Will eating hot or spicy foods cool you down? Yes! Even though it seems counter-intuitive to eat something that makes you hot, being forced to sweat helps you to cool off. This helps to stabilize your body’s core temperature. Eating hot (temperature-wise) foods such as soup also help for the same reason. Spicy-hot foods help [...]
Keeping Healthy
Did You Know that some foods – like lamb and pork – need to “rest” a few minutes after being grilled? This allows the interior temperature to increase, thoroughly killing germs. For more information and chart of rest times, visit: food safety.gov
1. For men: Don’t sit on your wallet! When you put your wallet in your back pocket, that’s what you’re doing. That makes you sitting in a unbalanced posture, adding to back discomfort. This is a common complaint of truckers and sales reps. A helpful hint for those of you who travel a lot by [...]
April is stress awareness month – held every April since 1992. Stress can affect your health and well-being in several ways. Stressed people are more susceptible to: headaches high blood pressure heart disease depression a lowered immune system insomnia To alleviate the effects of stress, you can: exercise – exercise and time spent outdoors can [...]
If you have a stabbing pain in the bottom of your foot when you walk, especially when you first get out of bed then you may have Plantar Fasciitis. Plantar Fasciitis affects almost 2 million Americans a year and is one of the most often-reported health problems relating to the feet. The bottom of your [...]
