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Detoxify With Di-Indole Methane
Are you looking for an effective way to flush toxins from your body and potentially improve your hormonal well-being? Look to di-indole methane, which research suggests may entail a number of health benefits when taken in nutritional health supplements.
Also known as diindolylmethane, this compound is commonly derived from a number of dark green, cruciferous vegetables or, simply put, from cousins of the broccoli plant.
Chickenpox lollipops? Some moms may be sending in mail
By Rita Rubin
You’ve probably heard of “chickenpox parties,” where parents get unvaccinatedkids together (in the home of an infected child)in the hopes they’ll catch the disease. They think making their kids suffer through the disease will help them developstronger immunity than immunization would provide.
But now the buzz is all about people shipping objects that have been contaminated with the chickenpox virus to people who live too far away to attend a pox party.
A Nashville TV station Thursday reported on alocal woman who charged $50 a pop to ship suckers smothered in saliva by her sick kids.
Spurred by that story, Nashville federal prosecutor Jerry Martin on Friday warned parents not to try it. “
People with psoriasis may have undiagnosed psoriatic arthritis
Nearly one in four people with psoriasis may have undiagnosed psoriatic arthritis, a type of inflammatory arthritis that affects the joints and tendons, according to a new National Psoriasis Foundation survey. This is in addition to the up to 2 million people already diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis.
For the survey, conducted last April and May, the Psoriasis Foundation interviewed 477 people: 58 percent had psoriasis only, 2 percent had psoriatic arthritis only and 40 percent had both conditions.
Twenty-two percent of the psoriasis-only respondents reported significant symptoms of psoriatic arthritis, including joint pain; pain that moved from one joint to the other; joints that were hot to the touch; and swollen, sausage-like fingers and toes.
The research also revealed a delay of diagnosis for psoriatic arthritis patients.
Cardio Exercise VS Strength Training for Weight Loss
Which type of exercise is more effective: cardio or strength training? Let’s do the math.
You want to lose weight and you know you need to exercise. The question is which exercise is better: cardio or strength training? Now let’s do the math.
To illustrate the point, let me create a hypothetical person, I’ll call him John. He is thirty five years old, 510″ and weighs 185 pounds. His basal metabolic rate (BMR) is 1,866.6 calories per day. By basal metabolic rate, I mean the number of calories that he will burn in a resting state. (To
Balanced Diet Conveys Family- And Community-Level Benefits
In addition to trying vitamin supplements in order to get adequate levels of nutrients and minerals, adults may want to consider eating balanced meals made with fresh ingredients. Consuming natural, wholesome foods may improve more than ones overall health and well-being, according to a dietitian at the University of Missouri.
Nutrition expert Robin Gammon recently made a number of dietary recommendations as part of the Stay Strong, Stay Healthy program, of which she is manager.
First, she suggested that individuals take their spouses and children to farmers markets on shopping day, where each family member can choose a fruit of vegetable theyve never tried before.