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The best way to prevent the pain from returning is to keep the tendons in your foot stretched and pliable throughout the day. Choose a stable object to place your hands. This can be a piece of furniture or a wall. Hold your arms out and...

Avoid the foods that are prone to disturb your sleep at night and enjoy them earlier in the day or on the weekends when you can go to sleep later. Diet affects many aspects of our lives, but preventing it from interfering with rest can simply be a matter of following tips like these...

So powerful in nutrition, it makes healthy sense to keep them around to eat in some way everyday. Lemons are loaded with Vitamin C and fibre. Additionally, they are easily incorporated into a myriad of beverages and dishes where their tartness diminishes among other flavors, but still entices the taste buds...

There are plenty of healthy, natural insect repellents that you can use.... Citronella, Lemon Eucalyptus, Lemongrass and Lavender are volatile plant oils you can use on your clothing to discourage pests or in diluted form on your skin. Mix them together with a dilutant such as vitamin E...

Apart from providing energy, CoQ10 also stabilizes cell membranes and acts as an antioxidant. Research has proved that if levels in CoQ10 drop to a 25% deficiency or more, various problems appear, among which heart diseases and immune system disorders are most common...

If you want to lose weight, it is far better to follow a long-term plan. Wait until you can really commit yourself to a sensible approach. The following ten tips will give you a framework for losing weight the healthy way...

The term "whole foods" is usually attributed to fruits, vegetables and whole grains. But there are other types of food that can be included in this category: unprocessed meat, poultry and fish, as well as non-homogenized milk. In any case, all of them must be natural or "fresh"...

Prescription and over-the-counter sleep aids may work to relieve symptoms but often cause side effects, including dependence. Learn some natural remedies to treat insomnia and wake up tomorrow morning feeling refreshed and rejuvenated!...

Hair loss and thinning ...can have many causes, such as stress, poor nutrition and exercise, medicines and ...pollutants. Some...problems can be controlled with diet and exercise because it can promote better blood circulation. Herbal treatments are available today that can improve thinning hair as well...

Saving the world’s rainforests becomes a much more important priority when people can truly gauge what’s at stake if the forests dwindle or even become extinct. The following plants are grown in various rainforests around the world and do, indeed, contain important medicinal properties that can contribute greatly to world health...

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Everybody gets the occasional upset stomach. However, if chronic digestive distress is interrupting your life, it may be time to get some help. Learn how these seven herbs can help improve your digestive health.

Lignans are plant-based compounds that have weak estrogen-like properties. They’re beneficial because they compete with estrogen receptors on breast tissue and block the binding of more powerful estrogens. Because of this estrogen-blocking effect, many experts believe lignans lower the risk of breast cancer...

In the quest to encourage people to get their "five-a-day", researchers at the University of California at Davis looked at whether a veggie alternative - drinking vegetable juice would help Americans boost their vegetable intake. Here's what they found out...

The most obvious way sugar-sweetened beverages increase the risk of diabetes is by causing weight gain. The average can of soft drink has almost 150 calories with close to 99% of the calories coming from sugar. When you drink a few cans each day along with meals, the calories really add up...

Of course, choosing a healthy breakfast cereal should be priority number one, but you can further boost the nutritional power of breakfast cereal by what you add to it. Here are the five best ways to boost the health benefits of breakfast cereal.

An allergic reaction to food will usually produce reactions such as hives, swelling of the skin, tongue and/or lips....People with food intolerance experience digestive disturbances. This could include constipation, diarrhea, chronic burping or flatulence, distended (bloated) stomach and gurgling intestines...

Don’t reach for the water when your mouth is burning from eating spicy foods, drink something milk-based instead - you'll feel the sweet relief a whole lot faster...

If you frequently suffer from heartburn, adding some apple cider vinegar to your diet can work wonders in easing symptoms. Though it may seem counterproductive to add acid to an already burning stomach, acid reflux is actually a problem with too little acid production, not too much...

Furuncles and carbuncles ...“boils”... are caused by a staphylococcal infection which usually involves a hair follicle and surrounding tissue. The staphylococcal bacteria occurs naturally on the skin, but a break in the skin allows the bacteria to invade healthy tissue, and cause an infection...

Nutritional supplements, including herbal remedies, are not regulated by the FDA, but there is anecdotal evidence to support that these natural herbs and nutritional supplements may help couples trying to conceive a baby...

When researchers gave mice injections of black rice extract, it helped to reduce inflammation in these rodents that were suffering from skin irritation due to allergic contact dermatitis. In fact, mice that got the black rice extract had more than 30% less allergic skin irritation...

Tomatoes lose some of their vitamin C when they're cooked, but heating, processing, or crushing boost their antioxidant power. Cooked tomatoes are a good source of a carotenoid called lycopene - a strong antioxidant that may play a role in reducing the risk of heart disease and some types of cancer...

Recently, researchers discovered that the polyphenol antioxidants in green tea and grape seed extract block absorption of iron by the intestines. They do this by binding to iron and forming a complex that can't be transported into intestinal cells. Because they can't be absorbed, these iron-containing complexes are excreted...

Some question the reliability of herbals and other supplements since they are not scrutinized and regulated by the government to the same extent as pharmacy products. While no medication can be 100% safe, ...Listed below are some alternative medications that have performed well on scientific tests...

Video Transcription From the foothills of Mount Fuji flows the crystal-clear water of the Shiyoyama springs which provides water to one of the wor...

Capsaicin is a substance found in chili peppers, which most likely evolved as a means of deterring animals and fungi from feeding upon them. In fact, there is evidence that capsaicin is the world's first anti-fungal agent, hence its broadly anti-microbial properties...