Sodium is a mineral that is necessary to our body's health. Unfortunately, sodium has been vilified and become synonymous with salt, which is not entirely correct. Table salt is only 40% sodium and 60% chloride. Sodium has also been given a bad rap when associated...
All of us, no matter what our age, occasionally experience jogs of memory, irritations while completing normal day-to-day taskings, and changes in the way we behave and feel. It is commonly held that this is a normal part of aging as well. However, it really isn't and...
Sometimes it's hard to sit still for long periods of time without moving around. This urge to move is natural. It's a feeling that helps keep your blood and lymph fluids circulating in your body when you have to sit through a long flight or a boring movie. What's not...
Introduction What would a turkey or roast chicken dinner be without that yummy, crunchy, flavor-filled skin? Or how much would you enjoy your meat without that charbroiled strip of fat down the side of the steak? How bleak would life be if you could never taste those...
Introduction The word seems to be popping up everywhere these days. , in its simplest form, it means something we can't live without and protein is definitely one of those things. Protein occupies pride of place on a long list of nutrients that are to our health...
Introduction In the last few decades, carbohydrates have played the hero and the villain, alternating back and forth so quickly you're likely to get whiplash trying to follow the conventional wisdom of the day. More currently, some diets recommend a total rejection of...
Andropause It All Begins With the Endocrine System The endocrine system is considered one of the great controlling systems in the body, much like the nervous system. In fact, the endocrine system works in concert with the nervous system to work its magic in the body....
Heat stroke is one of three forms of a condition of elevated body temperature. While heat cramps and heat exhaustion are milder forms and generally less intense, heat stroke should be taken care of promptly by a medical professional.We all know that as we move around,...
Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue. This leads to increased bone fragility and risk of fractured or broken bones, particularly of the hip, spine and wrist. In general, women have 30% less bone mass than men but by...
Sleeping less and gaining more? There have been recent studies that show why. Two hormones responsible for stimulating and suppressing your appetite and increasing your metabolism have been flagged as being disrupted if insomnia persists. And if insomnia becomes...
You probably don’t think about it a lot, yet you can’t live without it. You can’t feel it working, yet it plays a central role in nearly all body functions. Your liver is one of the most vital organs in your body with a wide-ranging list of functions that can be...
Just when you thought you'd learned your vitamin-A-B-C's, along comes another vitamin, vitamin K. And, just to add interest to the mix, there are three of them; vitamin K1, K2 and K3. Friendly bacteria in your intestines are responsible for synthesizing vitamin K1 and...