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Natural Cure for Insomnia: Fresh Air

by intriguemedia July 29, 2010

Many people find that fresh air is a great help in getting to sleep. It’s natural in the summer months to open the bedroom windows to let some fresh air in: it’s a relaxing feeling to have a gentle breeze into the room in which you sleep and our natural inclination is to open windows. People often find that their insomnia is seasonally affected. Often, they find it harder to get to sleep during the colder months of the year. Some people put this down to the reduction in the amount of daylight they are subjected to, or perhaps to a mild case of SAD. (seasonal affective disorder) There may be some truth in these assumptions, and the solution could [...]

Feeling Anxious, Depressed or Tired? It Could Be Vitamin B6 Deficiency

by intriguemedia July 29, 2010

Vitamin B6, also known as Pyridoxine, is a real vitamin powerhouse. Dr. Ellis, of Mount Pleasant, Texas, has studied the vitamin for over 30 years, and rates its importance to the body as highly as that of water or oxygen. Pyridoxine, says Ellis, is vital to giving us sufficient energy and also plays a role in many nerve disorders and psychological problems and psychiatric illnesses. Without Vitamin B6, the red cells in our blood would not regenerate and it is vital to the immune system. Vitamin B6 is particularly useful in staving off cancer of the liver. Our memory relies on neurotransmitters which cannot be produced without Vitamin B6. Glucose intolerance too can be limited with Vitamin B6. As if [...]

How to Avoid Food Cravings and Live a Healthier Life

by intriguemedia July 29, 2010

A day of calorie counting and healthy eating can all fall apart when a food craving strikes at night. Late night cravings for unhealthy food are often cited as a reason for failing to live the healthy life we’d all love to lead. Here are five tips to help you avoid these nasty cravings. 1. Prepare yourself: Forewarned is forearmed goes the saying and it stands the truth test for avoiding a food craving turning into an 11pm enchilada feast. If you’re ready for a craving you’ve got a chance of beating it. Firstly you can try and reduce the effect the craving is going to have on your health by making sure your kitchen is well-stocked with healthy snacks. [...]

Can you cure the common cold with Vitamin C?

by intriguemedia July 29, 2010

It’s a phrase you’ll hear not long after your first sneeze or sniff: “Go and take some Vitamin C,” will come the cry. It’s certainly advice that has achieved the status of common and accepted sense, the one universal cure for the cold. Every family has their own remedies, as do different cultures, and we all have our own personal favorites too: whether it’s lemon and honey tea, the classic of Jewish culture, chicken soup, or the latest herb on offer all over the internet. Nothing though can drown out the constant advice to the cold-afflicted to get some Vitamin C. But is this common sense advice really good sense? What scientific evidence backs up the advice we all take [...]

Home Workers: 10 Ways to Avoid Falling Ill

by intriguemedia July 29, 2010

It can, and does, happen to all of us and when it does it’s infuriating and can be expensive; what is this pestilence? Simply getting sick. Being ill can cost you money, so much so, that some people count their blessings when they are ill during their holiday time. But with more and more people working for themselves and working from home, tied to the internet, sickness is getting much more worthwhile to avoid. You can’t hand a closed sign on the door when you work online, it’s a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week world and falling ill can cost you work and give you a reputation for being unreliable. However, it is this very non-stop nature of home work that can contribute [...]

Exercises you Can do Without Equipment

by intriguemedia July 24, 2010

A heavy dependency on workout centers and physical trainers has lead us to believe that it is impossible to exercise and strength train without them. The truth is that there are plenty of workout outs you can do at home and with no equipment. All you need to do is set aside a half an hour a day and rely on your own body weight as your resistance. Let’s look at some examples of exercises you can do every day without leaving your home or paying a cent. To get the workout started, do something that’s going to get your whole body working. Push-ups are a great old fashioned exercise that use your body weight as the resistance and build [...]

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