Author: Guest Writer
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How To Self-Medicate A Cold Or Flu
You know it’s that time of year when people are starting to sniffle and sneeze and you’re doing everything you can to avoid picking up a nasty cold or case of the flu from them. Importantly, these are different conditions that require different treatment protocols and preferably holistic ones . The Difference Between Having A…
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Eat Pulses To Lose Weight & Reduce Bad Cholesterol
A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, has revealed that not only do pulses help you to lose weight, they also help you to keep it off. Just three-quarters of a cup (1 serving) of chickpeas, lentils, beans or peas has been shown to contribute to moderate weight loss, by keeping people…
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Why Fat People Stay Fat & Thin People Stay Thin
Dr. Jean Adams from the Centre for Diet & Activity Research, Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit has investigated why current weight loss interventions keep thin people thin, while fat people get bigger. The University of Cambridge has released her new essay which indicates that while the implementation of a sugar tax is on the right track…
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Delicious Weekend Walnut Pancakes recipe
Try this healthy, tasty breakfast recipe, designed to put a smile on your face. Walnut Pancakes with Macadamia & Raw Cacao Butter This recipe works well on a Sunday morning when you have time on your hands. I used walnut flour, but feel free to change to ground almonds or coconut flour. It is…
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Can You Optimize Your Brain Functioning Post Trauma?
Have you ever felt that the impact of traumatic experiences has limited you and caused you to react in a way you can’t understand, with fear, anxiety, anger, sadness or despair? And although you know it’s not an ideal way to respond, you feel incapable of getting a proper hold on it and changing it?…
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How Sexually Adventurous Are You?
Are you a bold and vivacious lover or timid and toned down? Find out now as Dr Kirsten Mark’s new research on sexual adventurousness reveals all. Are you looking to spice up your love life, become more sexually adventurous and increase your own or your partners sexual and relationship satisfaction? The facts we’re about to…
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Eat For Energy With These Recipes
These tasty (and surprisingly healthy) recipes are extracted from Best of Eating for Sustained Energy by Gabi Steenkamp and Liesbet Delport, published by Tafelberg. Riana’s energy breakfast trifle Serves 4 250ml muesli, lower-fat, low-GI 250ml low-fat yoghurt, vanilla-flavoured or plain 400g fruit, such as pawpaw, apple, mango, berries, guava, peeled and sliced as desired 250ml…
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Africa Healthcare Summit 2016
The Africa Healthcare Summit 2016 will tackle non-communicable disease in Africa. For Africa, unlike other regions, the challenge includes grappling with a uniquely broad range of healthcare, political and economic challenges. According to International Business Times 2016, leaders of three prominent African economies, including the president of African Development Bank (AfDB) and the CEO of a global technology company, have…
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9 Celebrities Who Do CrossFit
If you don’t know what CrossFit is by now, you have probably been living under a rock. Since its development in 2000, it has taken the world by storm. A physical exercise philosophy as well as a competitive fitness sport, CrossFit is practiced by members of over 13 000 affiliated gyms worldwide, as well as…
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Skin Laser Treatments: Know The Difference
By Dr. Alistair Clark Intense pulsed light, or IPL, is a term used to describe the delivery of extremely high energy from a light source used in skin laser treatments. This applies to laser, which is a single, specific wavelength of laminar light rays. IPL by contrast, is a broad spectrum of confluent, non-parallel light. …