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Currently where eating healthy has become so important, so many people do not like to eat fruit and vegetables. Even though they know it is good for them, they still prefer not to eat it. It can be very difficult getting used to a healthy lifestyle diet if all you are used to, is take away fast food.
Type 2 diabetes occurs as a result of persistently elevated blood sugar levels. This is a result of consuming too many simple carbohydrates, too often. This is usually sugar within foods that are considered modern-day healthy foods, including soft fruit drinks.
Female Intimate Health – an extremely personal and private subject for most women. Yes, intellectually we know that despite that, we should be able to discuss it in an adult manner.
There are several methods in mainstream medicine that can help women conceive or to resolve their fertility problems. Probably the best known of these is the use of IVF or In-Vitro Fertilization. This procedure involves the eggs being removed from the ovaries and mixed with sperm in a laboratory culture dish. When fertilization has occurred the fertilized eggs or embryos are returned to the uterus. However the cost of this procedure is high and many women cannot afford this luxury, so alternative fertility treatments are also sought after.
The Paleo Diet buzz started years back and it took the world by storm – it managed to change the way people looked at eating and dieting. Becoming healthy can be a struggle and it can also be costly and that’s why people looked for quick and easy ways to get healthy.
The Paleo diet appealed and still appeals to millions of people because basically, it’s not really a diet, it’s a lifestyle of eating that the first Paleolithic people on earth used to eat – the way nature intended.
Did you know your skin is the largest organ of your body, and it serves as your front-line defense against infection and disease. If your body was a medieval city, your skin would be the great, big wall that surrounds and protects the inhabitants against marauders and attackers from other kingdoms. Because of this, your skin is often the first thing bacteria encounters when it attempts to invade your body.
Looking around during the lunch hour, happy hour after work, on the college campuses, at sports events, pubs and bars, at weddings, parties, or functions. – what you see are people drinking alcohol.
How does your metabolism affect aging?
There is a great deal of conflicting information regarding metabolism, especially when it comes to delaying the effects of aging.
Metabolism is measured using your Base Metabolic Rate (BMR), which the amount of energy (calories) it takes to maintain your body at rest and enable you to live.
Simply, someone with a higher BMR will burn more calories during their day than someone with a lower BMR.
We’ve known for a long time that obesity is bad for us, but a new report reveals that very overweight people are a staggering 14 times more likely to get osteoarthritis of the knee than those in a healthy weight range and fizzy carbonated drinks can speed up bone damage suffered by arthritis patients.