Many people, including children, may experience attacks of pain at the right upper quadrant. This is the kind of abdominal pain that sometimes radiates to the upper back or shoulder blades. Usually it occurs after eating fatty or fried foods, heavy meals and is accompanied with nausea/vomiting and/or bloating, followed …

The word ketosis often inspires confusion or even alarm in those trying to figure out what causes it and whether or not it’s a good thing. Here’s a simplified overview of ketosis. Ketosis Definition Let’s move from an over-simplified ketosis definition to moderately simple one. Ketosis means that the body …

A consequence of the growing sedentary lifestyle, poor nutritional habits and a lack of exercise which has come to characterize 21st- century man is increasing weight gain, overweight and obesity. This stems from a disproportion in the balance of our energy intake and expenditure with the excess calories being stored …

When attempting to lose weight, oil is usually the last thing that one would want to increase the consumption of. However, coconut oil is a definite exception to this weight loss rule. Extracted from none other than the coconut seed, coconut oil has been used for centuries as a natural …

One rarely would think that as you age it is far more important to do some body building than when younger. Balance, muscles, and even the pads under one’s feet can disintegrate and disappear if nothing is done to enhance them. Often people find this out the hard way as …

Carnitine or L-carnitine is a substance produced naturally by the human body. It is a nonessential amino acid whose main purpose is to burn body fat for energy conversion. It is a vital component in the body’s metabolism. The muscles, including the heart, require fat for energy and rely on …

Goldenrod (Solidago Canadensis) is in the daisy family of botanical plants. The essential oil is obtained by steam distillation of the flowering tops. Most people find this a hay-fever producing plant more a pest than a help but read on to find that it has some great healing properties. The …

Signs of liver trouble usually don’t appear until a liver problem has caused some damage or even compromised liver function in some way. Generally speaking, you probably won’t know you have a liver problem until the liver trouble symptoms listed below begin to appear – that is, unless you have …