Little Steps, Big Changes – Page 19 – Little Steps, Big Changes

Health Tip: WHAT DA SAY?!

Written by Kathryn Jost on February 25, 2013.

Prolonged loud noise can result in permanent hearing loss. If you can’t understand someone speaking to you from less than 3 feet away, than your headphones may be too loud and may be damaging your hearing.

LAUGHTER: The best medicine

Written by Kathryn Jost on February 13, 2013.

Laughing out loud has many health benefits. Studies have found laughing will counteract the negative effects of stress by lowering the cortisol (stress hormones) and increasing endorphins (feel good hormones).Laughter provides an internal massage for the intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys and adrenal glands.

Health Tip: VEGGIES

Written by Kathryn Jost on February 5, 2013.

A study at Penn State University found people who ate a vegetable salad prior to their main meal ate 12% fewer calories than those who didn’t eat a salad first.

BEETS: A Super Anti-oxidant

Written by Kathryn Jost on January 21, 2013.

Beets have many benefits, an anti-oxidant, cell detoxification and cleansing, helps with depression, anti-inflammatory, brain and energy booster, and studies have shown that beet juice inhibits the formation of cancer-causing compounds called nitrosamines.