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There are two types of risk factors for heart disease, those that are controllable and those that you cannot control. The main risk factors for heart disease are being male, becoming older, a family history of heart disease, being a woman who is post-menopausal, and being African American, American Indian, or being Mexican American. These risk factors are the ones that you cannot control.

The risk factors for heart disease that you can control are smoking, having high LDL cholesterol or low HDL cholesterol, whether you are physically active or not, obesity, and having uncontrolled diabetes, or a high C-reactive protein, and also having uncontrolled stress or anger.

You can lower your risk for heart disease by making lifestyle changes that will lower those risks of heart disease that you can control. You can make lifestyle changes that will improve your eating habits or you can become more physically active each day. You can stop smoking cigarettes if you currently smoke, and you can keep regular appointments with your doctor so that you can learn how to monitor disease such as diabetes and control your cholesterol and blood pressure.

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Most women have experienced PMS at some point in their lives. Controlling the symptoms is a constant struggle, with some months worse than others. Women end up planning their personal lives around the cramping, bloating and mood swings as they know for about one week out of the month, they are not at their best. They deal with cravings and take pain relievers and wear their “fat pants” because the bloating prevents them from zipping or buttoning up. There is a way to control some of the symptoms so that the PMS experience goes a little less painfully.

Kick the Salt Habit

When bloating is a major problem during PMS week (extended stomach and/or swollen breasts), cut salt intake. Salt or sodium increases bloating and makes the body retain water, providing that uncomfortable full feeling. The week leading up to a period as well as the first day of the period is the best time to reduce salt. Of course, identifying the primary sodium culprits in the diet can be tough. It is easy to recognize sodium in chips and French fries but processed foods like lunch meats and frozen TV dinners are items that rely on salt for its taste so watch out!

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If you experience an increase in the frequency at which you empty your bowels especially if the movements become looser you may be having diahhrea. There are four conditions that can be confused with diahhrea including incontinence of stool rectal urgency, incomplete evacuation and having a bowel movement immediately after a meal.

True diarrhea is defined as a frequency increase in bowel movement with consistency or looseness of stools. When you have diarrhea you have more bowel movements than you normally do. Typically an abnormal amount of bowel movements would be a number greater than 5 bowel movements in one day.

The consistency of stools when one has diarrhea are liquid or watery and abnormal in shape.

Diarrhea is the body’s way to eliminate undesirable substances from the body and may also be accompanied by other symptoms such as vomiting, stomach pain, thirst, fever, nausea, and dehydration. Diarrhea and vomiting can cause fluid loss and lead quickly to dehydration, which can be dangerous in very young infants and in the elderly.

There can be many different causes for diahhrea including bacteria in food or water, food allergies, having a virus, drinking excessive amounts of alcohol, taking too many laxatives, consumption of large amounts of caffeine and also some medications such as tetracycline, clyndamycin and also penicillin can cause diahhrea.

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There are so many great uses for essential oils. If you are new to the world of essential oils, then you will be surprised at all the ways that you can use these wonderful natural ingredients. One of the best uses for essential oils is to improve your health. Yes! Essential oils can help you keep up with your active and healthy lifestyle. Here is a closer look at how these oils can help you.

Did you know that essential oils are great for not only helping your environment smell wonderful, but also to help improve your health? There are literally hundreds of different kinds of essential oils that you can buy. These are made from natural plant materials that are pressed or steamed to create the oil. Most essential oils are made from various parts of different plants, including the petal, bark, root or leaves. Some grasses, fruits and even seeds and seed pods are used to make essential oils, too. Each of these oils are unique in that they do have healing properties. This makes it easy to find an essential oil to suit all of your health needs.

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