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11 Sep 2014
Change of Job? Protecting Your 401K
You may not be thinking about retirement while you are concentrating on advancing your career, but it’s certainly something you need to make time for. It should planned out early, so you can have a stress free retirement. Besides investing your time and dedication to success, you need to financially secure your life for when
11 Sep 2014
Healthy Living: It’s Not too Late! 5 Effective Ways to Begin Changing
All too often it takes a health scare like a heart attack or cancer diagnosis to light a fire under us to make changes. I worked with a client whose blood work indicated his blood glucose level was elevated. I recommended very specific dietary changes, targeted nutritional supplements and made exercise suggestions. I knew if
11 Sep 2014
7 Benefits of Drinking Hot Water: What You May Not Know
Everyone knows that water is important, but what others don’t know is that there are benefits that differ according to water temperature. Warm water, for instance, has different health benefits than cold water, and hot water has different benefits than the other two. Coffee and hot tea drinkers may already know some of these benefits,
11 Sep 2014
5 Popular Pilgrimage Sites Around the World
For thousands of years, human beings have made pilgrimages to places of spiritual power and significance. There are thousands of such sites around the world today. Let’s take a look at 5 well-known ones. Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar Located in Tibet, the “Roof of the World”, Kailash and Lake Mansarovar are at an altitude
11 Sep 2014
10 Simple Ways To Detox Your Body Every Day
Our body is exposed to toxins every day. These nasty chemicals are hiding in the food we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink, or cosmetics and household products we use. Although our body is an ingenious system that cleans up the mess, too much toxins or waste materials can seriously damage your
11 Sep 2014
5 Simple Mosquito Repellants
Summer is the time for backyard barbeques, playing on the beach – and also for mosquitoes. These pesky little insects can quickly turn a pleasant summer’s night on the back porch into an irritating ordeal. While there are a number of chemical insect repellants you can use for this, they are not also good for
11 Sep 2014
Top 8 Health Benefits of Buttermilk (Chaas)
Chaas is a particular form of buttermilk that is common among Indian households. The ingredients in chaas include curd and a number of added spices. The spices added typically include salt and pepper, jeera, ginger, kadi patta, coriander, and different types of chilies. Typically, it is enjoyed immediately after meals; however, this is not the
11 Sep 2014
Super Green Smoothie Recipe Your Kids Will Love
When my daughter was born seven years ago, there are certain words that were not part of my vocabulary. Words such as “organic”, “kale”, “chia” and “hemp”. This is the dilemma a lot of us face as parents. True health and wellness doesn’t become a lifestyle until after we have little ones running around. If
11 Sep 2014
Eating Potassium-Rich Foods Shown to Cut Risk of Stroke, Death in Postmenopausal Women
A recent study conducted by experts at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY has found that postmenopausal women who consume potassium-rich foods are less prone to have strokes and die compared to postmenopausal women who eat foods with less potassium.(1) Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, Ph.D., study senior author and distinguished university professor emerita, department of epidemiology
11 Sep 2014
Strengthen Immune System against Colds with Ginseng
In spite of all the wonderful advances in modern medicine, the common cold still has the ability to lay many people out flat. Colds are viral and antibiotics are not effective against them; the best treatment for viral infections still remains rest and pushing fluids. However, it has been shown that regular supplementation with ginseng
