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04 Nov 2014
Can Resveratrol Help You Lose Weight?
Get the lowdown on whether resveratrol, an antioxidant found in the skin of red grapes, can fight fat and help with weight loss. …read more
04 Nov 2014
3 Health Benefits of the Pau D'Arco Plant
What is pau d’arco? What are the benefits of using pau d’arco? Get the lowdown on this herbal rainforest remedy, said to boost the immune system. …read more
03 Nov 2014
Survivorship Care: Staying as a Cancer Survivor
Everyone’s capable of being diagnosed with cancer. As they say, cancer doesn’t choose who to hit or not to hit. Once diagnosed, various sicknesses and pain are present to challenge your whole being’s ability to conquer all. The battle of the one suffering is such an inspiration, and surviving cancer is both a miracle and
03 Nov 2014
Publicly Funded Bariatric Surgery
Last night I half watched a news clip about Bariatric Surgery and the push for this procedure to become publicly funded. With a little research today I found that the ACT has already begun paying for bariatric weight-loss surgery, making taxpayer-funded operations available in the ACT for the first time. Taxpayer-funded weight-loss surgery has been
03 Nov 2014
Go-Go Goji Berry Smoothie!
Today, instead of cracking open the champagne while everyone watches some horses running fast in a circle, try out this refreshing superfood smoothie! This Go-Go Goji Berry Smoothie is one of my favourites! It is super-easy to make and mega-high in nutrition, as well as tasting like an exotic cocktail! Goji berries are known as
03 Nov 2014
11 cancer causing foods to kick out of your menu
Cancer has become a popular hyperbole, and one that some people use as rhetorical fodder to excuse their own dietary and lifestyle failures, particularly as they pertain to cancer risk. But the truth of the matter is that many common food items have, indeed, been scientifically shown to increase cancer risk, and some of them
03 Nov 2014
Cola and Pepsi Sprayed as Pesticides in India
It is a well known fact that Coke and Pepsi are bad for both our health and our teeth, which is why farmers in India have taken this concept a step further by spraying their fields with this sugary solution, claiming that it is just as, if not more effective than pesticides that are commonly
03 Nov 2014
Reasons Why The Health Industry Continues To Have Job Growth
Most of the job growth occurs in the field of healthcare, based on reports by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. As the population gets older, more companies need healthcare jobs. There are numerous reasons why the medical industry is thriving in the U.S. and other developed countries. Know why the health industry is having this
03 Nov 2014
Everyone over 40 should eat these foods
While we have yet to find the Fountain of Youth, we’ve discovered the best foods to keep you looking and feeling young. Studies suggest that the amount of energy burnt while resting begins to drop by the age of 30, and by a further seven per cent with every subsequent decade, so if you continue
03 Nov 2014
5 Foods that Maximize Cancer Risk
Cancer is one of the top ten killers in the United States today and remains a serious health threat both here and around the world. It can affect people of any age or race, both women and men, and can take hold in any part of the body. The disease can progress rapidly or take
