It’s Friday afternoon at 4:30 and the clock couldn’t be moving any slower. It’s been a long week and you’re more than ready for the weekend to begin.
The only problem (besides the last 30 minutes feeling like an eternity) is you haven’t had your workout yet. You’re thinking to yourself, “I’m not in the mood [...]
General Health
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Pre workout supplements to help motivate
Posted on September 23, 2012 by healthyjim
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Should i take Acai?
Posted on May 29, 2012 by admin
What is Acai?
The acai berry is an inch-long reddish, purple fruit . It comes from the acai palm tree (Euterpe oleracea) native to tropical Central and South America and has been a traditional food of the native people of the Amazon for hundreds of years. Acai derives from a word of indigenous peoples of South [...]
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CO Q10 Increased Fertility Benefits as well?
Posted on October 26, 2011 by healthyjim
Much of the surging interest in CoQ10 supplements comes from research linking it to better results in male and female fertility therapy," said a leading Physician recently, he went on to state "It has long been recognized for its antioxidant properties—but the role CoQ10 may play in fertility are of interest to a whole new group of [...]
This post was posted in General Health, Fertility
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Prepare your defenses for winter
Posted on October 10, 2011 by Healthyhilary
If you are fit and your immune system is in the peak of health, you can often fight off these infectious without developing sniffles, coughs, sneezes or sore throats. It is usually when you are stressed, lacking in nutrients or feeling tired and run down that symptoms tend to strike and never more so than [...]
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Natural approaches to IBS
Posted on October 10, 2011 by Healthyhilary
Statistics tell us that at least a third of us are affected by by Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) at some time during our life.
IBS is often called 'a functional disorder' of the bowel; in other words, a disturbance in bowel function without any change in structure or obvious cause and when diagnostic tests such as [...]
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Daily Vitamin B pill can help stave off Alzheimer's disease
Posted on September 19, 2011 by healthyjim
A daily vitamin pill could dramatically slow the onset of memory loss in old age and even protect against Alzheimer's disease, researchers have found.
More than 800,000 people in Britain suffer from dementiaThe tablet, containing high doses of B vitamins and folic acid, reduced memory decline by 70 per cent in some elderly people.
It also halved [...]
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Reducing stress during and after pregnancy can have a direct effect on your children.
Posted on August 8, 2011 by Healthyhilary
Women who are stressed while pregnant are more ‘liable to have hyperactive children’ according to research.
Until recently it has been thought that genetics have played the primary influential factor in the development of ADHD but more recent research suggests that antenatal anxiety could contribute to 15% of cases of the behavioural condition. In these cases [...]
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What are antioxidants and why do I need them?
Posted on August 8, 2011 by Healthyhilary
In the natural process of our day out body breaks down nutrients, absorbs them and uses them for repair and growth. This happens every minute of every day and is the way in which we survive. However this process, albeit natural, also causes some damage; Free Radical Damage and here is how. Oxidation uses oxygen [...]
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The lowdown on Collagen
Posted on August 8, 2011 by Healthyhilary
Your body needs collagen. It makes the connective tissue in our skin, keeping you looking youthful!; the ligaments, cartilage and muscles, keeping us agile; and the bones and teeth giving us structure. In essence it works like glue, supporting, shaping and bulking. Your body is constantly manufacturing collagen to maintain and repair connective tissues lots [...]
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Digestion: The cornerstone of good health.
Posted on August 8, 2011 by Healthyhilary
We often don’t think about digestion unless we’re not feeling great or we’ve eaten something that doesn’t seem to agree with us. The usual course of action is to take well known antacids or indigestion tablets to gain relief until the next time it occurs. What we sometimes forget is that the main function of [...]
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