Fingernails – Hallmark of Health

Posted on July 23, 2008. Filed under: health, wellbeing | Tags: , , , , , |

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I was visiting a dear friend and she had the ‘flu again for the 3rd time in just a couple of months and I said to her, that enough was enough, I was taking a look at her. Almost straight away her fingernails gave me at least some of the answers she needed [...]

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Can the ‘Diet’ Drinks They’re Making You Fat!

Posted on March 2, 2008. Filed under: health, weightloss, wellbeing | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

“TO LOSE weight, bin the diet cola. That’s the message from studies showing rats got fatter on diets containing artificial sweeteners than on those with sugar.
Susan Swithers and Terry Davidson at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, gave rats set amounts of yogurt sweetened with either sucrose or saccharin, plus an unrestricted supply of ordinary [...]

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Why Meditate?

Posted on March 1, 2008. Filed under: Fitness, health, wellbeing | Tags: , , , , , |

When you hear the word meditation, what comes to your mind? Sitting cross-legged in a pose that’s sole purpose is to give you cramps? Yogis calmly hovering ½ a metre off the floor?  Mysticism?  The sounds of a sitar?  Clouds of saccharine sweet incense?  Chanting? Blanking your mind?
Forget the trimmings.  Meditation is easy, it isn’t difficult [...]

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Do You Know Butter Is Better?

Posted on February 28, 2008. Filed under: wellbeing | Tags: , , , , |

Last year my son had to do an assignment on health and after having me tell him for years that eating butter was much healthier than margarine, no matter what everyone else believed, he decided to do his assignment on this subject.
Much to the surprise of his teacher, this is what we found out…
DO YOU [...]

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Diet Drinks Linked to Heart Disease and Insulin Resistance

Posted on February 26, 2008. Filed under: Fitness, health, weightloss, wellbeing | Tags: , , , , , , |

Eating two or more servings a day of red meat increases your risk of metabolic syndrome by 25 percent, compared to those who have two servings of red meat each week, a new study found.
Drinking diet soda also increased the risk of metabolic syndrome.
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of risk factors such as excessive fat [...]

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Tighten Up that Rear!

Posted on February 26, 2008. Filed under: Fitness, health, weightloss, wellbeing | Tags: , , , , , , |

Lunges are one of the best ways to tighten and tone your backside and legs. And, you can do them just about anywhere.Start by taking a large stride forward, and place your front foot flat on the floor. Balance on the ball of the back foot. Keeping abs tight and your back straight, bend your [...]

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