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12. Eczema: Tips On How To Care For Your Skin
Eczema can best be described as a non-contagious skin condition, which is characterized by hot dry itchy skin, with symptoms that often fluctuate seasonally and even over the course of the day. Eczema typically begins in early childhood. Research indicates that eczema may be genetically determined and studies show that there is often a family history of allergies, asthma, eczema or hay fever. Children who experience eczema may also suffer from asthma or hay fever as well. Like an allergy, eczema tends to flair up when exposed to certain triggers, especially mechanical irritants, allergens, emotional stress, heat and sweating. When exposed to an offending situation, inflammation producing cells come to surface of the skin and relea...
Author: Dr. Rita Louise Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:57:01 -0400

13. The Truth About Omega 3
Since Dr Basant Puri, a consultant psychiatrist and senior lecturer at London's Imperial College MRI unit, released his findings on Omega 3 and its effect on brain function and depression, many studies have been performed regarding the beneficial effects of this fatty acid. Studies over the past two years have consistently confirmed that Omega 3, a substance lacking in today’s “diet” is a key component in the brain’s development and proper functioning. The notion that Omega 3 was linked to depression and other mental illnesses came about based on studies conducted at Harvard University in 1999 on people with bipolar and a 1996 study by the Journal of the American Medical Association studying the prevalence of depression across ten...
Author: Dave Mcevoy Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:57:00 -0400

14. Top Ten Reasons To Supplement Your Diet With EPA Fish Oil
We are in the grip of an omega 3 fish oil wave, every day more studies are published to show just how important this nutrient is to us. Last week it was children with concentration problems this week it is children with autism. Here are some very good reasons why you should consider supplementing your diet with a high quality EPA fish oil supplement. 1. Most of the modern western diets contain way too much omega 6 in the form of breads and pasta, by supplementing your diet with an omega 3 fish oil supplement it will help to correct this imbalance of omega 6 to omega 3. 2. High grade omega 3 EPA fish oil has been shown to be very beneficial in the fight against depression. If your brain becomes clogged up with Tran’s fatty acids...
Author: david mcevoy Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:56:59 -0400

15. Omega 3 EPA: Nature’s Very Own Anti-Depressant
Since Dr Malcolm Peet, a consultant psychiatrist at Sheffield swallow court hospital released his findings about the effects of Ethyl Epa and its effects on people suffering from depression and low moods, many other studies have been performed using Ethyl Epa to help treat depression and related disorders. The vast majority of the studies that have been performed consistently confirmed that Ethyl Epa, a natural substance found in omega 3 fish oil, helps relieve depression and low moods. The idea that high grade omega 3 EPA could be used to help combat depression and other related disorders came from the late Dr Horribin, who as early as the 1970s was a pioneer in lipid research involving the brain and central nervous system. Since ...
Author: Dave Mcevoy Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:56:59 -0400

16. Warming Up Yes! It Is Essential
I know what you’re thinking. Warming up is for sissies, and wimps. You wouldn’t be caught dead on a treadmill or exercise bike. You’re here for one reason-- to move big iron and get massive. Well what if I told you that warming up could help you lift heavier, which in turn could help you get bigger if you are not over training, eating enough protein and getting enough rest. And I’m convinced it will help prevent injuries, provided you don’t do something stupid after you warm up like trying to squat 300 when you can barely get ten reps with 100. How will warming up help me lift heavier? Lets take barbell curls for example. If you start off with your heaviest weight which let’s say is 100 pounds. You, for one thing, will hav...
Author: Leonard Rogalski Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:56:58 -0400

17. Fear and Anxiety: They Are No Match For Hypnosis
Many people struggle each day with fear and anxiety. We’re not talking about being afraid that you didn’t pass your last test or anxiety over a job interview. Anxiety and fear become deep rooted elements of a person’s life and can create havoc in relationships and make it impossible to function on a day to day basis. Anxiety often creates a snowball effect of emotions that take place when something, even the smallest thing, goes wrong in a person’s life. For example, for someone struggling with anxiety, even the minutest intrusion can throw his or her entire day out of line. Let’s say you are getting ready for work and your cat throws up on your carpet. Automatically your mind starts racing. This means you are going to be late...
Author: Lyta Humphris Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:56:58 -0400

18. Green Tea And Weight Loss
There’s recently been a LOT in the weight loss news concerning green tea. Green tea’s weight loss effects have been causing more and more people to start sipping the ancient Japanese brew. But just how does green tea help you lose weight? And does it really work or is it all just hype? This article gives you the real facts about drinking green tea to lose weight. Advantages of Drinking Green Tea for Weight Loss: 1) Green tea revs up your metabolism A study reported on in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that green tea extract resulted in a significant increase in energy expenditure (a metabolism 'boost'). The researchers also concluded that that over a 24-hour period, green tea extract increases...
Author: Kathryn O'Neill Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:56:56 -0400

19. Cialis – The Latest in ED Medicine
Erectile Dysfunction is defined as the consistent inability to attain and maintain an erection sufficient for sexual intercourse. ED affects an estimated 189 million men worldwide. Experts believe that 80 percent to 90 percent of ED cases are related to a physical or medical condition, such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and prostate cancer treatment, while 10 percent to 20 percent are due to psychological causes. In many cases, however, both psychological and physical factors contribute to the condition. Lilly ICOS LLC, a joint venture between ICOS Corporation and Eli Lilly and Company, developed Cialis for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. ICOS Corporation, a biotechnology company headquartered in Bothell, Washington,...
Author: John M. Davidson Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:56:55 -0400

20. Do You Know The History Of Trampolines As Exercise Equipment ?
The manufactured trampoline, as we know it today, was created by two men, George Nissen and Larry Griswold. Around 1935, Griswold, then the assistant gymnastics coach at the University of Iowa, and Nissen, a tumbler on the University of Iowa gymnastics team, "made regular jaunts to Bloomington, Illinois where numerous circus people had their winter homes. Among them were the "Flying Wards", some of the finest trapeze performers in the world. Griswold and Nissen worked out with them at the local YMCA, and frequently helped them make or mend their large trapeze nets. Nissen remembers the hours they spent in the basement of the YMCA, threading the long cords of the nets, using large javelin-head needles. This experience ...
Author: Jeb Taylor Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:56:55 -0400

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