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The 6 unhealthy habits that are dirtier than a toilet bowl

10/12/2016 - You would never dream of eating food off a toilet seat, right? Some potential sources of germs are a lot more obvious than others. No sane person would try to claim that a public restroom is not a veritable breeding ground of germs, dirt and other unpleasantness, but if you look really closely at your...

Men's risk for obesity, fatty liver disease often determined by grandfather's lifestyle habits, new research shows

7/28/2016 - Guys, if you're over 50 and a grandfather, you may want to take up an exercise regimen and cut out the lousy food – and ask your sons to do the same thing for the grandchildren they'll have someday. That's because a new study has found that grandfathers who are overweight can pass a host of health...

Six healthy habits effective for preventing Alzheimer's disease

7/17/2016 - Brain disorders, including memory loss, are some of the highest-ranking health concerns afflicting the world today. According to research conducted by the Alzheimer's and Dementia Summit, someone gets diagnosed with Alzheimer's or dementia every three seconds. Aside from being the sixth leading cause...

Yes, your TV really is watching you... and reporting your habits to advertisers

11/19/2015 - Once upon a time, watching TV was a one-way proposition – until Vizio came along... Vizio is one of the most popular makers of "smart TVs," but buying one may not be a very smart thing to do. That's because Vizio Smart TVs are designed to track your viewing habits so that the company can sell...

Six common habits that seriously damage your kidneys

8/6/2015 - Kidneys are not a part of the body that many people think about – until something goes wrong with them! But if a kidney infection or kidney stone develops, it quickly becomes apparent that these small organs located in the lower back are incredibly important for the health of the whole body. Their...

Top 4 habits to upgrade in 2015

1/2/2015 - During the festive season, the last thing on most people's minds is healthy choices. After all, when you have chocolate, alcohol, stuffing, and Jello salad sitting in front of you, it often takes a serious act of discipline to choose vegetables, water, and green salad. However, once the season...

4 simple mealtime habits that can improve your digestion

11/28/2014 - Eating is a necessary practice that is intended to nourish our bodies with the fuel required to operate at optimal levels. However, poor food production and eating habits have compromised our digestion and resulted in a multitude of digestive problems that open the gates for all kinds of disease processes. When...

Top 5 self-sabotaging habits to stop today

11/1/2014 - Over several years at the iNLP Center, we've learned a lot about the self-sabotaging habits that people tend to struggle with. A self-sabotaging habit is a recurring behavior that -- regardless of any false, short-term pleasure -- leads us directly into frustration and unhappiness. Knowing this,...

8 habits that have hijacked your hormones

9/20/2014 - Hormone dysfunction is a very common concern and is becoming so problematic that hormonal cancer and disease are becoming commonplace in our society. Whether it is breast cancer, prostate cancer, or hypothyroidism, there are some very distinct habits that have been major contributors to these diseases,...

Following 5 simple daily habits can help you boost your metabolism and lose weight

8/19/2014 - When it comes to weight loss, nearly everyone is looking for a quick fix. Many of us live complicated lives filled with stresses originating from all angles. Unfortunately, Western society normalizes the constant flow of activities, distractions and pressures, tricking us into feeling like we should...

Stanford researcher reveals top 10 mistakes people make when trying to change behavior

8/1/2014 - Do you want to create irresistible habits that lead to a healthy, happy and long life? Sustaining long-term, positive habits is beyond frustrating for many people because they sabotage their success, sooner or later. According to Stanford researcher BJ Fogg, the key to success with positive habits...

USDA releases report on Americans' eating habits, and it's not good

5/26/2014 - It's widely known that the traditional American diet, with the high consumption of processed and other junk foods, is not healthy. However, new information from a report completed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture demonstrates just how destructive the eating habits of Americans truly are (1)....

3 easy habits for a long, disease-free life

4/28/2014 - Telomeres (tiny bits of DNA that influence longevity and health) have been causing quite a stir among researchers lately --- and for good reason. The length of these protective caps on the end of chromosomes determine how quickly cells age, and how prone we are to having a stroke or developing cancer,...

Look years younger by ditching health-sapping bad habits

2/22/2014 - It has been shown repeatedly that bad habits are detrimental to a person's health. Whether this involves smoking or using smokeless tobacco, drinking in excess, not exercising, eating high fat and calorie food, or any number of myriad of other bad habits, they can actually shorten the lifespan of that...

Seven common communication habits that destroy good relationships

12/18/2013 - If you are past the honeymoon stage of a romantic relationship, chances are you have developed some less than helpful communication patterns. These annoying little patterns serve as slow burning fuel that keeps a flame of resentment alive between you and your partner. It's super important to put...

Four unhealthy habits that are crushing your fitness goals

8/25/2013 - Staying fit and healthy is not easy. Even when good habits are practiced, such as eating right and exercising, fitness goals can seem forever unattainable. Sometimes, unhealthy habits picked up over the years can be the reason,and it is not easy to get out of a bad habit. Here are four common habits...

Six easy ways to get your emotional eating habits under control

7/19/2013 - The concept of "comfort foods" is indicative of emotional eating. It could involve binging on ice cream to sooth an emotional upset or constantly craving candy to sooth nervousness. Not too serious now and then. But if chronically pursued, there's trouble ahead with obesity, diabetes, and poor liver...

Adopting four lifestyle habits lowers all-cause risk of death by 80 percent

6/5/2013 12:04:55 PM - If you could dramatically lower your risk of dying from all causes by 80 percent, would it be worth your effort to change a few simple lifestyle habits? Virtually everyone has a concern about chronic disease and mortality, especially as they get older, but researchers are now able to quantify a significantly...

The Feds are spending your tax dollars on million-dollar grants to study sex habits of mud snails

4/8/2013 - Another irritating example of government waste at its most absurd, the taxpayer-funded National Science Foundation (NSF) has reportedly awarded a sizable grant to researchers at the University of Iowa to study the reproduction habits of New Zealand mud snails. According to Breitbart, more than half-a-million...

Seven lifestyle habits that dramatically lower both cancer and heart disease risk

4/2/2013 - The incidence and etiology of many forms of cancer and the development of cardiovascular disease run on a parallel course as they are both the result of lifestyle habits that are well within our control. It comes as no big surprise that scientists have created a list of seven healthy practices that...

Seven bad food habits that shorten your life and accelerate aging

3/22/2013 - With all the conveniences of fast foods, processed foods, TV and magazine advertising and even those radio ads plugging yummy stuff in your car, we're tempted toward "eating bad" even as we drive around. It takes considerable research, reading Natural News, discipline, and diligent label reading...

Discover the seven habits of exceedingly healthy people

2/20/2013 - Ever marvel over friends, family members or colleagues who never seem to get sick? They breeze through flu epidemics, office stomach bugs and colds totally unscathed. It truly makes you wonder: Is there a secret to outstanding health in the middle of the coughing, sneezing and miserably ill masses?...

Seven ways to break your bad habits for the new year

12/20/2012 - One of the worst cases of journalistic pandering to authority was witnessed in a Midwest college town during the holiday season some time ago. The town newspaper sent a journalist to a licensed psychology therapist and asked her what people should do to master their New Year's resolutions. Naturally,...

10 habits for highly effective sleep

12/7/2012 - Poor sleep is a very serious threat to an individual's health. Poor sleeping habits lead to altered hormone balances and circadian rhythms. This process accelerates the aging process and speeds up the development of degenerative diseases such as heart disease, cancer, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and osteoarthritis...

Poor exercise habits increase your risk for spinal injuries

11/15/2012 - Originally, yoga was created to help bring together the body and mind. Through a series of natural movements and meditation - we develop greater inner strength and flexibility. So why are so many people suffering with yoga-related injuries? Is there a dark side to all these "power yoga" classes?...

The most common lifestyle habits that create disease

9/20/2012 - Are you influenced by cultural bias and (unhealthy) modern lifestyle habits? For example, why do women wear bras? Are we lying "too flat" in our beds at night? Medical researchers suggest that these habits have the ability to promote sickness and disease. But, as we accept responsibility for our own...

How to change habits with simplicity and focus: Leo Babauta of ZenHabits.net on Mental Health Exposed

3/22/2012 - In the current episode of Mental Health Exposed, we enter the world of Leo Babauta, one of the most popular personal development bloggers today. Leo has an uncommon, laser focus on how to simplify your life, let go of unwanted habits and get more done with less distraction. Zen Habits is one of the...

Low GI foods may improve eating habits for type-2 diabetes sufferers

2/22/2012 3:57:09 PM - A new study carried out at Ohio State University and published in the journal Patient Education and Counseling shows that consuming a number of foods with low glycemic indexes (GI)each day can improve long-term dietary habits for type-2 diabetes patients. The study was carried out on 35 type-2 diabetes...

Prevent and eliminate foot odor with these healthy habits and natural remedies

3/21/2011 - Millions of people suffer from foot odor, ranging from mild to "clear the room" in severity. Foot odor, whose medical term is "bromhidrosis", can usually be traced to a combination of perspiration and bacteria. Moist and warm feet, socks, dead skin and shoes provide the perfect place for the foot odor...

Smoking habits passed from father to son, mother to daughter, study finds

2/19/2011 - Children of parents who smoke are more likely to smoke themselves than other children, but according to a new study published in the journal Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, the genders of those involved can make all the difference. Maria Loureiro and her colleagues from the Universidade...

Lifestyle Habits Bring Deep, Restorative Sleep

10/20/2010 - Sleep is a precious commodity in today's fast paced, anxiety-filled world. High quality, consistent sleep is vital to your health in ways that many people don't yet realize. For this reason, it is important that you follow a few simple rules to ensure you get consistent, high quality hours of rest every...

New Study: Four Bad Habits can Shorten Your Life by Twelve Years

5/3/2010 - Four bad habits can shorten your life by 12 years according to a new study published this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The four bad habits are smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and a poor diet. In the study, researchers examined 4886 British adults who were age 18 or older in 1984...

Bad Eating Habits Produce Inflammation and Changes in Behavior

10/11/2008 - Overeating is a self perpetuating habit which has devastating health effects. The habit sets off a series of events which short circuit the normal signals the body gives to regulate eating habits. All this leads to wide spread inflammation, contributing to chronic diseases like arthritis, diabetes,...

Reverse Prediabetes with Better Eating Habits and Supplements

2/14/2008 - The biggest epidemic in America hasn't come from birds, Asia, or germs. It's caused by the food you put in your mouth, and it has already affected some 70 to 100 million American adults. Doctors refer to the condition as metabolic syndrome, Syndrome X, or insulin-resistance syndrome - or, increasingly,...

Eat Better to Live Better - 5 Steps for Preventing Childhood Obesity

1/29/2008 - "You are what you eat." A once universal theme of awareness has become all but lost to us when it comes to improving our children's eating habits. I fondly remember my first grade teacher, Mrs. Hooks, warmly walking down each row of desks passing out snacks. It was the time of the day every one looked...

Mike Adams Reveals the Five Habits of Health Transformation

1/7/2008 - This is an excerpt from Mike Adams' interview for the Raw Summit, a complete interview encyclopedia of cutting edge living and raw food knowledge. You can find the complete transcripts and audios at (http://www.RawSummit.com) and (www.RawSummitArchives.com) . In this excerpt, Mike Adams speaks about...

"The Five Habits of Health Transformation": A simple guide to health for busy people

9/23/2005 - I've spent the last year researching and writing about the true underlying causes of healing. That phrase seems strange to many: What is a cause of healing? If you think about it, a state of health is really cause and effect. If you want the effect of being healthy, you need to find the causes. This...

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