Treatment for Neuropathy Article by Dilbertgeek Living a healthy lifestyle promotes good health and renders less health problems as one ages. Proper diet and nutrition can lower the risk of diabetes and refraining from consuming large amounts of alcohol can reduce the risk of alcoholism. There are hereditary concerns for diabetes but if one creates […]
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How To Create Healthy, Fertile Soil
In your organic garden it is very important to have fertile soil to create the best possible growing conditions for healthy, tasty vegetables and great yields. Soil fertility is best when essential nutrients are available to your plants and when the humus levels are at 5% or more. Humus is the stable decomposed remains of […]
Why Are the Omega Three Oils Good Brain Food?
The Omega three oils, or what are sometimes known as the Omega three essential fatty acids, are important to good health. It is now recognized that a deficiency of the essential fatty acids in our diet can have serious health consequences. Many people are aware that more Omega three fats in your diet can help […]
Hypertension and Stroke – The Silent Killers
Stroke is a leading cause of deaths in the United States and the world. The relationship between hypertension and stroke is close. During blood circulation, the process exerts pressure in the arterial walls. Hypertension increases this pressure, even when the person is not doing any strenuous physical activity. This condition is a major cause of […]
Prevalence of High Blood Pressure
There is no evidence that average blood pressure in the whole of the general population has risen over the seventy or so years over which measurements are available. There is some indirect evidence that it may be lowered and may still be falling quite independently of medical treatment. Whatever the definition of high blood pressure […]
Blood Pressure and Heart Size in Athletes
In 1976, 413 high school runners in Finland competed in a 2000-meter race. At the time of the race and in a follow-up study twenty-five years later, the faster runners had much lower blood pressures than the slower ones (International Journal of Sports Medicine, July-August 2005.) The researchers wanted to know whether a maximal endurance […]
The Various Uses of Cayenne Pepper
People have used cayenne pepper for centuries as a seasoning for food, as well as a medicinal herb. Cayenne is a red-hot chili pepper that rates from 30,000 to 50,000 on the Scoville Scale. Many people who cook add cayenne to their foods, whether they are cooking ethnic foods or American foods. Regardless of the […]