Special Health Alerts
There appears to be more allergies than ever before. You can’t go more than a few moments without hearing of what is now not allowed in the classroom or cafeteria. There seems to be more and more “peanut alerts” found on varying different foods, and, lunch time in the workplace might have become a trying experience, too as you hear of more and more people with different allergies, and foods that need to be avoided so as not to cause …
We all look forward to spring, when flowers start to bloom and our yards turn back to green. However, spring also brings in seasonal allergies, which is that reaction to pollen consisting of sneezing, nasal congestion, and having a runny nose. These symptoms of allergies are quite bothersome, especially when we have to go to work everyday or would want to simply enjoy the outdoors.
These symptoms actually represent our immune system at work, in which specific cells start producing …
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Did you know that more than 300 unique enzymes need zinc to work effectively? Zinc is found in each cell of your body. It is involved directly in nearly every single bodily process that you can think of.
But that’s not all that makes zinc an amazing mineral. Zinc also has the power to boost your immune system in a special way. Zinc helps to keep many viral and infectious conditions at bay. Because a severe deficiency in zinc causes …
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You may have seen, at some point or another, someone laying on a massage table with a white towel draped over his or her head. A candle, lit, was protruding from the ear. This is called “ear candling.”
The technique dates back to ancient Egypt. According to its practitioners, the candle removes wax from the ear and thus enhances one’s physical and spiritual well-being. They use a foot-long tube, a rolled-up sheet of cotton, that is covered in beeswax. One …
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