Our bones and joints are designed to give our bodies strength and leverage, but they're not really what holds us up. If you remove the muscle and ligaments, you just have a pile of loose bones with no chance of keeping them stacked properly. It's the marvelously intricate sets of opposing muscles throughout our bodies which keep things in line. This is particularly true of the spine. The long columns of vertebral bones balancing on the pelvic girdle and interlaid with fibrous discs, looks like a recipe for disaster, given the amount of bending, turning and twisting we do each day. Most of the mobility in our spines is in the length from our pelvis to our rib cage and this is where the maximum muscle strength and stabilization need to occur.
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Monday, November 19, 2012
4 Ways To Keep Skin From Drying Out In The Winter
By the time winter rolls around, it's often a welcome relief: no more unbearable heat, finding peppermint-flavored things at every retailer and of course, the chance of snow. However, there's one thing we never look forward to, and that is the dry, cracked skin that becomes inevitable from November to February.
This year, make it your resolution to not fall victim to "Elephant Hands" (or feet, or elbows). Here are four ways you can use moisturizers as dry skin remedies for softer skin this winter.
This year, make it your resolution to not fall victim to "Elephant Hands" (or feet, or elbows). Here are four ways you can use moisturizers as dry skin remedies for softer skin this winter.
How Do You Handle The Holidays When You're On The Medifast Diet?
I sometimes hear from people who are concerned about sticking to their diet when they have special occasions in their lives. Examples are things like weddings, vacations, and the holidays. The winter holidays (like Thanksgiving, Christmas. Hanukkah, and Kwanza) are particularly challenging because so many of the celebrations revolve around rich and fattening foods. Not participating in these events can make you feel like you are bringing every one else down. But, people who have made some progress on their diet and who are enjoying their results do not want to do anything to put those same results at risk.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
A List of 4 Cancer Fighting Foods
One of the best ways to prevent cancer is to control your diet
and monitor the things you eat. Not many of us take the time to really
look at what we consume on a daily basis. When you really take a minute
to figure it out, I bet that you'd be surprised just how bad your diet
is.
I sat down a few weeks ago and wrote down all of the foods I eat during the day. Surprisingly, I was a bit frightened by what I saw. I never realized how much of my diet was composed of sugary cereal and fattening snacks. On top of that, I was eating a lot of processed packaged foods.
After doing some research I found several foods that are good for general health. On top of that, they are also good for promoting cancer. It's a win-win! Below you'll find 4 popular foods that are healthy in general and that also fight cancer.
I sat down a few weeks ago and wrote down all of the foods I eat during the day. Surprisingly, I was a bit frightened by what I saw. I never realized how much of my diet was composed of sugary cereal and fattening snacks. On top of that, I was eating a lot of processed packaged foods.
After doing some research I found several foods that are good for general health. On top of that, they are also good for promoting cancer. It's a win-win! Below you'll find 4 popular foods that are healthy in general and that also fight cancer.
Why Did I Get Cancer, The Facts You Need to Know
One hundred years ago cancer was almost unheard of and today in
undeveloped or third world countries it is still a rare diseases. If our
mainstream medical system was interested in find the reasons why there
is so much cancer now why don't they travel to a country where it
doesn't occur and find out why it is not occurring. The simple fact is
that cancer has become a profitable business for both our medical care
system and pharmaceutical companies.
To overcome cancer you have to know the reason why it first appeared because before you can be free of it you must deal with the factors that first caused it. All cancers are a self-caused disease and they are caused by an immune system that's been weakened and didn't control cancer cells as they appeared within the body and that is because of the way we now live. Supermarkets and the food we are putting in our mouths are one of the main contributing factors.
To overcome cancer you have to know the reason why it first appeared because before you can be free of it you must deal with the factors that first caused it. All cancers are a self-caused disease and they are caused by an immune system that's been weakened and didn't control cancer cells as they appeared within the body and that is because of the way we now live. Supermarkets and the food we are putting in our mouths are one of the main contributing factors.
Foods To Prevent Cancer
Superfoods To Help With Cancer - 3 Types You'll Love
Research has shown that over 50% of all cancers can be prevented by eating the right foods every day. These are called superfoods. For those that have been eating superfoods for quite some time, this is old news. Just the mainstream media is behind on understanding all of this. It's a matter of science catching up to natural methods and approaches. Despite the fact that people have been teaching this information, and implementing it, for decades, science still has to provide empirical data. Medical research is now believing that superfoods are a viable option in regard to cancer treatment and prevention, something that is great progress for the scientific community.
There are enough different kinds of superfoods that you don't have to worry that you'll have to eat the same foods every day. One very common vegetable that can help prevent colon and rectal cancer is cabbage.
Research has shown that over 50% of all cancers can be prevented by eating the right foods every day. These are called superfoods. For those that have been eating superfoods for quite some time, this is old news. Just the mainstream media is behind on understanding all of this. It's a matter of science catching up to natural methods and approaches. Despite the fact that people have been teaching this information, and implementing it, for decades, science still has to provide empirical data. Medical research is now believing that superfoods are a viable option in regard to cancer treatment and prevention, something that is great progress for the scientific community.
There are enough different kinds of superfoods that you don't have to worry that you'll have to eat the same foods every day. One very common vegetable that can help prevent colon and rectal cancer is cabbage.
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