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Carol Stack's Articles in General Health

  • Stop Smoking - Overcoming this Physical and Psychological Addiction
    Simply wanting to stop smoking is a large part of the battle to succeeding. Often knowing that cigarettes are destroying your health is not enough incentive. It requires changing your activities, and changing the way you think about cigarettes.
  • To Quit Smoking You Must be Determined to Succeed
    One of the difficulties in trying to quit smoking is that smokers become physically dependant on nicotine. Nicotine causes a lot of different reactions throughout the smokers body (many of them very bad). What it does once it arrives in the brain is responsible for both the good feelings you get from smoking as well as the irritability you feel if you try to quit.
  • Beautiful Skin - The Result of a Nutritional Diet
    Everybody wants to have clear, healthy glowing skin. In order to get the right skin, it is important to look at the part played by nutrition in skin care. Healthy skin happens when we eat good foods, exercise regularly, minimize stress and protect our skin from the harsh environment.
  • Antioxidants and Free Radicals - The Good and the Bad
    Free radicals are produced within the body every single day from the different chemical reactions which happen in each individual part of our bodies. Free radicals are produced outside of the body as well, reaching us through sunrays, toxic chemicals in our drinking water, second-hand as well as first-hand smoke, unhealthy foods, bacteria, viruses, radiation, and pollution in general.
  • Omega-3 is Truly a Wonder
    The nutrition wonder of modern times – Omega-3 fish oil – is overwhelmingly supported by scientific proof to correct and prevent so many different health ailments that it is a no-brainer to include it as one of your daily supplements if not in your diet. Omega-3 decreases depression, improves your mood, lowers cholesterol, improves symptoms of asthma and allergies, helps your heart, and much more.
  • Juicing Fruits and Vegetables is Great for Your Health
    All your life you have heard people say, “Eat your fruits and vegetables.” It has been known for years that fruits and vegetables have great nutritional value and can improve your health as part of a daily diet. But did you know that by juicing fruits and vegetables you get even more benefits?
  • Is There Really an Easy Way to Stop Smoking?
    Deciding to stop smoking is often one of the top New Years resolutions for people far and wide, and yet many more thousands seem to pick up the habit every year despite increasing health warnings, skyrocketing tobacco prices and increased awareness, and more advanced stop smoking aids being offered to the public.
  • Eat Organic Foods for Better Health
    With the large amounts of toxins in the inorganic foods we eat, we all need to eat organic whenever possible. Every time that you choose conventionally farmed foods or processed foods over organic, you are increasing your cumulative exposure to chemicals and raising your risk of disease.
  • Healthy Skin, Hair and Teeth - Benefits of a Healthy Diet
    The skin is the largest organ in the body, and the most exposed. Most people don't take proper care of their skin - either due to hectic work or due to pure ignorance. Read more to find out how you can keep your skin healthy and looking young.
  • CoQ10 - One Supplement Everyone Needs
    One hundred years ago it might have been possible to eat ten to twelve servings of fruits and vegetables each day and get all the nutrients our bodies need, but not today. Eating organic produce you might come close to getting the nutrition you need, but you will still fall short.
  • Green Tea Fights Aging and Disease
    It has long been known that green tea has the ability to kill bacteria and is known to deter food poisoning and plaque. Other studies are now showing that green tea may be able to help mitigate the damage from LDL cholesterol -- otherwise known as the "bad cholesterol" that is a key marker in heart disease.
  • Lawn Care - What's the Best Length
    The grass grows faster when it is short and slows down as it gets longer. So since the length increases at a higher rate at first and then decreases as the blade grows to be a couple of inches or more, remember this: The longer the blade, the slower the growth.
  • Free Body Detox at Home
    Following your body detox you will notice some improvements in how you feel. A detox will refresh your digestive system and your other organs as well so that your body once again starts to process food properly. Your immune system will be revived and you will have more energy for exercising and feel better about yourself.