Compact Fluorescent Lights have a heavy environmental and health cost and may not even save energy when the total cradle to grave footprint is factored in. CFL’s require 16 times more energy to produce than incandescent bulbs. The majority of electrical energy used to produce CFL’s comes from coal burning plants in China. This is [...]
Numerous clinical studies have confirmed low levels of vitamin D in
patients with chronic back pain. In one study, 95% of patients with chronic back pain, had their pain vanish or significantly reduce when given Vit D3
supplements for 3 months. According to pain management researchers, the
currently recommended levels of up to 600 IU per day is [...]
With these commonsense weight loss tips, you will learn how to feast throughout the holidays while maintaining or even losing weight.
Although migraines often resemble other types of headaches, they exist in a class of their own.
In fact, migraine headaches have been ranked by the World Health Organization as the 19th disease world-wide causing disability.1 Anyone experiencing migraines on a regular occasion would attest to their disabling nature.2 Most often, the typical migraine sufferer can [...]
#1) Flu shots do not work in children
Children under 2 years - 51 studies involving 294,000 children between 6 and 24 months showed “no evidence that flu shots were more effective than placebos.” In children over 2 years it was effective only 33% of the time.
Like the earth itself, our bodies are made up mostly of water. It is not only essential to our cognitive and physical functioning, but it plays a vital role in health. This, no matter what way you look at it, is pretty good news. Drinking water to maintain health is cheap, easy, and something people [...]
What do we mean by Stress?
Dr. Hans Selye, a Canadian-born physician, is one of the first to study the effects of stress in the human body. In his book, The Stress of Life, Selye defines stress as the ‘non-specific response of the body to any demand placed upon it’.1 Given that any ‘demand’ can be [...]
Finally - get into those pants and this time stay in them - for good. This time, make it easy on yourself. Fill up on the best-for-you foods first and give yourself that wiggle room. Feel full and completely satisfied without counting, measuring, depriving, starving, sneaking, guilting, or feeling like a hopeless failure ever again! It’s your time to feel great about you!
Have you been suffering from fatigue for several months without reason?
Have you endured continuing joint pain that seems unrelated to overuse, injury or illness?
Maybe you’ve also had trouble sleeping and suffer from moodiness?
While each of these symptoms may be linked to any number of different health problems, if you are suffering from a combination of [...]
I wrote an article for citruspie last october on the subject of the Canadian government promoting asbestos and selling it to chinese drywall companies… you can see my article by going to this link. http://citruspie.com/uncategorized/exporting-asbestos-good-business-for-canada/. I wrote that the Canadian government has spent millions of dollars to help promote the sale of asbestos to china. Maybe that [...]
