Health & Sexuality Archives: health

What are Nutraceuticals?

Get 10% Off Nutraceuticals while checking out and enter the word “SPRING”.   Nutraceuticals are whole foods, food ingredients or supplements that have specific health or medical benefits. For example, they may prevent or treat specific diseases, which means that they have properties extending beyond simple nutritional functions. Nutraceuticals can come from plant, marine, animal, […]

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10 Surprising Health Benefits of Sex

The health benefits of sex extend well beyond the bedroom. Turns out sex is good for you in ways you may never have imagined. By Kathleen Doheny WebMD Feature Reviewed by Kimball Johnson, MD When you’re in the mood, it just might help your health. How does a juicy sex life do a body good? […]

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Sex Drive Differences in Long-Term Committed Relationships

It’s quite common for couples in long-term committed relationships to find themselves at a point where one partner wants sex more, or less, than another, often referred to as differences in sex drive. There may be many reasons for discrepancies in sex drive and finding a way through the situation often means opening up discussion […]

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What is Sex Drive?

What is Sex Drive? By: Corey Silverberg About.com Guide Definition: The term sex drive was first widely adopted following the introduction of the concept by Sigmund Freud in his writings about sexuality and personality development. Freud used the term sex drive as well as the more specific term libido to refer to what he initially conceived […]

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9 things that can undermine your vitamin D level

Copyright © 2011 by Harvard University.http://www.health.harvard.edu According to 2011 National Center for Health Data statistics, almost one in three Americans has vitamin D blood levels below 20 nanograms per milliliter (ng/ml), the threshold that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) says is needed for good bone health. Some experts say even higher levels are needed. Figuring […]

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