Vegetarian and vegan diets are growing in popularity as people discover the health benefits of eating a meat-free diet. Some studies show that vegetarians lead longer, healthier lives than their meat eating counterparts – and, for many, it’s a diet that’s more compassionate. On the other hand, some people find vegetarian and vegan diets to ...
Recently, I sent a couple of my family members to get tested for a gene called Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor. Reason being is the fact I was diagnosed with it myself and learned that it also may be genetic. My doctor wasn’t able to tell me that much about this gene due to the fact that ...
Like fingernails, a person’s tongue says a lot about their general health – which is why doctors typically ask patients to stick out their tongue during a physical exam. A healthy tongue is usually moist and pink in color with a thin, white surface coating. On the other hand, the relatively smooth, pink appearance of ...
There are many ways your body lets you know you are not in the healthiest state. You may have pain, elevations in temperature or blood pressure, or just generalized fatigue. Your joints could be swollen or you could just be unable to rid yourself of that nagging cough. Changes or symptoms are the best indicators ...
Vitamin B-complex consists of eight different B vitamins: thiamine or B1, riboflavin or B2, niacin or B3, pantothenic acid or B5, pyridoxine or B6, biotin or B7, folate or B9, and cobalamin or B12. The symptoms of a vitamin B complex deficiency are manifested differently depending on which specific component the body is lacking. A ...
Memory loss does not have to be an inevitable part of aging. Making sure you eat enough vitamin B12 may help you keep your memory as you enter your twilight years, suggests a 2011 study by Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center and another 2011 study done in various Australian universities. Vitamin B12 deficiency seems to ...
Oh, those gray hairs! Some people try plucking them out until there are too many to pluck. Then they reach for the hair dye to cover the gray – unless they take the natural route, which can be beautiful on some people. But technology could soon make it easier to prevent gray hair. Scientists are ...
When I was a junior in high school, the boy who sat behind me in class would pull strands of white hair from my head. While this was annoying, it was also embarrassing. How could I be going gray so young? It turns out early graying can be a genetic problem or it could be ...
You think to yourself that having a small thyroid taken out can’t do much harm, but thats where you are wrong. You come out of surgery feeling numb and that’s because your parathyroid glands have been traumatized by having them moved around so they could cut your thyroid out. Then you have to deal with ...
