Archive for October, 2008

Using Sex for Weight Loss

Submitted by Natural Remedies
Bedroom Olympics may be key to fitness and weight loss, according to FOX sexpert Yvonne K. Fulbright
Feed your libido and lose weight? Sounds like a too-good-to-be-true diet, until you really think about it.
Shagging can make you slimmer, if you do enough of it. It can also help the two of you [...]

Do 5 Simple Things a Day to Stay Sane

Submitted by Natural Remedies
According to a UK government report, people can do five simple things a day to stay sane.
Simple activities such as gardening or mending a bicycle can protect mental health and help people to lead more fulfilled and productive lives, a panel of scientists has found.
A “five-a-day” programme of social and personal activities [...]

Feeling down? Take a dose of Nature’s Prozac

Submitted by Natural Remedies
From St John’s Wort to a stroll in the park, there are plenty of ways to beat the blues and remain buoyant and healthy

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Coffee and chocolate are the key to long life

Submitted by Natural Remedies

Chocolate: one of the twenty ‘lifespan essential’ foodstuffs Photo: ANDREW CROWLEY

Others include peaches … Photo: ANDREW CROWLEY

… blackberries … Photo: CHRISTOPHER JONES

… and coffee. Photo: GETTY IMAGES
Professor Gary Williamson, from the department of food science at Leeds University, has produced a list of 20 “lifespan essential” foodstuffs.
All are rich in naturally occurring [...]

What natural cure did we lose today?

Written by Michael Vass
A few days ago I ran across an article in the Seattle Times. The point of the article was to promote environmentalism, though it did so in a manner not usually done.
Environmentalists are known for their passion in keeping nature safe from mankind. Whether that is a spotted owl, or a fern, [...]

Prevention Therapy .vs. Cures

I was reading an interesting article which addresses the FTC and Operation False Cures. It’s an interesting article; it doesn’t mean that I don’t take issue with the article. The author cleverly blurs the line between things such as anti-cancer nutrients and cancer cures.
First, let me state unequivocally that there is ample science and most [...]