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ARTArticleGetting the Right Blood Pressure Reading Every TimeJohn hated going to the doctor’s office, but the pain in his knee was really starting to interfere with work. As he sat in the waiting room, he couldn’t help but be fidgety. He hadn’t seen the doctor for twelve years, and as far as he was conce
ed, another 12 years could go by and he wouldn’t care. But he knew he had to come. He was conce
ed that something might really be wrong with his knee, something that Ibuprofen didn’t fix anyway. Besides, he was popping Ibuprofen like it was candy.ARTArticleGlengoyne Whisky DistilleryGlengoyne Whisky
Glengoyne Whisky Distillery advertises itself as Scotland's most scenic although I am sure that there are plenty of other distilleries which are prepared to argue the point.
Glengoyne Distillery History
The distillery has been established for nearly 200 hundred years and has never gone out of production. Illegal stills were all over the Highlands in the early days but with the advent of the Excise act of 1823 that all changed and Glengoyne became a fully legal producer in 1833.ARTArticleHappily Ever After: Tips for Prince William and KateThe 19th century English poet, Lord Alfred Tennyson, put this universal truth in writing: "In the spring, a young man's fancy lightly turn to thoughts of love." And there's no better time of the year for a royal wedding! Apparently the April 29, 2011 marriage of Prince William of Wales and Kate Middleton, at Westminster Abbey with 1900 guests, will be watched by almost 2 billion people worldwide. Their long walk to the altar will be one of the most viewed TV events of the century.ARTArticleHeal Your Brain Using Mindful MeditationMindfulness-based stress reduction therapy has been shown to reduce anxiety in a broad range of clinical populations, as reported by the University of Ottawa. Meditation reduces stress and enhances forgiveness, according to a study published by the journal of American College Health. Meditators have a greater ability to moderate the intensity of their emotional arousal during stressful situations, say the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.ARTArticleHealthy Life Using Natural Health CuresNatural health cures are the new answers for improving your health. To improve your health and live a long and healthy life, you must take action. To be a healthier person, one of the natural health cures you need is to eat better foods. Bad eating habits make you gain weight, and get deadly illnesses, so turning your health around can be as simple as eating the right foods.ARTArticleHelp! I Want to Lose Weight - How to Have a Great Body ImageMost of the people who say, "help, I want to lose weight", are people who have a bad body image. Yes, it is a different matter that most people who want to lose weight actually need to, but there are other people who, even after losing weight are convinced that they’re "fat"!
This is fatal, and if you are one of these people, you could be suffering from a less severe version of anorexia. If you look in the mirror and say to yourself, "help, I want to lose weight" and when you walk down the road, people look at you and say "I wish I had a body like her", you know you’re in trouble.ARTArticleHelping the Body Catch Up With Your ConsciousnessAfter reading my recent article on Diabetes and Self-Healing, one of our readers told me that although she has diabetes, she believes she is quite adept at fulfilling the spiritual-emotional need behind this condition—acknowledging the sweetness in life. But that realization hadn’t caused her diabetes to go away. This is a significant observation in her journey.ARTArticleHidden Wealth Within Your HouseIt certainly is an interesting time. Gold and Silver have been on a ride the last 8 to 10 years, where many people still don't even see them on their radar as investment opportunities.
Metals are a special type of commodities which offer a way to safely retain your wealth, accumulate more wealth, and if times get bad, can easily become the stars in a system of bartering.
What many people do not realize is that they might possibly have a small fortune of commodity metals such as silver and copper in their homes right now and not even know it.ARTArticleHigh Blood Pressure - Are You at Risk?Hypertension is affecting more and more people all the time. What are the risks of high blood pressure? Do you think that you might be at risk? High blood pressure has been called the silent killer, because you do not even know that you have it until it might be too late, and the damage is already done.ARTArticleHigh Blood Pressure and You!One of my readers asked about healing high blood pressure. You’ll read the results of my meditation regarding high blood pressure below, but first lets take a look at some research.
According to an article at: http://www.emedicinehealth.com/high_blood_pressure/article_em.htm,rn"High blood pressure has become the second most common reason for medical office visits in the United States."
Further this same article warns us:rARTArticleHome Food Gardens and Self Sufficient LivingAs we watch food prices continue to climb, with many signs supporting continued escalation, healthy home made foods are might become a financial challenge. We need to eat to live, and we need to eat well to thrive, so we don't have much of a choice but to let the grocery stores hit our wallets hard...or do we? Home food gardens are an excellent way to enjoy healthy produce without paying a premium for it, and becoming self sufficient has enriching benefits for one's personal sense of well-being, as well.ARTArticleHow a Probiotic Colon Cleanse Can Revitalize Your HealthYour digestive system plays a major role in your overall health. 60 to 80 percent of your immune system is located there, according to Dr. Isaac Eliaz, MD. The digestive system is a strong yet delicate ecosystem, finely balancing bad and good bacteria. The good bacteria are known as probiotics. An abundance of probiotic flora keeps your immune system healthy.ARTArticleHow Do I Heal My Stress?This wonderful question came from several of our readers, and this one really struck home with me. I was once the queen of stress! Perhaps some of you feel that way, like you are or have been kings or queens of stress in your own life. When you have come to a pinnacle in which you are quite certain that you know stress intimately well, it is time for a retreat. I mean—stop the clock, no responsibilities, no one to take care of or answer to, no excuses, put the brakes on your life—retreat.ARTArticleHow Gentle Yoga Will Boost Your Mood: The Science Behind Yoga for DepressionScientists at the New York Medical Center, the University of Califo
ia, and the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons found that yoga could be a beneficial, low-risk, low-cost treatment for:
- anxiety
- PTSD
- hypertension
- depression
- stress-related medical illnesses
- substance abuse
- rehabilitation of criminal offenders
- enhanced well-being
- increased attention and mental focus
- better tolerance for stressARTArticleHow is Your Health and Wellness?We live in such a fast paced world that we sometimes forget that our health is something that we need to be conce
ed about. We get so busy with family, friends, our jobs, our fun that we even forget to eat, or we eat on the run.
Do you feel tired or run down? Do you just pass it off as loss of sleep? When you are young maybe you can get away with that excuse, but eventually it will catch up with you. The quality of your life begins early, and is set in motion by what you do as a young child.ARTArticleHow long does it take for muscle to grow?When people first start trying to build muscle, many will try and find answers on how much muscle they can gain in a month or a year's time. The problem is there are such varying opinions on how much muscle you can actually gain. There are certainly a lot of scams online claiming that you can pack on massive amounts of muscle in unrealistic amounts of time, so make sure you don't pay for any of these courses and waste your money. The internet is full of free and useful information; this should be your trainer.ARTArticleHow Many Calories Do You Need Each Day To Gain MuscleIn order to gain muscle you have to eat more calories than you burn off. This is a common mistake that people make when trying to build muscle. When you first start muscle building you need to remind yourself each day to eat, so that you get into the habit of eating frequently. This will help you reach your target number of calories.ARTArticleHow Mindful Meditation Can Reverse DepressionMillions of people around the world have learned how mindful meditation can reverse depression. Now you can use this powerful tool to vastly improve your quality of life.ARTArticleHow Stress and Cortisol Can Cause You to Gain WeightWe all experience daily stress, and the incorrect response to this stress can cause you to gain weight. Research shows that nearly 90 percent of overweight people are emotional eaters. They overeat as an incorrect response to stress. Not all stress is negative or harmful. We all experience healthy stress, known as eustress. The negative stress we experience is really distress. It is these feelings of distress that lead to emotional eating behavior.
Noted psychologist Richard Lazarus defines stress as:ARTArticleHow Stress and Depression Cause Each OtherModern society generally sees stress as a negative or harmful emotion. The truth is, we all have a healthy base level of stress, known as eustress. Harmful stress is referred to as distress. Healthy stress is essential in helping us to manage life's challenges. Distress can make us sick, or even kill us.ARTArticleHow the Mediterranean Diet Helps You Fight DepressionThe Mediterranean diet lifestyle can help alleviate symptoms of depression. A study of almost ten-thousand healthy Spanish adults, conducted at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain, found that those who most closely followed the Mediterranean diet lifestyle were 30 percent less likely to become depressed than those who did not follow the diet. The researchers found that people who benefited the most followed a lifestyle that included:
- A high ratio of monounsaturated fats versus saturated fats
- Moderate use of alcohol and dairy productsARTArticleHow to Bypass the Road to DivorceAre you and your partner worried about money in these uncertain times? During any economic crisis, couples have to face tough financial decisions. This can lead to an increase in stress and aggravate problems that already exist in your marriage.ARTArticleHow to Coach Naughty Kids to Positive BehaviorConsider some things, good or bad, that people do. Putting a seatbelt on every time you get into a car is necessary for your safety, and that is why you started doing it, but it has also become a habit and now you don't even think of it when you get into a car. You just do it. Checking for people behind you when going through a store door is polite, but it has also become a habit. You check without even thinking. This may also be true of your child's negative behavior. Even though she wants to change it, it is difficult to even remember to do so because she is so used to doing it.ARTArticleHow to Learn to Communicate As a Teenager Using Your SensesAre you a person who says "I see" or a person who says "I hear you" or a person who says "I have a gut feeling?" You have probably by now determined your primary sense system, but now it is time to put that to work. You can use your primary sense system to help facilitate your learning so that you can better take in and retain what you need to know.
Here is a simple exercise to practice this NLP technique.
1. Think about school and choose a class in which you are having difficulty understanding and/or retaining the material.rARTArticleHow To Lose Weight Without Exercise? - Is It Possible?Hello readers! Exercising will make you lose weight faster. But most of us nowadays just do not have the time to exercise, which makes it a problem for certain people to lose weight. In this article, I will tell you some tips on how to lose weight without exercise. You can save a lot of time and yes, it is possible!
*Stop starving and start eating.ARTArticleHow to Make an Alkaline Diet Benefit YouOne of the latest diets that people have been using is to balance the body by eating alkaline foods and water, and taking the proper supplements. The body is given renewed energy, strength, vitality, and improved health through vitamins and minerals, as well as herbs.
If the body becomes too acidic, to maintain good health the toxins and acids in the blood, tissues, cells, and lymph need to be neutralized by consuming alkaline foods, and drinking alkaline water. When the body is out of balance, it tries to correct the pH balance by taking alkaline minerals from various parts of the body.rARTArticleHow To Prevent Diseases!"We must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth" - Hippocrates
Not enough to KNOW how to prevent diseases!ARTArticleHow to Stop Cigarette Smoking | You Can Quit Now!How to stop smoking! If you need to know how to stop smoking this article is designed to help you quit now and finally put nicotine addiction behind you forever – even if you've tried to quit in the past unsuccessfully.ARTArticleHow Will Currency Devaluation Affect Your Financial Security Planning?The dollar is no longer the safe and stable currency it once was. Changes in the global economy and in other sectors of society have made it a less than optimal choice for investment. This in no means the dollar is finished. However, those conce
ed about their financial security planning who are looking for a solid and stable investment for their money should look to the other viable options.ARTArticleHypnobirthing: Dispelling The Greatest Myth About Childbirth & LabourWhat thoughts and feelings come to mind when you hear the words labour and childbirth? If you’re like most ladies (who haven’t yet heard of Hypnobirthing) you’ll probably start to feel fear, and get quite nervous and uncomfortable.
Ask any expectant mother about the upcoming birth of her child, and watch as most will begin to squirm. Her pulse will start to race, anxiety will creep in, and she’ll get nervous with fear. Fear of the pain she believes she’s going to experience during childbirth.