Vibrant Life back issues from March 2001:
Agitated Eating.
Mar 01, 2001; ... This confession I'm about to make will come as no surprise to many of you. I'm pretty certain I'm not the only person who has this particular frailty. Over the years I've noticed something about myself. It seems that whenever my stress levels reach overload proportions, my solution is to ...
Helmets Help All.
Mar 01, 2001 ... Think bicycle helmets are just for kids? Think again. Researchers in London, England, have proved that wearing helmets when cycling reduces head injuries in riders of all ages. While the number of emergency room admissions for people injured in cycling accidents stayed constant over a ...
Sprouting Enhances Rice.
Mar 01, 2001 ... You've tried bean sprouts, alfalfa sprouts, and sprouted wheat. Now try sprouted rice. Soaking your brown rice for about a day before cooking enhances its already high nutritional value, according to researchers in Japan. Germinated rice contains much more fiber than regular brown rice, as ...
Keeping Your Diet on the Fast Track.
Mar 01, 2001 ... Your diet doesn't need to suffer when you find yourself in the fast-food lane. Follow these simple strategies to keep yourself and your family on track: * Choose restaurants that offer healthy choices: baked potatoes, green salads, low-fat milk, real orange juice, and vegetarian ...
Better Grades Through Breakfast.
Mar 01, 2001 ... Not only should breakfast be a top priority for parents and children every morning; breakfast ranks right up there with making sure your children have finished their homework. Kids who eat a regular breakfast have been shown to get higher grades, and are less likely to be depressed, ...
Stress May Show Around Your Middle.
Mar 01, 2001 ... Though everyone is exposed to stress, researchers are finding some people secrete more of the stress hormone cortisol. Further, some secrete cortisol every time they face the same difficult situation, rather than adapting to it. Now a small study has found that women with high levels ...
Watch Your [B.sub.12].
Mar 01, 2001 ... Almost 40 percent of participants in a large health study have vitamin [B.sub.12] blood plasma levels in the "low normal" or "danger zone." And age didn't seem to matter: study participants age 26 to 49 had about the same [B.sub.12] status as the group age 65 to 83. People deficient in ...
Marijuana and the Single Sperm.
Mar 01, 2001 ... It has long been known that men who smoke marijuana have lower sperm counts. Now new research shows that smoking marijuana can also reduce the sperm's ability to fertilize an egg. Chemicals in marijuana mimic similar compounds in the human reproductive system ....
Don't Be Mad; Be Glad.
Mar 01, 2001 ... Well, it turns out that laughter may be the best medicine after all. Researchers from the University of Maryland have found that people with heart disease are 40 percent less likely to laugh in a variety of situations compared to people of the same age without heart disease. The study's ...
Olive Oil Offers Protection.(colon cancer)
Mar 01, 2001 ... People whose diets are rich in olive oil show a decreased risk of developing colon cancer. Researchers analyzed information from 28 countries, and found several significant dietary factors relating to colon cancer. Eating lots of meat and fish is associated with increased risk, while ...
Don't Nag That Couch Potato.
Mar 01, 2001 ... If you want to get your spouse to quit smoking, or get off the couch and exercise more, don't nag. Instead, get moving. Both men and women are more likely to develop healthier lifestyle habits when their partner participates in an active way with them. Other helpful techniques ...
STRESS Your Worst Enemy.
Mar 01, 2001; ... A lifestyle approach to stress management The skier perches at the gate awaiting the signal, muscles tense, throat dry, heart racing. The patient sits in a windowless room a awaiting the needle, tense, sweating, heart pounding. Adrenaline and noradrenaline ...
Diabetes Help Online.
Mar 01, 2001; ... Try these sites for good information about diabetes on the World Wide Web. The amount of online information on diabetes is staggering. The search engines Google and AltaVista each brought up thousands of entries. More than 500 Web sites are devoted to the subject. Research is ...
Be Healthy With Folate.
Mar 01, 2001; ... It plays a critical role in preventing birth defects, heart disease, and strokes. Are you getting enough folate? Folate is a water-soluble B vitamin and serves as the term for all forms of this vitamin including folic acid. It occurs naturally in fresh vegetables, fruit, nuts, ...
No More Painful Nights.
Mar 01, 2001; ... Are you one of the millions of people kept awake by pain at night? Here's hope for you whether you're sleepless in Seattle or anywhere else. City to city, state to state, millions of Americans are unable to get to sleep at night because of the pain in their legs from diabetic ...
Resources.
Mar 01, 2001 ... Improved Bac-Os General Mills' Bac-Os no longer contain monosodium glutamate (MSG). While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has held since 1959 that MSG is a safe food ingredient for most people when eaten at customary levels, a mid-1990s study did identify two groups ...
TIRED OF BEING TIRED?
Mar 01, 2001; ... IT'S NEARLY MIDNIGHT IN APARTMENT 3B, AND ROSE STILL CANNOT FALL ASLEEP, EVEN THOUGH SHE WENT TO BED AT 10:30. WHEN SHE FINALLY DRIFTS OFF, IT IS AROUND 12:30 A.M. FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS ROSE WILL SLEEP LIGHTLY AND POORLY BEFORE HER ALARM GOES OFF AT 6:30, AWAKENING HER SO SHE CAN GET ...
Reward the bored: how to keep your diet and exercise fresh.
Mar 01, 2001; ... How to keep your diet and exercise fresh Here you go again. The weekend of nonstop snacking and dining is over. And you're finally filled with enough guilt to make another go at a diet and exercise program. At first you have the drive, determination, and willpower ....
Chamomile.
Mar 01, 2001; ... FOR COMMON COMPLAINTS Chamomile (Matricaria recutita) is one of the best known and most versatile of medicinal plants. While it is indigenous to various parts of central and southern Europe (Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Italy, and Croatia), and northwestern Asia, chamomile is now ...
Battling body image.
Mar 01, 2001; ... At the height of her struggle with body image Jen Nienhouse could barely stand to dry her thighs with a towel after a shower, they repulsed her so. At night she couldn't get her blankets up to her chin fast enough to cover the sight of them. And by day she hid them from others by wearing ...
5 Steps to Losing Weight.
Mar 01, 2001; ... You've tried all the fads. Here's how to take off pounds in a safe way. How many times have you decided to lose weight, only to fall off the wagon in just a few weeks? What makes some diet attempts successful, while others become casualties of the "diet-of-the-month" club? The ...
Growing Strong Bones in the Garden.(gardening can increase bone density)
Mar 01, 2001; ... Researchers dig up a new way to prevent osteoporosis. Want stronger bones? Pull some weeds! Gardening is the best method of exercise to increase bone density and prevent osteoporosis, according to a recent study from the University of Arkansas. The researchers studied different ...
Real Food for Real Health.(Recipe)
Mar 01, 2001; ... Think optimum health can be found in a bottle of pills? These recipes should cause you to think again! According to a recent survey reported by the Institute of Food Technologists, 158 million Americans (85 percent) used a dietary supplement in 1999. Half of shoppers who entered ...
Tales From the Table.
Mar 01, 2001; ... Kimberly admits she's not much of a cook. She's more of a heat-up-a-frozen-dinner mom. But one night she decided to make corn chowder and grilled cheese sandwiches, from scratch, for supper. She spent what seemed like hours slaving over a hot stove, congratulating herself on what a good ...