All Entries in the "Health And Diet" Category
10 unhealthy foods in your refrigerator
You know you’re courting nutritional disaster if you order the fettucine alfredo or double bacon cheeseburger when you’re eating out. But what about unhealthy foods right in your own refrigerator? If you’re like most of us, it probably holds some basic food products that are adding extra calories, salt, fat, and/or sugar to your everyday [...]
Omega-3 Fatty Acids Can Benefit Your Health and The Way You Feel
You need omega-3 fatty acids in order to maintain a healthy heart. You may be wondering does my body produce this on its own? What foods have this fat in them? Isn’t fat bad for me? I would like to answer these questions and more in the following paragraphs. Our bodies don’t produce this fat [...]
Free Radicals, exercise, oxidative stress, antioxidants, alkaline ionized water, vitamin supplements, antioxidant supplements
Working out actually increases the amount of oxygen we utilize by ten to twenty times. This can also lead to the problem of free radical generation in the body which leads to increased muscular and tissue damage. So, how should athletes defend themselves against this free radical damage when their job is to workout on [...]
Ginseng (American ginseng, Asian ginseng, Chinese ginseng, Korean red ginseng, Panax ginseng
Ginseng (American ginseng, Asian ginseng, Chinese ginseng, Korean red ginseng, Panax ginseng: Panax spp., including P. ginseng C.C. Meyer and P. quinquefolius L., excluding Eleutherococcus senticosus) Background The term ginseng refers to several species of the genus Panax . For more than 2,000 years, the roots of this slow-growing plant have been valued in Chinese [...]
Why did my fabulous laser eyes go lazy again?
Victoria Lambert’s eye surgery was so good she could see for miles. Now she’s back wearing glasses. read more
How a chance meeting in a chippy saved this man’s sight
John Burns, 66, had been ignoring a tiny lump near his left eye for months. But when a stranger, who was also ordering a takeaway, told him to have it checked out he finally decided to act. read more
Pregnant woman ‘died’ several times after heart attack… then gave birth to a healthy baby a week later
A mother who suffered a heart attack and ‘died’ several times gave birth to a son eight days later. Cheryl Crisp, 35, was six months pregnant when she passed out in her car. read more
Me and my operation: Surgeons cured my dicky heart with giant magnets
Kevin Freestone, a builder from Kent, was one of the first people to benefit from a faster, less risky technique to treat arrhythmia using one-tonne magnets. read more
After her sons were born with a terminal illness, a mother explains how a team of carers has helped her family cope
Sidney Read died aged three from a rare degenerative illness. His brother Freddie has the same condition. The only way their parents and sister can cope with their ordeal is with the help of an extraordinary team of nurses called the Shining Lights. read more
Three daily cups of tea can reduce risk of stroke
The great British cuppa can protect against stroke, a study has found. Drinking just three cups of tea a day reduces the risk of brain clots by 21 per cent, scientists found. read more
Teeth-whitening sales soar 15% as Britons grow more image conscious
It seems more of us want dazzling teeth. And that has put a smile on the face of makers of products such as whitening kits and special toothpastes. read more
‘One day I too will watch my darling son die’: The two mothers who understand Cameron’s pain
The heart-rending testimonies of two mothers who understand the anguish of David Cameron, who lost his six-year-old son Ivan. read more
Cancer missed 20 times: Sue’s horrifying story shows how bad doctors STILL are at spotting the silent killer
Sue went to her GP in agony for over a year but was told she just had a sinus bug. In fact, it was ovarian cancer. Her horrifying story shows how bad doctors still are at spotting this killer. read more
A tube up the nose could help thousands of sleep apnoea sufferers stop snoring
A new device could improve the lives of thousands of sufferers with a common snoring condition. read more
