The medical community continues to debate the exact reasons for poor vein health. It may be due to aging or being overweight or just a tendency towards venal insufficiency. In some cases, weak valves may be responsible for poor venous circulation and the pooling of blood that has flown backward. This also leads to an increase in the volume of blood in the veins and enlarges them till they look purple and blue and like cords that are twisted and bulging. Some might even be swollen and...

Black beans - nature's complete nutritious foods loaded with protein, cholesterol free, and they are noted as a quick delicious way to a healthy meal. In all bean recipes, we must always remember to drain and rinse the beans before using. Below I will give you some healthy recipe ideas for your healthy living with black beans.

Black Bean Saute
In a skillet treated with 1 tsp olive oil brown one small onion. Stir in one clove minced, and cook for a minute. Stir in one can...

Everyone has secrets, even beautiful, talented celebrities such as Kate Beckinsale. In a recent interview for a popular magazine, Kate admitted that she suffered from anorexia when she was a teenager. Now in her thirties, Kate looks great, and she admits that she now has a healthier body image. If you want to know more about Kate's weight loss and workout secrets, then continue reading below:

Clueless?

* The star revealed that when she was in her twenties, she didn't have a...

Soup is known to be a comfort food. Besides eating soup to get well or even to take the place of a meal when you are too lazy, you will find these soups are a delicious in so many ways. For the lovers of vegetables you will find that you can make great tasting vegetarian soup recipes.

You will find these myriad vegetarian soup recipes on the internet and also from cookery books that have soups listed down. Each of these soup recipes has lots of interesting ingredients and...

Wheatgrass is a commonly found herb in India and is known for its nutritional value. It is known, as Triticum aestivum in its biological terms. It contains enzymes like protease, cytrochrome, amylase, lipase, transshydrogenase and SOD (super oxide dismutase). Besides these enzymes, it also contains all the essential amino acids especially alanine, asparatic acid, glutamic acid, arginine and serine, which are helpful in providing good amount of protein in body.

Wheatgrass is...

If you like enjoying optimal health, then you might consider adding Goji berries as part of your diet. It has been shown that Goji berries provide benefits for everything from better circulation to improved liver functioning to a boost in the immune system. Your only dilemma then, is deciding which form of Goji berries will best benefit you. Either way, you can be sure that you will enjoy the benefits of improved nutrition and health.

The most common ways to consume Goji...

When you hear the word "hemp," generally the last thing that comes to mind is protein and bodybuilding. Without going into detail on the other "psychoactive" strains of hemp, it's time you learned more about what hemp can do for you from a nutritional point of view. I know I was very surprised to learn how complete a food hemp is!

I personally tested a hemp protein supplement for a period of 2 months, using NO other supplemental protein source. It was...

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Many people who enter the world of bodybuilding choose this field because it is practically designed for introverts. You come to the gym alone. You put in your time alone. You cook your meals alone. Much of what you do in bodybuilding is an individual effort. In other sports, you have the camaraderie that comes with practicing together every day. In bodybuilding, aside from a training partner or the people you see every day, you’re on your own. For this reason,...

So here’s the dilemma: If it’s produce, then the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to call it a food. If you use it to heal you in some way, then the FDA wants to call it a drug… There is a very fine line in most peoples’ minds, but any line left between the two the Acai berry has just totally erased.

If one plant serves two different needs, such as a root sold as produce that can be used as a healing agent, (Ginseng and Green tea leaves...

Heartburn is something that I have never heard mentioned with affection.  Nobody seems to like heartburn and so it is no wonder that many seek out natural heartburn relief options.  Heartburn is something that can actually do damage other than just simply taking away your good nights sleep.

There are many people that lived before us and they too had to deal with heartburn and its uncomfortable side effects.  And of course they didn't have a pharmacy they could go to...