© 2013 Health Realizations, Inc. For 40 million Americans, waking up feeling rested is as elusive as the proverbial white rabbit. These people suffer from chronic sleep disorders such as insomnia that prevent them from getting the sleep they need to feel refreshed. Women are twice as likely to suffer from insomnia as men,… read more
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5 Myths Getting in the Way of Your Peaceful Slumber … and the 5 Sleep Solutions that Really Work
15 Things You Never Thought You Needed to Know About … Lunchmeat
© 2013 Health Realizations, Inc. Few things are quite as American as brown-bagging it with a bologna or ham and cheese lunchmeat sandwich. Indeed, refrigerated processed meats, including deli meats, brought in about $17 billion in just one year according to a report by Packaged Facts. Sandwiches are the number 1 food item eaten by… read more
What is Hypothyroidism?
Hypothyroidism is an under active thyroid which results when the thyroid is under functioning, usually due to lack of iodine. The thyroid is the body’s thermostat. It regulates how you burn energy. If the body is not metabolizing properly, the system slows down, fatigue sets in and weight stays on. Symptoms are numerous, including chronic… read more
Vitamin D Prevents Numerous Other Diseases
When looking at all the different lethal diseases that vitamin D has been shown to prevent, hundreds of thousands of lives could be spared each year if every American supplemented with at least 1,000 IU of vitamin D each day. This is why this issue deserves everyone’s immediate attention.… read more
Sun Exposure does not guarantee optimal Vitamin D levels
Despite this abundant sun exposure 51% of these individuals were found to have low vitamin D levels. The research team concluded that it should not be assumed abundant sun exposure leads to adequate vitamin D status.… read more
How Vitamin D prevents Cancer
With less than optimal vitamin D status, the genes that regulate the three critical regulatory processes above become defective. These regulatory genes can therefore no longer maintain healthy cellular function (including programmed termination). The result is a sharp increase in cancer risks, as the DNA regulatory genes lack the vitamin D needed to maintain the… read more
Mammograms: Widespread Screening Unjustified
Well for starters mammograms expose your body to radiation that can be 1,000 times greater than that from a chest x-ray, which poses risks of cancer. Mammography also compresses your breasts tightly, and often painfully, which could lead to a lethal spread of cancerous cells, should they exist.… read more
VITAMIN D – A LIFE SAVER
In 1941, the first scientific study was published showing that greater sunlight exposure resulted in lower cancer mortality. People living in northern latitudes were shown to contract more cancers than those in southern latitudes, where there is greater year-round sun exposure.… read more
EPIDEMIC OF TESTOSTERONE DEFICIENCY IN MEN
As this week is Men’s Health Week I want to put a special focus on the Epidemic of Testosterone Hormone Deficiency in men today. It’s not just women who have hormonal ups and downs. Men as well experience an age-related decline in testosterone, which is linked to a myriad of health problems including excess belly… read more