Monthly Archives: December 2009

How do we prevent Childhood Obesity

Children who are overweight may not develop socially as fast as their peers. They can become loners, finding it difficult to make friends. They may think that their weight is beyond their control and they may not know what to do in order to attempt to prevent weight gain. In essence, obese children

How Can You Lose Weight After Pregnancy

On average, a woman gains between 25 and 35 pounds during her pregnancy. During and labor and immediately after delivery a new mother might shed 10 to 15 pounds of that. This leaves from 10 to 25 additional pounds of weight left on the new moms new body. It can be a source of great

How Can Green Tea Benefit My Family?

No doubt you’ve heard of Green Tea and the health benefits you can experience from drinking it.
Are you giving your family this powerful antioxidant daily?
Here is a refresher on some of the benefits you can experience with Green Tea.
Historically, Green Tea has been one of the world’s most popular beverages. The Chinese have been drinking

Herbal supplements for memory

With the advent of the information superhighway and the need for knowledge higher than ever, it can be difficult to cope with life when you have a bad memory. Luckily, people around the world have been using herbal supplements for memory for thousands of years, and many of them that have been proven effective are

Herbal Dietary Supplements and Their Benefits

Herbal dietary supplements often contain more than one herbal ingredient meant to enhance your everyday diet. Some ingredients are vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and other dietary substances. There herbal dietary supplements are not intended to treat or cure various diseases, or conditions, but to help prevent certain ailments, and to also add nutrients to the

Heart Health with Herbal Cholesterol Supplements

The body needs cholesterol for digesting dietary fats, making hormones, building cell walls, and other important processes. The bloodstream carries cholesterol in particles called lipoproteins that are like blood-borne cargo trucks delivering cholesterol to various body tissues to be used, stored or excreted. But too much of this circulating cholesterol can injure arteries, especially the

Healthy Diet For Your Child

It is the belief of most parents that children are eating a relatively healthy diet, but if not, they throw up their hands and give up. Children are then plied with multivitamins. Though this is not a bad thing to do, many children think they are candy especially now that they come in gummi candy,