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Are sauna rooms or steam sauna baths -- a feature at many hotels and resorts, spas, on cruise ships and at some airports -- the ultimate for relaxing. Or are they merely a gimmick to entice travelers into an establishment. Can saunas really help you lose weight, cleanse your body of toxins, rejuvenate your skin and help you overcome jet lag as aficionados claim. Or, more important, are saunas hazardous to your health. Saunas have been around for a long time; for hundreds of years in Finland, which has more saunas than automobiles. There are so many saunas that all Finns can get into a sauna at the same time. However, only recently have physicians and scientists studied saunas. High Temperatures Basically, a sauna is a wood-lined room with a wood-burning or electric stove that heats the room to high temperatures. The only reason the temperature -- up to 200 degrees Fahrenheit -- is bearable is that humidity is kept to a minimum, often below 10 . In a steam bath, for comparison, you feel uncomfortable even when the temperature reaches 120 degrees. The heat of the sauna increases skin temperature to higher than the body-core temperature. This increases blood circulation...

I never knew that I had a really bad breath. Actually, the truth is that I never thought that my bad breath could get to the point where it would be difficult for others to stay close to me. I am really grateful that my fianc , the person I love the most in this world, had the courage to kindly inform me about it. No, I m not ashamed to admit something like this. We are all people, we all make mistakes and hopefully we all learn from them and change; as long as we change for the better, there s nothing to be ashamed of. So basically, when my fianc told me about it, I was like Hang on a minute. Do you mean I have a really bad breath. Well, it didn t take much for me to understand that her silence was a definite YES . The next thing I know, I found myself searching online for cures to this problem. I found many home-made remedies and tips but what I needed was something that would really be effective. After a few minutes of browsing around the internet, I stumbled on Profresh, an oral rinse that supposedly takes care of bad breath. Well, I didn t think much; I figured it would be better to simply loose a few bucks than to loose the respect that I had gained from others...

The chief culprits in mineral depletion within our body are the acid-forming foods we eat and what we drink almost all of the fluids we drink on a daily basis are acidic. For example. a carbonated beverage has a pH of 2, orange juice is ph of 3, and average tap water is 4.5. So drink bottled water you may be saying--well it is typically a pH of only 6 and the other major cause of acidity is stress. In addition, antibiotics which can destroy the friendly bacteria create a problem because the bacteria that grow back are often acid forming and can potentially create a problem that could drain the body of health enhancing electrolyte minerals. Some other causes of electrolyte loss might be: strenuous exercise, sickness, infection, or even fasting. There is no such thing as a Universal Diet. People are individual and personal. So what works for one person may or may not work for the next. A balanced diet is very unique for each person. To find our proper balance, it is helpful to know not only your own personal needs, but the correct preparation of whole foods, how not to overeat, how to choose high-quality foods, avoiding too many unnatural food combinations, and the art...

Food has been described as ambrosia and the elixir if life. For some, eating is a biological necessity for others it is a passion that can turn into an obsession. Experts define food addiction to be a disorder where the addict is preoccupied with food, the availability of food, and the pleasure of eating. There are three recognized addictions: Overeating, where the addict has no control over the amount or the number of times he eats. The person has no concept of being overweight or the servings a person must eat normally. Being an overeater, the addict will indulge in uncontrolled eating binges. Being obese, the addict will be prone to hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases, arthritis, and cancer. Bulimisa Nervosa, where the addict binges and then tries to maintain weight by vomiting, using laxatives, excessive exercise, or even fasting. Such addicts will develop dental problems like thinning of enamel, excessive number of cavities, swollen salivary glands, fluid and electrolyte disturbances, as well as calluses and scars. Anorexia Nervosa, where the addict fears weight gain and so starves himself. Obsessed with weight gain and body shape anorexics will exhibit...