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Are you drinking enough water?

Water makes up more than two-thirds of your body weight. Without water, you would die in a few days. The human brain is made up of 95% water, blood 82% and the lungs 90%. A mere 2% drop in your body's water supply can trigger dehydration: fuzzy short-term memory, headaches, constipation, trouble with...
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Cognitive distortions can affect your perception of reality

What are cognitive distortions? They’re faulty, irrational thinking patterns, which can cause you to make incorrect conclusions about reality. The concept of cognitive distortion comes from the work of Albert Ellis, David Burns and Aaron Beck. This isn’t an original theory but based on many complex...
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Enhance your health with a dose of gratitude

You live in a culture today that's becoming increasingly out of balance. Everyday you’re faced with more to do and what seems like less time to do it in. Many of you struggle to balance time, family, money and work, all while trying to maintain your own needs, health and wellness. Stress attacks...
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The health benefits of drinking lemon water

In his book, Biologic Ionization as Applied to Human Nutrition, Dr. A.F. Beddoe writes that every child or adult who is not allergic to lemon and has no active ulcers should drink lemon water. There are many benefits of doing so. Edmund Hillary, the first man to set foot on the top of Mt. Everest,...
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Eight benefits of practising yoga

What is yoga? This is an ancient Indian discipline which improves health, happiness and mind power through breathing techniques, exercise and meditation. Many people practice yoga as a spiritual path. Others do it for exercise. Either way, practising yoga yields many benefits including the following: Eight...
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