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Benefits of staying hydrated
Water accounts for 60 percent of your body and is essential to every cell. Research has suggested that staying hydrated keeps your memory sharp, your mood stable and your motivation intact. You can also think through a problem more easily.
Staying hydrated doesn’t just impact your brain, though.
Staying hydrated doesn’t just impact your brain, though.
Effects of stress
Stress is a natural physical and mental reaction to life experiences. Everyone expresses stress from time to time. Anything from everyday responsibilities like work and family to serious life events such as a new diagnosis, war, or the death of a loved one can trigger stress.
For immediate, short-term situations, stress can be beneficial to your health.
Dangers of Phthalates
Phthalates are a group of chemicals used to soften and increase the flexibility of plastic and vinyl. Phthalates had been used to make pacifiers, soft rattles, and teething rings, but have not been allowed in those products since 1999.
Too much sugar
Eating too much sugar has been linked to an increased risk of conditions including diabetes and heart disease.
Most adults eat much more sugar than recommended. The National Institute of Health (NIH) estimate that American adults get 15 percent of calories in their diet from added sugars alone.ilk.
Factors contributing to ageing
Aging is the natural process of growing older. Yet there are many factors that play a role in whether we age gracefully or if we are the one out of two people who age faster than our biological age.
More than half of us look older than we really are because we either engage in behaviors that increase our aging, or we do not actively support a more youthful body through inaction.
More than half of us look older than we really are because we either engage in behaviors that increase our aging, or we do not actively support a more youthful body through inaction.
Parabens
Parabens are synthetic preservatives used in foods, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and personal care products such as deodorants, moisturizers and shampoos. Common parabens include methylparaben, ethylparaben, propylparaben and butylparaben. Parabens allow skin care products to survive for months or even years in your medicine cabinet.
The dangers of Triethanolamine
Two harsh chemicals don’t make a right. While federal regulations allow small doses of Triethanolamine in beauty and personal care items, they have proved hazardous short term and long term effects ranging from skin and eye irritation, to damaging the respiratory and immune systems and inciting cancer.
GMOs are bad for you
Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are created when a gene from one species is transferred to another, creating something that would not be found in nature.
A large percentage of domestic crops (up to 85% of soybean yields) have DNA that was tweaked in a lab.
A large percentage of domestic crops (up to 85% of soybean yields) have DNA that was tweaked in a lab.