There are actually three common types of arthritis. These are
Osteoarthritis which is the most common, affecting around 16
million Americans with an average age of 45. It usually will
attack weight bearing joints like knees, hips, and ankles but
has been found in the fingers, neck and spine. Each of our
joints is cushioned by cartilage, a very dense, sponge-like
substance. Osteoarthritis attacks that cartilage and gradually
wears it down.
Another type of arthritis is Rheumatoid Arthritis. ...
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Sports and Fitness
People in the United States consume more dairy products and
other foods high in calcium than the citizens of any other two
nations on earth put together. Why is it then, that the U.S. has
the world's highest rate of osteoporosis and bone fractures
among the elderly? The answer may be surprising.
We have orange juice and antacids that are fortified with
calcium, yet we eat far less total food, take in less calcium,
and get less exercise than our grandparents did. At the same
time we consume ...
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Health
Title: Control Cholesterol Naturally Author: P. Mehta URL:
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Blood Cholesterol is produced by our body for several purposes.
In some people it is produced more than is required by our ...
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Health
Everyone has heard the news about antioxidants and their
importance to good health and proper nutrition. It seems the
more scientists learn about antioxidants, the more their value
and potential increases. Antioxidants have shown promise in
everything from preventing heart disease to slowing the
degeneration of the eyes and brain.
Antioxidants work in a fairly straightforward way. What makes
them so effective is their ability to neutralize a group of
highly reactive, highly destructive ...
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Food and Beverage
When most people think of cholesterol, they think of the waxy
fat-like substance that is found in many of the foods we eat.
Often feared, the truth is that cholesterol is needed by the
body for a number of different things. For example it is used in
the manufacture and maintenance of strong cell walls, it is
critical for hormone and vitamin D production, it even is used
to coat the nerve cells in the body.
Cholesterol is found in meat, poultry, seafood and dairy
products. In Fact, our bodies ...
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Health
Many Crohn's disease sufferers find an elimination diet to be effective for controlling symptoms they experience with the disease. If symptoms can be effectively controlled by a diet, Crohn's sufferers may be able to put the disease in remission, allowing them to live a more normal life.
Many foods can cause irritation that triggers diarrhea and abdominal cramping. Some common foods that have been known to induce diarrhea include, but are not limited to:
* Food high in acidity (IE. Red meat, ...
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Sports and Fitness
If you're on a diet, or considering going on one, you're in
luck. We've put together ten of the most frequently asked
questions about diets and weight loss and compiled them here.
Enjoy! 1. How much should I weigh? Your doctor can answer that
question most accurately. More important than how much you weigh
is your body/mass index, which measures your height against your
weight. 2. What's the best diet for losing weight? Any diet that
provides all the nutrition that you need for health, and ...
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Sports and Fitness
The Eight Week Cholesterol Challenge
by Barrett Niehus http://www.freetrainer.com
When I first started down this path I was looking for something
to reduce my cholesterol levels without giving me a heart
attack. My doctor recommended Lipitor, but I had read an article
in the American Heart Associations web site that indicated
Lipitor and other statin drugs may possibly be worse for me than
my high cholesterol. (The article that I read is ...
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Health
It is extremely important to select an exercise program that
will be well-suited to your lifestyle. If you have to drive 25
miles in rush hour traffic to the nearest pool, a swimming
routine might not be your first pick. Find an exercise program
that you like - shop around, try out various sports and
programs. Only you can really determine if a given exercise plan
is right for your tastes. In the end, the key to any exercise
plan is obvious: For it to "work", you have to stick to it. And,
to ...
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Sports and Fitness
So, you've finally decided you have to do "something" to get
yourself in better shape. It's a fact that in the United States
obesity and overweight have reached epidemic proportions.
Overweight also plays a major role in numerous preventable
diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease. It
is also a fact that diet alone will not give you sustained
weight loss and better health. To sustain a healthy weight, and
to achieve better health you also need aerobic exercise.
For many of us ...
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