Understanding Body Function
Is Tech Dumbing Us Down?
May 7, 2020 - Category: Understanding Body Function
Scientists tell us that keeping our minds active is as important as physical exercise, so iphones, laptops, and the like must be making us smarter, right? According to The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, a Pulitzer-nominated 2011 book by Nicholas Carr, tech advancements definitely have their positive side, but excessive use…Is Tech Dumbing Us Down?
Read more...Forgetfulness – What’s Normal?
May 7, 2020 - Category: Understanding Body Function
It’s normal to forget things from time to time, and it’s normal to become somewhat more forgetful as you age. But how much forgetfulness is too much? How can you tell whether your memory lapses are within the scope of normal aging or are a symptom of something more serious? Healthy people can experience memory…Forgetfulness – What’s Normal?
Read more...Figeting With Forethought
May 7, 2020 - Category: Understanding Body Function
The average American spends 9-10 hours of their day sitting, and in some occupations, like telecommunications, employees typically spend 12 hours sitting every day. This is not a healthy state of affairs - studies show that prolonged sitting can increase your risk of death from virtually all health problems, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease…Figeting With Forethought
Read more...Fever and Immunity
May 7, 2020 - Category: Understanding Body Function
“Fever is nature's engine, which she brings into the field to remove her enemy.” — Thomas Sydenham, M.D. What do you do when a fever develops? Do you panic? Are you conditioned to feel that your health is in danger and that treatment is crucial? Do you reach for the acetaminophen (Tylenol) or aspirin, or…Fever and Immunity
Read more...Eye Aerobics
May 7, 2020 - Category: Understanding Body Function
We live in a sea of screens. Indeed, many people spend 8 or more hours every day staring at various versions of them. Moreover, our eyes are constantly being stimulated by artificial lights — blinking traffic lights, neon lights, compact fluorescent lights (CFLs), even energy-saving LEDs (which emit blue light that can generate high amounts…Eye Aerobics
Read more...Cell Phones and Your Brain – Handle With Care!
May 7, 2020 - Category: Understanding Body Function
Do wireless phones present a health risk? Commercials for cell phones that fill our airwaves, newspapers and magazines routinely feature young children happily chatting with their phones held smack up against their bodies and brains, and iPads plopped directly over young gonads. Headlines have repeatedly assured us that there's little to worry about because we…Cell Phones and Your Brain – Handle With Care!
Read more...Calcium and Your Thyroid By Ruth Sackman
May 7, 2020 - Category: Understanding Body Function
Magazines, television, radio, all contain advertising touting the great importance of adequate calcium intake, along with the calcium supplements they want us to buy. Yes, we need calcium, but do we need it in a tablet made from some inedible source, such as, chalk, eggshells, dolomite, or any chemical (carbonate, citrate, gluconate, lactate, phosphate) combination…Calcium and Your Thyroid By Ruth Sackman
Read more...Blue Light – Something Else to Worry About?
May 7, 2020 - Category: Understanding Body Function
Cavemen had plenty of things to worry about - lions, bears, starvation….. Today, in the digital age, we've got a different set of anxieties. One that is coming more and more into the spotlight is blue light. Before the advent of artificial lighting, the circadian rhythms of all living things - the natural 24-hour wakefulness…Blue Light – Something Else to Worry About?
Read more...Are You Over-Tense?
May 7, 2020 - Category: Understanding Body Function
We live is an increasingly fast-paced world or, more aptly, whirl! Chronic stress and tension have become problems for many of us and can lead to serious physical ailments. While, in some cases, professional help may be called for, there's a lot we can do to help ourselves. Here are some self-help measures recommended by…Are You Over-Tense?
Read more...Are You Grounded?
May 7, 2020 - Category: Understanding Body Function
Is it possible that the simple, regular act of walking barefoot on the Earth can reduce stress, improve sleep, relieve chronic pain and reduce insidious chronic inflammation? We humans spend our entire lives on this planet, yet we barely make physical contact with the actual ground. Most of our time is passed indoors, often living…Are You Grounded?
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