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What Happened To Yucky Omega-3 Fish Oil

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What are fatty acids? Fatty acids, more commonly referred to as “fats”, are macro nutrients that have an effect on cell membrane flexibility and receptor sensitivity, modulate gene expression and serve as precursors of hormone-like compounds called prostaglandins and pro-inflammatory compounds called leukotrienes. They are divided into three general categories. What are essential fatty acids? Your body can synthesize all but two of the fats it needs from your diet.  Linoleic and Linolenic …

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The Tremendous Power Of Posture You Need Every Day

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The health of your spine is not independent of posture. In today’s more cerebral society, most of us are employed for our brains and not our brawn. Unfortunately, most of these jobs come with the tragedy of a computer, desk and a chair. And so, we go to work and sit, and sit, then we go home and sit some more. You probably sit more than 10 hours every day. Not only is it impossible to have good posture while sitting for a prolonged period of time, but sitting also puts added pressure on your …

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The Compromise of Continuous Stress, A Disease Onto Itself

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What is stress? Stress is a physiologic state of mental or emotional strain resulting from some form of adverse or demanding circumstance. Stress can be triggered by many things that are real or perceived and can be experienced in variable degrees in different individuals. How can stress affect your health? It is important to remember, that not all stress is bad. It is a natural physiologic response that can be life-saving in some situations such as escaping a burning building. During a …

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You Need A Good And Blissful Night’s Sleep

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What is sleep? Sleep is a naturally recurring state characterized by altered consciousness, muscle and sensory activity and waste removal. It is a time of complex neurobiological rejuvenation and growth and appears to be universally vital to life throughout the animal kingdom. What is the role of sleep and why is it so important? We spend about one third of our lives sleeping and despite our limited understanding of the purpose and mechanism of sleep, we know that like food, water and oxygen, …

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Exercise and Stretching You Need To Live In Your World

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How can exercise improve my health? If exercise was a pill it would be a guaranteed best seller with few side effects. We know that exercise has multiple health benefits and plays an important role in successful aging. Some of the many benefits of exercise are that it will: Optimize cardiovascular function by strengthening heart muscle Raise levels of “good cholesterol” (HDL) and lower levels of “bad cholesterol” (LDL) Promote bone health and combat osteoarthritis by improving joint …

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The 10 secrets about your amazing ligaments

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In sports medicine, physicians focus on cartilage, discs and nerves, but we rarely talk about ligaments which keep your bones together, except when it comes to a knee injury.  Once a ligament is injured,  the structure it holds together tightly becomes loose. With loosening, abnormal motion develops in the joint resulting in occasional pain and a progression to osteoarthritis many years later. With the huge number of musculoskeletal injuries that are treated yearly in the U.S., we need to think …

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