You Should Make Walking An Every Day Priority
No one needs to be reminded that the fitness craze has arrived in full bloom and hints to us that it s not going away anytime soon. For the more, shall we say, leisurely type of person, this can cause a lot of guilt. I m going to start walking -- next week. How hard can it be to just walk for 30 minutes. I can do that. I just haven t had time. We ve all heard and sometimes used one of these excuses. The one reason people don t do what they don t absolutely have to do is simple: They don t want to, and they don t have to. We grow up learning that death and taxes are the only two inevitables. Now they want us to exercise. Exercise is thought of by many people as a forced kind of event, and walking hovers near the top of the list in the boring category. What s the point, where s the destination. we ask. Well, just like everything else, there are loopholes here aplenty; it s up to the individual to make something so intolerably boring pretty interesting. It s also imperative to your health that you rethink that statement and re-prioritize your life. Just think of it this way: Do you place a high...
Are You In Bed With 8 Legged Freaks!
They are tiny. They are dirty. There are probably thousands if not millions of them in bed with you every night!. They are called dust mites and if you suffer from asthma or allergies, they make your symptoms even worse. So whether you have an adjustable bed or a regular bed, these little critters are nothing but a nuisance. Dust mites make their home in mattresses, pillows, blankets, quilts, carpets and fabric covered furniture, thrive in the summer and usually die in the winter. They may continue to thrive in the winter if your house is warm and humid. The bedroom is an area that has an environment that the dust mite loves. An adjustable bed, or any bed for that matter, can contain hundreds of thousands of them and an old pillow can have 20 of its own weight made up of dust mites, dead and alive, and dust mite droppings.But mainly their droppings. Kind of makes you look at your bed a little differently tonight. Why do they love to get in bed with us . Because most animals, including humans shed skin flakes every year. We all naturally lose skin, head and pubic hairs by the thousands every year...
Traveling Exhibit Offers Closer Look At Cancer
A unique, interactive exhibit is traveling to 12 cities nationwide to educate health-conscious and at-risk people about cancers from the top of the body to the bottom - skin, oral, breast, prostate, lung and colorectal. The Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation s Check Your Insides Out -From Top to Bottom exhibit features six hands-on, family-friendly learning stations that enable visitors to: Learn about the effects of sun exposure and the damage it can do to skin. Walk through a gigantic, 20-foot-long, 8-foot-high colon to see healthy colon tissue and the various stages of colorectal cancer. Listen to lungs talk about lung cancer facts. Check out the inside of a large mouth to get the scoop on oral cancer prevention. Learn early detection tips for prostate cancer. Test knowledge of breast cancer and increase awareness of the facts. No matter your age, you should know the risk factors and symptoms for all types of cancer and know your family medical history, said Carolyn Aldige, president and founder of the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation. The Check Your Insides Out - From Top to...
The Rise Of Allergies And Asthma
It is estimated that over half of Americans between the ages of 6 and 59 would test positive to one or more allergens. About one quarter of these people would be allergic to dust mites, ragweed or cockroaches. Surveys suggest that about ten million Americans are allergic to cats. Two million are allergic to insect stings. The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology believes allergies are the sixth leading cause of chronic i.e. The problem is not confined to the U.S. It is estimated that between forty and fifty per cent of children in North America, Western Europe and Australia have some form of allergy. Why is this a problem if you have asthma. The WHO believes 90 per cent of asthma attacks are triggered by allergic reactions. An allergy starts with the body s increased sensitivity to something it perceives as a threat. The immune system overreacts to an allergen that for others is an innocent, unthreatening substance. We don t know why some people become sensitized to an allergen and others do not, but it is believed that people inherit a tendency for allergies, although not to a...