Ever since this site began in March 2007, I’ve sought to publish current health articles which deal with the health issues of our day.
There’s a lot of noise out there, and the Internet can sometimes make life more difficult as you try to weed through the myriad of sites dealing with heath conditions.
Some of these articles take me a lot of time to prepare, as I always seek to present current health articles which are scientific, and not just based on assumption or even experience.
They’re all listed below, but I’ve shortlisted three of the more popular articles…
The guidelines have recently changed concerning eating peanuts during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Here in the UK, the advice was that peanuts and peanut products may need to be avoided during pregnancy and breastfeeding if your baby was at high risk (i.e. had a parent or sibling with allergic conditions such as hay fever, asthma and/or eczema).
This was precautionary advice, based on the concern that by eating peanuts there may be a transfer through to the developing infant, which could affect whether they would develop a peanut allergy in childhood. Click to read more…
In order to function properly, the body requires vitamins and minerals daily. And, if health problems exist, such as high blood pressure, this is good reason to supplement the body with additional vitamins and minerals.
Examples of important vitamins are folic acid, thiamin, riboflavin, vitamins A, C, E, and D. While important minerals include calcium, phosphorous, iodine, iron, magnesium, and zinc. Click to read more…
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)/myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is a condition where suffers experience long-term disabling fatigue, and possibly additional symptoms such as aches, pains, sleeplessness, poor concentration, and headaches.
Unfortunately controversy remains about the nature of this condition, confounded by the fact that there are no tests to diagnose it’s existence – diagnosis is made purely by excluding other causes of the symptoms shown.
The umbrella term CFS/ME is used to describe the condition at present: Click to read more…
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a pretty common problem which can develop at any age, however people generally experience their first symptoms between the ages of 15 and 40.
Women are actually more likely to get IBS than men, and to have more severe symptoms.
Although the symptoms can often be quite severe, thankfully a healthy diet and simple lifestyle changes can make a huge difference to help minimize the pain. Click to read more…
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