20th February 2009
Do you worry about having to take antibiotics for a recurring bladder infection? Society is starting to realize that antibiotics are not the only answer to infections, and thankfully doctors are far less likely to prescribe antibiotics for every minor inf...
20th February 2009
Do you worry about having to take antibiotics for a recurring bladder infection? Society is starting to realize that antibiotics are not the only answer to infections, and thankfully doctors are far less likely to prescribe antibiotics for every minor inf...
17th December 2008
Does anybody else feel frustrated because they start a diet with the absolute best intentions, but after a short period give up because the outcome is not worth the sacrifice? Sound familiar - in fact a lot of people just simply give up starting to diet b...
17th December 2008
Dieting sucks, especially in today's society where food is so readily accessible. Everywhere you look there is a stand offering food that is loaded with calories and is 'bad' for those trying to lose weight. Food companies - especially fast food companies...
17th December 2008
Does anybody else feel frustrated because they start a diet with the absolute best intentions, but after a short period give up because the outcome is not worth the sacrifice? Sound familiar - in fact a lot of people just simply give up starting to diet b...
17th December 2008
Dieting sucks, especially in today's society where food is so readily accessible. Everywhere you look there is a stand offering food that is loaded with calories and is 'bad' for those trying to lose weight. Food companies - especially fast food companies...
17th December 2008
Your metabolism is simply the amount of calories that your body burns to maintain life. So if you have a slow metabolism, unless you have a low calorie intake, your calories intake will exceed the amount of calories that you burn and your body ends up sto...
15th December 2008
So what is Metabolism?
Metabolism is the sum of the physical and chemical changes that take place in living organisms, or said another way, metabolism is the amount of calories (energy) that your body burns to maintain itself. You are always burning ca...
27th November 2008
Why are kidney stones so painful?
Kidney stones begin as a tiny piece of crystal in the kidney, and typically would be carried out of the kidney during normal urine flow. Sometimes the piece of crystal becomes lodged in the kidney and attracts other crys...
27th November 2008
Let me ask you a few questions to see if we are on the same wavelength
- Are you currently experiencing the excruciating pain of kidney stones, where it feels like someone has plunged a hot knife into your lower back and gives it a turn every now and aga...
27th November 2008
Why are kidney stones so painful?
Kidney stones begin as a tiny piece of crystal in the kidney, and typically would be carried out of the kidney during normal urine flow. Sometimes the piece of crystal becomes lodged in the kidney and attracts other crys...
27th November 2008
Let me ask you a few questions to see if we are on the same wavelength
- Are you currently experiencing the excruciating pain of kidney stones, where it feels like someone has plunged a hot knife into your lower back and gives it a turn every now and aga...
26th November 2008
Has your doctor told you that your blood pressure is too high and then started quoting numbers to you like ‘140 over 90’ and it should be ‘120 over 80’. You give the doctor a strange look but the doctor didn’t explain what the numbers meant... o...
26th November 2008
Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the arteries and is measured in millimetres of mercury (mm Hg). Normal blood pressure is 120/80 mm Hg. Systolic blood pressure (the higher number) is the maximum force exerted against b...
26th November 2008
Has your doctor told you that your blood pressure is too high and then started quoting numbers to you like ‘140 over 90’ and it should be ‘120 over 80’. You give the doctor a strange look but the doctor didn’t explain what the numbers meant... o...
