Health Trumps Wealth
Diseases and health conditions are classified to create an understandable system to monitor, control, prevent and treat them - the biggest distinction between illnesses from a public health standpoint is their status as a communicable or … [Continue reading] about An Overview of Non-Communicable Diseases
Modern jobs and careers require many of us to be seated at a desk for over 10 to 12 hours every single day. This is usually followed by more sitting, after work, at home (hunched over a PC, watching TV, eating dinner...) which adds up to a … [Continue reading] about Sitting is the New Smoking: What does this mean for your body?
Do you find yourself dealing with pain on a weekly, or even daily basis? The focus here isn't on mental pain, although that's something we can discuss at a later time and place. The focus here is on physical pain, that makes it hard for you to do … [Continue reading] about Chronic Pain Overview
This post aims to give an overview of what minerals are, and how the human body utilizes them when we (ideally) consume them in the required quantities. This post is Part 2 of the Diet and Nutrition overview, and the next in line after the Vitamins … [Continue reading] about Minerals and Why They Matter
This post aims to give an overview of what vitamins the human body utilizes when we (ideally) consume them in the required quantities. And the particular biochemical pathways and organ systems they're used in. Part 2 will be a similar post focusing … [Continue reading] about Vitamins and Why They Matter