June 19, 2013

Glenn’s Strategies for Well-Being: Menopause

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*Many things can happen in a woman’s body because of the changes in hormone patterns that begin during the menopausal transition. Some women are bothered by only a few symptoms during perimenopause. Others are very uncomfortable, while the rest hardly feel any different. Scientists are still trying to understand how the hormone changes during the [...]




Glenn’s Strategies for Well-Being: Water, Alcohol, and Hot Weather

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*Periods of extremely hot weather (like the heat waves currently blanketing the country) can cause serious health problems for everyone. Now that we are entering summer, and attending events in hot weather, there are some points that everyone should be aware of when out in hot, humid weather. Most of us are accustomed to being [...]




Glenn’s Strategies for Well-Being: Sugar, Sugar, Sugar!

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*There’s no doubt that Americans are addicted to sugar. We consume an average of 150 lbs. per person per year. For many of us, that means we eat our own weight in sugar every year! So it might be helpful to find out what that means – what sugar really is, what food value it [...]




Glenn’s Strategies for Well-Being: Becoming a Parent for your Parent

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*According to Pew Research Center, as the year 2012 began on Jan. 1, the oldest members of the Baby Boom generation celebrated their 66th birthday. In fact, on that day, today, and for every day for the next 19 years, 10,000 baby boomers will reach age 65. Statistics show that 26% of the total U.S. [...]




Glenn’s Strategies for Well-Being: Vegetarian Children

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*With the poor quality of many of today’s conventional meat products, a vegetarian diet just might be an appropriate fit for some modern children, one of three that are now overweight in the US. A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that people of all ages, including children, that adhere [...]




Glenn’s Strategies for Well-Being: A Primer on Drinking Alcohol

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*Alcohol is, by far, the most widely used drug in our society. It is easily available, most people never think of it as a drug and if it is consumed to excess it can have a very damaging effect on the human body. When ingested, alcohol passes from the stomach into the small intestine, where [...]




Glenn’s Strategies for Well-Being: Misguided Medical Research

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*I recently came across the news that, “…officials in the Obama Administration launched a landmark national strategy to fight Alzheimer’s”. Now many you would think this is great news, and some levels, it is. Nothing is more painful than to see a parent, or loved one, suffer and decline from this sinister thief. If you’ve [...]




Glenn’s Strategies for Well-Being: Aging in Cuba – Lessons Learned-1

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“Many men can draft many laws. But few have the piercing and humane eye, which can see beyond the words to the people that they touch. Few can see past the speeches and the political battles to the doctor over there that is tending the infirm, and to the hospital that is receiving those in [...]




Glenn’s Strategies for Well-Being: Proper Digestion

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*If people in this country were actually eating the right foods in the right way, there would be no reason for us to rely on gallons of antacids or acid inhibitors, or enormous amount of laxatives. We have come to a point where many of us actually need these chemicals to help us digest our [...]




Glenn’s Strategies for Well-Being: Important Health Benefits of Water

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*Water is a fundamental part of our lives. It is easy to forget how completely we depend on it. Human survival is dependent on water — water has been ranked by experts as second only to oxygen as essential for life. Everyday your body must replace 2 1/2 quarts of water. The Water you drink [...]




Glenn’s Strategies for Well-Being: Caffeine

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*Around 90 percent of Americans consume caffeine every single day in one form or another. More than half of all American adults­ consume more than 300 milligrams (mg) of caffeine every day, making it America’s most popular drug by far. Here are the most common sources of caffeine for Americans: Typical drip-brewed coffee contains about [...]




Glenn’s Strategies for Well-Being: The Obesity Epidemic

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*Is there something in American society that is causing us to be overweight and obese.  This American generation is the most obese and unhealthy society in history.  More than seventy percent of Americans struggle with weight that they find impossible to take off.  It is the biggest medical epidemic that we face today. Obesity is [...]




Glenn’s Strategies for Well-Being: Elderly and Overmedication

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*It is undeniable that drugs do save lives, but few prescription medications are completely free of risks or side effects. Naturally, the more drugs that are taken at the same time, the greater the risk of adverse interactions and potentially devastating side effects. Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow [...]




Glenn’s Strategies for Well-Being: Stress and your Health

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*Is your job putting you under excessive levels of stress? Jobs and careers are an important part of our lives. Along with providing a source of income, they help us fulfill our personal aims, build social networks, and serve our professions or communities. They are also a major source of emotional stress. Job stress also [...]




Glenn’s Strategies for Well-Being: Mild Winters & Sinus Infections

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*That constant sneezing you thought was a winter cold might just be the beginning of your spring allergies instead. The mild winter weather is also responsible for an increase in allergens. Trees usually start pollinating in early January, maybe even December, but now there are various grasses and flowers joining them. Since everything’s warmed up [...]