4 Unexpected Health Benefits of Basil

While you might only think of basil as “nice in a pasta sauce,” would you believe that basil is not only delicious, but could help protect your heart? Read on to learn about the wonderful health benefits of eating basil! Vitamins and other important nutrients in basil: Vitamins: Vitamin K, Iron, Calcium, Vitamin A.* * Basil is either an excellent or very good source of all of these nutrients and vitamins. There are many other nutrients,...

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7 Food Cravings Explained

Food cravings: we all get them. But what do they mean? If you’re craving a particular type of food, is your body trying to tell you something? Is there something missing from your diet, or is it purely an emotional response? The answer is, unsurprisingly, that cravings are rooted in both your mind and your body. Beyond the obvious emotional link, comfort food exists for a reason, of course, craving a specific type of food...

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10 ways to spice up your love life

Check out our top ten aphrodisiacs guaranteed to spark desire. Get connected Nothing is sexier than remembering why you fell in love with each other in the first place. "By undertaking some sort of bonding activity, you can reignite chemistry," says Dr Morrissey. "Look for aspects of your partner that you first admired before you started focusing on what they weren't doing," she says. "Go back to the kind of dating behaviour that you undertook...

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Exercise may Cut Heart Disease Risk

In liver transplant recipients, exercise was found to reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome-risk factors that can lead to heart disease and stroke.Findings published in Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, indicate that exercise could reduce complications from metabolic disease in patients post-transplantation.The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute suggests that obesity, physical inactivity, and insulin resistance increase risk of...

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How Can You Avoid the Flu in College?

Wash Your Hands The flu is a nasty disease that runs rampant at most college campuses every year. This virus is extremely infectious, so it often spreads like wildfire in the confinement of classrooms and dormitories. Find out what you can do to avoid the flu in college! Washing your hands is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of the flu virus. Some people touch their face as many as 1,000 times a day, which means that clean...

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What Can You Do To Make Waking Up Easier?

Wakey Wakey, Eggs ‘n’ Bakey! Back in 1962, Neil Sedaka sang that “Breaking Up is Hard To Do.” But as I’m hitting my snooze alarm for the 20th time and groaning at the thought of getting out from under the covers, I tend to think that he actually meant to saywaking. How many of us have this problem? The alarm goes off in the morning, and we proceed to: Turn it off, roll over, and go back to sleep. Audibly moan out of frustration. Hit the...

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11 Weird Facts About Your Breasts

Women Are Buying Bigger Bras The average woman says she now wears a 34DD-sized bra, according to data from lingerie retailer Intimacy. That’s up from a 34B 20 years ago! (To put that into perspective, that’s the same band measurement, but about three inches bigger around the fullest part of the chest.)...

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