Health awareness is on the rise. Obesity is on the rise. Kids and teens need more fitness related activities. Physical education programs in schools are on the decline. Today's children are more world-savvy and environmentally aware than earlier generations. Children today are less physically active than previous generations. Today’s kids are technology addicts. Children and teens are at higher risk for heart disease, diabetes and other health-related illness. These statements, some seemingly contradictory, are all generalizations; they are also all true. So, how do we, as parents, raise health-conscious, healthy children?
Health awareness is more than just telling our kids
Raising Health-Conscious Kids
by TJ Davis August 30th, 2010 | Children's Health, Exercise, Nutrition Read More
Accepting A Life Without Anxiety?
by Kendall Ryan August 27th, 2010 | Mental Health
Anxiety is a disease. It is something that overcomes you and changes who you are. Anxiety has symptoms and treatments and of course, risks. There are all different kinds of anxiety such as general anxiety, test anxiety… the list goes on. However, for your day-to-day anxiety, there are a few simple tips that could help you begin to overcome it.
1. Work it off. Hit the gym each day (at least 5 out of 7 days a week) and get rid of the extra adrenalin that is inflaming your anxiety. Work out so hard that you are too exhausted to
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1. Work it off. Hit the gym each day (at least 5 out of 7 days a week) and get rid of the extra adrenalin that is inflaming your anxiety. Work out so hard that you are too exhausted to
Vitamin Focus: E
by Louise August 20th, 2010 | Diet, Vitamins
This article is the last in a series focusing on the different vitamins. The other vitamins that have already been covered are vitamin A, the B vitamins, vitamin C, and vitamin D.
What is vitamin E and what does it do for us? Vitamin E has long been known as the vitamin that helps skin heal when applied topically. There are those who buy bottles of liquid vitamin E to apply it to old scars in hopes that they will soon disappear through the magic of the vitamin. Despite many success anecdotes, research has
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What is vitamin E and what does it do for us? Vitamin E has long been known as the vitamin that helps skin heal when applied topically. There are those who buy bottles of liquid vitamin E to apply it to old scars in hopes that they will soon disappear through the magic of the vitamin. Despite many success anecdotes, research has
There’s an Apple for That!
by TJ Davis August 16th, 2010 | Diet, Health Research
Want white teeth and healthy gums? Want to considerably lower your cholesterol? Want to an easy way to increase the fiber in your diet? Want to lower your risk for osteoporosis and certain cancers? Want help with managing your diabetes? Yeah... there's an APPLE for that!!
If you have ever wondered just why an apple a day is said to keep the doctor away, you may be interested to learn that eating apples provides many healthful benefits, from dentition and digestion to diabetes management and more.
Apples contain pectin which acts as a natural tooth whitener, and biting and chewing the
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If you have ever wondered just why an apple a day is said to keep the doctor away, you may be interested to learn that eating apples provides many healthful benefits, from dentition and digestion to diabetes management and more.
Apples contain pectin which acts as a natural tooth whitener, and biting and chewing the