What happens to the body when we suffer a hang-over? Large volumes of alcohol, regardless of the beverage of choice, occupy the space in your blood stream normally occupied with water. According to studies, 250 millilitres of an alcoholic beverage causes 800 to 1,000 millilitres of water to be expelled; that’s losing four times as much liquid as gained. This therefore makes you dehydrated and so comes the symptoms of dehydration (thirst, dry mouth, headache, loss of appetite, dry skin, constipation,…
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A tripod is a very stable foundation, ask any photographer. Now when it comes to weight loss this concept becomes very important, as explained later, when the focus moves away from just losing weight to normalizing your metabolism and then eventually normalizing your weight. People struggle to lose weight by eating less or exercising more, by drinking herbals or taking medicine or even hormone injections, and lastly even surgery. The focus is placing concern on the weight and not the…
A very common question I hear from patients and people around the community is: “Should I use Heat or Ice?” The best way to answer that is to give it the perspective as a first aid tool and also by explaining the physiology of inflammation. First Aid makes us typically think of bandages and pain medication but there is one First Aid tip that comes up so often that its worth repeating. “USE ICE” and if you are in doubt…
How active are you? When ever we are engaged in physical activities there is a positive health benefit; especially if the activity is repeated to increase skills and eventually personal enjoyment and satisfaction. People eventually suffer a growing list of health problems because they just never get around to developing a physicaly active lifestyle. “Things are the way things are because of the way things have been. Things need proper change for things to get better.” docMIKE Reports state that…
Ever notice how people seem to get fatter with age and that people also become Diabetic after a certain age? If this happens in your family it’s kind of expected that you will follow the same fate. Sadly, this is an entirely volunteer situation. What am I saying? I am saying that it is incorrect to assume that as you get older you just naturally get fatter and sicker. (That should be welcome news!) Researchers have been mentioning for a…
Wellness is the pursuit of health lost. While someone may not be actually sick they are likely still unwell. Take a personal self assessment of your health. On a scale of one (1) to ten (10) where would you say your health is at present? Begin by determining if you are above a five (5) or below a five (5); then refine it a little better and say how much above or below would you say you really are? Now…