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Health & Fitness > Alcoholism Alcohol's affects on mental processes

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Why do we drink alcohol? The reason for this question is simple, although it is well established that drinking alcohol is not exactly good for us, we keep using it in different places and occasions. The production and consumption of alcohol is as old as the human being; beer made during the Stone Age has been discovered and a... More..

Food & Drink > Diet, Health & Organic Foods Does a vegetarian diet provide all the nutrients needed by the human body?

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Does a vegetarian diet provide all the nutrients needed by the human body? I'll start by saying that there are several kinds of vegetarian diets; first, the strict vegetarians who only eat legumes, fruits, vegetables, seeds, grains and nuts; also there are semi vegetarians who combine vegetables with fish, chicken and dairy ... More..

Health & Fitness > Nutrition Basics How to count calories

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We can find six main types of nutrients in food, which are proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals and water. From all of them only proteins, fats and carbohydrates yield energy that is used by our body to function. Another substance that is not a nutrient is able to produce energy: alcohol. Energy produced by food ... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: A day in my life

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I love the sound of the dawnwhen Sun awakes and sights warmth,feel my self into the charm,morning nest of six arm brawn.I love the air when is goneinside some uneasy place,where life begins and its paceshake the emptiness and flies.I love when the sunset tiesthe birds of next morning face.I love to dream by the edgefalling fr... More..

Health & Fitness > Eating Disorders Identifying common eating disorders

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We live in a society where the pattern of a healthy and beautiful body is usually, for women, a slim contour, and for men, a flat and strong abdomen. It is not that I disagree with this, but when the person focuses all the attention on the body weight and body size much more than being really healthy, then we have a problem. ... More..

Health & Fitness > General Health (Other) Important elements of health education

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I have no doubt that the future of health care and medicine is prevention. Prevention can be approached in different ways: avoiding the onset of diseases is one of them; it is called primary prevention and is probably the most significant. An important part of this kind of prevention is education. The best time to begin a hea... More..

Health & Fitness > Exercise & Weight Loss How to burn fat

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To perform physical activity our body needs fuel to produce enough energy. Muscles are able to use two types of fuel: glucose (which comes from sugars and carbohydrates ingested and stored in muscles and liver) and fats (which is present in muscles and fatty tissues). During the first 20 minutes of exercise the muscles are us... More..

Health & Fitness > Healthy Cooking & Meal Planning How much protein should someone eat as normal intake in their diet

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There are 6 important components in a diet: proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, vitamins and water. We need them every day as part of a complete nutrition. Each one of them plays an important role in health maintenance. Proteins have many functions in the body: they form the structure of cells, form enzymes and hormones ... More..

Food & Drink > Diet, Health & Organic Foods Is organic worth the price?

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Organic food is a good reason for debate. It is a relatively new concept for me, but when I completely understood what it means, I became an enthusiastic of it. I'll begin by saying that organic food has its standards to be considered like that, for example, in the case of vegetables, they must be grown without pesticides, fe... More..

Health & Fitness > Alzheimer's and Dementia Symptoms and treatment of Alzheimer's disease

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At least once, everybody has heard of Alzheimer's disease. Do we really know what are we talking about? This unfortunately common disorder was named after the physician Dr. Alois Alzheimer, who first presented a case of it. Today it is the most frequent cause of dementia and the seventh cause of death in United States. What a... More..

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