YOUR HEALTH RESOLUTIONS FOR A HEALTHY CHINESE NEW YEAR

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The Year of the Green Wooden Rooster is upon us. At the stroke of midnight on the 9th of February 2005, the Chinese New Year will be celebrated. Since the year of the Rooster is about to commence, wouldn't it be nice to have some health resolutions for a healthy Chinese New Year? When you have a never-ending to-do list in today's fast-paced world, you are becoming busier than ever. Therefore, many other things are dropped down on your priority list. Usually, one of the first ones to drop in ...
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Jan 25 2012


How To Jump Rope For Health and Fitness

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Jan 18 2012


Is Chocolate A New Health Food?

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Could it be possible that our beloved chocolate may actually be good for us? This is the nutrition news we have all been waiting for. So here is the scoop on chocolate and its health benefits. Yes, you read right, health benefits! Recent studies show that cocoa and dark chocolate with a high cocoa content contain many heart-healthy antioxidants. They contain a compound called flavonoids which may help prevent the oxidation of LDL (bad) cholesterol and raise HDL (good) cholesterol levels in the ...
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Jan 12 2012


Cleaners and our health

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Many people use strong cleaners or acid cleaners to make the house clean and to get hard to clean stains out, but people don't realize that many cleaners are bad for our health they contain ingredient that irritate the skin and the fumes that those cleaner produce are dangerous if we inhale them. Many people suffer from asthma and other respiratory problems and using those type of cleaners in a place not well ventilated can be harmful for the health. A good way to help is using gloves and a ...
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Jan 08 2012


Hearing health resolutions for 2005

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With a New Year upon us, the annual tradition of forming resolutions of self-improvement is definitely in season. While many articles about New Year's resolutions focus on things like careers, education or relationships, this article discusses your hearing health and what you can do to make it better. For those of you don't give your hearing any thought, because you can hear just fine, make the resolution to have your hearing tested. In most cases, hearing loss is gradual, so you may not notice ...
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Jan 04 2012


The Isometric Diet and Balanced Health

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The concept isometric has been a part of the health care vocabulary for decades. The most common application of the term, until now, has been with respect to physical exercise. Taken from the Greek root word Iso, meaning equal, the familiar term Isometric exercises involves applying equal weight to achieve strength goals. Fairly recently, health researchers have discovered another innovative application of the isometric concept in the health care field: nutrition. These researchers have ...
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Dec 20 2011


5 Things You Must Do If You Want To Create Optimum Health

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1. Make the decision that you will create an optimum state of health Most people want to feel better than they currently do, however, they never truly decide that this will be one of their goals You must CHOOSE to create optimum health before you can achieve this level of health. 2. Be Committed To Create Optimum Health Once you make the decision to create an optimum state of health, then you must commit to this decision because there will be plenty of temptations that can easily knock you off ...
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Dec 18 2011


Health Supplement

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Health Supplement ' what is it? So what is a health supplement? Health supplement is a term that means products made of one or more of the fundamental nutrients, for example vitamins or minerals and which is very beneficial for our health. It provides you with some specific (or a mix of) vitamins, minerals, herbs, botanicals, amino acids, metabolites, etc. Our health depends on the correct intake of these nutrients and if the diet doesn't work, some type of health supplement or supplements ...
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Dec 12 2011


Air Moisture And Your Health

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Having clean air to breathe is not just a luxury and many people are learning about the various ways to improve air quality when they are indoors. One of the methods to help improve air quality is the use of humifiers and dehumidifiers to control the moisture in the air. Air moisture may not be something that you thought a lot about, but it could be a large contributing factor to the negative symptoms that you experience at times. That means then that air moisture can be a very important ...
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Dec 11 2011


Rev Up Your Digestion for Good Health

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5 Ways to Introduce Ayurvedic Principles into Your Daily Diet "You are what you eat." Right, but only 50% right, according to the ancient healing tradition of ayurveda. The combination of what you eat and what your body does with what you eat is what actually shapes health and well-being. According to ayurveda, you are unique, and your dietary needs are unique too, determined by your body constitution, age, the season, your environment and your needs for balance at any given time. But there are ...
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Dec 08 2011


Is Technology Robbing our Kids of Good Health?

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/p> Is Technology Robbing our Kids of Good Health? Today's kids are technologically smarter than we were at their age, but in some homes technology seems to have taken control of our children's lives. Many parents don't realize the underlying effect it's having on their children's health. Hardly a day goes by that we don't hear a news report on childhood obesity. With our children coming home from school, sitting in front of the computer or spending time playing video games it's no wonder ...
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Dec 02 2011


The magic of pain free good health

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Has the use of aromas and herbs, only recently been appreciated for their healing, and recuperative qualities? Most certainly not. Aromas had been used for medicinal, spiritual, and magical purposes going back as far back as Egyptian times 3000 B.C. Even further back in time 5000 B.C. the Tassili cave paintings showed women wearing fragrant flower garlands. There are frequent mentions of the use of potions throughout history ' Pliny the 1st century Roman historian, mentions in his Natural ...
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Nov 29 2011


Three Questions People Are Asking About Health Care in

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Q. Why is there so may uninsured people in America? A. There are over 44 million uninsured people in this country and over 75 million underinsured because of three main factors: 1. Insurance rates continue to rise each year by 10-25% forcing many people to drop their health insurance. 2. Layoffs in the job market have left many people in a difficult situation when it comes to protecting their families. Many of those that aren't laid off are seeing their insurance benefits cut. 3. More ...
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Nov 19 2011


Men and Sperm Health

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While a woman is born with all the eggs she'll ever have, men produce sperm on a continual basis. Therefore, what a man does on a daily basis can affect the sperm maturation process. Smoking, drinking, drugs, stress, poor nutrition and lack of exercise all can contribute to poor sperm quality. And, it was recently discovered, a man's sperm quality begins to decline around the age of 25. There are five main factors that contribute to overall sperm quality. They include sperm motility, speed, ...
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Oct 17 2011


IAB Offers No Cost Health Benefits

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The Health Care Industry is in a state of crisis. It's in the news everyday! Health Insurance rates are rising by 10 - 15% each year and in some cases more. These increases are causing many companies to reduce benefits for their employees, or in some cases drop all Health Care Benefits. It is estimated that there are 45 million people in America without health insurance and over 75 million are underinsured. In fact 3/4 of all small businesses offer no health insurance at all. It has been a ...
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Oct 16 2011


Essential Nutrition For Women's Health

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As a woman, your body is very complex. Throughout every phase of your life you will require extra care and nutritional support. Today's scientific advances support a number of natural choices for women, like soy. Still, the fact remains that calcium, folic acid and iron continue to be the most important nutrients that can impact a woman's total health. All women should take a daily multiple vitamins with these essential nutrients. Calcium is essential to strong healthy bones. As a woman you ...
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Oct 11 2011


Coffee and Health

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Coffee and health used to be a controversed theme in the seventies. Nowadays, moderate coffee consumption is rather exonerated from its supposed negative long term effects upon health. My mother used to be one of those persons who teaches her offspring, in its early ages, that coffee is not bad. It is bad bad bad! In consequence, I managed to keep away from coffee. At least untill the difficult age of 10, when, as I remember, I was permitted to join mother and neighbour-friends at ...
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Oct 02 2011


Eating for Health, Happiness and Successful Weight Control

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Eating for Health, Happiness and Successful Weight Control by Dr. William Parsons Don't diet, just eat and lose weight! First, the following "diet" is really not a diet, in the conventional sense, but a natural way of eating. It allows one to eat essentially anything one wishes, while attaining weight loss or weight control goals and consuming the necessary nutrients for a long and healthful life. The term "diet" implies restrictions by either eliminating or radically reducing the intake of ...
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Sep 20 2011


Health Plan For Tx, Ga, Ok, Ca ONLY!!!!

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Thank you for giving me the opportunity to present AmeriPlan Health' to you. With the rising cost of health care, we feel our health benefits program will be extremely beneficial to you or you and your family. AmeriPlan Health' is true Consumer Driven Health Care. It was created to help its members enjoy good health and save money on health care too. Our medical care program will save you from 50% to 80% off all care. We have no waiting periods, no exclusions on pre-existing conditions, no ...
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Aug 29 2011


The Health Benefits of Tea

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Tea: It Does the Body Good Studies that support the health benefits of tea drinking keep filling the headlines. There's simply no denying that a daily spot of tea does the body good. Even though researchers can't quite agree on every aspect, I'm sold on the fact that a few cups a day will do its best to protect me from heart disease, a stroke, cancer, and more. What Makes Tea Good for the Body? Tea contains high levels of antioxidants, some of which are called polyphenols, flavonoids, and ...
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Aug 26 2011


Air purifiers and air filters can help the health of Allergy and

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/p> Indoor air pollution in the form of dander, dust and pollen particulate matter can be a real irritant for suffers of asthma, allergies and other respiratory conditions. In addition to removal of all direct irritant sources and minimizing the irritant containment materials in your house, you should also consider the indoor ventilation and filtration system of home. Environmental control is the key to reducing exposure to indoor and outdoor allergens. Keeping a clean house free of ...
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Aug 14 2011


The Highway to Health

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What is... Blood Pressure? A free report from www.TheHighwayToHealth.com This article provides key extracts from a free pdf, which can be accessed at the above URL. * What's wrong with high blood pressure?* High blood pressure shows doctors what else is happening in your body. Years of experience and research tell doctors that high blood pressure is a sign of other problems including: Angina Heat Attack Heart Failure (it doesn't work as well as it should) Stroke If you can reduce your blood ...
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Aug 10 2011


Health Benefits of Noni Juice

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Noni Juice, Morinda Citrifolia Morinda Citrifolia , a deciduos creeping vine with twining stems and white flowers which is native to Malaysia, Austrailia, and Polynesia, is gaining popularity in the west due to it's apparently wide ranging health benefits. Part of the Madder family, Morinda's thick, intertwined purple roots are harvested in the spring and fall for use in herbal medicine and to make the increasingly popular noni juice. The Polynesian culture has long used morinda to treat a ...
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Aug 01 2011


Sinusitis and Hoarseness Natural Health Q&A

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Q: I had my spleen removed because of Hodgkins Disease. What should I use for stuffy sinus and constant hoarseness? - Patrick A: In my opinion, you shouldn't "use" anything, but go see a Chinese medicine (CM) practitioner (acupuncturist/herbalist) for the appropriate herbs for your condition, which I cannot diagnose over the internet. I wonder if you are hoarse because of over the counter decongestants? - B Q: I went to the Doctor because I was hoarse. With the sinus drainage and him thinking ...
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Jul 19 2011


Is Your Health Optimal?

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Is Your Focus on Disease, or Wellness? Both Western and Chinese medicine could be accused of focusing too much on disease treatment, rather than wellness. Practitioners from both medicines are taught to be problem-solvers and disease-curers instead of wellness promoters. You can't blame Western medical docs - most of their preventive advice is to avoid negative things. They don't really have a deep and powerful system of prevention. No wonder they don't see prevention as paramount. We can't ...
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Jul 07 2011


The 3 Keys to Changing Your Health

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Motivation, Discipline, & Persistence This book is meant to be primarily practical. It contains theory and philosophy as well, but its main function is to be a tool to improve your life. But most of the solutions in this book are not one-time magic bullets. You must continue to apply many of these frequently in order to bring yourself back into balance, and to maintain that balance. NEW HABITS, NEW LIFESTYLE But, as imperfect humans in a very demanding and distracting society, we have ...
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Jun 28 2011


Discover This Fascinating Wellspring of Health and Energy

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Does this sound familiar to you? After getting through a long day of work, engaging in obligatory social activities and then doing the upkeep on your house or apartment you may feel as if every last second of your time and every last drop of your energy have been spent. By that point, you just want to collapse on the floor, exhausted. Then you wake up and have to do it all over again the next day. Fortunately, there is help. You just need to know about an amazing exercise and self ...
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Jun 27 2011


How To Get The Most Health Benefits From Garlic

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It's reputed to fight infections, colds, bacteria and lower cholesterol - no wonder this herb tastes so good! Garlic has been used as an herbal remedy for over 5000 years and has long been recognized for it's anti bacterial powers and has even been used by medical doctors to fight off infections in wounds. Garlic, the pungent herb that we associate with Italian Foods is loaded loaded with vitamins and minerals including Vitamin A, B and C, selenium, potassium, calcium, zinc and magnesium. It ...
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May 28 2011


Health Thoughts, Living on the Health Minimum Wage?

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Random thoughts taken from valuable sources, what many nutrition experts consider to be the most important nutrients and health habits a person should have to help them stay healthy long term. We would categorize them into the following areas. Dietary Fiber - Fiber is extremely important to your health in a number of different ways. According to the National Institutes of Health one of the common causes of constipation is not enough fiber in the diet. Fiber promotes cardiovascular health ...
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May 11 2011


Minimum Health or Maximum Health? That is the Question!

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Picture yourself in one of the following scenarios. You're cruising along in your new car by the ocean or in the mountains near the ski lodge, or just a leisurely drive through a beautiful forest or in the country. You stop and smell the fresh air you hear the scenic sounds. You are at peace. You're relaxing on the patio of your new home - you see the mountains or lake in the distance. Your friends are over as you barbecue in your new back yard. Everyone loves your new home. Or you're out on ...
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May 01 2011


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