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Your weekends are precious — you'll want to make the most of them. You’ve probably worked all week with one target in mind — getting to the weekend and then doing something useful with it! Yet often when you actually reach the weekend, it tends to fizzle out and not quite live up to your expectations. The following top 10 tips aim to help you make the most of your weekends — so that by th...

9 Things In Your Home That Cause Thyroid Problems Thyroid disease and nonstick chemicals are back in the news again, once again providing a warning that we should all scan our houses for hidden sources of these chemicals.    In a 2014 study, published in the journal Epidemology, scientists found that more than 10% of people exposed to drinking water contaminated with perfluoroctanoic...

There's nothing more aggravating or borderline debilitating than tooth irritation. And along with the pesky pain comes the daunting reality that you could have a dentist appointment in your near future involving Novocaine, a root canal, and a 3-day recovery. But before you call out of work, line up your Netflix queue, and beg a friend to come over for support, it's important to consider the many r...

  Μπορεί να πλένετε τα χέρια σας μετά από κάθε επίσκεψη στην τουαλέτα, αυτό όμως δεν είναι αρκετό για να είστε προστατευμένοι από τα μικρόβια. Πολλά σημεία του σπιτιού αποτελούν εστίες μικροβίων, ακόμη και αν αυτό δε�...

Do I have a kids multivitamin that I love? Not so much. I’m a big believer in serving nutrition on a plate – not in a pill. That said, there are a handful of kids supplements that should be in regular rotation. These three kids supplements will only do a body good. This is true for kids struggling with eczema, allergies, and mood swings. And it’s true...

Garlic lovers will surely appreciate this new study, and so will their friends and family: Raw apples, mint, and lettuce contain chemicals that can destroy the volatile compounds that cause smelly breath after eating the pungent spice, according to a new study from Ohio State University. The researchers hope their findings may lead to a new pill for garlic-induced halitosis, but for now they say t...

Τέσσερα μπαχαρικά που αποδεδειγμένα καταπολεμούν τους πόνους Ο πόνος είναι σίγουρα μια δυσάρεστη κατάσταση από την οποία όλοι θέλουμε να απαλλαγούμε το ταχύτερο δυνατό. Όταν πρόκειται ωστόσο για κάτι απλό, όπως ο πον...

Hunger motivate us more than thirst, fear and anxiety! Human motivation has been studied for decades, primarily in an attempt to answer one question: what drives us to take one action over another? Researchers shed some light in a new study, after finding hunger is a stronger motivational force than thirst, fear, anxiety, and social needs.   Senior author Michael J. Krashes, of the Nat...

The Health Benefits of Probiotics When it comes to making healthy choices about food and lifestyle, there are three excuses that come up again and again as to why not.    1 – I don’t believe it’s really that important. 2 – I don’t have the time or energy. 3 – I can’t afford it.   Probiotics are one of those choices. The health benefits of probiotics are undeniab...