5,196 articles related to "health"

How Essential Fatty Acids Are Used As Muscle Supplements

Essential fatty acids or EFAs are fatty acids that should be obtained from diet since these cannot be created within an organism from other constituents through other kinds of chemical pathways. Experts usually refer to essential fatty acids highly i...

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Top Ten Reasons to Buy a Natural Latex Mattress

Top Ten Reasons to Buy a Natural Latex Mattress by: Ben Hermsen 1. Latex mattresses are a natural, biodegradable renewable resource: Beginning on plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia, latex is sap milked from rubber trees in a manner not unlike...

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Understanding Cholesterol Levels and Decrease the Risk of Heart Attacks and Stokes

Understanding Cholesterol Levels and Decrease the Risk of Heart Attacks and Stokes by: Claire Bowes Fact: heart disease claims about ½ million lives in America per year high cholesterol levels play a significant role in heart disease ...

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High Intensity Interval Training: A New Frontier in Weight Loss

High Intensity Interval Training: A New Frontier in Weight Loss by: Nathan Latvaitis Are you exercising for long periods of time to try to burn fat? If you’re like most people you probably are, but there is a better, more efficient way. It’s...

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Ten Important Things to Know Before You Join a Weight Loss Program

Ten Important Things to Know Before You Join a Weight Loss Program  by: A.M.Sall1. What is my BMI and how do I calculate it? BMI means Body Mass Index. Healthy weight is defined as a BMI equal to or greater than 19 and less than 25 among all peo...

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The Pain Factor

The Pain Factor by: Louise A. Roach Last year I told an acquaintance that at the age of 46, I had taken up running. The reply was, “Oh, that’s awfully hard on your knees.” At first I was taken aback. Yes, I knew if I didn’t stretch, warm...

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Not Enough Women Getting Folic Acid

Not Enough Women Getting Folic Acid by: News Canada (NC)—While most women have heard about folic acid, less than half know it's of benefit to women of childbearing age, according to the Folic Acid Alliance of Ontario. In addition, many wo...

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My Teenaged Parents

eenaged Parents by: Phyllis Staff Frankly, as a single parent of young children, I struggled. But, as the single parent of teenagers, I stunk! Faced with the reality of children who could (and did) do whatever they really, really wanted to do, I...

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Increase Your Training Intensity - Training To Failure

You can only build muscle tissue if you can generate progressively stronger muscular contractions, so this calls for an emphasis on finding ways to increase exercise intensity. This should not be confused with exercise duration as maximum training in...

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Efforts through the Web The Ryongchon Relief Project

It’s quite a relief to witness active and valiant efforts to help out North Korea on a particularly devastating incident that happened on April 22, 2004. These efforts to extend a helping hand were even projected over the web. It is a relief, since...

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