Dfb: Progress Report Week 1 When Alcoholics fall off the wagon, they usually drink themselves into unconsciousness and alienate all their friends and family When a fat person falls off, we seem to land in a place where food is served is 2 minutes or less There is no alienation, hell, we invite the family over for buffet style meals I was doing well until Friday I had a sneak peak on the scale and saw that I had already lost 25 pounds without doing any exercise All ...

Halitosis - A Foul Smell From Your Mouth Halitosis also known as bad breath is one of the problems which many people face It gives out a disgusting feeling when you encounters such a person with bad breath The origin of the word halitosis is derived from a Latin word Bad breath as we must have learnt in school is that, if we do not brush our teeth properly they will rot due to the bacteria Rotten food in your mouth just makes things worse But ...

What One Should Know About Allergies Allergies affect approximately 60 million Americans, which means one in every five adults or children suffer from them, and are common in men as well as in women Thirty-five million people have upper respiratory symptoms, which are allergic reactions to airborne pollen Around 10 million Americans have allergies to cats and two million present severe reactions to various insect stingsFood allergies are less common in the family of allergies About one out of three ...

Fluoridation And The Dangers A number of Local Goverment Councils in Australia have been unable to supply free fluoride supplements to the public, due to an Australia wide shortage, so residents should be heartened by the knowledge that they are not dosing their children daily with an established equivocal carcinogen which is as poisonous as lead and only slightly less so than arsenicThe US Food and Drug Administration has never approved fluoride supplements and the World Health Organisation list of ...

Warning: Taking Bextra May Harm Your Health Another Vioxx-like occurrence may be on the rise, as warnings about Pfizer's arthritis pain drug, Bextra, continue to mountAccording to a study of more than 1,500 patients who had previously undergone cardiac surgery, those who were treated for pain with Bextra were more likely to have heart and blood clotting problems than those who received no drug at allAssociated problems included:* Stroke* Heart attack* Blood clots in the lung* Deep vein blood clots ...

Hair Analysis - The Roadmap To Wellness Did you know that your hair has the advantage of long-term memory? Hair is a permanent record, like tree rings A three-inch strand of human hair will give a six-month history of what's going on in the body since head hair grows at a rate of about a half an inch a monthA hair analysis determines exactly what chemicals are inside of you, including radiation, heavy metals like mercury, food chemicals such as ...

Orphan Drugs: Hope Where There Is Little Or No Hope NEW YORK, NY, February 18, 2004 – On a visit to his doctor, Gary Jacob received distressing news – not about himself, but a friend of the doctor'sWhile playing with one of his children, the doctor’s friend fell and broke a rib That was bad enough, but during the examination at the hospital, the father was hit with a startling and totally unexpected diagnosis – he had a disease known ...

Health Information: Coping With Stomach Ulcers Do you suffer from ulcers?If yes, what kind is it and how do you cope?In American society where most people depend on junk food, ulcers can become a familiar and persistent health problemSome of these foods contain additives and chemicals that can become toxic in our bodies and so cause various health ailments including ulcersIt is not surprising that most people depend on junk foodMost people must have two or more jobs in order ...

Tempest In A Tea Cup, Wisdom In A Sake Cup What an oxymoron the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has turned out to be This vegan organization has one colossal ax to grind with their archrival, Darth Atkins This is an old score that they’ve unfairly flung in front of the public before, all in the effort to squash the low carb idea and its adherentsThe first time was when Robert Atkins suffered his fatal accident, a cranial blow that ...

Health Giving Nutrition Today, we are living in a world of instant gratification At every turn, ready made foods are packaged attractively, promoted attractively and priced attractively One cannot but be swayed by the colours, smells and tastes out there We, however need to eat a balanced diet to maintain our mental and physical health We all know that all the necessary nutrients are available in natural foods But, the question is, how many of us are following the precepts of nature; do we eat all the recommended ...