Health

Gary Wolf: The quantified self

At TED@Cannes, Gary Wolf gives a 5-min intro to an intriguing new pastime: using mobile apps and always-on gadgets to track and analyze your body, mood, diet, spending -- just about everything in daily life you can measure -- in gloriously geeky detail.

Research of Antioxidants for Better Health

 by Tara Smith

Many people these days take antioxidants to counter the detrimental effect of free radicals. Although there is no conclusive proof that antioxidants keep skin from aging, experts do agree they have the ability to 'capture' free radicals and may protect us from certain diseases.

Eating Healthy on a Budget - Healthy Food Tips

by always-eating-healthy.com always-eating-healthy.com

 If you have problems serving healthy foods because of the prices, you'll find these tips to be just what you need to eat healthy on a budget.

 1. Eliminate junk food
Doing your shopping on your own is the easiest way to shop, as children and sometimes spouses are usually the ones requesting junk food. Shopping alone will prevent this, and ensure that you only buy the foods you need.

Apples - Crunch Your Way to Healthy Nutrition

by Aaron Stanlich

 There's no easier way to add a dose of nutrition to your day than by crunching on a tasty apple. You probably first experienced its delightful flavor as a baby, when applesauce introduced you to real food. And now, whether it's a Granny Smith, a McIntosh, or a Red Delicious, you think of apples as old friends. Grown throughout the world, apples are high in fiber, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. They're fat-free, cholesterol-free, and low in sodium. In short, eating apples is a smart part of a healthy lifestyle.

6 ways apples keep you healthy

Disease Preventative Action

by Hector Leon

 I, along with many people, have always viewed the body as a beautiful vessel that we use to navigate through the physical world. Our minds, the captain of the ship, guides the vessel and insures that we arrive at our destination safely and securely. Just like any other mechanical form of transportation we have to maintain our vessel for reliable use.

The Tao of Da Vinci Code -- Can Eastern Philosophy Contribute to the Da Vinci Code Controversy?

by Bill Douglas

 [Recently published in Qi Journal - Winter/2006]    Part 1 of 2

The recent uproar over The Da Vinci Code book, and now movie, has digressed into a tedious argument about historical factual details.  However, one thing that is indisputable is that the book touched something in millions of readers across the planet.  Perhaps the magic spark that excited readers to tell others about the book, eventually making it a global best seller, was not the facts or fiction of the book, but rather the metaphoric truth it exposed.

Food

One must eat to live and not live to eat.

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