The Dangers of Sleep Deprivation
Check out this infographic from Health Central about what sleep deprivation can do to your health. Get 8 hours tonight! (more…)
Salt, Stress and Blood Pressure
Many people restrict salt in their diets and take diuretic medications in an attempt to reduce blood pressure. That’s because it’s long been thought that excessive salt consumption raises blood pressure by increasing blood volume. However, recent research suggests a different mechanism may be at work. (more…)
A Healthy Gut Provides Protection from Allergies
Millions of people suffer chronic allergies from everything from dust, weeds, grasses and trees to animal dander, molds and foods. There are many ways to combat these allergies once they start, but little is known about how to stop them at the source. Until now. (more…)
10 Rules For Weight Loss
Mind Body Green posted this article a few days ago about top ten rules to live by to lose weight. It emphasizes many of the guidelines we use at Optimal Body Balance. I think it’s great to see this other people spreading this information around; and it’s good to hear the same things from different sources — so please read!
This is what their top ten were:
- Keep a food journal.
- Drink a LOT of water.
- Plan your meals ahead of time.
- Watch your portion sizes
- Don’t diet.
- Ditch the negative self-talk and the naysayers.
- Carve time to de-stress and relax.
- Sleep at least 7 hours a night.
- Move yo’ body.
- Be consistent in all your efforts.
For more information on each rule, read the original article. Here is the link to the article again: 10 Rules To Live By If You’re Trying To Lose Weight.
Trichotillomania – What is it and what can you do about it?
“What is trichotillomania?” This question was posed to me by a potential client just the other day and the ensuing conversation was so interesting that I thought I’d share some of the conversation in today’s post. (more…)
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