Vitamin A is actually a group of chemical compounds, which were first discovered and studied in the beginning of the 20th century. It is known as the vitamin which is essential for our good vision, but also it is responsible for our good bone, muscle and tissue health. Benefits of vitamin A include its being one of the most important vitamins for effective function of our reproductive system. Food sources of vitamin A include a number of animal foods (especially animal liver and fish liver), as well as carrots, green leafy vegetables, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, cheeses, butter, milk, eggs, apricots, mango, papaya and so on. Read the rest of this entry »

I believe the breasts are one of the key elements of feminine beauty, because they make us special and attractive to men. However, not everyone of us is totally satisfied with the size and shape of the breasts. What to do? Silicon implants and surgery are very expensive, and other methods take so much efforts and do not really work. Let’s try to preserve natural shape of our breasts by making adjustments to our nutrition habits and lifestyle. Below, you can find a list of bad habits you need to avoid in order to have good breast health. Read the rest of this entry »

Winter season is the time for colds and flu. A lot of us suffer from these problems in winter, and some of get sick really quite often. Unfortunately, there’s still no effective remedy for common cold, which would be able to protect us and ward off this disease with a high efficiency. That is why we are usually doing everything we can: receive preventive shots, drink a lot of warm teas, use herbal supplements, eat lots of natural foods high in vitamins and microelemnts, and use other natural solutions to boost the immune system. These days, scientists opened for us one more way to prevent colds: they say that zinc supplements can help reduce length and severity of common colds. Read the rest of this entry »

Quite often we see diet soda being advertised as an element of a healthy lifestyle. However, it turned out that diet soda is not as harmless as it is promoted. The researches of American specialists from Columbia University and Miami’s Miller School of Medicine have shown that drinking diet soda on a regular basis may not be such a good idea. According to the findings of the study, presented lately at the American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference in Los Angeles, regular consumption of diet soda is linked to increased chances of heart attack, stroke or other serious cardiovascular problems. Read the rest of this entry »

What can be more pleasant and positive than gathering a bowl of fresh jasmine, rosemary, St. John’s Wort, calendula or chamomile flowers for preparing your own herbal oils? You may be surprised but making herbal infused oils is quite an easy thing, and you can use these herbal oils for preparing other types of herbal preparations like herbal ointments or herbal salves. The greatest advantage of preparing your own herbal oils is the opportunity to use various combinations of herbs and herbal materials for making massage oils or other types of medicinal oils. Read the rest of this entry »

Those who are working out regularly and dreaming about having large muscles should actually try using a trick of Popeye. That’s right – eating spinach! Specialists of well-known Mayo Clinic in Rochester published their new findings about miraculous properties of spinach and other leafy vegetables to boost muscles by reducing the amount of oxygen needed for building muscle tissues during workouts. The report about the research was published in the last issue of Cell Metabolism journal. Read the rest of this entry »