Healthy Living Articles

In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control have outlined a specific set of guidelines concerning childhood immunizations which an individual should receive between the ages of 1 month to 18 years old.

Solving a Rubik's cube can seem like a daunting and even impossible task to beginners. However, with enough practice and determination you can do it. How can solving this fascinating puzzle help your cognitive abilities?

Head lice are very annoying little creatures that always seem to find their way back to your scalp no matter what. How can you get rid of them for good?

One of the problems in managing diabetes is that many common snacks send blood sugars soaring. It only takes a tiny amount of carbohydrate, as little as 5 to 10 grams, or 20 to 40 calories, to send blood sugar levels up into the unsafe zone.

In many cooking shows that we watch on TV the one common phrase that they all use is “Now add salt to taste” but invariably we add more salt than what is needed. I will not argue with the fact that every person’s taste buds are tuned differently

On a cellular level, consuming too much of either salt or sugar has a similar effect, since cells receive sugar with the help of salt . If you consume too much salt or sugar, cells can literally become water-logged.

Several fruits and vegetables have been touted as superfruits. Blackberry, broccoli, and even avocado were drawn into the limelight, but their superfruit status was soon superseded by other fruits and vegetables.

When a diet promises you can eat anything you want and lose weight, well, that's suspicious. When a diet is based on eating parasitic worms, that's just plain creepy.

Leisurely sipping a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon or Pinot Noir is never going to be classified as consuming a health food, but if your goals are a healthy mind and a healthy body, you won't do yourself harm by drinking an occasional glass of red wine.

The best advice for improving your mood is to eat low glycemic, unprocessed whole foods high in complex carbohydrates and protein, get lots of exercise, water and rest!