Category: Health
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Hurt VS Harm: Does pain cause damage?
Besides the odd animals that lack a nervous system, like sponges and fungi, having a functional nervous system has helped every creature survive over the course of time. A nervous system allows all animals to feel and differentiate touch, temperature, pressure, chemicals, and maybe most importantly … pain. Hands-on therapies such as joint manipulation and…
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How to read a nutrition label
Nutrition labels can look like a whole other language. There are numbers, percentages, abbreviations, chemistry terms, and the list goes on. Here is a quick run down to better your knowledge on the food and drink we consume and how to read a label. Step 1: Portion size Labels in Canada are always listed per…
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How exercise can make you gain weight
Diet and exercise play a huge role in maintaining and reducing and gaining weight. But the latter isn’t something people typically think will happen unless they are looking to “bulk up”. So why can exercise cause weight gain? Two simple reasons that exercising can make you gain weight. The first simply, is that your muscles…
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Top equipment for working out the home/office
Top equipment to workout at the home/office Article over. Great article! In reality, the best equipment that we have really is your own body. I’m very appreciative that Earth provides gravity and we provide our own mass to lift, and pull, and push. Using bodyweight exercises and calisthenics is an amazing way to not only…
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Mind Over Matter
Mind over matter. An interesting phrase that I’ve heard my entire life. Even though I understood the phrase’s meaning, I never fully understood the use of “matter”. You may be well versed in the understanding that everything is made up of matter. This clicked two times in my life; first, in grade school science, understanding…