Risky Health

Last week, the television program 60 Minutes aired a shocking interview with Dr. Sanjay Gupta that may change the way Americans think of sugar forever.  According to is report, new research classifies sugar as a toxin, completely dangerous to human health and probably the cause of the diabetes epidemic in this country.  Obesity, heart disease, and organ failure can all be traced to added sugars in the foods we eat everyday.  The American lifestyle, featuring a diet rich in store-bought foods that have been highly processed and weighed down with added sugars. Continue reading

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The infographic you’re about to see shows the different kinds of diseases men and women are most prone to having.  The top ten diseases for both men and women are represented, along with some additional facts that illuminate certain risk factors that might be avoidable in both sexes.  Certain causes of death that are not diseases are also in the graphic, such as suicide or unintentional injuries.  To two leading causes of death for women and men are the same, while variances are noted further down the list. Continue reading

Boy, are there are lot of different diets out there!  In the United States, there are more people in the overweight or obese category than ever before in history, and more people are on some kind of modified eating plan, or diet, because of it.  The ironic thing is that all of these dieters seem to spend a lot of time and money on their diets, but either remain the same weight over and average period of 5-7 years, or instead gain more weight.  Could Americans be the victims of an obsession with food and nutrition, or is the opposite actually a truer explanation for why so many of us are obese, and what can be done about it? Continue reading

The dangers of legal herbs that are advertised as being synthetic cannabis, synthetic marijuana, and fake weed have a direct impact on the minds and health of young people who in recent months have flocked to these substances as alternatives to difficult-to-get (and illegal) real marijuana.  The legal substances are the same kinds found online in places like legalherbsdirect.com, and keep re-inventing themselves to evade legal guidelines for the manufacture and sale of such things in various states.  The substances are, for the most part, very dangerous. Continue reading

Through the Years

In our day-to-day lives, we do not often like to think about things like financial stress, the need to clean, or even medical and health risks, but unfortunately, we should.  As we grow and age we become at risk for different types of medical issues, and it is imperative that we be ahead of the game.  The best way to help lower your risk of becoming seriously ill from a medical illness or disease is to be proactive and regularly make appointments for check ups at your doctor’s office.  Yearly or twice a year visits to the doctor for a check up are so important to stay ahead of the game and make certain that you are not at higher risk for certain illnesses or diseases. Continue reading

The tanning bed is a place where millions of Americans go every week to shell out a few bucks for 12 minutes under the bright lights and the self-confidence of sun kissed skin.  It’s a commonly known fact that the ultraviolet radiation can do serious damage to the skin, but this doesn’t stop the droves of frequent users from taking the risk.  Most tanning usuals say that say that they keep coming back because they simply like the way they look with darker skin and aren’t willing to spend the winter months with pale skin.  However, some recent research has dug into the brains of those tanning bed users and discovered that the exposure can potentially become addictive. Continue reading