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Forgotten is Forgiven: An Alzheimer’s Story
My grandfather had alzheimer’s disease. (Not McKinley).
7 MISTAKES HUMANS MAKE WHEN CHANGING TO BETTER BEHAVIORS!!!
It is a mistake to assume that tremendous will power over a long duration will change bad behavior.
You may have all the selfcontrol and determination in the world but if you are going to use will power alone to change to healthier eating habits then you won’t know where to start or put all that will power. You need to do some serious thinking, research, and planning before you can apply any will power to the gradual small steps which you will have to make to start on your road to healthier eating.
It is a mistake to make huge overnight changes instead of gradual steps or changes.
Suddenly overnight buying only organic food and drinks and preparing all the food at home for consumption at work and at home will probably not work because it is too great a shock to your system and you will become very…
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Psychology Behind the Thin Woman
When it appears that increasing numbers of girls and women are being diagnosed as anorexic, and when so many girls and women suffered considerable distress in relation of eating, food and body-image, we need to ask whether any medical or quasi-medical notion of ‘anorexia’ as an individual pathology should retain its powerful hold over our understandings of ‘eating disorders’. For the notion of ‘anorexia’ as individual pathology precludes or at least limits our attempts to understand ‘anorexia’ within it socio-cultural, political and gender specific context. […] By presenting ‘anorexia’ as something located within the pathologized individual, this perspective limits the extent to which we can explore anorexia as a socially, discursively produced problem.
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In one of the opening paragraphs (featured above) of The Thin Woman: Feminism, Post-Structuralism, and the Social Psychology of Anorexia Nervosa, Helen Malson retorts the argument that anorexia is induced solely by its victim, introducing her thesis:…
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New Hope for Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune diseases are on the rise. Since I have a history of over sharing, my Uncle suffered from a form of lupus. It caused him intense and — in my opinion — unbearable pain although he shouldered it like the incredible man he was and never complained. My sister unfortunately is suffering from a rare disease that has yet to be diagnosed, which in my opinion has autoimmune dysfunction as the root cause. If you or anyone you know suffers in a similar fashion then you know that the treatments for such things are, expensive, moderately effective at best, and are overall inadequate.
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Google Glass being used by Kansas City surgeon to help perform facial reconstructive surgeries
Sightless
Coping up with my Anxiety Attacks
I had been experiencing attacks lately, it wasn’t pleasant at all. I would try to soothe myself with different kinds of rituals but none of them worked. Maybe it’s just me and my silly weird brain. I tend to over react on things that come my way. All of these sanity have been hunting me like hell! I hate it so much! I would give myself a make over one of these days. I would love to change. *** For the good.
I did some research on how to cope up with this kind of attacks especially if they are just from the silly brain that we are making up.
Tips to Cope with a Panic Attack
Apanic attack is a sudden rush of physical symptoms — like shortness of breath, muscle spasms, and nausea — coupled…
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Simple #exercises to reduce #eye #strain
Do you find yourself squinting your eyes and rubbing them in irritation often? Owing to the exposure of the computer screens and mobile phones in our daily lives, a lot of people have started experiencing blurred vision, itchiness and headaches on a daily basis.
Here are a few simple exercises to help rejuvenate and reduce the strain on your eyes.
Palming
Rub your hands together for about 10 to 15 minutes till they’re slightly warm, now place them upon your eyes. Don’t touch the eyeballs directly, instead just keep your hands lightly over your eyes.
Repeated blinking
Blinking every three or four seconds helps in reducing eye strain. When we watch television or work on the computer we tend to blink less, allow your eyes to rest by blinking every few seconds.
Focus on a distant object
Choose an object that is about six to ten meters away from you…
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I’ll take soy over salmonella
Informative.
Another successful Meatless Monday in my casa has come and gone. My mom really engineered this one. The last time she was at Trader Joe’s the store was sampling a vegetarian faux chorizo mixed with salsa as a meatless taco filling, and she thought it was excellent, so she bought some. So we had taco night! She whipped up a modification of the Trader Joe’s recipe, and I made Mark Bittman’s recipe for Chunky Corn Guacamole. I’ve gotta say, I was so proud of m yself for making guacamole, because it’s one of my absolute favorite things in the world, and it was quite tasty. I guess guacamole isn’t really very complicated, but it’s sure a crowd pleaser. I made another Mark recipe to have as a supplement to the meal/possible taco filling: Brazilian Baked Black Beans. As written, this recipe turned out way too soupy. It was a nice addition…
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