Category: Overall Well-Being

anxiety
Overall Well-Being

Eat These 8 Foods to Calm Anxiety (and Avoid These 6)

…Did you know that there are certain foods that can induce anxiety? Several studies have discovered that there is a connection between the food we eat and our brains. Besides always being told to include healthy foods in our diet if we want to achieve certain fitness goals, we can say that food can influence our mood as well. For

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migraine
Overall Well-Being

9 Natural Ways to Reduce Migraine Symptoms

Migraine attacks aren’t just your typical headaches. You can experience pounding pain, nausea, and major sensitivity to light and sound. When one of these migraine episodes occurs, you’ll do almost anything to make it go away. Some main factors which can cause migraines are smoking, alcohol, stress, allergies, bright lights, loud noises, dehydration, irregular sleep, strong smells, skipping meals, poor

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fitness goal
Overall Well-Being

10 Realistic Fitness Goals Recommended by Personal Trainers

You know that summer is right around the corner, right? And you know what that means, right? It’s time to show off that summer body! If it’s still a work in progress, then it’s time we talk about setting unrealistic goals that might leave you discouraged. It’s supposed to be an encouraging process, where you notice little by little the

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depression
Overall Well-Being

Anxiety vs. Depression – Symptoms and Treatment

The words “anxious” and “depressed” are commonly used in general conversation. Anxiety and sadness are both common feelings that emerge in reaction to high-stakes or possibly dangerous events (in the case of anxiety) or disappointing, miserable conditions (in the case of depression). The link between these emotions—and the clinical problems that go along with them, such as anxiety disorders and

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bowel movements
Overall Well-Being

What’s Behind My Frequent Bowel Movements 

Do you suffer from too many bowel movements? The frequency of bowel movements varies from person to person, so what is typical for one person may not be normal for another. However, if you happen to have more than three bowel movements in a day, this is considered frequent. Frequent bowel movements can be caused by a variety of circumstances,

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blood test
Overall Well-Being

8 Things You Should Do Before Any Blood Test

Do you know what you should do before any blood test? Blood tests are one of the most important ways of diagnosis since they can determine a wide range of health issues, only by examining a small sample of blood. So if your doctor suspects that something might be wrong with your health, they will most likely need you to

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gut health
Overall Well-Being

Everything You Need to Know About Your Gut Microbiome

Have you ever wondered what gut health is related to? You’ve probably heard of gut health before. There are so many newsletters, reports, studies, and articles on this matter, that you’d probably need a lifetime to read them all. But apart from the various studies, famous doctors, and pretentious scientific names, what is there to know about our gut? Why

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pounds
Overall Well-Being

7 Uncommon Reasons You Can’t Shed Off the Pounds

…How many times have you tried to shed off unnecessary pounds? I’ll answer this one myself: more than I can actually count! I was always a chubby girl, with thick thighs, a little, fluffy belly, and short, only 5’1”. I remember that I started gaining weight when my dad had a friend that was the owner of a candy shop

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Doctor
Overall Well-Being

15 Harmless Things Your Doctor Should Know About Your Health

What is a doctor? A doctor is a person who deals with the prevention, recognition (diagnosis), therapy and follow-up of diseases and accidents. The large number of diseases, as well as the large number of possibilities to treat them, has led to the division of human medicine into several specialties, where dentistry occupies a special position. In most cases, the

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Hair
Overall Well-Being

8 Alarming Ways Your Health Can Be Seen in Your Hair

Because oftentimes we have fluctuating moods, our hair does too. Not in the sense that it gets up and starts shouting at your or anything. But there are good hair days and horrible ones, and that’s just the cruel reality. So if you have been noticing for a while now that your hair moods are abnormal or are becoming inconsistent,

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