One of the best ways to stem inflammation in your body, and take a burden off your immune system is to have healthy liver function. Avoiding trans fats, reducing your intake of sugar and carbohydrate, eating raw foods and consuming raw vegetable juices are all great ways to take care of your liver. Another great [...]
The Department of Health recommends that we should all double our intake of Omega 3 oils by eating oily fish two to three times a week. This advice is based on the fact that, as their name implies, these oils are absolutely essential to good health.
Essential fats have a profound effect on every system of [...]
• Keep the number of sex partners you have down to a minimum. You can never tell if someone has herpes-until it’s too late.
• Avoid public lavatories if possible. Some recent work has shown that herpes virus can survive on lavatory seats for a number of hours [...]
Preparation: Preparing patients for the group experience is absolutely crucial. Half an hour spent explaining what to expect and how the group operates can mean the difference between success and failure. I tell patients that group therapy will give them a chance to see others express all kinds of feelings-positive and negative-and will provide feedback [...]
Kym Hubert lost 85 pounds, but not until she finally threw out the scale that had become her obsession. Kym, of Chino Hills, California, had struggled with her weight for 20 years—a consequence of her preference for fatty foods (chocolate milkshakes were her favorite). In 1991, she joined a weight-loss program that required daily weigh-ins. [...]