What are the Vitamins and Minerals in Beetroot?

Beetroot is related to sugar beet and has a high sugar content, as high as that of an apple, in fact. It also contains potassium, calcium, sulfur and chlorine along with a moderate amount of vitamin C and folic acid. The beetroot has been recognized as being good for the blood for many years, as many an old wives’ tale confirms. There is usually some truth in them and beetroot does contain iron which is essential for red blood formation.

In Europe and Russia, beetroot is used as a tonic and to build up resistance to infection. For centuries it has been known to aid the digestive system, especially the liver. It also has a long history in the treatment of cancer as it contains ant carcinogenic substances in the red coloring matter. Beetroot increases the cellular take-up of oxygen … Continue Reading >>>

It seems strange that we make time and spend money on things to make ourselves happy and to be able to live our life in a more comfortable fashion yet often do not make allowances for time and resources to take care of our bodies. Houses, property, cars, overseas trips, new clothes and electronic ‘toys’ all seem so important in our modern day lives. But where does the health of our body fit in to all of this?

Most often nowhere and this is evident in the fact that six out of ten adults do not do enough proper exercise to keep themselves strong and therefore healthy. Most people do not fully understand how important the muscular system is of the human body which makes up roughly 50 percent of its weight. Muscle cells are metabolically highly active and their health dictates the overall health of their body.… Continue Reading >>>

How to Find the Nearest Gynecologist?

Many people don’t like going to the doctor and even more when it is a gynecologist examination. There isn’t anything dangerous that can happen, but the most common problem is exposing their private parts. Anyway, it is important to visit them from time to time to check if everything is okay. You might have a problem you don’t realize you have, so in order to prevent something bad from happening it is recommended to visit them once or twice a year.

There will always be good and bad doctors like at every type of job, so you should check them in advance and make a decision where to go. There’s no need to be uncomfortable when you can choose who can examine you. So, you can ask your friends for a recommendation and they can share their experience with you. You can probably find a great gynecologist clinic in your … Continue Reading >>>

Life is change. Sure, that seems like a simple sentence. But, indeed, it is the most complex sentence in existence in reality. Change happens once in life all the time that it happens, each time that it does happen. Nothing ever stays the same. That is the point of this article with a small twist: The only thing that does stay the same is the fact that time passes, and we all need to take the proper actions in relation to time and its capacity for change and progression, or we do miss everything.

As we can tell by concepts and realities of the past and future, time is not just an idle concept we can ignore. As the old saying goes, “remember death, remember change.” Sure, unless we take the proper actions, we are all doomed to changes we do not want. That is the total reality … Continue Reading >>>

Look 10 Years Younger

Look 10 Years Younger

The third of a series of fascinating articles by Derek Boughton about how to look, feel and be years younger naturally.

In the first article we introduced the concept of Facial Isometrics. In the 2nd, we worked on the specific exercises for the neck and chin area. So let’s continue with these anti-aging techniques by moving up a bit!

A. Sides of mouth

While doing these, make sure that you concentrate on using the muscles all the way out to the edge of your face – don’t just use your lip muscles.

a) The action is to pull the side of the lip straight out to the side. As usual, firstly do the left side for at least 10 times, then the right side, then alternate left and right and finally stretch out both sides at the same time.

b) Now to use the opposing muscles, pull the left end … Continue Reading >>>