouragement to wash your hands after changing your child’s diaper, consider this: People who change diapers have a greatly increased risk of contracting an unpleasant infection known as giardiasis. Caused by a microscopic parasite, giardia lamblia, giardiasis produces diarrhea, stomach cramps,bloating, nausea, fatigue and sometimes joint pain in those [...]

Can’t Floss – Use Mouth Rinse

People who don’t floss their teeth may get the same benefit from regularly rinsing their mouth with the antiseptic Listerine, according to a study findings. However, these results should not encourage people to abandon flossing, and, ideally, people should brush, floss and use Listerine, a study author stated. Rinsing with Listerine is “another way to [...]

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