DRINKING “WA-WA” Is drinking extra water good for your skin? September 4, 2012 by Claudia Hammond From BBC Dr. Pinna says… This author is thinking about the beauty of the skin, but I think about the health of the body. Water (without sugar) is the solvent [...]
Take Sugared Drinks During Exercise Lasting More than an Hour By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. Taking sugared drinks during exercise lasting more than an hour reduces muscle damage and helps you recover faster (European Journal of Applied Physiology, Feb. 2012;112(2):493-500). The more intensely you exercise, the greater the burning you feel in your muscles and the [...]
Even Mild Dehydration May Cause Emotional, Physical Problems By Denise Mann, from WebMD Health News Even mild dehydration may affect our moods and ability to concentrate. In a new study of 25 healthy women, mild dehydration dampened moods, increased fatigue, and led to headaches. The women in the study were aged 23, on average. They [...]
What Measures Prevent Travel-Associated Thrombosis? By Laura S. Lehman, PharmD, from Medscape Question: The risk for thrombosis after long airplane trips is well known. What should I recommend for prophylaxis? (Women, in particular, are prone to embolisms to the lungs from long flights.) Response from Laura S. Lehman, Doctor of Pharmacy: The rate of venous [...]
When we think of food, we should think as if we were a cell in our body. As a cell, the term “food” means molecules that can help us stay alive or kill us within a short period of time. These molecules may have originated from within our bodies or were brought to us [...]
WHY DO WE EAT? In this chapter we will review the meaning of “Optimal Nutrition.” Optimal nutrition is absolutely essential for any animal to achieve the longest life expectancy of that animal. NUTRITION AS A SCIENCE Nutrition has been studied intensely by scientists for the last two hundred years, and humans have studied nutrition, unscientifically [...]
Original article written by Dr Mercola A study shows that water may be more effective than acid-inhibiting drugs in its effect on gastric pH. Study participants were given either a glass of water, antacid, ranitidine, omeprazole, esomeprazole, or rabeprazole. Their gastric pH was recorded for 6 hours after each drug intake. Water increased gastric pH [...]
US farmers fear the return of the Dust Bowl By Charles Laurence For years the Ogallala Aquifer, the world’s largest underground body of fresh water, has irrigated thousands of square miles of American farmland. Now it is running dry. The town of Happy, Texas, sits on top of the rapidly depleting Ogallala Aquifer. There is [...]
