Archive for the 'Health & Fitness' Category



Using Art Therapy to Draw Out the Best in Children

Tuesday 26 January 2010 @ 5:00 pm

Creating art is one way to combat mental illness and many people have actually found it to work for them. Over the last few years, the practice of art therapy has grown so much that it is now even used as a therapy for cancer patients. More and more doctors are now seeing the benefits of using art therapy as a way to administer alternative treatments for depression.




Coconut Cholesterol, And The Benefits Of Coconut Oil

Tuesday 26 January 2010 @ 5:00 pm

Coconut has been a staple of the diet of people in Thailand and other island nations for centuries. They consume the milk, cook with coconut oils, and eat the flesh of the coconut itself. However, those nations do not have the anticipated high rates of heart disease high cholesterol. Studies have been done but anecdotal evidence is the most compelling.

What some people call coconut cholesterol refers to the body's potential reaction to the saturated fat in the food. Cholesterol is found only in animal cells, humans included. The human body creates all the cholesterol the body needs. People do not need to consume cholesterol for better health.