Archive for June, 2008


Activia Yogurt Helps with Bowels, Digestive Tract

Activia yogurt by Dannon is advertised on television with Jamie Lee Curtis stating it helps you regulate your digestive system.  The active ingredient called Bifidus Regularis is supposed to help people with slow intestines digest better when the product is eaten daily for 2 weeks.  It is recommended to do this together with a nutritionally [...]

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What Does Seratonin Do?

Seratonin is one of those things that I kind of knew what it was about, and what it did, but I wasn’t really sure how it was connected to our actual moods or any body functions.  I basically thought it was a major component of the “feel good” chemicals that produce in our bodies – [...]

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Warnings to Follow for Sleep Aids Clearer

There has been a great increase over the last ten years in the prescription of sleeping aid drugs to people with the higher stress levels and hectic work schedules of so many trying to make ends meet, and strangely, this often coincides with higher prescriptions for anti anxiety and depresssion meds as well, because as [...]

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CPR in Three Easy Steps

It does not take a lot of time and usually not a lot of money to become CPR ceritfied.  There are numerous ways to find out about CPR classes offered in your community.  If you work anywhere in a health related field, the course is mandatory and the class is free. The knowledge gained could [...]

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Vitamin C Ester or Ascorbic Acid Better?

There has been somewhat of a debate over what form of vitamin C is better to take and more easily utilized by the body.  There are two forms currently available for Vitamin C, one is the Vitamin C Ester option, which is typically a bit more expensive because it is combined with another nutrient which [...]

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