Archive for December, 2009
New Cancer Drug
Scientists discover how a wild, parasitic, mushroom Cancer Drug works. Cordycepin, commonly used in Chinese medicine, was originally extracted from a rare kind of parasitic mushroom that grows on caterpillars. This astonishing, vital-health discovery is opening up possibilities of treatment in a wide range of different cancers. At a low dose cordycepin inhibits the uncontrolled [...]
Jenny Craig Diet
Jenny Craig promotes a reduced calorie diet that focuses on a nutritional balance of 60%carbs, 20%fat and 20%protein and follows the Food Guide Pyramid. The diet consists of 1200 calories/day, give or take a few hundred based on weight and age, which is a bit aggressive for the long-term. Exercise is not a primary health [...]
Detox Diets
Detox Diets, proponents say, eliminate from the body toxins encountered in daily life — polluted air and water, hormones in some foods, and even harmful chemicals in cleaning products. The body ordinarily processes those toxins through the liver and kidneys. Detox diets can last anywhere from one weekend to a whole month and are designed [...]
Curve Weight Loss
Curve Weight Loss facilities are decidedly glamour free, open just seven hours a day, with no showers, massages or fruit smoothies. You walk in, follow the Curve Weight Loss drill and leave. Curve has broken through the perception that you have to be fit, coordinated and thin to go to a gym. And you will [...]
The Ornish Diet
The Ornish Diet is a low fat, vegetarian program that prohibits animal meat and animal by-products except for non-fat milk, non-fat yogurt and egg whites. Fish is also excluded on the Ornish diet. Fat is severly limited as is caffeinated products (colas, coffees, teas, chocolates, etc.). Cooking oils as well as high fat plant foods [...]
South Beach Diet
The South Beach Diet, designed by cardiologist Arthur Agatston and dietician Marie Almon, consists of three phases which attempt to regulate blood sugar and insulin. The First Phase of the South Beach Diet, which lasts two weeks, allows you normal-sized helpings of lean meats, such as chicken, turkey, fish, and shellfish. Vegetables are also allowed, [...]
Womens Heart Attack Symptoms
Women’s Heart Attack Symptoms frequently go unnoticed or ignored. Even people in apparently good physical health suffer infarction. Women’s heart attack symptoms may be ignored because women: fail to recognize that the symptoms could indicate a heart attack do not realize how important it is to get immediate treatment are embarrassed at the prospect of [...]
Health Savings Account
One of the most underutilized tools in the insurance world is the modern Health Savings Account or HSA. A health savings account can be used to cover the health insurance deductible and any co-payments for medical services, prescriptions, or products. In addition, health savings account funds can be used to purchase over-the-counter drugs and longterm [...]
Sexual Health
Womens Sexual Health studies indicate that more women suffer from poor sex drive then men. In fact, approximately 58% of womens sexual health problems was simply a lack of sexual motivation, while only 27% of the men questioned had ever experienced poor sex drive or troubled arousal. Factors like stress, diet, menopause, hormonal changes, parenting, [...]