PREVENT HEALTH PROBLEMS

A few years ago, I wrote a monthly column for my daughters' PTSA e-newsletter that I'm sharing below.  I specifically choose underwritten topics which deserve attention so that everyone makes healthier choices in their everyday lives.

Click on the below links to read about specific health prevention topics which are listed in alphabetical order: 

1. ADD/ADHD- Bipolar - Prevention Eating;
2. Allergies - Could Allergies Be Contributing to a Lack of Weight Loss?;
3. Alzheimer's Prevention Guide;
4. Artificial Colors and Your Health;
5. Autoimmune Diseases;
6. Backovers;
7. Blood Sugar - Reducing Blood Sugar Fluctuations;
8. BPA - Eliminating Bisphenal from Your Home;
9. Breakfast - Just How Important Is It?;
10. Cancer - Eat to Avoid Cancer;
11. Cell Phones -  Update to Children and Adults Using Cell Phones and Other Wireless Devices;
12. Cholesterol - Watch that Cholesterol; 
13. Constipation (this embarrassing topic deserves close attention);
14. Date Rape Prevention;
15. Dementia - Ways to Avoid Dementia;
16. Digestive Health;
17. Eating;
18. Emotions - Positive Emotions;
19. Energy Drinks;
20. Exercise - A Great Core (Abdominal) Workout;
21. Exercise - Move That Body;
22. Food and Other Tips -  What To Eat and Tips To Care For Your Body;
23. Food - Smart Food Choices;
24. Food Temperature - Tips for Heating Foods;
25. Fungus - A Beginner's Guide to the Fungus Among Us!;
26. Gelatin - Health Benefits of Gelatin;
27. Genetically Modified Foods - Are GM Foods Hurting Us More Than Helping Us?; 
28. Genetically Modified Organisms and Food Safety;
29. Grains - Knowing About Grains Is Critical to Your Health;
30. Happiness - Be Happy!;
31. Health Literacy;
32. Healthy Living;
33. Hearing Loss - Tips to Avoid Hearing Loss - Starting As a Teenager; 
34. Hormones - Preventing Health Issues With Hormones;
35. Inflammation and You;
36. Listening to What Your Body Is Telling You - Being in Tune;
37. Lose Weight - Healthy Food Choices to Lose Weight;
38. Lunch Time Tips;
39. Memory Improvement;
40. Multi-Vitamins: Know What to Avoid and What to Consume;
41. Natural Deficit Disorder;
42. Oil - Which Cooking Oil is Best?;
43. Omega 3s - Health Benefits of Omega-3s; 
44. Parenting High Schoolers;
45. Parenting Teens;
46. Positive Emotions;
47. Probiotics, Prebiotics and Synbiotics;
48. Safe Products for You and Your Family;
49. Sex and AIDS testing;
50. Sleep - Why Is Sleep So Important;
51. Smorgasbord of Health Tips;
52. Soda - Tastes Great But Is It Worth All the Health Risks?;
53. Sugar and the Holidays;
54. Summer Safety;
55. Summer Safety with Young Adults (for Cruises and General Tips);
56. Sweeteners - Is There a Safe Sweetener and is MSG Safe?;
57. Text Neck;
58. Teen Driving Safety Tips;
59. Tuna - Is There a Safe Canned Tuna - and Other Good Fish Choices;
60. Underarm Protection and Long-Term Health Updated; and
61. Got Water?

Most of these articles were written when I was married (and my name was Laura Jimenez then).  The marriage ended, but the articles are just as important.  As of November 2014, I am happily back to being Laura Seigel. 

If you are interested in reading about a topic that I have not covered, or if you have comments about any of the above articles, please let me know.

Wishing you wonderful health and great happiness,

Laura Seigel, MSW, LCSW

laura@tpsw.org

(786) 966-0299