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381: The Physics Of Contact Lenses
Contact lenses are used for vision correction and are placed on the cornea of the eye. They do the same corrective function that conventional spectacles, or glasses, do. However, in comparison, they are very light in weight and are, for all purposes, invisible. Contact lenses help form the image on the retina of the eye by either converging or diverging the rays of light entering the eye.
Earlier contact lenses were made of glass, and were scleral lenses. Scleral lenses ar...
382: The Importance Of Vitamins And Potassium In The Human Body
Have you ever wondered why the word 'essential' usually precedes the term, 'vitamins'? The reason is simple. Vitamins as well as minerals ensure that our bodies function as they were designed. Interestingly, as important as vitamins are, the body lacks the ability to manufacture most on its own. Instead, it must rely on outside sources to meet its nutritional needs.
Potassium
Potassium is one of the body?s major minerals. It is an electrolyte like sodium or chloride but...
383: Backyard Organic Gardening Grow And Eat Healthy
People take part in organic gardening outdoors as a relaxation passtime. It gives a sense of well being when they achieve a colorful array of flowers. Some people go further than that, and create a garden for their own food. The organic movement has shown increased popularity over the past few years, and organic food is getting easier to get at the grocery stores, but gardeners would like to do it for themselves. Organic gardening outdoors isvery relaxing. In addition to orga...
384: Joseph Pilates: Father Of The Pilates Movement
They often say that every ?overnight success? is usually five years in the making?Well Pilates burst on the scene over the last decade like the new kid on the block who just happened to be over 90 years old.
Joseph Pilates invented the ingenious exercise system due to the same reason most things get invented: necessity. Born in Germany in 1880, Joe was an extremely sickly child and in an attempt to improve his overall health and physical well-being he extensively studied E...
385: How Cycling And Back Pain Are Related?
If it is an emphatic yes for swimming to cure the back pain, it is a strong no to the cycling, unfortunately. Millions of children and youth all over the world may not like this observation, but facts are facts.
Cycling done for long hours, contributes to many types of bodily imbalances, and may aggravate your back pain. However, cycling done for short durations may not do any major damage. It should be treated as just one of those exercises.
It is generally believed th...
386: Benefits Of Extended Wear Contacts
Many of us with bad vision often find ourselves waking up in the morning and as soon as we get out of bed we stub your toe on your dresser or night table. As your eyes swell up from the intense pain, you immediately search for your trusty eyeglasses that happen to be about seven years old. Upon placement across your face, the first thing you usually see is your big toe turning blue and purple. What if you could wake up and see crystal clear upon waking? It actually could save...
387: How To Get Six-Pack Abs - The Pinnacle Of Physical Fitness
Representing, as they seem to, the pinnacle of physical fitness and muscularity in men, there is really little wonder that most men profess to want six-pack abs. Yet, despite this widespread desire, very few men actually succeed in reaching this goal.
The main reason tends to be a focus on the wrong aspect of working out. The average guy looks at bodybuilders with their six-pack abs and figures he?s got to really work his abs out constantly, just like the bodybuilder guys ...
388: Be Obese No More!
Obesity affects almost 60 million of the population of the United States. The incidence is greater in women than in men. Because of the increasing number of pre-packaged food and people engaging in less activities, there have been an increasing number of obese people in America.
Dealing with obesity is not as easy as counting one to three. A lot of factors such as ethnicity, genetics, lifestyle, and personal habits should be considered in the management of obesity. Obesity...
389: Know Headaches Caused By Food You Eat
The choice of food among human beings has a peculiarity. I like bitter gourd. You hate it. I like coffee, but you love to have black tea. If you consume the food you don't like, under pressure, you have headache. You eat the food according to your choice. You have no headache at all!
Many headaches are food-related. The type of food that you take, have direct body-mind relation and effects.
Take the type of headache known as Hypoglycemia. When you have low blood sugar, ...
390: Bee Propolis And Ulcerative Colitis
Okay, first, the most obvious question. What in the name of all that?s good and decent in the worlde is bee propolis and ulcerative colitis? Well, you probably already know that bees are pretty much the geeks of the flying insect world. That is to say, they work all day and have little social life. Part of their work involves collecting a stick substance called propolis from the lead buds and barks of trees, more often than not poplars and conifers. And, as could probably ...
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