Health is Wealth

Coconut water is a great way to get additional nutrients and vitamins into your system after a good exercise workout. It is full of electrolytes and potassium. These nutrients help nourish your muscles and strengthen them.

After you have pushed your body hard you need to allow for cool down time to stretch and hydrate your muscles. This gives the muscles a chance to rest and breathe.

It is even a good idea to drink coconut water during your work out just like you would regular water.

Coconut water has been around for hundreds of years and is very well respected by the cultures that rely upon it daily. The value of coconut water to them is priceless. (more…)

Smoothies are a great way to get nutrition in the hot summer months. If you have ever lived in the desert you know how difficult it can be to go in the house and cook when it is 110 degrees outside!

Sometimes you feel so lethargic in the summer it is hard to think about planning out meals.

If you are not careful how much time you spend in the sun it quickly wipes you out and the last thing you want to do is get yourself in the kitchen and lean over a hot stove. When you need a healthy snack or meal replacement, smoothies are the way to go.

Smoothies are a fabulous choice for everyone! They offer a healthy and nutritious snack for you and your children. You they offer so much variety that its almost impossible to get tired of them.

It is very easy to add additional vitamins and minerals as well. Rose hip oil for the skin, and ginseng for energy are some of my favorites.

Another positive note to mention is because smoothies are so attractive they make it easy for parents to add extra nutrients into their children’s drinks as well. The best part is they will never even know. (more…)

Written by: Aimee Coppock

No wonder some children don’t want to clean up or do housework, it’s boring and can be hard work. However, put a ‘magic wand’ in their hands and make a game of it and they’ll be begging you to let them clean!

Magic Wand Didn’t Clean Hogwarts

If you haven’t discovered what wizards at Hogwarts might have actually cleaned up with when the wands didn’t work, now is the time. Cleaning using steam power fits nicely in to the whole Hogwarts setting however; it’s a truly modern approach. The joy that is steam cleaning has finally caught up with the 21st century.  Long a favourite with professional cleaning companies, steam cleaners are now widely available for domestic use and have become increasingly affordable over the last few years.  If your home (or school for wizards) is subjected to hard wear and tear that comes as standard with a family, then a steamer will be a one bit of labour saving domestic equipment that’ll you come to appreciate.  Here are some of my own answers to “Frequently Asked Questions”. (more…)

My mother grew up in a home where her father smoked around his children. She suffered with horrible asthma because of the second hand smoke she was exposed to at a very young age. She is still bothered by her asthma to this day.

Of course back then there was no way to know or prove that it was the second hand smoke she was exposed to for so long that caused her such problems.

I have a beautiful little 4 yr old niece that has a difficult time breathing due to second hand smoke. She is surrounded by it day and night. I cannot prove she has developed asthma or if she is allergic to the smoke. What I do know is that her mother is an avid smoker and will pick up a cigarette with the child sitting on her lap. (more…)

Written by: Corey Palmer

Nowadays, health care trends have shifted from curative efforts to preventive efforts. Promoting a healthier lifestyle and preventing illnesses from happening are the best options there is in keeping people in good health.

Of course, prevention is always better than cure and thus many individuals are slowly realizing that to be able to live longer and enjoy life, one has to stay healthy. To spend the rest of your life in good shape is priceless. Therefore, it is best to look for preventive measures to ensure long lasting good health. (more…)

There are many different techniques you can involve yourself in when trying to alleviate a headache and one of them is most definitely massage. (more…)

Take the time to form good habits folks. If you can learn to create good oral hygiene you will never be sorry because the result is a happy healthy mouth.

It is important to educate our young children about good oral hygiene so they will remember how to care for their mouth and form great oral hygiene habits they can carry with them through out their entire life.

The chances of them remembering how to care for their teeth and gums and practicing these good habits long term are much greater if they are encouraged within their home. Practice+patience+practice makes perfect.

It is also a fabulous idea to set a good example if you wish your children to develop great oral hygiene habits. We all know children will copy what they see. (more…)

Dental hygiene speaks volumes about a person. It can give you clues into their personal life an even tell you if they are lazy or careless.

If someone cannot find the time to floss or brush their teeth they probably cannot take the time for many other important things in life.

Proper dental care also includes regular dental check-ups. Your dentist cannot help you prevent painful cavities or abscess teeth on their own.

If you do not take the necessary time to properly care for your teeth and gums you will end up with numerous issues inside your mouth. Gingivitis has become increasingly more common.

In fact gingivitis has grown to be a very popular problem today because so many people have not had dental hygiene education or they are simply too lazy to put aside time to care for their teeth. (more…)

Last week I attended a lecture class at our local college about how the brain develops when we are born and the differences in premature newborns and full-term newborns.

Most all of the information we know about the brain and how it develops has come from the last 15 years of study.

Dr.’s and nurses in the NICU have had to adjust to some of these new techniques so they can best care for the newborns.

In order to provide an environment for premature babies to develop effectively and quickly special attention must be payed to the areas the babies occupy.

The Dr.’s and nurses that work in the space surrounding the premature babies constantly need to be aware of the way the babies respond to them. Bright lights and loud noises must be minimal or not at all. (more…)

We have been trained by our nations physicians to believe that high cholesterol is dangerous. We have been told to watch how many foods we take in each day that have high cholesterol.

I believe however that this information is not necessarily accurate. I am sure that our doctors mean well by trying to teach us to stay away from certain foods like eggs by telling us that they cause high cholesterol. (more…)