Chromotherapy is a form of healing based on the principle that all illness is manifested in a disturbed energy field (giving off light), and by the proper application of color to this energy field, a correction can be achieved, and with that correction comes healing. Experienced and well trained chromotherapists use both color and light [...]
Healthy eating year round for head-to-toe beauty
From award shows to a simple coffee run, movie and television stars are known for looking photo-ready at any moment. While their appearances may seem difficult to maintain, experts behind the scenes say achieving head-to-toe beauty simply starts with the foods we eat. Carrie Latt Wiatt, nutrition consultant to Hollywood’s elite and author of “Eating [...]
Keep Germs from Invading Your Home
(NewsUSA) – If your home is your castle, you need to defend it from the invading hoards — of germs, that is. Family members can pick up germs, such as disease-causing fungi, protozoa, bacteria and viruses, anywhere and at any time. Germs can be transfered from work, your child’s daycare or a cough from a [...]
Healthy Living Is All in the Family
(NewsUSA) – Warm weather means barbecues and social gatherings focused on food, but it also provides more opportunities to get outside with your family and make good on your goal to lead healthy, active lives. Getting outdoors together for a regular activity or sport increases both fitness and your bonds as a family. The following [...]
Calcium Beyond the Milk Mustache
(NewsUSA) – Calcium is crucial to the health of our families, but getting enough can be difficult. Now, families can increase their calcium intake, not with chalky supplements, but with tasty BLTs and PB&Js. Just consider — despite their milk mustaches, many American families, from their youngest members to moms and dads, aren’t getting enough [...]
Trends in Worldwide Obesity
The world needs to lose weight. A lot of weight. While obesity used to be considered a problem that mostly plagued just developed nations, that is no longer the case. In 2007, a French medical research institute found that worldwide, 40% of men and 30% of women are overweight, and 24% of men and 27% [...]
Prepare for Healthy Fun in the Sun
Cold weather is in the rear-view mirror, and families across the country are gearing up to get active outdoors. With the threat of cabin fever waning, now is the time to get familiar with a few helpful tips to ensure a safe and stress-free season for the entire family: * Avoid insect and tick bites. [...]
How to Be a Pro With Protein
Protein has held an esteemed position in the nutrition world for some time. Next to water, protein is the most plentiful nutrient in the body. You may know you need protein to complete your daily nutrient requirements, but may not know exactly what it is doing for you or how much you need. Protein happens [...]
Your Blood’s Amazing Trip Through Your Vascular System
Your vascular system is made up of vessels that carry your blood throughout your body. Arteries carry oxygen-rich blood away from your heart. Veins carry oxygen-poor blood back to your heart. Your blood leaves the left side of the heart and is pumped out to the rest of your body. The main artery from your [...]
Ice Or Heat?
Should you apply ice or heat to your injury? Jumping into a jacuzzi always sounds so soothing when you’ve sprained, twisted or wrenched some part of your body. There’s just something about the warm, whirling water that makes you feel as if the hurt will be all better. There’s just a little catch to that [...]
