Overview Creative movement allows toddlers to have fun, enjoy the freedom of physical activity and use their creativity in ways that builds self-esteem. Creative movement also has a more practical use since carefully selected activities that target specific learning goals help toddlers develop motor skills, reach educational milestones and learn about communication and problem-solving. Creative [...]
Overview Exercise keeps preschoolers healthy and develops gross motor skills, or those involving the large muscles of the body. Activities such as jumping, hopping, climbing, catching and kicking all involve large muscle movement and develop strength and coordination in young bodies. These exercises need to be kept fun, capturing preschoolers’ imaginations to keep them engaged [...]
Overview IQ stands for intelligence quotient, and IQ tests aim to measure a person’s intelligence. It consists of different areas including but not limited to reasoning, induction, spatial visualization and verbal comprehension. Its earliest uses were employed to identify students with reduced mental capacity. While scientific research supports the idea that intelligence is largely an [...]
Overview Fluoride can be beneficial in the prevention of cavities. You drink fluoridated water, use fluoridated toothpaste and mouthwash, and have your teeth coated with fluoride at the dentist office. Many people don’t realize, however, that consuming fluoride poses some health risks. Conditions such as bone cancer in men have been associated with fluoride use. [...]
Overview Your coffee may greet you in the morning and get you through the day. However, depending on how much coffee you drink and how sensitive you are to caffeine, you may experience side effects that are not so pleasant. Constipation should not be one of those side effects, but what you put in your [...]
Overview Most babies have acid reflux in their first three months of life, which usually causes no harm and stops on its own when they are 1 to 2 years old. Pediatricians m recommend, however, that breastfeeding women feed their babies breast milk with rice cereal, and eliminate soy and milk products from their diet. [...]
Americans spend more than $1.6 billion each year on anti-aging products for the skin, according to Harvard University. These products claim to reduce wrinkles, eliminate age spots, even out skin tone and give users a more youthful appearance. Unfortunately, many of these claims are not backed up by scientific data. Because these products are considered [...]
“How well you actually take care of your skin is written all over your face,” emphasizes Aimee O’Donnell Saunders, Lead Trainer for LUSH North America. “Not following a healthy lifestyle–drinking plenty of water, eating fresh food, and exercising–can damage skin, as these things feed the skin nutrients and flush out toxins.” Luckily, with a few tweaks [...]
To fight the aging process is futile, but it is possible to fight the damage that the aging process can cause to the body. Aging brings changes that are not welcome, such as wrinkles and age spots. It also brings changes that are not physically obvious, such as impaired eyesight and weakened bodily organs. Antioxidants are [...]
We all become old eventually. Both men and women become old one day. However, given the current hectic lifestyles and even more stressed out work environment compared to our ancestors, we are all becoming victims of premature aging. Premature aging is a result of inadequate nutrition for many years due to poor dietary habits.
