Factors Impacting Your Inability to Lose Weight

There are few things more dispiriting and de-motivating than endeavoring to commence a vigorous exercise regime, adopting a healthy lifestyle and well-managed diet and … stubbornly refusing to shed any excess weight. While the experience of ‘weight loss plateau’ is a familiar one to anyone who has attempted to work off unwanted weight, there may [...]

Signs, Symptoms and Alternative Techniques for Treating Arthritis

There are over 100 different types of arthritis, and it is common knowledge that it is a degenerative condition of the joints which causes considerable pain and reduced mobility – a vicious cycle, in fact, which ‘feeds itself’. Inflamed joints are painful to move, but movement helps bring increased circulation into the area, which is [...]

Avoiding Knee Injuries

The Knee Injury As anyone who has ever run for any length of time is well aware, the risks of suffering an injury increase incrementally with age. Furthermore, improper techniques can lead to overtraining which in turn leads to tendon, joint, and muscle injuries; and in addition, the surface that an individual runs on may [...]

Eastern Perspectives And Western Psychology

History “Buddhism will come to the West as a psychology,” observed Chogyam Trungpa, recognized as one of the greatest figures in both Tibetan and Western Buddhism. But Eastern influences on Western thought long predated Eastern influence on Western psychology. Bishop Berkeley, who famously suggested that in fact there was no material world at all and [...]

The Cutting Edge of Gene Research: ‘Next Generation’ Genetic Sequencing Technology Makes its Debut

In 1936, one of the early pioneers of modern genetics, J. B. S. Haldane, concluded a study of a group of men suffering from the blood disease hemophilia with a speculation: every human being is likely to develop about 15O genetic mutations. In his day, it was technically impossible to confirm this prediction with any [...]

Neuroscience and the Emotional Brain

How do neuroscientists understand emotion? The quest of brain science to understand emotion has not been one of significant philosophical insights or metaphysical concern, but rather one of a more narrowly tightened focus. Large but uncertain truths about the nature of the mind has not been their goal. Their prey is been small but sure: [...]

Naturally Resistant Starch

NRS: What Is It? Naturally resistant starch can be defined as any type of starch that escapes digestion in the small intestine of healthy individuals. It is considered to be the third main type of dietary fiber, and it assists greatly in healthy natural digestion. It is found naturally in such foods as bananas, beans, [...]

Hypertension in Women

Hypertension Hypertension is more commonly referred to as high blood pressure, and it is considered to be a chronic medical condition. There are two main types: essential or secondary. Essential hypertension means that there is no known medical cause which can be found as a reason for the rise in blood pressure, and is considered [...]

Can Pesticides Be Causing Parkinson’s?

Parkinson’s Disease Parkinson’s disease is a disorder similar to Alzheimer’s in the sense that it is a degenerative disease that attacks the individual’s central nervous system and deteriorates their motor skills over time, leading to speech problems and other detrimental effects. It is part of a group of conditions known as movement disorders which are [...]

Consistent Fitness Routines

The Breakdown Doctors recommend consistent fitness training for most of their patients. Why? Physical activity on a regular basis helps maintain a healthy metabolism. A healthy metabolism ensures that the body is processing food more efficiently. By processing food more efficiently the body has a higher level of energy. A higher level of energy allows [...]

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