Introduction In the 1940s, American Psychologist William Herbert Sheldon developed a theory that there are three body types, or somatotypes: Ectomorph, Endomorph and Mesomorph. The names were named after the three germ layers of embryonic development: the endoderm (develops into the digestive tract), the mesoderm (becomes muscle, heart and blood vessels), and the ectoderm (forms…
DetailsJaw pain? Clicking in the jaw? Having trouble chewing hard foods like apples and nuts. Perhaps you have a TMJ problem. People often ask me if chiropractic can help with TMJ syndrome. The short answer is Yes! Read on to discover how chiropractic helps with TMJ treatment. First, lets discuss what TMJ syndrome or TMJ…
DetailsBelching is often caused by aerophagia, a medical term for swallowing air. Everyone carries a certain amount of air and other gases in the gastrointestinal tract all the time. On average, this tends to be slightly less than 1 cupful. Yet the body is constantly acquiring air and other gases throughout the day, taking some…
DetailsWindmill electricity will play a big role in our future economy and in the way we think about energy consumption. As finite resources in this country have just about been taped, we import the majority of our fuel from overseas. We spend billions and trillions of dollars on this each year sending our country further…
DetailsNephrotic syndrome is a nonspecific disorder in which the kidneys are damaged, causing them to leak large amounts of protein[1] (proteinuria at least 3.5 grams per day per 1.73m2 body surface area)[2] from the blood into the urine.Definition : Nephrotic syndrome is a group of symptoms including protein in the urine (more than 3.5 grams…
DetailsProtein is a more complex mix of atoms when compared with carbohydrates. This is due to the addition of nitrogen to the carbon, hydrogen and oxygen mixture. However, one gram of protein, like one gram of carbohydrates, yields four calories of energy when burned up by our cells. Proteins are made up of amino acids,…
DetailsYou are likely no stranger to Type 2 diabetes. The dramatic rise in the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes is very closely tied to the increase in obesity While you may not have personal experience with the disease, there is a good chance you are at least familiar. But when it comes to the treatment…
DetailsIf you have heart beat that is quicker than 60-80 beats per minute at rest or 90-115 beats per minutes during exercise, you might have fast and irregular heart beat or arrhythmia. There are different kinds of arrhythmia but atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common type Causes AF occurs when more than one cardiac…
DetailsCordyceps is a unique type of fungus that provides a variety of health benefits, not least of which is its ability to increase the size of the human penis. Cordyceps has been used throughout Southeastern Asia for hundreds if not thousands of years to increase male virility, sexual stamina, and penis size. If you are…
DetailsBefore Bob Marley died, he said to his son Ziggy “Money can’t buy life.” He was right; all fortune on earth cannot buy health once it is too deteriorated. In fact, if gold and silver could buy health, there would not be so many diseases in the United States. Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer, to…
DetailsJohn Henry “Doc” Holliday’s final words, spoken as he lay dying in the Hotel Glenwood in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, were “this is funny”. We’ll never know, of course, exactly what the Wild West legend meant by this. Perhaps he found it ironic that after a life spent tempting death in the gambling dens of the…
DetailsHair grows only about half of an inch every month in average which is less than the size of a dime. Your hair grows very slow, but it is up to the right nutrition to make hair grow stronger, healthier and longer. Hair is just like a human being, if you feed yourself with the…
DetailsGenes account for at most 15% of cancers. What matters most in prevention or getting the most of treatments is not our genetic makeup but the biology we create within our body to support our natural defenses against tumor growth. The Genetic FallacyMost of us live with the false belief that cancer is a genetic…
DetailsAn antibiotic used to treat an array of bacterial infections among adults was approved recently by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for children. Levaquin levofloxacin is part of the fluoroquinolone group of oral medications prescribed to treat acute bacterial sinusitis, acute bacterial exacerbation of chronic bronchitis, noscocomial pneumonia, community-acquired pneumonia, complicated skin and skin…
DetailsEverybody feels fear. It is how someone reacts to their fear. We have all been axious about the things that make us fearful. Not one of us, no matter how hard we try, can get away from fear. So when anxiety is getting experienced by a person whether it is explained or is so bad…
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