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Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

» Reading food labels

Either the perfect lens on reading food labels hasn’t been made yet (hint), or it’s just too complicated a subject to fit into one lens. I’m not sure which it is. anyhow, here are two lenses that do actually help, some.
The first is In your food: food additives. It discusses food additives that are [...]

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» Sleep - Insomnia solutions and causes

My one group has finally moved to a point where I can confidently blog about it.
Sleep is an important topic, if only because we spend about a third of our time doing it My Insomnia headquarters deals with the problems associated with sleep - as well as solutions.
The lenses in it are [...]

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» Skin care: sensitive skin and rosacea

I have sensitive skin, and use several methods to keep it in decent shape. I wrote a lens about that: How to keep sensitive skin healthy
I have always had rosacea, but over the past years I began ignoring it, because I didn’t want the laser treatment doctors said I’d need to get rid of it. [...]

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» The Environment, going green and saving endangered species

I made a lensography this week on The Environment Proceeds go to Ecotrust. I feature lenses about how you can make a difference, alternative energy resources, endangered species, people who made a difference to the environment and pollution.
Because I couldn’t find one, I made a lens about reasons why people are vegetarians - focusing [...]

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» Blueberries and other healthy food

I really love blueberries. There are times when I just can’t stop eating them. I think my body knows they’re good for me
So, I thought: should I make a lens about them? The answer is pretty clear: I shouldn’t, because there are already some great lenses out there. I picked the following two:
I [...]

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» Progressing in Alzheimer’s

I just updated my lens on Alzheimer’s disease to include the moodswings my grandmother has been having recently and the increasing incoherence of the conversation.
It’s sad to see her sinking deeper into dementia. Also sad that’s sometimes she knows it.

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