In their desire to make sense out of health information, people often oversimplify the truth. For example, potato chips have long been reputed as a junk food. Actually the quick cooking process of potato chips preserves its nutrients better than mash...
What are you to do when you suddenly realize that your makeup isn't doing a good enough job covering up your wrinkles? The answer is to start at the base of the problem, your skin, and you have to ask the question, 'Why Are Some Wrinkle Creams Better...
The chronic complications of diabetes are typically classified as microvascular, macrovascular, or neuropathic. Microvascular complications result from the thickening of capillary and arteriole basement membranes. Although these changes occur in the...
The use of pure essential oils from plants dates back many centuries, and the history of aromatherapy is in many ways part of the history of herbal medicine as a whole. The Arabic countries are credited with first discovering the process of distillat...
Since children react in general very quickly to treatment, any homeopathic remedies can usually be given in fewer doses than might be the case with an adult. If the symptoms are less acute, or in any case for young children, try the 6c potency first;...
Not many people know there is a specialized branch in Ayurveda that deals with eye care. Eye care or netra chikitsa comes in Shalakya Tantra (Urdhwanga chikitsa in Malayalam), one among the eight branches of Ayurveda.Shalakya tantra is Ayurvedic equi...
People with macular degeneration know that one of the consequences of this eye condition is a loss of central vision. Central vision is used for important daily tasks such as reading, working at the computer and driving. Although there are a few prom...
Functions Three main enzymatic reactions regarding vitamin B12 have been noted to occur in humans. The first reaction requires methylcobalamin as a coenzyme in the conversion of homocysteine into methionine. This reaction occurs in the cytosol of the...