If you’ve ever known anyone with Alzheimer’s Disease, you know how devastating this horrible problem can be. The afflicted person gradually loses everything that had made them who they are. Their memories fade. Their ability to relate with others, even their closest family members, erodes. Ultimately they’re in complete isolation and completely unable to care for themselves..

As bad as it is for the person with Alzheimer’s, in some ways it’s even worse for the family. It’s horrible to watch this slow deterioration take place. Caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s have extremely high rates of depression.

It would be great if we could prevent this disease. We may be making some progress in that direction.

While we don’t have a perfect answer yet, a recent study in The Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease reports some interesting findings. The study shows that two safe and readily available supplements may help in preventing Alzheimer’s.

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Supplements to Prevent Alzheimer’s

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The Fountain of Youth is Made of Iron

Aerobic exercise (walking, jogging, bike riding and such) has long been the darling of the wellness folks.  For years, these people wouldn’t consider lifting weights.  They somehow thought they’d morph into a bodybuilding freak if they so much as touched a dumbbell.

As if…

They also didn’t think that muscle mass and strength had much to do with health.  More and more evidence shows the error in that way of thinking.  A recent long-term study reported in the British Medical Journal adds to this body of evidence.

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Strength and Longevity

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How to Use Action and the Law of Attraction to Make Your Dreams Real
To get something done, generally you’re going to have to do something.

Pretty obvious, right?  It should be, but these days a lot of people have interpreted the Law of Attraction to mean that dreaming alone is all that is required to make those dreams a reality.

Not in this physical world.  Bringing a dream to physical reality requires some form of action.

All creation begins first as an idea in someone’s head.  Then action makes it real.

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How to Use Action and the Law of Attraction to Make Your Dreams Real

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It doesn’t take a fancy study to realize there’s an epidemic of childhood obesity in this country – a drive past any school yard offers proof enough.  The question is what we do about it?  A new study offers some suggestions.

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Childhood obesity and infant sleep patterns

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