Category Archives: Health Tips

Suggestions To Improve The Body’s Immune System

September 23, 2011   admin   No comments

The human body is constantly attacked by the millions of microorganisms with which we share the planet, so it is important not to take for granted the immune system

What can you do to help keep your immune system healthy and ready to protect your body against infection? To answer this question, Shaklee Corporation has recently formed Centre for immunity, which offers these important tips:

1. Find ways to relax. Since stress has different effects on the endocrine system, scientists believe that immune function may be affected by chronic stress. There are a number of techniques to help you relax, like deep breathing or yoga can reduce mental and physical stress and blood pressure and heart rate slow.

2. Sleep issues. Besides the fact that you feel weak, irritable and forgetful, not enough sleep can temporarily reduce the activity of certain immune cells by up to 50 percent. Fight for seven to eight hours of sleep each night.

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What Do Your Food Labels Really Mean?

September 21, 2011   admin   No comments

As we enter the grocery store we see signs and food labels everywhere. So which ones should we be paying attention to? And what do they all mean, exactly? Become more informed in your meal planning by reading this food label guide.

Fair Trade Certified: This international certification guarantees that working conditions, wages, and prices meet FLO-CERT standards. FLO-CERT makes sure that farmers and farm workers are being paid “fair” prices for their products. Okay, okay, so what does this say about the quality of your food? Well, pretty much nothing — except that it was traded and produced in a “fair” manner of business.

Check out the exact certification standards by visiting http://www.transfairusa.org/

Organic: Organic products are those that are produced:

-  With emphasis of renewable resources

and

-  Without use of pesticides or other man-made materials

Some people assert that there is virtually no difference in quality between organic and “regular” produce. However, the levels of nitrate in organically produced foods are proven to be consistently lower.

For more information visit http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=ORGANIC_CERTIFICATIO

Grass-fed: The American Grassfed Association guarantees that food is produced from animals that were:

-  Fed a diet of 100% forage

-  Raised on pasture, not in confinement

-  Never treated with hormones or antibiotics

For more information on the benefits of Grass-fed animals, visit http://www.americangrassfed.org/become-a-certified-producer/

Certified Naturally Grown: This is an alternative to the USDA organic program that guarantees organic growing practices and local farming. The Certified Naturally Grown farmers must agree to sell their products to local restaurants and grocery stores.

To learn more about this certification visit http://www.naturallygrown.org/

Hopefully, this food label guide has helped you become more informed about your purchases of meat and produce. Stay educated about your food and remain curious about your food labels.

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About Compression Stockings

August 17, 2011   admin   No comments

Health problems can happen to anyone. Minor health problems in the sense that the patient can still move as usual, are generally chronic and can be solved easily. On health problems is large enough, then the patient should be referred to a clinic or hospital. One of the chronic health problems and can resolve themselves are varicose veins in the limbs, as in the hands and feet. Generally varicose veins that occur in the legs often cause pain in patients. On a scale of pain complaints are still small can be overcome by wearing compression stockings.

Today many compression stockings are attractive options and can be tailored to the wishes. This can be a compelling solution to address complaints and can support a person’s appearance. Compression stockings usage in accordance with applicable regulations can provide better results in dealing with the pain. compression stockings to choose a good

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Keeping Clean Inside and Out

August 08, 2011   admin   No comments

Keeping one’s self thoroughly clean does not only entail the outside part of the body. Although it is most commonly presumed that when we should stay clean, we should take regular washing and bathing. Bathing and washing have become synonymous with being clean and healthy.

One more thing we need to know is that it is not only the outer part of the body that needs cleaning. Many people still do not know that flushing waste and other toxins from the body is also a form of cleaning. Most people who are uninformed of this suffer from indigestion, constipation and other internal diseases that usually land them in a hospital.

Most people, though they claim to be health conscious, tend to overlook the internal cleanliness of the body. Most of the time, we hear people going to the gyms and spas to refresh, relax, and to be clean. That’s what health spas, health salons and gyms are around for, to offer physical and external clean-up and tone-up. Then what about the

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