Got Muscle Pain? Get A Move On!

I was rather intrigued to see a headline in a recent issue of one of the scientific journals I receive entitled “Exercise  Your Pain Away”. Some interesting facts were included in the beginning: Up to 50% of adults are affected by various acute pain conditions (ranging from everyday aches and pains to serious injuries)  Roughly […]

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Look at the Source

As a rule of thumb, that is.   A regular blog reader forwarded me a link to an article in the paper in her hometown that she labeled, ‘Comic relief for the evening’, and yes, it was laughable but not actually so funny. The title of the article was “The Health Benefits of Legumes” and […]

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The Importance of a Good Massage

I’m not talking fluffy spa massage. I’m talking real, get the out all the tweaks and twinges type of bodywork.  If your massage therapist isn’t doing that, it may be time to look elsewhere. While many may view massage and bodywork in general as a luxury, it’s really not.  It’s no less important that sleeping […]

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Is Pork a “Dirty” Meat?

This was an interesting question I came across recently, one that I’d never heard of before.   The premise was ‘if pigs don’t have sweat glands in their skin, then does that mean they’re not excreting toxins, and then aren’t they, therefore, a ‘dirty’ meat to ingest’? True, pigs do not have sweat glands, but […]

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