Understanding Body Function
Be Kind to Your Liver — The Body’s Real Workhorse By Ruth Sackman, Founder and Former president of F.A.C.T.
April 12, 2021 - Category: Understanding Body Function
The heart is considered by medical standards the most important organ of the body because if it stops beating, we die. But the liver is the real workhorse. It has about 300 tasks to take care of and, when it’s working properly, our overall health is enhanced most efficiently. Nearly every human ailment relates directly…Be Kind to Your Liver — The Body’s Real Workhorse By Ruth Sackman, Founder and Former president of F.A.C.T.
Read more...The Nitric Oxide Dump!
January 12, 2021 - Category: Understanding Body Function
Most of us think of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) or Peak Fitness as something reserved for extremely motivated (i.e., virtually crazed) high powered athletes. The Nitric Oxide Dump, however, is an amazing new version of HIIT that can be done by people of all body types and ages, in short, your “average Joe.” Consisting of…The Nitric Oxide Dump!
Read more...Posing in the Sky — Yoga for the Weary Traveler
May 7, 2020 - Category: Understanding Body Function
Are you all bent out of shape after a flight? Airline travel is no picnic these days due to a host of inconveniences, but what about what it does to your body, scrunched for hours in minimal space? Each year it seems economy airplane seats have gotten smaller, while people haven't! These days the typical…Posing in the Sky — Yoga for the Weary Traveler
Read more...Why Music Is Good Medicine By Amanda L. Chan
May 7, 2020 - Category: Understanding Body Function
Whether it's the perfect song after a bad break-up, or something relaxing to listen to while studying or puttering, most of us have felt music's power to make our hearts and souls feel better. Now scientific evidence from a vast array of studies explains why both playing and listening to music can have serious health…Why Music Is Good Medicine By Amanda L. Chan
Read more...Why Do We Cry?
May 7, 2020 - Category: Understanding Body Function
Animals may "cry" by making sounds for emotional expression or pain, but humans are the only animal that actually sheds tears, which leads us to the question: why? Scientifically speaking, tears are a result of action in the lacrimal gland situated between your eyeball and eyelid. When you blink, the fluid disperses over the eye,…Why Do We Cry?
Read more...Why Do Music Conductors Live So Long? By Tania Gabrielle French
May 7, 2020 - Category: Understanding Body Function
Did you know orchestra conductors live longer than nearly any other group of people? It's true. Many of the famous conductors of the past lived well into their 80s and 90s - Leopold Stokowski, 95, Pablo Casals, 96, Nadia Boulanger, 90, and Arturo Toscanini, 89, to name a few. And they were from a time…Why Do Music Conductors Live So Long? By Tania Gabrielle French
Read more...Why Distilled Water? By FACT
May 7, 2020 - Category: Understanding Body Function
Only oxygen is more essential than water in sustaining the life of all living organisms. Human beings can live for several weeks without food, but only a few days without water. The daily cleansing of wastes from each cell, the flushing of the alimentary canal and the purifying of the blood are all dependent on…Why Distilled Water? By FACT
Read more...What Is Glutathione?
May 7, 2020 - Category: Understanding Body Function
Glutathione, known as “the master antioxidant,” is all the rage these days. TV doctors and health gurus are waxing poetic about it, healthfood stores are selling umpteen facsimiles of it — despite the fact that it’s nothing new! Our bodies have been naturally producing glutathione to protect against oxidative stress since homo sapiens arrived on…What Is Glutathione?
Read more...What’s In a Yawn?
May 7, 2020 - Category: Understanding Body Function
For a long time it was thought that the primary purpose of yawning was to increase oxygen to the circulatory system and the brain in order to improve alertness. In primitive times, the yawn might have silently signaled to others the need to be more alert as one of the group was tired and not…What’s In a Yawn?
Read more...The Next New Old Thing: Retro Walking
May 7, 2020 - Category: Understanding Body Function
Have you walked backwards lately? This is a practice for health and well-being, believed to have originated in ancient China. Now, in the 21st Century, going in reverse, or the hipper-sounding “retro walking,” is becoming a new workout phenomenon, especially in Japan, China, Europe and the U.S.! And beyond being a popular exercise, it’s a…The Next New Old Thing: Retro Walking
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