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A Glass of Wine Protects the Liver

A Glass of Wine Protects the Liver
Drinking a glass of wine a day is beneficial to the liver heath, claim scientists at California State University. They have studied the predilections for alcohol drinks and the health state of the liver of 7000 abstainers and 4500 people drinking alcohol regularly. It has been found, that those, who consume a glass of wine a day had a healthier liver, than those, who don’t drink alcohol at all. Full story

Strawberries – Very Delicious and Very Dangerous

Strawberries – Very Delicious and Very Dangerous
Strawberries with cream or cold champagne – how can anyone resist such a temptation? You should, however, resist if you are well acquainted with such ailments as allergies, gastritis, gastroduodenitis, especially gastric ulcer. Full story

No Decision Making on an Empty Stomach!

No Decision Making on an Empty Stomach!
Scientists at Cambridge University have found, that it’s better not to make any decisions on an empty stomach, otherwise one risks to act utterly impulsively and ineffective. The reason of it is the fact, that hunger reduces serotonin levels in the body, which affects the rationality of the decisions one makes. Full story

Physical Exercises Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease

Physical Exercises Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease
As we all know, prevention is the best treatment. This is why it’s possible to struggle against Alzheimer’s disease, moreover, every single person needs to do it. But this should be done ahead of time – in the middle age. Medics claim, the best prevention of Alzheimer’s disease is regular physical exercises. This has been found due to a recently conducted study. Full story

Cottage Cheese – the Healthy Facts

Cottage Cheese – the Healthy Facts
Cottage cheese is often called an essential component of healthy and adequate nutrition. This product is considered to be a diet food, on the other hand, however, people from any age group can benefit from consuming it. You bet! Consider this information: 17% in it are proteins, 18% - fat, and 2.5% is lactose. In addition to those components we have Calcium, Phosphorus, Iron, and Magnesium. Full story

Can a Pregnant Woman Consume Alcohol?

Can a Pregnant Woman Consume Alcohol?
Many pregnant women wonder, whether they can take strong drinks during the pregnancy. If so, how much of alcohol is allowed for them. As it turns out, a woman bearing a child under her heart has to trust her own intuition regarding the alcohol consumption during the expectancy period. Researchers still vary in their views on the topic. Full story

Diet for Smokers

Diet for Smokers
Finnish scientists have developed a special diet for smokers. The data has been gathered for 13 years. 26 thousand of Finnish smokers participated in the research. According to the scientists, smokers should eat foods rich in magnesium. Only this can reduce the risk of stroke by 15%, which is normally ... Full story

Tan to Hold Back Aging

Tan to Hold Back Aging
Up till now tanning has been considered unhealthy since the procedure can induce development of malignant cells in the body. Today, however, British scientists found out that some benefits from tanning do exist – production of vitamin D. Production of the substance is induced by the sun rays and it acts as an agent holding back the aging process of cells and tissues. Full story
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Fitness Reduces the Risk of Breast Cancer

Fitness Reduces the Risk of Breast Cancer
Regular physical exercise significantly reduces the risk of breast cancer. It has been recently scientifically proved, that women spending no less than 3 hours 15 minutes a week on different sport kinds have the lowest risk of developing breast cancer. It’s especially important to work out ... Full story

Treat Vacation Syndrome

Treat Vacation Syndrome
Hurrah! Finally vacation! But why do you have a sore throat? And the blood pressure has got so high and this diarrhea… This is called the vacation syndrome. It occurs due to the alteration of the psyche some days before vacation. About 60% of all grown-up population suffers from this disorder. But fortunately, it’s possible to prevent it. Here’s how. Full story

Quitting Smoking Is Contagious

Quitting Smoking Is Contagious
Quitting smoking is contagious, as in spreading fast across population. Scientists from Harvard School and California University in San-Diego came to this conclusion after holding an experiment with 12000 participants. As is turns out, quitting smoking becomes a trend and spreads fast across the society. This tendency, in fact, is really good for people’s health. Full story

Types of Face Skin Aging. Combined Type

Types of Face Skin Aging. Combined Type
You already know the four types of face skin aging: the “tired face”, when the skin is puffy, the “webbed face”, which is developed by the dry skin, and the “loss of shape”, which normally occurs to obese people, as they age. But every aging symptom (swelling, wrinkles, sad face folds in the corners of the mouth folds) can be observed on the face with the combined type. Full story

Types of Face Skin Aging. Loss of Shape

Types of Face Skin Aging. Loss of Shape
Yesterday here was an article about the second type of face skin aging, “webbed face”, and the way of taking care of such face. Today you will learn, how to treat the “Loss of shape” aging type. A characterised feature of “deformed” face is extensive sagging. Cheeks grow flabby, eyelids fall, the face oval blurs out, and develops a gloomy, peevish look. This aging type is common among obese people with oily, porous skin. Full story

Types of Face Skin Aging. Webbed Face

Types of Face Skin Aging. Webbed Face
Today here is another article about the types of face skin aging. Yesterday I described you the ways of taking proper care of the “tired face”, and this time you will learn about the next type of face skin aging – the “webbed face”. As people with overly sensitive, dry skin age, they develop a “webbed face”. This type of skin naturally has very thin protective coating – hydrolyptic mantle. As they age, the mantle gets even thinner, the skin exsiccates extensively; furthermore, the face loses its fine complexion and develops a whole web of wrinkles. Full story

Types of Face Skin Aging. Tired Face

Types of Face Skin Aging. Tired Face
In one of the previous articles named Types of Face Skin Aging I wrote, that I was going to publish a series of articles about different types of face skin aging and how to take care of such skin. Today we’ll talk about the first type of skin aging, which is called “tired face”. The very name “tired face” is self explanatory: the skin is puffy, flabby, develops earthy hue along the aging process. Disturbed microcirculation is the major contributor to the issue. Here are procedures, which help take proper care of the skin aging this way. Full story

Types of Face Skin Aging

Types of Face Skin Aging
Every woman in her thirties and over gets the face she deserves. It is possible, however, to deserve an attractive face, you simply need to determine your aging type and put some effort in advance. Every woman ages in her own way. Some have their face speckled with wrinkles and eyes surrounded with shameful beams by their thirties. Others have flexible and smooth skin even in their fifties. Full story
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Wearing Sneakers Is Dangerous?

Wearing Sneakers Is Dangerous?
Sneakers were used to be worn only together with a training suit and only for sports before, but now comfortable, stylish and nice sneakers have become a daily accessory of lots of women. At first glance, there’s nothing bad in it, this is due to some fashion trends or to the desire of women for comfort. But in reality sneakers are fraught with some threat to those, who wear them. Full story

Fasting – a Secret Ingredient of Longevity

Fasting - a Secret Ingredient of Longevity
Scientists across the entire universe work hard to extend our lifespan. It might seem easy: active lifestyle, healthy diet, regular exposure to fresh air, minimal amount of stress in daily life. Follow these rules simple and you can guarantee yourself longevity. Everything, however, is much easier than it seems. The secret of longevity lies in fasting. Full story

Music Cures High Blood Pressure

Music Cures High Blood Pressure
There are many ways to treat hypertension – starting from medical method and herbal therapy and going all the way to homeopathy. In addition there is fundamentally new treatment for high blood pressure - music. Half-an-hour music sessions per day can easily replace pharmaceutical hypertonic treatments. This method was discussed at a scientific conference held in New-Orleans recently. Listening to music can essentially help people who suffer from high blood pressure. The effectiveness of this method was proven by a specifically held experiment. Full story

Lemon in Your Green Tea Cup

Lemon in Your Green Tea Cup
It doesn’t need to be mentioned again and again, how healthy green tea is, everybody knows it already. But how lemon effects the beverage is something no one has the idea of. Meanwhile adding lemon to green tea also significantly contributes to the increase of the antioxidant effect of green tea. You already know, that these very substances decrease the risk of cardiovascular diseases and even cancerous tumors. However, instead of lemon you can use any other citrus fruit. This would make the beverage tastier, more fragrant and five times more beneficial to your health. Full story
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