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If you’re not a sports fan or hardcore athlete, the only cold baths you may be familiar with are when you’ve caught a glimpse of football players showering their coach near the end of a winning game, with a ‘Gatorade shower.’ Very chilling indeed. But what makes my teeth chatter even more is something most athletes willingly take part in themselves, following intense practice or workouts — and that’s an…
Last week we talked about alternative ways to put your back pain behind you. But sometimes low back injury often results in more than just localized pain and requires an imaging study in search of the diagnosis. That’s when your physician may check for criteria for getting an MRI. If that shows a herniated disc or nerve root impingement, he may want to talk about surgery, but there are non-surgical…
When it comes to conventional medicines we have two major categories: Over-the-counter (OTC) and prescribed. Prescribed medications tend to take on serious tones. You’d never take them any way other than specified by your doctor and pharmacist, wouldn’t share them with someone — even if they have the same condition — because it’s just not safe (or legal), and side effects are no big surprise from time to time. So,…
Breakfast is absolutely my favorite meal of the day. In fact, I enjoy breakfast foods so much that I can recall the first time I was introduced to various breakfast foods, including breakfast burritos, cheese toast, a full English breakfast and bagels with cream cheese. Perhaps the most memorable first, though, was the first time I ate a breakfast casserole. It was on a Saturday morning in June 1995. It…
A couple of weeks ago, while rushing around the house, trying to get ready to go shopping, I slipped, fell and cut my head. It wasn’t quite serious enough to necessitate a trip to the hospital. So I put a homemade ointment on it that, within about a week, helped erase just about any sign of the injury. My husband thought I was bound to have a small ugly scar…
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If you want optimum health so you can live life the way you want to, a diet full of fresh salads, vegetables, fruits and clean protein for breakfast, lunch and dinner is the way to go. Why? Because raw whole foods, unrefined complex carbohydrates, proteins and healthy fats from vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts and seeds give you the nutrients you need. Eating processed foods leaves you deficient, and that can…
For headaches and minor aches and pains, doctors often recommend taking non-aspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that are also known by their over-the-counter names as ibuprofen (common brand names Advil, Midol, NeoProfen, Caldolor, Motrin and Ibu) and naproxen (common brand names Aleve, Anaprox, Naprelan and Naprosyn). But do those doctors tell you that taking them puts you at greater risk of heart attack and strokes? Not likely. But the Food…
Martial arts were a large part of my early life. I loved the work outs. They were perfect — and I had strength, balance and interval training in those classes — which I now know are excellent for improving nerve growth factors in the brain and improving cardiovascular and pulmonary fitness. Plus, I loved the precision of doing forms, the sparring in class and even more, the thrill of competitions.…
Good posture is important, there’s just no way around that. Yet many people suffer unnecessary pain syndromes because of poor posture. Think of that forward head posture that many adopt when carrying backpacks or hunching over desks. Or sloughed shoulders of those with poor shoulder development or as a side effect of prolonged sitting and driving or working on a PC. Not to mention all those people who stand with…
There’s a wonderfully healthy spice that can help you fight heart disease, dodge cancer, live longer and lose weight. And you can toss some on your dinner tonight — maybe even on your eggs in the morning. Spice up your food with chili peppers, say researchers, and not only can you light up your taste buds, you can put the heat on numerous and nasty chronic diseases and disorders. A…