Archive for the ‘health’ Category

Swine Flu: What You Need To Know

What is swine flu? Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses that causes regular outbreaks in pigs. People do not normally get swine flu, but human infections can and do happen. Swine flu viruses have been reported to spread from person-to-person, but in the past, this [...]

Graying Hair? Yoga may help!

The news going around about how hair turns gray by bleaching itself from the inside out because of peroxide present in the follicle got me to do some digging. Catalase in the hair follicle helps to neutralize the peroxide, keeping your hair from going gray. Catalase is an enzyme that reduces peroxide to water and [...]

Didgeridoo Playing – Health Risks?

Great for sleep apnoea. asthma, but may cause cancer?

I love my Neti Pot!

I’ve been using a Neti PotĀ for a couple months now and it’s really great. Here is a link to an article about it: Neti pot for sinus health and cleansing nose

Reasons to consider zinc supplementation

Studies have shown zinc supplementation to boost the production of testosterone. Testosterone deficiancy can lead to symptoms such as: an inability to focus decreased labido fatigue depression obesity diabetes high blood pressure Zinc Supplementation Studies: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17984944&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=16648789&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=16648790&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus I have been taking zinc supplements now for about a week. Along with my new running routine, [...]

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