Dec
Bethany Sanders
Filed under: Alternative Therapies, Natural Products, Healthy Kids
Parents who are heeding the FDA warnings not to give cold medications or antihistamines to young children may find themselves scrambling for other ways to relieve their child’s cough. They may be glad to hear that an old home remedy — honey — is getting a closer look as a cough reliever.
New research suggests that a dose of honey at bedtime may soothe nighttime cough as well as over-the-counter cough suppressants. More research needs to be done to find out if this study holds water, but health experts say that the benefit may come from honey’s antioxidants and microbe-fighting characteristics.
I’ve treated sore throats with lemon juice and honey before, as did my mother before me and her mother before her. It’ll be interesting to see if science can prove this home remedy really works.
Note: Children under the age of 1 should never be given honey, because it can cause botulism in young children.
Lifting weights can be daunting for the seasoned cardio queens. Afterall, the weight section of the gym tends to be overrun with super-buff body-builder types. But weights are an essential part of a healthy fitness routine. Want some reasons? Fitsugar has a few:
It;s comforting to hear that some employers reward employees for good health and solid activities that promote a healthy lifestyle — but have you ever heard of an employer who punishes employees for bad and unhealthy habits?
If you’ve ever tried to feed a young child dinner more than one night in a row, then you know how I feel. Last week, my two-year-old loved broccoli and scarfed down three toddler-sized servings of it. Tonight, she took one look and howled her displeasure, while her sister — who was formerly a broccoli-resister — ate hers with pleasure. 
British TV presenter Fern Britton was adament that life is short for ‘boring diets’ and proudly admitted to being a size 16. And she’s managed to de-bunk any ideas that overweight women are always unhappy with their size.
Are you a carb fan? If so, you may be at greater risk of developing cataracts compared to those that eat a low-glycemic diet, according to new research.
I’ve always been skeptical of workouts that promise results in short amounts of time — it just doesn’t seem possible, does it? But the truth is, if you work out hard, a short workout can be more effective than a long one that you only do half-heartedly. 
When it comes to cardiovascular related deaths, December and January are sadly the deadliest months. Sure, there’s the feasting and the drinking and the stress, but there are other reasons that give the holiday season this deadly distinction. 
While they were studying pandas in a Chinese wildlife reserve, scientists came upon an interesting finding. Among the human citizens who lived on the reserve, the number of households were increasing far faster than the population. The reason was divorce, and in the reserve, it meant less room and fewer resources for the animals. Thinking they had hit on something, the researchers decided to study the effects of divorce on the environment in 12 different countries.
Exercise has a lot of amazing benefits — it can help you maintain a healthy weight, it’s helps improve your health, it gives you more energy, and so on — so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that exercise can make you a better lover too. How so, you ask? Well, it benefits you in five ways, according to this article from Prevention Magazine: