Archive for January, 2009
Stay healthy working at your computer

Computers are a fact of life, and there’s no getting around it. The world runs on computers and your job probably required you to work on a computer, at least sometimes. For other people, working on the computer is a full time job. Sitting at your computer for hours at a time, day after day, can really take a toll on your body and your health. But you’re not out of luck! There are many things you can do to stay healthy while working at your computer all day.
Tags: Body, computer, health, neck
Brain food and exercise keeps you healthy and happy

You know the brain is probably the most important part of your entire body. It only accounts for 2% of your body weight, but consumes and uses more than 20% of your daily calorie intake. This is another reason counting calories is bad, but I’ll save that for another time. It’s important to keep your brain running optimally throughout the day. This will help you stay focused, be more productive, and have more energy.
Tags: Body, brain, exercise, health
Household germs making you sick

It’s flu season again you probably know at least one person who has been suffering this season, it might even be you. But the cause if your illness might not be the flu, it could be common items and chemicals in your house instead.
Tags: flu, germ, health, home, house
Pesticides in Coca Cola another reason to stop drinking soda

I hope you’ve read my reasons why diet soda is bad for you. I had to write about diet soda because a lot of people think drinking diet as opposed to regular soda is healthy, but it’s not. I also hope you know regular soda is bad for you, but here’s just another reason to prove how bad it is.
Tags: Body, cola, Drink, health, soda
Fighting your risk of a heart attack through genes

Heart disease is the number 1 cause of death in America, and every day more and more young people are at risk. Just like diabetes, heart disease used to only affect older people, but thanks to McDonalds and other fast “food” restaurants, younger people are at risk for all kinds of diseases usually reserved for old people. But scientists are hard at work developing new tests to find coronary artery disease in early stages.
