Zach Thompson

Agaricus Blazei. What? Yes, Agaricus Blazei - it's one of the best known medicinal mushrooms in the world. This unique mushroom has also been known as Cogumelo do Sol, Cogumelo de Deus, and Himematsutake. Originally it was found growing wild in fields in a small village, Pledade which is located in Brazil. When this type of mushroom is considered good quality, it is a golden color with a little brown on it, but no black should appear on the mushroom.

Obesity is a real life problem that is spreading fast throughout the Western world but most particularly in the USA. It has given rise to literally 100s of diets and a huge money making industry that has grown up around peoples' desperate need to shed those pounds. However there is far more to losing weight than a mere diet.

Diets are good for emergency weight loss but they are in effect just a quick fix.

We all hear the term "aerobic" almost every day. But not everyone is familiar with its true meaning.

The word "aerobic" means 'with oxygen'. It applies to those physical efforts and exercises that promote an increase in the air volume inspired while it's being done. These exercises make muscles work and, of course, consume more oxygen than when resting; but they never consume more oxygen than that inspired (which means the whole exercising is performed 'with oxygen', that is, aerobically).

The Rolfing technique is named after Dr. Ida Rolf. It is a massage that pinpoints connective tissue between the joints. This massage corrects posture, plus encourages the patient to walk and stand properly. When good posture is maintained, the patient is healthier and under less stress. It takes about 10 sessions to work the entire body and improve the patient's posture.

Neuromuscular massage is applied to a specific point in the body. It is usually used in order to relieve tension and pain in the patient. Results are accomplished by focusing on one muscle group, so that the massage therapist can find the tension point and relieve stress in your body. This in turn will reduce pain.

This type of therapy is applied to individual muscles, and is a form of deep tissue massage.