myTakes: Health & Fitness
Motivational: Cancer Patient and Friend Dance to "Juju On That Beat"
https://www.youtube.com/embed/gHrUrB_yCL0 This cancer patient who's going through Chemo, had a great time as she danced to the song 'Juju on that beat' with her friend who came to visit her at the hospital. She shared the...
Can Snake Venom Creams Really Replace Regular Skin Care Products?
Ever since the venom of the Temple Viper Snake was placed into a pot of an anti-aging daily moisturizer manufactured by Planet Skincare in the late 2000's, countless other skincare products have followed suit and the...
5 Awesome Ways to Use Coconut Oil (Besides Eating It)
Ok, just to get this out of the way first off - I'm not some hippy dippy wonk who is obsessed with naturopathy and thinks western medicine is bad. I'm a normal person who believes in medicine but also believes that for...
Healthcare in America: The New Shell Game
When you are sick, you go here: When you need immediate help you can go here: Or you can go here: But you gotta deal with this: You need to jump through hoops to get the medical help you need. What ails you? What...
How Much Does it Really Cost to Give Birth in the U.S.?
Everyone knows that having a child can be expensive long term, but what about actually having the child itself? How much does it actually cost to give birth? Not the vaccines and checkups needed after, not the...
Depression: What It's Really Like
I lay at bed at night feeling empty and alone. My husband is laying beside me and our daughter is in her crib by the bed. I feel numb. This cloud comes over me and I can't think straight. When this happens I wish more...
2 Simple Rules To Follow To Eat A Healthy Diet
In my personal life, I think there are two simple rules that I follow to eat a healthy diet. Let me explain. Being Extremely Frugal Extreme frugality has upsides and downsides. One upside is that you are consuming less...
How We Should Treat Obese and Overweight Individuals
https://www.youtube.com/embed/oq-AkTyQprc I think the YouTube presenter makes a very good point. Obesity has a genetic factor. Genes affect one's self-control ability, metabolic rate, and appetite. Unfortunately, every...
How I Fought Depression, and 5 Tips For YOU To Fight Depression
I've decided to share this Take because because lately I've been reading a lot of magazine articles online as well as posts on GAG concerning people with depression, mostly high school girls. I don't know how much of a...
7 Tips to Prevent Undereating
Earlier, you may have seen a Take about overeating . Now, I write about tips for preventing undereating. I believe that some people overlook the dangers of undereating, so hopefully, this Take and the previous Take will...
9 Tips to Prevent Overeating
In this myTake, I consider overeating as eating until you are too full and eating more than you need. Here are my tips for you. 1. Know a rough guideline of how many food calories you need For me, I need somewhere more...
Why I Think "Healthy" Is A Meaningless Term
Everybody likes to say that a dish is "healthy". The term is a popular buzzword that has gone cliché. Now, it's a completely meaningless term. Yet, people still believe that if something is described as "healthy", then...
7 Reasons Why Doctors Are Special Creatures
I believe that doctors are a different kind of human. Maybe we share the same skeleton with them but mentally, they are made differently than us. I believe that doctors are made and they are destined to be doctors. They...
5 Ways To Master Your Confidence From Scratch
Have you ever felt like you had no worth? Like you weren't good enough no matter how hard you tried? Like everyone was better than you for some reason? Everyone seems to be happy and peaceful but you can't figure out why?...
Why Young People Should Be Fit
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ge9TYh2ZUGg Too many young people have a dangerous thought pattern. They think, "I look thin and beautiful. I don't need to eat fruits and vegetables or exercise. I can eat junk food all day...
Smoking While Walking: An Annoying Habit
I have always hated the smell of cigarettes, and if someone sitting or standing close to me starts smoking, I immediately change my place. I am sure many readers are not fans of breathing toxic smoke, with my respect to...
My Battle With Depression, And Why I Won't Let It Win
Depression is a bummer. And what some people don't realize is that depression can come in all shapes and sizes. For me it begins with inexplicable anger at myself that I take out on others. I shut myself away and...
6 Ways to Be Happy, Love Yourself, and Appreciate Life
We're all so caught up in life that sometimes we forget about our own happiness. My mom's friend lives alone, she was diagnosed with depression. She spends all her paycheck on expensive branded clothing and she doesn't...
How to Set Yourself Up For Weight Loss Success
If you have set yourself a goal to lose weight, that's the first step. It is often one of the hardest things to admit to yourself that you fell off the wagon, or let yourself go, or were dealing with everything else in...
My Reasons For Not Being Vegan
I am not vegan. I am not vegetarian. I have nothing against vegan or vegetarian foods. For most of my life, I have eaten a plant-majority diet, where meat or animal products are optional. Sometimes, I semi-consciously fix...
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