Health Blog :: Health Insurance » General http://www.porthealth.com/blog Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:17:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Site of the Month for November 2011 http://www.porthealth.com/blog/site-of-the-month-for-november-2011/ http://www.porthealth.com/blog/site-of-the-month-for-november-2011/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:43:06 +0000 admin http://www.porthealth.com/blog/?p=63 Online Health Resource
Site of the Month for November 2011 is concerned with Online Health Resource. Health directory helps user to see health related listings by age and gender, by region, services, vision, addiction and recovery, health services, health insurance, weight loss, reproductive health and yoga.

]]> http://www.porthealth.com/blog/site-of-the-month-for-november-2011/feed/ 0 Do Strawberries Cause Birth Defects? http://www.porthealth.com/blog/do-strawberries-cause-birth-defects/ http://www.porthealth.com/blog/do-strawberries-cause-birth-defects/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:25:51 +0000 admin http://www.porthealth.com/blog/?p=55 “Strawberries do not cause birth defects and they are not bad for pregnant women. In fact, eating strawberries is a good way to help prevent some birth defects. Strawberries contain folate, which is important for prevention of neural tube defects that result in birth defects. Strawberries are also an excellent source of vitamin C.

The confusion about strawberries and birth defects is probably due to a list of the pesticide levels found on fruits and vegetables that was published by the Environmental Working Group. According to this study, strawberries rank high on a list of fruits and vegetables that contain pesticide residues. Pesticide exposure may increase the risk of birth defects. However, that elevated risk is typically due to occupational or environmental exposure to pesticides.

All commercially grown strawberries contain low levels of pesticide residues unless they are grown organically. These levels have been determined to be safe, even for pregnant women. However, the Environmental Protection Agency suggests that to reduce your exposure to pesticides, you should wash or peel all fruits and vegetables before you eat them and purchase your produce from a variety of sources to reduce your exposure to pesticides.

The best way to reduce pesticide exposure is to buy organically grown strawberries, as well as other organic fruits and vegetables. Choosing organic produce will help prevent exposure to any residues because organically grown crops are not treated with synthetic pesticides.”

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Site of the Month for June 2011 deals with Health. Health Yellow page is a health care directory that offers various health information such as general health, beauty, dentistry, mental health, nursing, nutrition, pharmacy, education, weight loss, yoga, drugs & disease and much more.

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Even salon equipment must meet the requirements of these services. Salon and spa supplies have to be maintained so as not to face embarrassment due to non-availability

at any given time.

There are many suppliers and manufactures that supply directly to some of the famous and well-know beauty salons at discounted rates on bulk purchases. This saves

them considerable amount of money that they would otherwise have to spend on placating wholesalers and distributors. There are host of beauty salons who have their

websites on the Internet and who market their services through the Internet. You can log on to these websites and get vital information as regards to their services and the

brands of equipment and products they use.

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