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Health Tips: Low Magnesium Consumption Poses Health Risk
May 1st, 2012About 43 percent of the US population (and almost 70 percent of older women) use dietary supplements containing calcium, but Carolyn Dean, MD, ND, warns that without balancing calcium with magnesium, they may be at risk.
Why it's important to balance calcium consumption with magnesium.
Health Tips: Milk Thistle for Liver Health
May 1st, 2012The liver is the largest internal organ (about the size of a football), located on the right side of your body under the ribcage. The liver clears waste products from your blood. These waste products come from medicine, food, and alcohol consumption. It filters 540 gallons of blood a day (1.5 quarts per minute!).
Support the health of your largest internal organ.
Health Tips: Why to Seek a Personal Trainer
May 1st, 2012Exercise and nutrition are the foundation of a healthy lifestyle and are principles worth adopting at any age. However, starting the journey toward better health is never easy. As someone who understands these limits, and as someone who also counsels people about the importance of being fit, I recognize these challenges.
Make an investment in your own health.Health Tips: To Find New Energy
May 1st, 2012A new brain study by researchers at Yale University shows that people who meditate regularly are able to switch off parts of the brain associated with anxiety, schizophrenia, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, and other problems.
Experience the therapeutic effects of meditation.
Treating Osteoporosis
May 1st, 2012When it comes to aging, one of the most highly valued aspects of living out one’s “golden years” is independence.
Boosting bone building beyond calcium and vitamin D
Health News: Curcumin for Parkinson's Disease
May 1st, 2012Curcumin, a compound found in the spice tumeric, proves effective at preventing clumping of a protein involved in Parkinsons disease, says a Michigan State University researcher.
Health News: Probiotics and Calcium Build Bone Density
May 1st, 2012It turns out the calcium we consume through milk and supplements is not always absorbed or used to build bone. In fact, without a healthy probiotic population in the gut and the presence of other bone-building cofactors like vitamins D and K2, magnesium, zinc, and essential fatty acids, calcium can pass right through undigested.
Health News: US Senator Dick Durbin Calls for FDA Investigation of Energy Drinks
May 1st, 2012After the death of Anais Fournier, a 14 year-old-girl who consumed two 24-ounce Monster energy drinks in a 24-hour period, US Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) calls for an investigation into energy drinks such as Monster Energy, Rockstar, and Red Bull, which contain high levels of caffeine and potentially dangerous ingredients, yet are still marketed to young people.
Open Your Heart
May 1st, 2012Iyengar Yoga was founded by B. K. S. Iyengar of India and focuses on body alignment and is known for its use of props to accommodate students of all abilities, promote deeper understanding of poses and allow for longer holds in poses for restorative work.
Try these yoga poses to help your circulation and support your heart health.Essential Building Blocks for Cancer Prevention
May 1st, 2012Cancer treatment and prevention does not adhere to the “take-one-pill-in-the-evening-and-call-me-in-the-morning” philosophy; it must be a multi-pronged approach that includes diet, exercise, proper living, supplementation, and aggressive preventative care. Included are nine “big guns” of aggressive preventative care.
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