Most adults need at least eight hours of sleep every night to be well rested. Not everyone gets the sleep they need. About 40 million people in the United States suffer from sleep problems every year. Not getting enough sleep for a long time can cause health problems. For example, it can make problems like [...]
Archive of entries posted on October 2009
True or False: The average 55 year-old man has more estrogen than a 59 year-old woman.
True! Unless a man exercises regularly, he loses muscle mass to fat as he ages, and his testosterone is being converted to estrogen. This occurs because of an enzyme called aromatase. The more fat there is, the more aromatase is produced, which in turn converts more testosterone to estrogen. This can become a viscious cycle. [...]
Unconscious Exercise – 10 tips
Humans are designed by nature to be active. If you don’t use your body your health will suffer. Modern technology is a wonderful thing, but it undermines our daily quest for natural exercise. With all our remote controls, escalators and elevators, and power equipment, we get less necessry exercise every day. Try to do away [...]
Our “Sickness” Care System
The emergency medical care system in America is among the best of the best. However, the rest of our healthcare system is a horse of a different color. A more appropriate description would be “sickness” care. Despite the fact that the U.S. spends more money on health care than any other nation, it ranks just [...]
