Health Fitness

Why Celebrity Diets Don T Work For Non Celebrities

The problem of obesity and being overweight afflicts millions of people around the world. No wonder, the preparation and marketing of diet and fitness programs have become a billion-dollar industry. But perhaps there is no other group of people that is more concerned about weight loss than those in the entertainment industry. In a job where a few extra pounds…

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What You Need To Know Before Popping The Pill

In August of 1960, Enovid, the first contraceptive pill, was launched for sale in the USA. The mass-marketing of the drug was so successful that within one year of the product’s launch, over 1 million American women were using it. It was a revolutionary breakthrough in contraception. Pharmaceutical companies that made the drug promised to give women control over their…

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Nutrition

Liquid Vitamins

You mean I don’t have to take a pill? Many of us remember waking up in the morning and being forced by our mother to consume a round of vitamins before we went off to school. Some of us also remember the vitamin C pill that was not only a horse pill, but was also as big as a horse…

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Health Fitness

Birth Control And Weight Gain Truth Or Myth

Is there really a connection between birth control and weight gain? In one recent survey, 50% of all women felt that birth control pills would cause unwanted weight gain. Of these women, 20% said this belief was the primary reason they would not use oral contraceptives. There are also evidences that women switch methods or birth control or stop using…

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Health Fitness

Sleeping Pill Suicide Information

Statistically speaking, a sleeping pill overdose is among the most common ways used by women to attempt or to commit suicide. Sleeping pills act by slowing down the body functions, by relaxing the muscles, and chemically lulling a person to sleep. In theory, a sleeping pill overdose would pretty much shut down the entire body, including the nervous system, respiratory…

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Health Fitness

Forms Of Birth Control Facts And Myths

Among teenagers with an active sex life, the two most common forms of birth control would be the use of birth control pills and latex condoms. While many teenagers prefer not to use any protection at all, these two forms of birth control are the ones that would most likely be used. Since these two forms are considered popular for…

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