Recipe To Help Diabetes

February 4th, 2010 By: Brittany

I have several family members who have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. This is a great recipe that is easy and healthy for those with diabetes.

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Best Foods To Get At A Gas Station?

February 3rd, 2010 By: Brittany

I didn’t know that it really existed at a gas station, but as the story goes you really can stay healthy getting good at the gas stop. I had to include this article I found at MSN Health because I thought as summer approach many of us are going to be taking vacations with our family and friends. I am guilty of buying something to eat on our way to our destination.

Worst Foods Listed:

Lay’s Classic Potato Chips (1 oz)150 calories

Nature Valley Crunchy Peanut Butter Granola Bar ( that surprised me!)

Cheez-It (17 crackers)

Hostess Pudding Pie (1 package)

Planters Trail Mix Nut & Chocolate (3 Tbsp)

Kashi GoLean Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookie (1 bar, 78 g) (This was listed under worst chocolate snack)

Best foods to eat:

Fried Pork Skins (1 oz)

Applegate Farms Pepperoni Joy Stick (1 oz)

Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Cheddar (55 pieces)

Hostess Snoballs (1 snoball) ( Listed under best pastry to eat from the gas station)

Emerald Trail Mix Berry Blend (3 Tbsp)

Larabar Jocalat Chocolate ( Best chocolate choice)

Not to say that the best listed foods are super healthy choices, but if you are in a pinch at the gas stop they are the healthier choices. To read the whole article go to MSN Health.

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What Kind of Alternative Treatments Exist?

February 2nd, 2010 By: Brittany

When it comes to the alternative world of healing there really is no limit. Many techniques used for today’s alternative healing work have been used many many centuries. The best way to tell what your body needs is just following what your body best feels interested in. Usually, there are always signs that are body is in need of something in particular.

Here are four top treatments many people use today as way to get healthy, stay health, and prevent becoming sick.

1. Acupuncture/ Acupressure-  is the procedure of inserting and manipulating needles into points on the body to relieve pain or for healing use. Many people use this in combination with other treatments. Acupressure is also great because it allows you use it at home on your on time.

2. Massage/ Reflexogy- is the action of rubbing or kneading  someone’s body, to help the person relax and heal. Massage is very common in both western and eastern areas of healing. Massage is used because of the benefit it has on our mental and emotional health. It is considered to many to be very relaxing. Both massage and reflexology can be done at home as well. To learn more about self massage click here.

3. Applied Kinesology-  to help diagnosis and treat patients of muscular imbalance, emotional imbalance, and physical imbalance. This is a great tool that many chiropractors and Naturopathsuses to help diagnose and treat illness in the body. It is also something that you can learn to do to test your self at home with. To learn more please go here.

4. Spinal Manipulation/Chiropractics- is manual manipulation of the  musculoskeletal system that emphasizes diagnosis, treatment and prevention of the spine and nervous system. Chiropractics is believed to be good because it helps realign the body in its original state so that it can function more efficiently.

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Alternate Breathing Exercise

February 1st, 2010 By: Brittany

I really love this simple breathing exercise. It is great for anytime in any place. Alternate breathing is a great way to calm the mind and relax emotions.

The exercise involves alternate breathing through each nostril.

Breath in through left nostril only for 4 seconds
Keep both nostrils closed for 4 seconds
Breath out through the right nostril for only 4 seconds
Breath in through right nostril only for 4 seconds
Keep both nostrils closed for 4 seconds
Breath out through left nostril for only 4 seconds

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