DONTS OF THE HAIR-FROM-WITHIN PROGRAM

In addition to the positive factors named above for the prevention of baldness and for the stimulation of hair growth, here are some negative ones. Avoid the following: salt; white sugar and white flour; excessive amounts of animal fats; alcohol and smoking; prolonged emotional stress. Experiments conducted in Sweden indicate that cutting down salt in [...]

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One must not omit to look at the kidney areas, since lungs and kidneys have close connections with each other. 1. Pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs): in the muscle zone of the lung areas are seen distinct white clouds or wisps. 2. Emphysema (dilation of the lung): the lung area is dark and shows commencing [...]

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TROUBLESOME MISERIES-FORGETFULNESS AND FATIGUE You may find that the miseries affect your memory. This wouldn’t matter too much if it were not that so much teaching still requires you to learn by ‘committing to memory’. One of the difficulties is that many teachers still persist in setting homework that has to be completed that same [...]

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Blood circulates throughout the body, so the contents of the blood can provide information both about general health and about specific diseases. The blood to be tested is drawn out of a vein with a syringe, or taken by pricking a finger. The method used to take a sample or specimen depends on how much [...]

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Blood poisoning is the spread of an infection into the bloodstream. The infection may be caused either by bacteria or by viruses. Blood poisoning can occur during early infancy, when natural resistance to infection is low. Beyond infancy, blood poisoning results in high fever, chills, and prostration (extreme exhaustion or collapse). In popular usage, blood [...]

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Of course you will want your child to go to parties and have a party of his/her own. In planning a birthday party for your child you should consider:- (a) Timing: Parties for younger children are often held during the afternoon. However you may find a party over mealtime more satisfactory, as more carbohydrate exchanges [...]

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There’s increasing evidence that angry young men don’t grow up to be angry old men. They die before they get the chance. “High levels of anger are a big risk for heart attack,” Dr. Kawachi says. “The relative risk of having negative emotions like anger and anxiety are almost as strong as other risk factors [...]

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We all know that stress is bad for our health. You can have a perfect diet and exercise regularly, yet if stress is a big part of your life you are still likely to get sick. The stress hormones adrenalin and Cortisol promote inflammation in our bodies, cause us to gain weight, make us more [...]

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There was a time when doctors were applauded for doing everything humanly possible to keep us alive. Then medical technology blasted off like the starship Enterprise into realms where no man had gone before, allowing gravely ill people with no hope for recovery to be sustained on machines almost indefinitely. That’s a fate that many [...]

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Obviously there are many factors that influence what we believe about preventive health and our behaviour when we do decide to act. Many of these factors can be related to socioeconomic status. For example, studies have repeatedly found that people from the less advantaged sections of society receive less accurate health information and have more [...]

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