Health
The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick.
– PT Barnum
Health
Staying healthy is critical to being happy, successful, and prosperous. Being assertive about your diet, getting plenty of sleep and exercising regularly are some of the most fundamental aspects of good health, but there’s also lots more to think about.
Prosperopedia addresses health topics that include choosing the right doctor, diagnosing health issues, vaccines and their impact on health, home remedies and alternatives to pharmaceuticals, and lots of other topics that should help you make solid, informed decisions about your personal health.
Health Benefits of Probiotic Foods and Supplements
What Are Probiotics? Probiotics are microorganisms that provide significant health benefits to people’s digestive systems, especially the stomach and intestines. Probiotics increase the amount of good bacteria in the gut, a condition that helps a person’s...
Health Benefits of Xylitol
My wife and I try our best to consume whatever information we can with regard to health topics so that our family is well taken care of physically. Because we’ve had issues with asthma, allergies, and other autoimmune problems, we are constantly...
What Causes Asthma?
Over 25 million Americans have asthma, about 8% of our total population. For me personally, asthma has affected my household since I had to learn to deal with it starting as a child. Now, as a married father of several kids, I am helping three of my six...
Should Vaccines Be Mandatory by Law?
Discussions about vaccines - including their efficacy, their potential harms to individuals, their benefits to society in general, and lots of related topics - tend to have very little middle ground. In fact, it’s hard to find a discussion about vaccines...
Fixing the United States Healthcare System in Three Steps
Since the very first times I can remember paying for my own healthcare expenses - shortly after I became an adult - I’ve often found myself puzzled at how healthcare is done in America and wondering why it often seems so inefficient and expensive. As a now...
Why Expanding Medicaid Is Not “What Jesus Would Have Us Do”
This morning I noticed a headline on KSL.com titled, "'What Jesus would have us do': Utah religious leaders urge support of Medicaid expansion initiative." I was especially intrigued to know whether my own religion, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Healthy Habits – The Daily Checklist for Living Better
One of the great things about life is the opportunity we're given to start fresh each day. For the most part, the human inhabitants of planet earth experience a similar pattern that cycles every 24 hours. We wake up in the morning. We do a bunch of stuff with our time...
5 Superfoods You Should Eat on a Daily Basis
An Apple a Day? As the saying goes, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." That has been good advice since the saying first started being used at the end of the 19th century. It's certainly beneficial to your health to eat an apple every day, but are there other...
ObamaCare Can’t Die Quickly Enough
I never thought I'd see the day when I'd be paying fines for not purchasing something the federal government thinks is a good deal. I've also never known the federal government to be great at spotting good deals. The ever-climbing federal deficit proves...