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• What Do You Do When You Have a Heart Attack?
  Heart attack survival depends on what you do before, during, and after a heart attack. Being knowledgeable about heart attack warning signs, and adequate preparation prior to an attack may hold the key to survival from a heart attack.
  Published 30Oct2009, viewed 11 times

• The Emotional Recovery from a Heart Attack
  Heart-attack survivors have to recover not only from the coronary heart disease itself but also from the emotions associated with their heart attacks, such as anxiety, anger, and fear. Depression is common among heart-attack survivors. Emotions may interfere with rehabilitation and recovery from heart attacks. Dealing with the emotional side of a heart attack is important.
  Published 29Oct2009, viewed 10 times

• Sharpen Memory Skills to Sharpen the Mind
  Sharpen memory skills to sharpen the mind to improve memory. Basic memory tools include association, visualization, creativitty, and organization. However, there may be obstacles that need to be overcome, and these obstacles, including distraction, lack of focus, inadequate movivation, and stress, can interfere with the process of remembering.
  Published 06Nov2009, viewed 46 times

• How Overcome Difficulty With Words
  Difficulty with words is difficulty in finding words, such as names and familiar words. You know those words, but they are at the tip of your tongue, and you simply cannot retrieve them instantly. Difficulty with words is common, especially as you age. You can overcome difficulty with words by learning basic memory skills to enhance mental processing, by being well prepared to anticipate the difficulty in word finding in upcoming situations.
  Published 04Nov2009, viewed 28 times

• God's Love And Love In A Marriage
  Jesus' life is a model for love in a marriage. He lived with the purpose of doing the will of His Father - acceptance for all; He demonstrated His commitment to preach God's message of unconditional love and forgiveness. Likewise, love in a successful marriage is made up of intimacy, passion, and commitment. It all begins with a decision to love and commitment to love self as well as others.
  Published 31Oct2009, viewed 89 times

• Normal Or Abnormal Forgetfulness?
  Normal forgetfulness is different from dementia or Alzheimer's, although they show similar symptoms of slower mental processing as aging continues. The main difference is that benign forgetfulness can be compensated by more effort and devoping new techniques to cope with slower mental processing, while dementia or Alzheimer's cannot.
  Published 30Oct2009, viewed 121 times

• How Foods May Affect Your Body Organs
  According to the Chinese, eating is an art and a science, because foods affect body organs in different ways, either positively or negatively. The Chinese eat foods for balance and harmony, based on the concept of "yin" and "yang" which originates from the "Five Elements" of Nature. Therefore, they also eat foods based on different colors, representing the "Five Elements."
  Published 30Oct2009, viewed 198 times

• Being Both Abundant And Spiritual Is The Tallest Order
  Being both abundant and spiritual is the tallest order in contemporary living. Both abundance and spirituality require living in faith, which is putting God first, and sharing abundance with those less fortunate.
  Published 24Oct2009, viewed 93 times

• Living In Faith - The Tallest Order
  Living in faith is living a life of spirituality, which demands a major decision in life to be interested in spiritual things, instead of things of the flesh. Living in faith is the tallest order in contemporary living because it involves negating self and subordinating self-will to the will of God. It is a lifelong struggle, but one still needs to make that decision to believe in order to have a personal relationship with God.
  Published 19Oct2009, viewed 98 times

• Mastering Proper Posture and Correct Body Alignment to Master Golf Swings
  Golf is about golf swing. To master golf swings, you need to master golf swing techniques, which include pre-swing basics, a proper setup, adequate mental preparation for the game, proper posture, and correct body alignment throughout the swing to achieve the perfect golf swing.
  Published 07Oct2009, viewed 514 times

• Food Therapy In Chinese Medicine
  Chinese medicine is based on balance and harmony, in which food therapy plays a pivotal role through its flavors, energies and movements. For thousands of years, the Chinese have used food science for food cures.
  Published 30Sep2009, viewed 147 times

• Body-Mind Medicine
  Body-mind medicine is important, because there are close interactions between the body and mind in disease development. Your mind is directly related to your body. Your mental state affects your physical well being. This body-mind medicine is the foundation of Oriental medicine.
  Published 26Sep2009, viewed 235 times

• How To Restore Natural Health
  Ill health is the accumulation of all the wrong things you have done to your health over the years. To restore natural health, you need a vision of good health and wholeness. Repair and recovery from ill health starts at the fundamental body-mind level. Natural health is more than just an absence of illness: it is how you attune yourself to Nature's natural laws of balance, expressed by your body's inner healing intelligence.
  Published 25Sep2009, viewed 163 times

• How To Overcome Time Stress
  Time stress is a major stress factor, detrimental to both physical and mental health. The solution to time stress is deliberate non-doing. Change your perceptions of time to prioritize what is most important in your life, and you will have enough time for everything. Meditation helps you sidestep the flow of time and see the importance of living in the present moment.
  Published 22Sep2009, viewed 297 times

• How To Master Putting
  Putting is an art, as well as the simplest form of the golf swing. To master putting, you must be comfortable with the choice of your putter. Set the sweet spot of your putter directly behind the center of the golf ball. Move your shoulders and arms in a pendulum motion, while keeping the rest of your body still and solid. Distance is more important than direction. Maintain pace consistency with different distances for golfing success.
  Published 20Sep2009, viewed 71 times

• How To Avoid Or Overcome An Asthma Attack
  An asthma attack can be a frightening experience. You can alleviate asthma symptoms without the use of asthma medication, such as an asthma inhaler. Asthma has to do with breathing right, proper nutrition, and stress relief.
  Published 11Sep2009, viewed 191 times

• Why We Get Sick - from the Oriental Perspective
  Why we get sick? Disease begins with the mind, not the body. The mind and the body are two fully integrated features of life. As a result, disease of the mind is reflected as disease in the body. Mindfulness holds the key to health and wellness. A toxic mind breeds toxins in the body and impairs metabolism, leading to obstruction in the body's circulatory channels, and hence the beginning of disease.
  Published 04Sep2009, viewed 42 times

• Can Glaucoma Be Healed Naturally?
  Conventional treatments of glaucoma, using surgeries and eye drops, may lead to ultimate blindness. According to Dr. Leslie Salov, glaucoma can be cured naturally. Chronic use of eye drops may have adverse effects on the eye. Visualization uses guided imagery to bring more oxygen and blood supply to the eye for better vision health. Optimal breathing and meditation can also improve eye health. A no-meat diet can avoid chemicals to improve vision.
  Published 21Aug2009, viewed 94 times

• Macular Degeneration - Prevention Is Better Than No Cure
  Macular degeneration is aging retinal disease resulting in poor vision or vision loss. There is no cure for macular degeneration. Therefore, the best option is prevention through diet rich in antioxidants to prevent sun damage as well as to keep the retinal blood vessels open. Preventive measures also include giving up tobacco or cutting down caffeine, and protecting the retina with sunglasses to maintain retina health.
  Published 19Aug2009, viewed 89 times

• Flexibility Stretching for Health Longevity
  Flexibility stretching holds the key to health longevity. Flexibility exercises correct poor posture, which may affect correct breathing. Flexibility stretching improves joint strength and flexibility. With better muscle coordination, there is a reduced chance of fall, which is the leading cause of death among the elderly. Flexibility stretching prevents lower back pain, muscle stress, and arthritic conditions.
  Published 14Aug2009, viewed 98 times

• Food Choice and Your Brain Health
  Your food choice has a direct impact on your brain health. The food you consume today is not the same as the food your ancestors consumed. Today, the food is loaded with chemicals and neurotoxic pollutants, which damage brain health. Today's animal products contain excess iron, which is one of the causes of brain disease, such as Parkinson's and dementia.
  Published 13Aug2009, viewed 78 times

• Is Music Therapy Effective?
  Music therapy plays a pivotal role in modern medicine because it can improve the physical, the emotional, and the spiritual wellness of the patient. From time immemorial, healing music has been used in different cultures for healing purposes. Trained professionals use music experiences to motivate or change feeling and behavior of the patient to promote the healing spirit in order to improve the quality of life of the patient.
  Published 01Jul2009, viewed 76 times

• More About Zen
  Zen is total harmony with yourself and the world around you. Zen is a journey of healthy living, rather than a religion. Zen does not eradicate life's problems, but changes the perspectives of truths through intuition, which is self-awakening. The way of Zen is based on reflection of the Four Noble Truths, which embrace eight spiritual virtues. Zen is the way - not a way out, but a way through life's problems for peace and tranquility.
  Published 30Jul2009, viewed 92 times

• Is Spiritual Healing for Real?
  Spiritual healing is rejuvenation of the body and mind through intelligent or immaterial part of a human being. Illness may involve not only the physical body, but also the emotions, the mind, and even the soul of an individual. Therefore, healing begins with spirituality, which is a reflection of the spiritual virtues suggested by the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. It is based on a concept of balance and harmony of energy of the universe.
  Published 18Jul2009, viewed 99 times

• Health Wisdom Is Knowing Your Doctor and Modern Medicine
  Modern medicine is a sickness business. As such, modern medicine is not preventive medicine: it focuses on drug therapy, rather than preventive therapy or nutrition therapy. Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, once said: "Everyone has a doctor in him." Be your own doctor, and use preventive therapy and nutrition therapy to heal yourself, instead of relying solely on modern medicine, which focuses on drug therapy and eradication of symptoms.
  Published 18Jul2009, viewed 94 times

• The Simple Golf Swing Is Not Simple
  Golf is a simple game to play, but difficult to master. Attesting to this, the simple golf swing is not simple at all. To achieve the perfect golf swing, a golfer has to have keen perceptions of the environment, both external and internal. More importantly, the golfer has to master the techniques of the perfect golf swing, which include the swing action and the hit action.
  Published 02Jul2009, viewed 85 times

• What Do You Eat?
  What do you eat? Healthy eating is knowing what you eat. Many people's food choice is based on convenience and availability, instead of the nutritive value of food. As a result, they end up eating processed food and developing food cravings. Food has to be simple and natural, and not giving you only empty calories. Healthy eating is healthy living: healthy eating focuses on the nutritive value of food to eliminate health problems.
  Published 01Jul2009, viewed 81 times

• A Simple Diet to Eliminate Arthritis Pain
  Arthritis pain is joint pain due to joint inflammation. Conventional medicine uses arthritis medication to treat arthritis pain or rheumatoid arthritis. However arthritis medication has undesirable side effects on health. According to Chinese medicine, there is a close connection between diet and joint pain. Allergens in foods can cause allergic reactions, resulting in joint pain. The Dong's diet is a simple diet to eliminate joint pain.
  Published 10Jul2009, viewed 114 times

• The Philosophy of Acupuncture Treatmment
  Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese healing method using needles on the surface of the skin. It is based on the philosophy of Tao or Dao, which states that balance and harmony within the human body, specifically in the human organs, represented in the Five Elements, hold the key to human health. The objective of acupuncture treatment is to unblock any obstruction in the smooth flow of "qi" caused by the disharmony between the organs.
  Published 27Jun2009, viewed 92 times

• Another Perfect Storm - the Dollar Devaluation!
  Dollar devaluation is the perfect storm that is brewing. A dollar crisis is only a matter of "when" and not "if." Trillions of dollar-based assets are held by foreign governments, investors, and speculators. A change in the perception of the value of the dollar may lead to a dollar crisis. Inflation could contribute to decline of the dollar. Any unsatisfactory Treasury bond auction may also lead to massive dollar devaluation.
  Published 04Jul2009, viewed 279 times

• Gastrointestinal Health Is Longevity Health
  Gastrointestinal health is longevity health. Your gastrointestinal tract is where your food is digested and nutrients are assimilated. A healthy gastrointestinal tract with optimum gastrointestinal function is important for longevity health. Chewing food properly and not drinking any liquid while eating, avoiding processed food and sugar, and fasting for internal cleansing - all ensure your gastrointestinal health for longevity health.
  Published 10Jul2009, viewed 149 times

• Use Mindfulness to Reduce Everyday Stress
  Mindfulness is a deliberate act of focusing on the present moment. Mindfulness can reduce everyday stress through changing the brain chemistry to heal anxiety and depression. Another healing power of mindfulness is its ability to enhance the immune system. Lao Tzu, the great Chinese philosopher, once said: "To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders." Mindfulness is about the stillness of the mind, which is mindfulness meditation.
  Published 01Jul2009, viewed 89 times

• Develop Your Mindset for Lovining Kindness
  Develop your mindset for loving kindness. Form the habit of being nice to others in spite of their behavior. Develop the mindset for gratitude, which will change your response and perspective towards others who offend you. Refrain from giving unwanted advice. See the good in others, and give them the benefit of the doubt. Be forgiving and forgetful of others wrongdoing. Live in the present moment to practice loving kindness.
  Published 04Jul2009, viewed 121 times

• Why We Are NOT Nice To Others As We Ought To Be
  It is difficult to be nice to others because we are less than perfect but we expect others to be perfect. Another reason is our pride: it is difficult to admit that our beliefs and convictions may be wrong. Also, our "mine-is-better" attitude makes us judgmental. Furthermore, our culture promotes expressing our emotions freely - hence we do not discipline our negative emotions. Finally, due to face saving, we make excuses for how we misbehave.
  Published 28Jun2009, viewed 120 times

• Are You "Really" Sick? Or Are You Psychosomatic?
  Today, it is not uncommon to be psychosomatic because life is full of problems, and our "experts" and "specialized" sciences only make our problems worse off. Psychosomatic illness is due to disordered body functions caused by disordered living. Disease is somatic, and an imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. The best prevention is to balance the physical, the mental, the moral, the intellectual, and the spiritual aspects.
  Published 23Jun2009, viewed 108 times

• The Dangers of Weight Loss
  Weight loss is a complex health problem. Obsession with weight loss has led to many potentially dangerous measures to lose weight, such as low-calorie dieting, using nicotine to lose weight, induced vomiting, compulsive exercise, and obesity surgery for weight loss. There are many potential dangers of weight loss, which may lead to development of eating disorders, and even sudden death syndrome. Overcoming overweight can be dangerous.
  Published 14Jun2009, viewed 110 times

• Golfing Success - A Life Learning Experience
  Golfing success is a life learning experience. When you play golf, you learn about yourself and about life. In life, you have ups and downs; in golf, you have good breaks and bad ones. The ability to cope with any unfavorable situation holds the key to golfing success. Accepting the good and the bad in life is the way of Zen. In golf, knowing the 80/20 rule is the way to play Zen golf for golfing success.
  Published 30Apr2009, viewed 88 times

• How To Turn Into Reality Your Wish To Become Younger and Healthier For Longer
  To be younger and healthier for longer may become a reality, not just a thought, if you will acknowledge your own adequacy and learn everything you need to know about being younger and healthier for longer. The next step is to set goals and commit yourself to achieving them NOW. You may encounter difficulties and disappointments. Just persevere and you will succeed eventually.
  Published 24Mar2009, viewed 87 times

• The Differences Between Fasting And A Low-Calorie Diet
  Fasting is different from a low-calorie diet. The former is body detoxification to control body chemistry and optimize metabolism rate; while the latter is starvation, depriving the body of nutrients and impairing the metabolism rate. Fasting and starvation are not the same, but low-calorie diet is starvation to lose weight to overcome obesity problem.
  Published 16Apr2009, viewed 140 times

• Why Obama's Bailout Plan May Not Work!
  President Obama's financial bailout plan may not work. The current financial crisis is a complex problem that cannot be fixed simply by pumping more capital into the system. The innate problem is that there is too much capital, created out of thin air. The federal government is simply repeating the mistake of the American people - overspending. Spending more money does not solve the problem of overspending.
  Published 19Mar2009, viewed 87 times

• To Be Younger And Healthier For Longer - A Dream For Many, A Reality For A Few!
  To be younger and healthier for longer is a dream for many but a reality for a few. People want to be younger and healthier for longer for good reasons. Being younger for longer makes you feel good about yourself. Being healthier for longer enables you to accomplish more in life. To be younger and healthier for longer is difficult because the American culture promotes a "quick fix" to any problem, instead of addressing the problem itself.
  Published 30Mar2009, viewed 89 times

• To Become Younger and Healthier for Longer Is A complex Endeavor!
  To be younger and healthier for longer, one needs to have a broader mindset towards the different aspects of the self, which include the physical, the intellectual, the emotional, the mental, and the spiritual elements of the self. One's wellness, which is anti-aging, has to be holistic. Therefore to become younger and healthier for longer, one needs to embrace all the elements of the self, not just the physical aspect alone.
  Published 21Mar2009, viewed 124 times

• Shedding Bad Golf Habits Is Golfing Success!
  Shedding bad golf habits or bad golf behaviors is golfing success. To improve your game, you need knowledge on golf mechanics. However, knowledge is not sufficient: you need a change of behavior. To change bad golf habits, you need to know the reasons for the change, as well as how you may change your bad golf behaviors.
  Published 17Mar2009, viewed 164 times

• The Major Differences Between Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine
  The major difference between Chinese medicine and Western medicine is that the former focuses on herbal cures, while the latter uses chemical drugs to treat the symptoms of an illness. Chinese medicine is "heal-all" and Western medicine is "cure-all." The best medical system is to use the best of both Chinese and Western medicine to complement each other to keep you younger and healthier for longer.
  Published 16Mar2009, viewed 525 times

• You Are Meant To Be Overweight!
  You are meant to be fat, because society and culture make you overweight. In addition, your bad eating habits may lead to binge eating and eating disorders, which may further aggravate your weight problems, leading to obesity. Your genes don't make you overweight: they merely direct where your fat goes in your body. You are meant to be fat because you make yourself overweight.
  Published 09Mar2009, viewed 115 times

• Why Do Some Golfers Cheat on the Golf Course?
  Some golfers cheat on the golf course because they focus solely on the score. Golfing success is a reflection of the attitudes of the golfer towards the self and the game. To avoid cheating on the golf course, identify the purpose of playing golf, which is for enjoyment. Once you can compose yourself, you overcome your desire to cheat to win golf, and you are on the way to mental golf, which holds the key to golfing success.
  Published 03Mar2009, viewed 121 times

• Good Food Planning Means Good Weight Control
  Weight control is difficult in modern times due to the busy and hectic lifestyle. However, good food planning will make dieting and weight loss a breeze. Good planning means knowing what to eat, preparing meals and snacks in advance, and taking stress out of eating. Food planning prevents binge eating and helps resisting temptation to unhealthy eating.
  Published 28Feb2009, viewed 126 times

• Little Things May Make a Big Difference in Weight Loss
  Weight loss is more than just eating less. You can lose more by doing little things, such as brushing your teeth to change your mouth's flavor or to stop binge eating; adding spices to your food; changing eating behavior among a group, instead of following that of the majority; choosing dark chocolate instead of milk chocolate; avoiding variety food; and increasing your hours of sleep.
  Published 23Feb2009, viewed 136 times

• The Frustration and Futility of Weight Loss
  Weight loss is a complex problem involving not just the physical body, but also the mental, the intellectual, the emotional, and the spiritual aspects of the self. Most fad diets only address the physical aspect of eating. This explains why many fail in their struggle against weight gain, and only few succeed in overcoming their weight problems.
  Published 13Feb2009, viewed 132 times

• Avoid Processed Food Obesity
  To control body weight, avoid processed food obesity. Processed food is high-calorie and low-quality food that comes in a box, can, or carton. Because it is overloaded with sugar and carbohydrates, it increases your insulin production, which causes your body to store fat, as well as deprives your brain of glucose, resulting in food cravings - thus forming a vicious cycle of binge eating.
  Published 05Feb2009, viewed 96 times

• Diet and Your Orgasm
  Sex and orgasm are continent on the levels of dopamine, which is a neurotransmitter of pleasure. Fish oil elevates the dopamine level. Serotonin also plays a critical role in sex and orgasm because it improves the mood for sex. But it is not the more the better; serotonin has to be balanced. A diet loaded with soy is not conducive to good sex due to its adverse effect on testosterone, which governs sex.
  Published 21Jan2009, viewed 129 times

• Diet and Hair Loss
  Your hair loss and your diet are related. Hair loss is primarily caused by hormone imbalance. Sugar is the culprit: it elevates your testosterone levels. To prevent hair loss, consume a sugar-balanced diet, which is a low-fat or vegetarian diet.
  Published 14Jan2009, viewed 105 times

• Are You Addicted to Prescription Drugs?
  Addiction to prescription drugs is common among women, seniors, and teenagers. It is easy to become addicted to prescription drugs. You may become an addict without your knowing it. You cannot overcome your compulsive drug use simply by using your will power: you need professional help, such as medical detoxification, treatments and counseling sessions to deal with problems arising from withdrawal of prescription drugs.
  Published 02Jan2009, viewed 143 times

• The American Culture Promotes Accelerated Aging
  Accelerated aging is often a reflection of the culture because accelerated aging has to do with your lifestyle, your attitudes towards health and wellness, and your philosophy of life.The American culture, with its emphasis on high-fat diet, pursuit for material comforts, quick-fix mentality, and fast-lane lifestyle, promotes premature aging among its population.
  Published 16Dec2008, viewed 130 times

• Your Yin and Yang Health
  Chinese health is based on the philosophy of "yin" and "yang", which originates from the principles of the Five Elements: fire, wood, metal, water, and earth. These elements control and complement each other for balance and harmony. In addition, these elements relate to different colors in vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds, beans, and grains. A balanced diet requires eating daily all these different colored foods.
  Published 19Nov2008, viewed 137 times

• Is an Herb a True Medication?
  Herbs are Nature's gifts. Many herbs do have their medicinal properties, which can cure many ailments with fewer side effects than pharmaceutical drugs. Indeed, some Western medications do include herbs in their ingredients - a testament to the medicinal potency of herbs. Because there is no regulation of herbal supplements by the FDA, consumers should be knowledgeable of herbs and their medicinal properties.
  Published 05Nov2008, viewed 140 times

• Migraines without Medications
  Migraines can be prevented through eating pain-safe foods and eliminating foods that are migraine triggers. Keep a diary of all the foods that may cause migraines. At the first hint of an impending migraine attack, massage the large blood vessel in the temple area. In addition, use feverfew and ginger, as well as vitamins and minerals, such as calcium, vitamin D, and magnesium, to combat migraines.
  Published 29Oct2008, viewed 125 times

• Myths and Truths about Back Pain
  There are many myths and truths about back pain. Back surgery may cure back pain; the truth is that back surgery may be unnecessary. Back pain may be due to back muscle spasm; the truth is that artery blockage may be the culprit. Back pain may be relieved by bed rest; the truth is that physical activities may accelerate recovery. Back pain may be eliminated by painkillers; the truth is that nutritional supplements may control back pain.
  Published 22Oct2008, viewed 137 times

• Conventional and Unconventional Cancer Treatments (Part Two)
  Unconventional cancer treatments are based on the concept that a healthy body with a healthy mind uses the immune system to combat cancer. Unorthodox cancer treatments include: using the yin and yang diet to create balance and harmony;, metabolic therapy using detoxification and rejuvenation with vitamins and proteolytic enzymes; cancer psychotherapy using mental imagery to overcome cancer stress.
  Published 15Oct2008, viewed 149 times

• Conventional and Unconventional Cancer Treatments - Part One
  There is an array of cancer treatment options - conventional and unconventional. Conventional cancer treatments include cancer surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. They all have undesirable side effects, ranging from damage to heart muscles, leukemia, to predisposition to second cancer. The multi-dollar cancer industry does not encourage or promote unconventional cancer treatments.
  Published 11Oct2008, viewed 185 times

• Dealing with Pain
  Dealing with pain is not to influence perception of pain through the use of painkillers, but to deal with the source of pain through diet, exercise, and acupuncture, which not only increase pain resistance but also prevent pain from occurring. Pain is often a warning sign of the imminence of a disease, such as chest pain indicating heart disease.
  Published 01Oct2008, viewed 166 times

• Pain Control through Diet
  Pain control is closely connected with diet. Pain control is to fight pain and to reduce pain sensitivity through foods. Choose pain-free foods as your staple foods, and then add foods that contribute to optimum blood flow to prevent inflammation, as well as foods that are rich in fiber to facilitate elimination.
  Published 25Sep2008, viewed 135 times

• Action Plan for Golfing Success
  Golf is a simple game to play, but difficult to master. Golfing success requires an action plan that sets goals and manages the game, preparing you for both mental and physical fitness to achieve your goals.
  Published 10Sep2008, viewed 162 times

• Goal-Setting Endeavors to Treat Bipolar Disorder (3)
  Bipolar depression requires medications. Do not give up bipolar medications simply because you have gained weight. Like an Olympic athlete, train yourself to cope with weight gain through exercise, diet, and discipline.
  Published 03Sep2008, viewed 259 times

• Goal-Setting Health Endeavors for Treating Bipolar Disorder (2)
  Treating bipolar disorder requires discipline and training of an Olympic athlete. Using substances, such as alcohol, or junk food to get you out of the disorder is not a long-term solution. Instead, use your diet to manage your mood swings: eating pure protein without carbohydrate; eating complex carbohydrate with no protein.
  Published 27Aug2008, viewed 273 times

• Goal-Setting Health Endeavors for Treating Bipolar Disorder (1)
  Bipolar disorder is a mood disorer, fluctuating between episodes of depression and mania. The mood swing is caused by physical, environmental, and emotional stressors in life. To control and overcome this disorder, the patient needs to be able to identify the stressors and avoid them. This requires rigorous training, like that of an Olympic athlete.
  Published 20Aug2008, viewed 149 times

• Your Anti-Aging Immune System
  Your immune system is anti-aging. Its B-cells and T-cells protect you from disease and degeneration. To protect your immune system, you need to eat right, smother stress, and exercise regularly. To maintain your immunity, you need detoxification for a balanced acid-alkaline level.
  Published 14Aug2008, viewed 158 times

• How to Think Young and Stay Young
  Thinking young is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Your brain does not age easily; in fact, it has unlimited and untapped potential. Learn to fully utilize your brain through synaptic plasticity. Give your brain the appropriate workout to maximize its cognitive functions through brain exercises, a diet rich in antioxidants, and hormone replacement therapies it needs be.
  Published 06Aug2008, viewed 155 times

• The Health Potency of Tea
  Tea has been a healthful drink for Asians for many centuries. Recent scientific studies have pointed to the health benefits of green tea in heart health, cancer prevention, and oral health due to its polyphenols, which are antioxidant nutrients to combat damaging of free radicals to overall health.
  Published 01Aug2008, viewed 257 times

• Free Radicals and Your Longevity
  Free radicals are byproducts of everyday reactions that produce energy for your body. The energy is produced by reactions between many substances and oxygen in your body. What gives life may also take away life. Free radicals can damage your body cells, the immune system, and your DNA, causing cancers, heart diseases, cataracts, and brain damage. Antioxidants are free radical scavengers.
  Published 25Jul2008, viewed 131 times

• Cancer Cluster and Health Hazards
  A cancer cluster may be investigated into and subsequently identified by authorities when there are frequent outbreaks of a similar type of cancer in a neighborhood or at workplace where there is potential environmental pollution. Given that to prove the existence of a cancer cluster is extremely difficult, you should be vigilant and cautious of the environment you are regularly exposed to.
  Published 13Jul2008, viewed 181 times

• How to Control Your Mind in Putting
  To control your mind in putting, you must learn not only how to empty your mind of instructional thoughts from books, fellow golfers, or your instructor, but also how to narrow down your mental focus. Your brain works better when the mental focus is smaller. Controlling the mind holds the key to getting perfect putts for your golfing success because it controls your confidence.
  Published 28Jun2008, viewed 226 times

• How to Become a Confident Putter
  Putting is an important game within the game of golf. A good putter must be a confident putter. To be a good putter, you must learn to forget your mistakes and remember only your perfect putts. Learn to change the way your memory works. Learn to discipline your mind to separate you from your competitors. Learn to practice mental visualization to make yourself a better putter.
  Published 23Jun2008, viewed 143 times

• The Art of Putting
  Putting is an art requiring vivid imagination and sharp eyesight to assess the characteristics of the green, good judgment to gauge the distance for long putts, as well as the power and touch to strike a "specialized" stroke and to deliver the perfect putt.
  Published 18Jun2008, viewed 142 times

• Mercury Contamination of Fish
  Mercury contamination of fish is a health issue. Mercury toxicity is the cause of many health problems and disorders, especially among children and pregnant women. Mercury can never be eliminated from the environment. Most of our exposure to mercury comes from our diet, especially from fish. Bigger fish have more mercury contamination than smaller ones.
  Published 08Jun2008, viewed 163 times

• Food Toxics and Health Hazards
  Food toxics may be a health concern. Food toxicology due to pesticides, growth-enhancing dietary hormones in beef, and food additives may cause cancer, birth defects, and allergies, among others, especially in children. A wary consumer should read food labels, and go organic whenever and wherever possible.
  Published 31May2008, viewed 321 times

• How To Overcome Your Financial Stress
  Financial stress is inevitable because financial problems, as any other problems in life, are unavoidable. Integrity, one of the most important core values in life, enables you to see the true value of money, instead of the value of the things money can buy. Integrity enables you not only to confront your financial problems but also to seek solutions, thereby eliminating your financial stress.
  Published 28May2008, viewed 224 times

• Why Do People Go Into Debt?
  Many people get into debt for various reasons, including deficit spending, unforeseeable circumstances, personal choice, self-denial, and ignorance. To stay debt free, you need to have self-discipline to curb unnecessary spending, keep a healthy body and mind, as well as a healthy marriage. Also. you need to educate yourself on money matters. Stay debt free for the rest of your life.
  Published 16May2008, viewed 260 times

• The Spiritual Aspects of Living Debt Free
  The spiritual aspects of living debt free are based on gratitude, sharing, and trusting. These spiritual aspects should be evidenced in your smart money management founded on the principle that God owns it all and that you are but a steward of God's money and therefore the implicit responsibilities of taking care of your money. Stop spending on yourself, share it with others, and start saving for the future.
  Published 06May2008, viewed 299 times

• Use the Law to Protect Your Credit and Save You Money
  Be knowledgeable of the laws and regulations that protect your credit and save you money. As a smart consumer, always use these laws and regulations to your own advantage. Always read the fine print before signing any document related to credit and money. If in doubt, always ask. Being smart and knowledgeable is the key to debt free and financial freedom.
  Published 01May2008, viewed 171 times

• Understanding the Human Side of a Debt Collector May Help You Deal with One (Part 2)
  Dealing with debt collectors requires good communication, which can help you ultimately in the form of special repayment arrangements. The worst option, on the other hand, is to ignore your debt collectors or fail to keep your promises made to them. With a repayment plan and documents organized, call your creditor to deal with your credit card debt. Document the conversation to show your sincerity and goodwill to bring your account current.
  Published 22Apr2008, viewed 267 times

• Understanding the Human Side of a Debt Collector May Help You Deal with One (Part One)
  Debt collection is commonplace. Understanding a debt collector may help you deal with one. According to Sun Tsu's "Art of War", knowing your enemy (your debt collector) and knowing yourself will help you deal with debt collectors, especially when you are knowledgeable of the laws and your rights. To deal with creditors, be a smart consumer and use your debt collector to help you resolve your financial problems.
  Published 10Apr2008, viewed 363 times

• Is Steroid Therapy Right For You?
  Steroid therapy is the use of steroid medications to treat certain types of disease and disorder, including myasthenia gravis. The major adverse side effects are bone loss, high blood pressure, and weight gain, among others, which impair an already weakened immune system. The author relates his own experience of steroid therapy, and how and why he decides to abandon steroid medications.
  Published 31Mar2008, viewed 204 times

• Why Are You Addicted to Sugar?
  Sugar addiction creates many health hazards, such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Carbohydrates do not make you fat, but sugar does. Sugar is hidden in many processed foods and drinks. Beware of sugar traps in your diet. Sugar is addictive, especially with the addition of salt and fat. To stop sugar addiction, consume more healthy carbohydrates for fiber, and eat less fat and salt in your diet.
  Published 02Mar2008, viewed 1073 times

• Why Are You Addicted to Cheese?
  Cheese craving is due to the presence of opiates in dairy products, which make you become addicted. Cheese addiction is bad for your health because cheese is concentrated protein loaded with saturated fat. Overcome your cheese addiction by controlling your blood sugar level and regulating your appetite-controlling hormone through eating a high-fiber and low-fat diet, and exercising daily. The health benefits of not eating cheese are substantial.
  Published 23Feb2008, viewed 772 times

• Why are you addicted to chocolate?
  Eating chocolate is addictive because it is an addicting drug due to its various chemicals which have a marijuana-like effect on the brain. Chocolate may not be as healthy as the industry has suggested because it is packed with calories, fats, and sugar. It is important that you become aware of how it affects your mood so that chocolate seduction will not develop into an eating disorder down the road.
  Published 13Feb2008, viewed 248 times

• Binge Eating - A Component of All Eating Disorders!
  Binge eating is an eating disorder that begins with dieting, which is often abnormal eating. Feelings of deprivation, despair, and guilt lead to cyclical eating problems, such as purging. Binging is a component of all eating disorders, including anorexia and bulimia. Help an eating-disordered individual to re-establish good judgment and correct perception of self-worth in order to overcome abnormal food relationship.
  Published 30Jan2008, viewed 268 times

• Bulimia Be Gone! Start Eating Right Again!
  Bulimia is an eating disorder due to distorted perception of one's physical size and shape, resulting from abnormal eating behavior and unhealthy food relationship over time. It is a complex mental illness that requires confrontation or intervention on the part of loved ones or family members to effectuate recovery through appropriate eating disorder programs.
  Published 23Jan2008, viewed 309 times

• Fad Diets and Eating Disorders
  Fad diets are only temporary solutions to weight loss. They may adversely affect your body's metabolism such that your body will learn to maintain its weight despite your calorie restriction. Stopping a fad diet often leads to ultimate weight gain, not weight loss. Worse, switching from one fad diet to another often leads to eating disorders, such as food addiction, anorexia and bulimia.
  Published 10Jan2008, viewed 279 times

• Your Psychological Food Relationship and Your Health
  Psychological food relationship is related to how you think about food and its effect on your weight and body image. Unhealthy psychological food relationship, due to negative emotions or distorted thinking, often results in food addiction or an eating disorder. To improve your psychological relationship with food, you must identify the trigger and deal with it head-on. To ignore it only perpetuates the unhealthy eating behavior.
  Published 31Dec2007, viewed 1030 times

• A Healthy Food Relationship and Weight Loss
  Weigh loss can only begin with a healthy food relationship, which comprises a good physical and psychological relationship with food. To understand physical food relationship, you need to know the logistics of eating: what to eat, how to eat, and when to eat. Eating is a science, and therefore treat it as such. A healthy physical food relationship is conducive to permanent weight loss.
  Published 23Dec2007, viewed 206 times

• Food Addiction and Your Longevity
  Food addiction is binge eating, compulsive eating, food fixation, and eating disorder. It is an unhealthy relationship with food, resulting in abnormal behavior that interferes with health, happiness, relationship, and longevity. Food addiction is a disease of the mind. Food addicts strive to control their eating to compensate for the lack of control they feel in other areas of their lives.
  Published 16Dec2007, viewed 258 times

• Buddhism and Healthy Longevity
  Buddhism plays a pivotal role in healthy longevity. The Buddhist concept of no "ego-self" or "emptiness" takes away stress, which is one of the major causes of disease and illness. In addition, Buddhism focuses on the expression of compassion and loving kindness as the true meaning of life. This altruistic attitude inspires oneself, in the face of health adversity, to set an example to help others to relieve their own suffering.
  Published 01Dec2007, viewed 277 times

• Confucianism and Healthy Longevity
  Confucianism and healthy longevity are inter-related. The concepts of "chung" and "yung" of Confucius outlined everyday health practices for healthy living. In addition, Confucianism focus on spiritual wellness, using the human will to control the 'qi' (internal vital energy), enhanced both the physical and spiritual wellness necessary for healthy longevity.
  Published 26Nov2007, viewed 252 times

• Taoism and Spontaneity, and Your Physical Health
  According to Lao Tzu, the principle of Taoism is spontaneity - doing things the "natural" way, without using exertion or force. Tai Chi, a form of traditional Chinese exercise practiced by Taoists, uses slow and spontaneous body movements, as well as natural deep breathing, to promote physical health. Western exercises, such as pumping iron, aerobics, and jogging, focusing on power and strength, may not be beneficial to your physical health.
  Published 19Nov2007, viewed 290 times

• Healthy Longevity and Taoism
  Healthy longevity is related to Taoism, the ancient Chinese wisdom on the art of living in harmony in all physical and spiritual aspects. Taoism emphasizes the return to health rejuvenation through non-action and spontaneity, like a baby. You achieve health rejuvenation through exercise and healthy breathing, and living a simple lifestyle with contentment.
  Published 12Nov2007, viewed 281 times

• Mental Relaxation and Your Mental Health
  Mental relaxation is important for mental health. Changing attitudes and lifestyle may help you in stress management. Correcting behavioral problems may help you solve life and relationship problems. Meditation provides the best mental relaxation by focusing your attention on the present moment to the exclusion of past and future thoughts, thus giving your mind a meaningful break.
  Published 23Oct2007, viewed 260 times

• Physical Relaxation and Your Longevity Health
  Physical relaxation plays a pivotal role in your longevity health because it takes away your tension, which not only saps your energy but also causes many diseases and disorders, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, and mental depression. Learning physical relaxation is a skill that does not come naturally. Practice physical relaxation daily will benefit not only your body but also your mind. Make it your daily regimen.
  Published 06Oct2007, viewed 246 times

• Mental Depression and Nutritional Deficiency
  Mental depression may be due to nutritional deficiency, such as magnesium deficiency, caused by chemicals in foods and the environment. Eat whole foods and stay away from sugar and all processed foods, which are loaded with chemicals, additives, preservatives, and food colorings, among others. These toxic chemicals may cause abnormal functioning in your neurotransmitters, resulting in mental depression.
  Published 03Oct2007, viewed 270 times

• Hormones And Your Depression
  Depression may be caused by hormonal changes, in particular in women during different stages in their lives. Estrogen is critical to mental health because they are responsible for optimum functioning of your neurotransmitters. Other hormones, such as thyroid hormone and testosterone, may contribute to depressive episodes. Other factors, such as genetics, diet, lifestyle, and the environment all play some role in developing depression.
  Published 25Sep2007, viewed 267 times

• Depression And Your Thinking
  Thought discipline is an effective way to deal with depression. Change the way you think about yourself through self-knowledge and intuitive wisdom to make a significant change in your life. Depression is no more than distorted thinking due to the obsession of the self, the attachment to material things, and the unwillingness to accept the pleasant as well as the unpleasant things in life.
  Published 11Sep2007, viewed 278 times

• Zen and Your Sex
  Everyday life, including sex, is the path to Zen wisdom, which is a pure spiritual philosophy transcending the boundaries of time and space. Just focus on the “experience” of life, including your “experience” of sex. Make sex "spontaneous," neither a goal nor a performance. Make sex connect you to the most basic core of your being.
  Published 30Aug2007, viewed 248 times

• Depression And The Oriental Health
  According to the Oriental medicine, depression is related to liver "qi" (internal life energy). Unlike Western medicine, the Oriental approach emphasizes the physical rather than the psychological aspects of the disease. The Oriental health uses diet, exercise, and acupuncture to treat the causes of depression, while the Western medicine uses psychology and medications to treat the symptoms.
  Published 21Aug2007, viewed 410 times

• Depression According To Zen
  According to Zen, depression is a disease of the mind. It originates from human desire which can never be fulfilled due to the transient nature of things in life. The unfulfilled desire creates pain, which is unavoidable. Any futile attempt to avoid the pain only turns it into perpetual suffering, which is depression.
  Published 14Aug2007, viewed 269 times

• Brain Health and Your Longevity
  Brain health has everything to do with heart health, and hence your longevity health. What is good for the heart is good for the brain. Giving good numbers to your heart maintain your brain health. In addition, sharpen your mind with activities to maintain the communication of brain cells to keep your brain healthy.
  Published 07Aug2007, viewed 409 times

• Heart Surgery And Your Longevity
  Heart surgery, such as angioplasty, may be unnecessary and even harmful to patients suffering from heart disease. Medicines may be effective in treating and preventing heart disease. In Oriental medicine, on the other hand, focus is on foods and acupuncture to unblock "qi" (internal life energy) and blood for optimum heart health, which has to be wholesome.
  Published 28Jul2007, viewed 277 times

• Arthritis and Longevity Living
  Arthritis, common among the elderly, is a debilitating disease due to toxins accumulated in the body; it is not a consequence of aging. To control arthritis, you must firstly detoxify the body, and rejuvenate it with herbs, foods, and a balanced diet to maintain the body's acid and alkaline level.
  Published 23Jul2007, viewed 280 times

• Anti-Aging Fasting
  Fasting is anti-aging in that it is the most natural and effective way of detoxification for optimum wellness and longevity. Fasting has many therapeutic health benefits. A regular 1-2 day fast promotes anti-aging. A longer fast may even cure chronic diseases.
  Published 30Jun2007, viewed 293 times

• Weight Control And Your Longevity (2)
  Weight control is almost impossible if your body is toxic. To effectively and permanently reduce your weight, you must first detoxify your body through fasting, foods, herbs, hydrotherapy, skin brushing, and foot patches, and then eat less.
  Published 21Jun2007, viewed 271 times

• Weight Control And Your Longevity (1)
  Weight control holds the key to your longevity. To control weight you need to understand the fundamentals of weight loss, thereby controlling it.
  Published 16Jun2007, viewed 264 times

• Diabetes And Your Longevity
  Often a result of years of abuse to your immune system through a wayward lifestyle, you may develop diabetes as you continue to age. Given that there is no miracle cure, you should control diabetes through a healthy diet and positive lifestyle, instead of depending on medications, which are often unsafe.
  Published 07Jun2007, viewed 300 times

• Acidity And Your Longevity
  Pharmaceuticals are synthetic chemicals, and therefore acidic and toxic by nature. A healthy body has a balanced acid-and-alkali level. An over-acidic body spells disease and premature death. Therefore, a longevity life is a drug-free life.
  Published 27May2007, viewed 454 times

• Pharmaceuticals And Your Longevity
  A long life is always drug-free. Pharmaceuticals are chemicals, and therefore acidic and toxic by nature. Rely more on your body's self-healing power than on the short-term symptom-suppressing pharmaceuticals. Given the unreliability of drug tests, the questionable safety of drugs and their toxic nature, refrain from taking any prescription or over-the-counter medication without extra precaution and careful consideration.
  Published 17May2007, viewed 278 times

• Idleness And Your Longevity
  Idleness may be sweet, but it has dire consequences on your longevity health. It is common among the elderly to become idle after their retirement. But idleness is conducive to a degenerative mind, which controls an inactive body, hurtling you down the road to a premature death. Keeping your mental sharpness holds the key to your longevity.
  Published 11May2007, viewed 348 times

• Money And Your Longevity
  Money and your longevity are interrelated. As you age, you need money not only to pay your mounting medical expenses, but also to live, to retire, and to survive. Your longevity cannot do without money. Longevity living requires you to know how to get free money, how to preserve your money, and how to continue to make money to meet your own needs as well as the needs of others less fortunate than yourself.
  Published 07May2007, viewed 333 times

• Sex And Your Longevity
  Sexual health is longevity health. Your sex life holds the key to your longevity. Maintain your sexual activity to stimulate your sex drive, without which, there is no sex, and sex forms an important bond between a man and a woman. If you want to have sex for the rest of your life, focus on how to keep having sex for the rest of your life. Your longevity has everything to do with sex.
  Published 02May2007, viewed 348 times

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