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  The benefits of exercise have been long known to increase health.  A new study reported that exercising for half an hour three to five times a week is just as effective as medication in reducing the symptoms of depression.  The best part is that the only side effects are as expected, healthy ones.  In the first study to look at exercise alone in treating mild to moderate depression in adults aged 20 to 45, researchers at U of T South Western Medical Center in Dallas, found that depressive symptoms were reduced almost fifty percent in individuals who participated in thirty minute aerobic exercise sessions three to five times a week.   This is an added benefit to the more obvious physical improvements such as increased circulation, vitality and muscle strength.  Improved blood circulation is a wonderful side effect which can dramatically improve skin tone, colour and healing ability as increased oxygen and nutrition make their way to skin cells.

  Exercise is an important part of your overall health plan, which can make your goal of weight loss that much easier to attain and maintain.  Remember that a healthy body that functions effectively won’t have a weight problem as all the systems of the body are working at peak efficiency.  This ensures that the metabolism matches the appetite and uses up blood sugars with none left over to be turned into fat.

Since the discovery of the hole in the ozone layer, even sunlight has been suspect as far as human health is concerned. For years, excessive exposure to sunlight has been taboo especially for fair skinned people. It was thought that over exposure would contribute dramatically to incidence of skin cancer. Most of the body’s vitamin D supply is generated by the skin’s exposure to UVB rays. Amazingly, recent research has discovered that sunlight is good for health.

Imagine that, who knew!

Of course I am being facetious however this is an example of how far out of touch modern science can be when it comes to common sense and health. Of course too much sun can lead to increased incidence of skin cancer. Rather than having people stay out of the sun, why not increase beta carotene and other protective factors in the skin through diet.

Vitamin D is now believed to play an important role in regulating the production of cells; this control is missing in cancerous cells.  Vitamin D is manufactured in the skin when it is exposed to sunlight; new research suggests vitamin D stops overproduction of cells which is the primary characteristic of cancer.  

  The primary concern of vitamin D deficiency in the past has been limited to a decrease the absorption of calcium from foods of the end result of soft bones in children and adults. It is estimated that up to 80% of the population is vitamin D deficient.

  This next suggestion at first may seem a bit obvious.  After all, everyone needs air in order to survive.  However there is a major difference between breathing properly and just breathing.  Ask any singer.  Did you know that if we were able to spread out the surface area of our lungs, they would cover a football field?  Despite the huge surface area, the vast majority of most people only use one-third of their lung capacity.  Most of us are shallow breathers, using only the top one-third to one-half of our lungs.  Remember that every cell in our body needs oxygen in order to survive and be able to create energy.  Our bodies can last for sixty days without food, three days without water but only four minutes without air before causing irreparable damage to the brain.    Deep breathing exercises may be the most effective method of treating anxiety.  By deliberately slowing and deepening your breathing you can prevent hyperventilation which is one of the primary symptoms of anxiety.  Hyperventilation simply is breathing more than the body needs. It creates a reduction of carbon dioxide in the blood and can result in intense physical symptoms that are very similar to panic attacks. 

Children practice diaphragmatic breathing naturally; it is only as we grow up that we forget this most important and natural function. If you looked at a babies breathing pattern, you would notice that the baby’s chest barely moves and that the abdomen and stomach area expands. This is the sign of proper diaphragmatic breathing.  The most effective gas exchange occurs in the lower part of the lungs which can only be utilized while practicing diaphragmatic breathing.  When we only breathe with the top third of our lungs, we decrease the oxygenation of our tissues.  In an effort to increase oxygenation of cells, the heart is then forced to pump more blood to the lungs which in turn increases our blood pressure.  By simply breathing deeper, thereby utilizing more lung surface for oxygen exchange, more oxygen gets to the brain and organs with the result that the heart doesn’t have to work as hard and blood pressure is reduced.

  Deep breathing is a natural tension reducer and helps to increase the release of endorphins, our natural pain killers which can be helpful in treating headaches and backaches.

Healthy air, clean air is becoming a rare commodity.  In most large capitals in most countries, air quality has become a major issue.  In cities such as Tokyo, Mexico and Los Angeles, there are days when anyone with any sort of lung weakness or condition should not venture outside.  In other words, the air itself has become the enemy and an attacker of health.  Did you know that in Tokyo there are stations on many street corners that contain an oxygen mask and tank?  Simply put a specified sum of money into the slot and you can have a breath of fresh air.  What a sad commentary on modern life.  Once again the old saying is true, “You’ll never know you’ll miss it till it’s gone.”

  Covering over 70% of the earth’s surface, water is undoubtedly the most precious natural resource that exists on our planet next to the air (oxygen) that we breathe.  Without this invaluable compound comprised of hydrogen and oxygen, life on Earth would be non-existent; it is essential for everything on our planet to grow and prosper.        Although we recognize this fact, we disregard it by polluting our rivers, lakes, and oceans.  Subsequently, we are slowly but surely harming our planet to the point where organisms are dying at a very alarming rate.  Much has been said about the sad state that our drinking water supply throughout the world is in.  With the constantly increasing population base and attendant industrial need for fresh water, we can only expect that pollution will increase and fresh water supplies decrease as time continues.    It is a well-known fact that clean water is absolutely essential for healthy living, indeed for life itself.  Adequate supply of fresh and clean drinking water is a basic need for all human beings on the earth, yet millions of people worldwide don’t even have this most basic requirement of life.  

 Run-off from farms, backyards, and golf courses contain pesticides such as DDT that in turn contaminate the water.  Leachate from landfill sites containing plastics and other chemicals is another major contamination source.  Its effects include endocrine and reproductive damage in wildlife and through out the ecosystem.  Groundwater is susceptible to contamination, as pesticides are mobile in the soil, moving every time it rains.  

 Sewage from municipal treatment plants in almost every city in North America are working at overcapacity.  Water pollution from sewage is now no longer a developing country issue found only in poor or third world countries but is also found in every state in the union.