Although chemical fertilizer conglomerates, giant agricultural companies and their fellow politicians claim that pesticides and genetically engineered foods are safe, it’s been shown that pesticides can adversely affect the nervous system, increase the risk of cancer, and decrease fertility. Let’s be honest: I personally buy 3-4 organic items, simply because I can’t afford to buy […]
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Napping: Rethink Your Sleep How Long To Nap For The Most Brain Benefits THE NANO-NAP: The nano-nap is the shortest form of napping. It only takes 10 to 20 seconds. Sleep studies haven’t yet concluded whether there are health benefits to these brief napping intervals, like when you nod off on someone’s shoulder on the
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The human brain is the most amazing and baffling organ of our body, as well as the source of many mysteries. Although the human brain makes only 2 percent of our body weight it has over 100,000 miles of blood vessels! It’s the source of every pain we feel, and yet it doesn’t have any
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How Stress Affects The Body Stress is important! It’s so important that it’s now recognized as the #1 killer by proxy. The American Medical Association has noted that stress is the basic cause of more than 60% of all human diseases, it has enormous negative mental and physical effects, and yet we often forget how
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Extended periods of sitting causes major health problems, from increased risk of obesity and diabetes to cardiovascular disease and cancer. The fact is most of our jobs require extended sitting (behind the desk or the wheel), but we have to leave our seat and take a walk for couple of minutes. When we talk with
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In this interesting video you can find some interesting facts about crying and tears, and the science behind it.
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Did you know that 4 out of 5 college students drink and at most colleges 40% of students report binge drinking? Check out this infographic about binge drinking and the motivations behind it. The poster on the left side is from the New York’s anti-binge drinking campaign in 2010. Please “Stop drinking while you’re still
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[Last Updated on March 13th 2014] by Nima Shei MD Nail fungus (Onychomycosis) is the most common nail disorder in adults and half of all nail disorders are related to this condition. Nail fungus is a fungal infection in one or multiple fingernails or toenails. Nail fungus may begin as a white or yellow
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More than 10 million sports injuries occur in the U.S. every year, and among them basketball has the most number of injuries. Learn more about sports injuries in this infographic: Also keep in mind that if you get hurt during sports, stop playing to prevent more harm. According to Medline Plus, “Treatment often begins with
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This infographic summarizes all the benefits of drinking water. Remember, although you can hydrate by other drinks, drinking water is always your healthiest option.
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Flossing is one of the most important components of oral health and you need to floss at least once a day for better results. Even a bad flossing is much better than no flossing. Flossing fights against gingivitis and prevents cavities and lessens bad breath. More importantly, flossing prevents some bacteria that may eventually cause
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You probably know one person with Alzheimer’s disease and you may have seen or heard about the ways it affected the patients’ and their families lives. Even if you don’t know anyone with this disease, you have probably watched the movie “The Notebook”! Unfortunately, there’s not any cure available for this disease; But many scientists
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According to its advocates, the “Paleolithic Diet” or “Paleo Diet” is ancient answers to modern problems. It’s taken about 10,000 years but the Paleo diet is making a comeback. Due to misinformation and confusion surrounding the Paleo diet, we’re sharing this infographic that covers the origins and advantages of the Paleo diet as well as
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Sleep is integral to our day to day function, but most of us are not having enough of it! The amount of sleep each one of us needs depends on many factors, including age and the sleep (s)he had in the previous days. For example, while a teen needs minimum 9 hours of sleep, an
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We’re taking too many drugs, too much more than what is needed and much more than our bodies biological limitations! As Socrates said, medicine “acts as both remedy and poison” and that “this charm, this spellbinding virtue, this power of fascination, can be—alternately or simultaneously—beneficent or maleficent.”…And now the greed of pharmaceuticals have pushed us
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You can find 15 interesting facts about breasts in this infographic: Designed by Jason Powers
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Are you vegetarian? Do you know any vegetarian? If so what type of vegetarian you/they are? lacto-ovo? fruititarian? What are the reasons to be vegetarian? Surprisingly, Skittles, Jell-o and Mini-Wheats contain gelatin, which is made from boiled animal skin, tendons and bones! Find out the answers in this simple, yet amazing poster: Learn about infographics
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Limb loss is a serious psychological, health and social issue and yet it’s often neglected in the media. Every day more than 500 people are losing a limb only in the United States and this number is much more in some other countries. Sadly, in some war-thorn countries of the world, thousands of children are
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