Healthy World Archive
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Healthy World – Seasonal Allergies
Posted May 24, 2012Allergies aren’t a communicable disease, but an immune response to environmental substances. -
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Healthy World – Organic Supermarket Alternatives
Posted May 16, 2012When did it become acceptable that a few produce items can multiply the cost of your shopping trip? Sure, you’re consuming less harmful chemicals, but where’s your sense of adventure? -
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Healthy World: Tanning
Posted May 7, 2012What is with this obsession to be tan anyway? -
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Healthy World: Fluoride Supplementation
Posted March 8, 2012I remember brushing my teeth and swishing with fluoride in the fourth grade, as part of my regular after-lunch school routine. Since the local water was considered less fluoridated than ideal for young teeth, parents were offered the option to supplement their children at school. -
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Healthy World: Arsenic in Some Foods
Posted February 21, 2012After passing through the red, yellow, and green produce department, choosing carefully only among the ORGANIC options, some health-conscious shoppers will also look for the gluten-free, organic, and other health-minded labels on their other food choices. There may be a sense of false security in those labels though. -
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Healthy World – Artificial Sweeteners
Posted February 13, 2012Heart-shaped candies, cookies, and boxes of chocolate are piled up everywhere this week. All diet rules are thrown out the window after a holiday such as Valentine’s Day. The goal is to eat it all, just to get rid of it fast, and get back to the New Year’s resolutions, right? -
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Healthy World – Feeding Your Immune System
Posted January 16, 2012Some people get immunizations or take dietary supplements. Some avoid being around the general public and complain that others are being inconsiderate by exposing others to germs, if they hear a sneeze or cough. Others just try to "eat right" (based on their own research) and push through until Spring, when we can all get outside and away from germ-filled rooms. -
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Healthy World: Seasonal Affective Disorder
Posted January 9, 2012There is not a holiday in sight, outside of Valentine’s Day. While grocery stores may already be selling Easter candy, that is three months away. -
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Healthy World: Stay Healthy this Winter with Beans
Posted October 17, 2011Help is here! There is one super food that is high in antioxidants, fiber and protein, that when added to a healthy diet helps to trim the waistline. That super food is beans.