Substance Use & Abuse Are some people more at risk than others? Addiction is a chronic, often relapsing brain disease. It causes compulsive drug seeking and using, despite the harm it costs. Over time, brain changes occur that destroy a person’s ability for self-control. Even if a person wants to quit, willpower is not enough […]
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Nutrition For millions of people, drinking milk isn’t so easy. People with lactose intolerance can’t digest lactose (the sugar in milk), so they can’t drink milk or eat milk products without suffering some or all of the following symptoms. * Gas in the lower intestine. * Abdominal pain and cramps. * Bloating. * Diarrhea. *
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Healthy Travel It’s been said that travel expands the mind and loosens the bowels. One-third of visitors to developing countries suffer from travel sickness, or turista. This includes diarrhea, cramps, fatigue, and sometimes fever and nausea. Food and water contaminated with bacteria are usually to blame. Here’s what to do. * If you plan to
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Nutrition Diets high in dietary fiber may help reduce the risk of colon cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and heartburn. Choose whole-grain foods over white, enriched ones. Eat plenty of vegetables, fruits, beans, lentils, nuts and seeds. Health experts advise adults getting 22 to 34 grams of dietary fiber a day. Most adults in the U.S.
Nutrition 4 Servings, about 3 ounces each Ingredients: 1 pound frozen haddock or cod fillets 1 Tbsp. lemon juice 1/8 tsp. dried dill weed 1/8 tsp. salt Dash of pepper Directions: 1. Thaw frozen fish in refrigerator overnight or thaw in microwave oven. Separate into four fillets or pieces. 2. Place fish in heated frypan.
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Fitness Burn calories while you clean. Who needs a gym when you can burn calories by doing household chores. The faster you move and the more you bend, stretch, and reach, the more your body will benefit. For example, a 150-lb person burns about 130 calories during a 30-minute 3.5 mph walk around the block
Substance Use & Abuse As recently as the late 1970s, cocaine was considered almost perfect, as illegal drugs go: It apparently offered no threat of addiction, only the promise of pleasure and euphoria. How wrong that belief turned out to be. Cocaine lures users toward a titillating but short-lived high, followed by a gripping physical
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Fitness You don’t have to join a gym to get fit. There are lots of ways you can break a sweat, shed pounds and improve your health. Small steps can make a big difference. * Do leg lifts before you get out of bed. * Walk the dog. Instead of slowing Fido down, pick up
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Fitness An exercise stress test measures the heart’s response to physical exertion and can give your doctor an idea of how safe it would be for you to exercise and at what intensity you can exercise with relative safety. If you undergo an exercise test, your doctor will ask you to either pedal a stationary
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Fitness Fitness activities that involve steady, rhythmic motions of major muscle groups and burn oxygen for more than a brief spurt are considered aerobic. They force your heart and lungs to work at anywhere from 60 to 85 percent of their capacity. Brisk walking and bicycling are examples of aerobic activities. So is aerobic dance-informally
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