Pain Free Living

Slight kink in my weight loss program over Christmas, put on a massive 2 lb over around 6 weeks (December/first week or so in January), back on track now with my diet, over 12 days lost 1 lb just cutting out treats I was eating over Christmas. I currently weigh around 11 stone 7 lb, […]

This three day detox diet plan is pretty low in calories and you will feel hungry from time to time. Don’t spoil the detox effect by cheating. You won’t be drinking coffee, and only very weak tea without milk or sugar, so your caffeine intake comes to an abrupt halt. The combination of less food, […]

The Atkins diet has become increasingly popular in Britain as a weight loss method, it has not reached the level of use in America, but branded Atkins products to accompany the diet are now appearing in many shops. This high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet was first developed in the States by Dr Robert Atkins, M.D. in […]

I have gone two weeks without snacking, for perhaps the first time in my life since I started solid foods. In the past, when I would endeavor to give up “sweets” during Lent, I would still allow myself a soft drink, or a pretzel, or some other comfort food between meals, and would generally revert […]

Exerbeat is a great product if you haven’t exercised for a while and are trying to get back into regular exercise. The workouts are short to start with and fun which for me is key to keep me motivated, Exerbeat is a really good Wii game for getting you active and would definitely recommend it. […]

You can get affected by the prickly skin at some point in your life. In fact, it can occur to both the adults as well as the children. You can see that it is caused due to the closing of the pores of the sweat glands. Mostly you see that the adults get affected by […]

There are a lot of benefits of exfoliating. The skin has an inbuilt process of getting the dead cells removed that get replaced with new cells However, the process will get slowed down as you age and the skin will start becoming problematic and dull. In order to hold on to the shine and the […]

I keep hoping that this feeling will pass, the constant gnawing that ebbs only for an hour or so after dinner. Other than that brief respite, I feel it constantly — upon rising, after breakfast, mid-morning, after lunch, throughout the afternoon, into the evening, and upon settling down to sleep. I find myself awaking in […]

Tomatoes are very good for your health. There are a lot of benefits for the skin to be derived from the tomatoes. They are not only a nutritious vegetable but they can also be effectively made into face packs. A tomato facial will clear your pores and make it freshened up. Tomato face packs are […]

Chapped lips can be caused due to many reasons. You could have chapped lips due to excessive smoking, due to extreme cold weather, vitamin deficiency and many other reasons. People tend to use several chemical products to hide chapped lips behind makeup and gloss. This is a bad idea as chemicals can worsen the situation […]

BMI or Body Mass Index is basically a ratio which is calculated on the basis of your weight and height to check the body fat content. Depending upon the height and weight of the person, the ratio is found out and the amount is mostly given as a range in which the person’s weight should […]

In 1948, Earl V. Shaffer became the first person to hike from one end of the Appalachian Trail to the other in one trip, a feat that carried him across more than 2,000 miles of mountains, meadows, and streams between Georgia and Maine. Fifty years later, to celebrate the golden anniversary of his hike, the […]

Although most ulcers are caused by bacterial infection or the use of common painkilling drugs, the real damage is done by your own stomach – specifically by the acid your stomach produces. It’s strong stuff. If you spilled stomach acid on your skin, it could cause a chemical burn. The only place stomach acid belongs […]

The process of treating a burn in your skin actually depends on the fact that to how much extent you allow your skin to heal. If you take the aid of supplements and diets in the process of healing the burn on your skin, then it is likely to trigger the rate of the process […]

As pain-related problems go, anal fissures are shrouded in mystery but in reality, are not so hard to understand. Basically, a fissure is a variety of cut or tear, one that occurs in the think skin of the anal canal as it is stretched beyond its normal capacity. Stretched too far, the skin will create […]

These days as the climate is changing and with the huge work pressure in everyone’s life, people often suffer from early scars, dark circles, fine lines, chapped lips, facial lines, etc. and a lot of times get confused on finding the right treatment as there are so many products in the market and often they […]

Every one of us would like to have a lighter color of skin tone. The lighter color of the skin tone is achieved by the process of producing melanin in your body with the help of the natural membrane lighteners. There are many reasons why you can suffer from a darker complexion of your skin. […]

Castor oil extracted from castor seeds is an anti oxidant and anti therapeutic oil which has been used for thousands of years for its medicinal properties. The benefits of castor oil are contributed to the fact that has high concentration of unsaturated fatty acids. Castor oil is known to treat ailments like Parkinson’s disease, Multiple […]

Fats that are solid in a cool kitchen – butter, lard, the fat on pork or lamb chops, or fat in beef joints – push up the cholesterol levels most easily. These fats are called saturated fats. Fats that are liquid or semi liquid – olive oil, vegetable oils, fish oils, and liquid margarines – […]

Ellen G. White was one of twin girls born to Robert and Eunice Harmon in Gorham, Maine on the night of November 26, 1827. Up to the age of nine she lived an uneventful life. Then one afternoon on her way home from school, an angry schoolmate threw a stone hitting her on the face […]

Cancer kills more than 1,500 Americans everyday. But this will change in the next 25 years. “The advances in fighting cancer will be phenomenal,” says Edison Liu,, M.D., director of the division of clinical sciences at the National Cancer Institute. Here are six promising developments that should take the bite out of the Big “C”. […]

Good health is one of our most cherished possessions, but being healthy is more than just about common sense. With this, we all need practical information which we all need to maintain good health and cope with troublesome diseases as they arise. Over the last few decades, millions of people have learned the benefits of […]

The Pritikin Diet was developed by Nathan Pritikin about ten years ago before that of Dr. Dean Ornish. It is an extremely low-fat diet in which only 10 percent of calories are derived from fat with the rest being obtained from complex, unrefined carbohydrate such as vegetables, peas and beans, whole grains and fruits. Low-fat […]

Using research into the female biorythms, Body-clock Diet is a weight loss programme which is designed to fit in with the chemical fluctuations that occur in women’s bodies throughout the menstrual cycle. Recommended for: It is recommended for women who experience symptoms such as mood swings, food cravings, increase in appetite and fluid retention – […]

The Food Combining Diet is a 28-day weight loss programme developed from Dr Hay’s theories on managing food combination in order to eliminate the build-up of toxins on the body. It does not involve calorie counting. Recommended for: It is recommended for gradual weight loss and detoxification Not recommended for : It is not recommended […]

In the past twenty to twenty-five years people have become increasingly aware of the value of regular exercise for adults as well as for children and teenagers. Thirty years ago the vast majority of men and women stopped exercising when they stopped going to school. All too often they associated exercise mandatory school requirements, not […]

Food is fuel and food is fun. Low calorie ready-made meals are convenient but hardly inspiring. They are often low in vitamins and fibre and high in highly-processed carbohydrates that are converted into glucose very quickly. Eating convenience food like this means that your blood sugar takes a plunge very quickly after you’ve eaten it, […]

Definition: The alternate application of hot and cold fomentation to a local area. Effects: Relieves pain through acceleration of local circulation. Stimulates healing in local injuries with contusions. Relieves muscle stiffness and pain due to trauma and strain. Stimulates healing in wound infections. Indications: Infected wound. Local injuries due to trauma and muscular contusions. Muscle […]

Many a times, you might have noticed that the skin around your knees and elbows are darker than the rest of your body. Also the skin may seem rough and eroded. This is mainly caused because our knees and elbows get rubbed against all sorts of surfaces the most. This causes our skin to break […]

You need some fat. The right fats are necessary and even essential for the structure and function of every cell in the human body. Fats are “fuels” and provide you with twice as much energy as any other food. Fat deposits in the body also serve as banks in which to store energy. fats are […]

The thing to remember about ocular pain is it can very often signal a major emergency,”  If you have injured an eye, consult an opthalmologist at once. Corneal abrasions are one of the most painful injuries you’ll ever have,”  “If you’ve cut or scratched your cornea, it will hurt less if you keep the eye […]

Obstetrics has undergone radical changes in recent years, especially in the management of high-risk pregnancies. Comparison of a recent obstetrical textbook with one that is more than ten years old reveals a striking difference in the topics covered. Most of the new material relates to perinatology, a subspecialty that deals with maximizing the welfare of […]

Though eye creams are not always necessary, dark circles and puffiness are always a drag. Should you choose to use one, select a product with antiaging ingredients. It is advised to choose to use a regular facial moisturizer around your eyes. However, if you prefer separate eye cream you can look for those products and […]

Good care is essential for optimizing the health of mother and infant. Care for the mother and baby is true preventive medicine. It has emotional and educational aspects that are the primary considerations for the great majority of women who have healthy, uncomplicated pregnancies. The expectant mother’s routine appointments allow her to become familiar with […]

Several diseases are directly related to the straining and increased intra-abdominal pressure due to constipation. – hermorrhoids, hernias, varicose veins, and diverticula of the large bowel. By adopting Western eating habits, many Asians have begun to suffer from “Western” diseases caused by fiber-deficient diets. Modern refining processing very efficiently removes fiber by polishing rice, milling […]

Fiber aids on the elimination of cholesterol from the body via the bile in the intestinal tract. Without adequate dietary fiber, uneliminated cholesterol builds up in the body. The cholesterol concentration in the bile in the gall bladder may increase as much as tenfold. This predisposes cholesterol to crystallize, leading to the formation of cholesterol […]

Dr. Dean Ornish, a specialist in cardiac disease, was interested in the part played by diet in controlling heart and circulatory illness in severely affected patients. He devised a low-fat, mainly vegetarian diet for his heart patients, which often involved them eating greater quantities, but of different types of food, than they had consumed previously. […]

In one region of northwestern France, the rate of cancer of the esophagus is 18 times higher than in the rest of Europe. In the Netherlands, England, Wales and Denmark, women are more likely to die from breast cancer types than any other country. In Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya, where 300 out of every 100,000 […]

It is not hidden from anyone that all the vitamins share equal needed importance for your body. Howbeit one should be extra cautious about enough intakes of vitamin A. Series of disorders follow in case of its deficiency in the body. Universally, blindness has been linked to the deficiency of vitamin A. Improper consumption of […]

Alcohol facts: In advertisements many people are seen drinking alcohol in beer, wine, whiskey, rum, gin, vodka and other drinks. The people in these ads seem to be having a lot of fun drinking. Beer companies pay television networks thousands of dollars to buy a few seconds during football games. Their ads suggest: “Drink beer […]