Though we may not think of it, the heart is actually a muscle. Like the muscles in our arms, legs and chest, the heart needs regular exercise in order to fire on all cylinders. Listed below are some exercises that ...
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Steps for Treating and Preventing Swimmer’s Ear
Swimmer’s ear occurs when bacteria infects the outer ear and/or ear canal, a tube-shaped passageway that allows sound to reach the ear drum. Many people develop this condition while swimming, particularly in contaminated water. Warm water can foster bacterial grown ...
Read More »Are You Ready to “Eat on the Wild Side”?
Book Review: Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link to Optimum Health Author: Jo Robinson 407 pages, Little Brown and Company, $16.00 It is no secret that we should be eating more fruits and vegetables to help us live ...
Read More »MELT Method: The Key to Fixing Back Pain?
Book Review: The MELT Method Author: Sue Hitzmann 304 pages, Harper Collins, $25.99 Are you suffering from chronic pain? Do you have a pain in your neck that won’t go away? Or pain in your foot that you just ...
Read More »A New Way to Lose Weight: Insulin-Resistance Diet
Book Review: The Insulin-Resistance Diet: How to Turn Off Your Body’s Fat-Making Machine Authors: Cheryle R. Hart, M.D. and Mary Kay Grossman, R.D. $16.95, McGraw Hill Companies, 238 pages Are you overweight? Have you tried dieting or exercise without losing weight? Do ...
Read More »Getting in Shape Without the Gym
Book Review: You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises Author: Mark Lauren 192 pages, Ballantine Books, $16.00 Get in better shape without going to the gym with the help of Mark Lauren. Lauren is not a Hollywood ...
Read More »Releasing Your Inner Creativity
Book Review: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles Author: Steven Pressfield 165 pages, Black Irish Entertainment LLC, $12.95 Is fear holding you back from pursuing you dreams? In The War of Art: Break ...
Read More »Inspiring Change Through Yoga
Book Review:Warrior Pose: How Yoga (Literally) Saved My Life Author: Brad Willis a.k.a. Bhava Ram 362, Benbella Books, $14.95 Brad Willis’s Warrior Pose: How Yoga (Literally) Saved My Life is not your typical ‘how to’ book demonstrating yoga poses which are ...
Read More »Strong as Iron: The Importance of Iron in Your Diet
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the term “iron”? Most people will probably think of a material used to build various buildings and other structures. For others, this term will prompt mental images of a certain ...
Read More »The Risks of Excessive Texting
In the past decade or so, text messaging has fundamentally altered the way people communicate with each other. Consider that in the year 2000, Americans sent a total of 14 billion text messages. Just a decade later, this figure had ...
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