Author Archives: Bea Francisco

IBS: The Most Common Warning Signs

Irritable Bowel Syndrome can often manifest a varied and ever-changing list of symptoms. This can be extremely frustrating for a person who is newly discovering the dietary limitations that have been placed upon them by their IBS. In the interest of becoming knowledgeable about their disorder, many people find a lot of solace in learning […]

How Effective Is a Lymphatic Massage in Boosting the Immune System?

The concept of lymphatic massages has been going around lately as a means of helping boost your immune system. You may have heard about them and heard people talk about their benefits, but some find it hard to believe that you can boost your immune system through a simple massage. To understand what this massage […]

A Busy College Student’s Guide to Exercise

When you head off to college, you might be a little concerned about the ‘Freshman 15’ that so many people talk about. This is a risk for various reasons—from unhealthy foods you tend to eat to other unhealthy habits when you’re busy studying and spending time with your friends. However, just because you are in […]

9 Myths About Happiness and Aging

Studies have shown that there’s a strong link between your happiness and aging. Happy people don’t age as fast as people who just don’t enjoy their lives. One of the reasons for this is because people who are happier tend to be healthier than people who aren’t. They’re healthier because they’re proactive with their lives […]

Short-Term Versus Long-Term Memory Loss

There are noticeable differences between short-term memory loss versus long term memory loss.  To understand how they differ, you need to first know what memory means. Just like a computer, your brain compiles data or memories. These memories consist of our childhood, our teenage years and our adulthood. In that data are the places we’ve […]

Can You Boost Your Immune System When You’re Already Sick?

There’s never a bad time to try to boost your immune system, and that includes while you’re already sick. It might seem redundant to some people to try to boost it after you’ve already been infected, but even while you’re sick, your immune system is still working hard to tackle the existing illness and prevent […]

Irritable Bowel Syndrome: What It Is, Its Symptoms, and Treatments

Do you have a hard time digesting certain types of food? Some people have conditions that make it difficult for them to eat certain types of food because the ingredients in some dishes can irritate the digestive tract and cause it to become inflamed. If this is the case, then it could be possible that […]

Women’s Health: What You Can Do to Combat Lethargy

Women worldwide are suffering from a lack of energy to do what needs to be done in our hectic lifestyles. Lethargy is defined in the dictionary as, “A state of physical slowness and mental dullness resulting from tiredness, disease or drugs and…lack of energy, activity or enthusiasm.” That definition of what women experience almost every […]