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  • History Of Acupuncture
    Acupuncture is an ancient form of medical treatment and has been used since 202BC. Traditional Korean medicine mentions this form of treatment under the name of Chimsul. Japanese traditional medicine (Kampo) also considers it important. Evidence suggests that this ancient art may even have been practiced in Eurasia during the early Bronze Age. This may not have been quite like the acupuncture we know but was a similar treatment.

    At first the Communist party in China did no...
  • History Of Chiropractic
    The first concept of chiropractic was originally conceived by the ancient Greeks in 17,500 BC. Chiropractic was officially founded by D.D.Palmer in 1895. He opened his first clinic in that same year. There has been much controversy over this form of treatment over the years but now it is recognized and licensed in over 50 countries and every state in the USA. There are 4 main groups of Chiropractictors; reform, mixers,objective straights, and traditional straights.

    Chiro...
  • Snap, Crackle, Pop - Adjustment Time
    There are many forms of arthritis. It is a disease that affects the joints of the body, causing a lot of pain and discomfort. Chiropractic specifically focuses on joints and the spine, making it a possible form of treatment for arthritis patients. Many patients have gone through the gamut of conventional medical treatments with little help for their suffering. These patients are searching for alternative medical treatments for their problems and are looking to chiropractic tr...
  • The Four Faces Of Chiropractic
    Chiropractic is a holistic approach to medicine. It is based on using manipulation as a means of treating musculoskeletal dysfunction of the spine and extremities. Practitioners refer to themselves as alternative care physicians. There is a wide range in treatments, depending on different chiropractors. These treatments can be categorized into four main concepts.

    1. Traditional straights: This is the old classic approach to chiropractic. Chiropractors use the principles th...
  • Winning Against Stress
    It may be hard for some people to find their way to wellness and perfect health in today’s fast changing world. Sometimes the lifestyle we are used to does not leave much time for us to relax and care about ourselves. Physical health is priceless, and it is really difficult to achieve a state of complete health and wellness without being a bit organized.

    Organizing your life doesn’t mean to get stuck in a routine. On the contrary, it means to be aware of your working and o...
  • Some Good Pointers On How To Get Rid Of The Nastiest Of All Habits
    It’s not a secret that smoking has very bad effects on your health. Even when smokers are fully aware of this, a lot of them fail while trying to get rid of this nasty, dangerous habit. Here are some pointers to help smokers successfully quit this habit.

    Nicotine stimulates the transmission of electric pulses in the peripheral nervous system, increases the amount of blood that flows into the coronary arteries, produces tachycardia and vessel constriction, increases arteria...
  • Glyconutrients - Collect All Eight
    Glyconutrients, also known as essential saccharides, are carbohydrates discovered in the seventies. Before scientists figured out their true importance, carbohydrates in general were considered just an energy source, and nobody thought of them as agents involved in the correct functioning of the immune system.

    Glyconutrients adhere themselves to protein molecules on the cell’s surface to form certain complex structures called glycoproteins, which are used by our bodies to ...
  • Benefits Of Aerobic Exercising
    We all hear the term “aerobic” almost every day. But not everyone is familiar with its true meaning.

    The word “aerobic” means “with oxygen”. It applies to those physical efforts and exercises that promote an increase in the air volume inspired while it’s being done. These exercises make muscles work and, of course, consume more oxygen than when resting; but they never consume more oxygen than that inspired (which means the whole exercising is performed “with oxygen”, that ...
  • How Exercising Helps In Losing Weight
    The beneficial effects of exercising were used to treat obesity since the beginning of modern medical science. The simple empiric observation showed that people with an intense physical activity were slimmer than those people who had more sedentary habits.

    In the modern days, however, we know that physical activity is not very useful by itself when it comes to lose weight, because it is not as efficient in causing an increase in the amount of calories burnt as we thought i...
  • What Physical Activity Is Best For You
    As you may already know, physical activity and health come together, like a couple. Regular exercising improves your health, and a good health makes you feel a “hunger” for physical activity. However, not every exercise may be suitable for you, as the effort required may be so intense that ends up harming your body, or so light that it produces absolutely no effect on it.

    The right amount of physical activity for you is usually determined by your body weight, and based on ...
  • Glyconutrients - True And False
    Glyconutrients have become widely known today because of their beneficial effects on our health. However, if you search the Internet for some information on these essential saccharides, you may find a lot of false or inaccurate statements about them. Here are some questions and answers that will hopefully dissipate any doubts about glyconutrients.

    Q – Do glyconutrients heal?
    A – No. Strictly talking, glyconutrients do not cure or heal any of your wounds of diseases by the...
  • Just How Crucial Is Nutrition?
    Since the beginning of times, human beings have known that we are what we eat. Our ancestors were fully aware of the simple fact that eating well today means being stronger tomorrow.

    As we all know, science has evolved since those old days, and today we know that a good nutrition is not just what we eat, but it’s also how much we eat and when we eat it. This means that a good nutrition not only consists on carefully deciding what to eat, but also know what amount of each k...
  • Dieting Do’s And Don’ts
    Following an adequate diet is the shortest path to a perfect health, but it may be also a hard path to walk.

    It’s useful to keep in mind some do’s and don’ts to help you walk along this path and achieve a new life as easily and quickly as possible.

    DO ask a professional nutritionist about what diet suits you the most. A personalized, specific diet plan is the best starting point. Be sure to tell him about your current eating habits and other important things like your f...
  • Tips For Successfully Starting On A Diet
    It’s no secret that the key to a healthy life is an adequately balanced diet. Keeping an unhealthy, unbalanced diet leads to several disorders, the most frequent of which is obesity.

    As you may know if you already tried one or more diets, the first couple of weeks are the hardest; starting a new diet with the wrong foot may not only be useless, but it may also lead you to eat even worse than before.

    Here are some tips that will help you start a new diet and successfully...
  • Are Organic Foods Healthier?
    There are many contaminants that assault us on a daily basis. These toxins are in the air we breathe, the water we drink and the foods we eat, to name just a few. Eating organic food greatly reduces the toxins we consume in our food. Organic food is becoming more popular as people are becoming more health conscious. There are now certain regulations for growing organic foods commercially and many foods, especially eggs, bear an organic certification label.

    What is organic ...
  • Why Do We Need To Detoxify Our Bodies?
    Detoxification (Detox): Is the removal of toxic substances from the body. This is mainly performed by the liver and kidneys. When the kidneys are not functioning correctly or not working at all an artificial technique called dialysis is used.

    Why do we need to detoxify our bodies? Due to many elements our bodies are subjected to toxins. Sometimes these toxins accumulate in the body and make us sick. Therefore it is advisable to detoxify our bodies when this happens. There ...
  • What Is Alternative Medicine?
    What is alternative medicine? This is a term used to describe the different forms of medicine other than conventional methods. Alternative medicine includes a wide variety of medical practices including non-European (non-Western) medical practices and will include some new approaches to medicine. There is also a term called complementary medicine. This is a combination of conventional medicine coupled with alternative medicine.

    With increasing research and new findings in ...
  • Why Dieting May Not Be The Answer
    Obesity is a real life problem that is spreading fast throughout the Western world but most particularly in the USA. It has given rise to literally 100s of diets and a huge money making industry that has grown up around peoples’ desperate need to shed those pounds. However there is far more to losing weight than a mere diet.

    Diets are good for emergency weight loss but they are in effect just a quick fix. Many people go thorough with a weight loss diet and do indeed lose w...
  • Is Natural Therapy Right For You?
    Natural therapy is an alternative medicine using a combination of alternative medicines. The most common ones used are diet modification, different foods, dietary supplements and exercise. All of these alternative medicines are used together to cure the body naturally. Natural therapy excludes the use of major surgery and most conventional drugs. The emphasis is on helping the body heal itself naturally.

    There are 6 principles that natural therapy (Naturopathy) is guided b...
  • Exercise-Can You Exercise Too Much?
    Exercise is good for us and we all need some sort of it to keep our bodies in good health. However when you are working out it is important not to put abnormal strain on your body or you will defeat your purpose and do more harm than good.

    Avoiding body stress when exercising: First of all be sure you are healthy. It is wise to have a physical check up before you begin an exercise regime, especially if you are recovering from an illness. It is very important not to over do...
  • Lycopene And Flavoniods
    Have you had some Salsa today? Benefits of onions and tomatoes in your diet.

    Onions and tomatoes are among the most commonly used vegetables in many parts of the world today. We use them because they taste good and give good consistency to our food. We use them as sauces and salsas, chutneys and pickles, and important ingredients in our main dishes, but are you aware of the beneficial nutrients that lie hidden in these foods?

    Lycopene- have you had your tomato today?

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  • Low Glycemic Diets
    Introduction: low glycemic diets are good for everyone but the people who need these diets most are Diabetics and those trying to lose weight. Foods are measured by GI glycemic indexing.

    What is glycemic indexing (GI)? The glycemic index ranks from 1 to 100.This is the method by which foods are measured and shows the amount a food will raise blood sugar and insulin levels. The rate at which your blood sugar rises is very important in managing diabetes and weight maintenanc...
  • Fiber-Why Is It So Important To A Healthy Diet?
    What is fiber? Fiber is the indigestible part of plant foods. They are usually the walls of the plant cells, skins and seeds. Due to refining of foods much of the fiber has been lost in our diets causing digestive problems and overall poor health.

    How does fiber help your digestive tract? It absorbs water when it moves through the digestive tract and forms bulk in the intestines. This will soften stool and help food move faster through the digestive system.

    List of comm...
  • Cleansing Diets
    One of the most common cleansing diets is a detox diet. This is a diet that will release the toxins in the body that have been stored in the fat cells and will allow the body to excrete them and cleanse your body.

    Why use a cleansing diet? This is used to eliminate toxins and other contaminants from the body. The main purposes of doing this is to:

    Improve health
    Feel more energetic
    Improve immunity
    Improve your mental condition
    Aid in digestion
    Help with weight los...
  • Obesity In Children
    Obesity is a condition that can shorten your life and can seriously affect you mentally and physically. It often has its roots in childhood. Obesity in children is growing at a frighteningly fast rate. There are more obese children now than ever before. Parents are letting their carelessness with their own diets spill over into their children’s lives.

    Here are a few points to think about when trying to prevent obesity and health problems for your children.

    Small childre...
  • Tips For Realistically Losing Weight
    Obesity is a life threatening condition and is spreading at an alarming rate throughout Western society. It is particularly prevalent in the USA. However there are some steps you can take to reduce your weight and improve your health and lifestyle.

    Reducing calorie intake:

    What are calories? A calorie is a unit used to measure energy. It is required by most governments to print the calorie value of foods on the nutrition label of all foods that are sold to consumers. Be...
  • How Exercise Can Help With Anti Aging
    In our quest for the fountain of youth people have taken up a new form of treatment, Anti-Aging Clinics. Here you can get injections of human growth hormone HGH and injections of nutrient supplements, however a simpler and perhaps easier away to do this is by changing your diet and exercising.

    Strength training has been proven to help the body naturally produce HGH. The more you train the more your body produces HGH. Strength training is taking exercises to specifically st...
  • How Diet Can Help Anti-Aging
    For centuries people have been searching for the fountain of youth. Although this is in itself a fantasy you can increase your chances of living longer by making a few adjustments to the way you eat. Basically it all boils down to one factor diet. The old saying “you are what you eat” holds true when it comes to anti-aging. Eating better is the key to better health and increasing your chances of living longer.

    What do we mean by eating better? Here are a few points:

    Cut...
  • Green Tea A Healthy Alternative To Soda
    In the hot days of summer it is easy to reach for a soda to help you cool off. However sodas do not really quench your thirst and there are some other healthier more refreshing alternatives. One of the most refreshing ways to cool off on a hot summer day is drinking a tall glass of iced tea and what better than making it green tea?

    People From the Orient have long known the benefits of drinking green tea. In fact so important is this drink in these countries that there is ...
  • Teas And Your Health
    There are many teas that have been drunk throughout the ages. They are basically infusions of plants, usually the leaves and sometimes the flowers, by boiling them with water. Teas can be drunk hot or cold and are used for a variety of ailments. Teas of different sorts are drunk worldwide.

    The official tea that we drink is the second most popular beverage and grown in the mountainous regions of China, India, Sir Lanka, Vietnam, Nepal, Georgia, Japan, Kenya, Malawi and Taiw...

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