7 Health Triggers to Avoid

Health hassles can arise from the smallest things. Watch for them, and fight back.

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate

What it triggers: Canker sores
SLS is a common cleaning agent in many toothpastes, but it can alter the bacterial coating in your mouth, which could irritate the tissue and lead to a sore.

Dr. Oz's 25 Greatest Health Tips

Dr. Oz's

Laughing not only eases stress, promotes social bonding, and lowers blood pressure, it may also boost your immune system. So bring some humor into your life, whether it's through friends or even a new TV show.

Don't Skip Breakfast

Fiber in the morning means less hunger late in the afternoon, when you're most likely to feel tired and gorge yourself on sugar. My morning dose comes from steel-cut oatmeal, usually mixed with raisins, walnuts, and flaxseed oil. An early start on eating also keeps your metabolism more active throughout the day; breakfast eaters are thinner than people who just rush out the door says Dr. Oz's.

Living Well : 5 Fast Stress-Busters

Take the edge off with these simple diet and lifestyle changes

Try some of these simple tricks when stress leaves you breathing harder than a bunch of frat brothers at a Girls Gone Wild shoot.

Reward your body.

Regular exercise or relaxation techniques like yoga and massage will keep cortisol naturally in check by releasing beta-endorphins, brain chemicals that give you a calming effect.

Prostate Cancer: Prevention Tips

Your gland protection plan: 9 steps you can take that may reduce your risk of prostate cancer, starting right now :

1. Drink more coffee.
Regular, decaf, half-caf, whatever it's all good, say Harvard researchers. They found that men who drank six or more cups of regular or decaf coffee were 59 percent less likely to develop advanced prostate cancer than those who eschewed the brew. More research is needed to determine what's in java that might make it beneficial.

The Adverse Body Good Habits

Maybe you've heard some bad habits that can harm your body. But did you know? that good habits can harm your body. some things below is an explanation. 

1. Use hot water bath  

Dr Nick Lowe, consultant dermatologist at the Cranley Clinic in London said that today's modern society is excessive in the affairs of cleaning the body. 

"Most of them bathe every day by choosing to use hot water and combined with harsh cleaning products that reduce moisture, dryness, cracking and even infections," said Dr. Nick. 

Proving Your self With Food

When your manhood is challenged, you might be more likely to order a double-decker burger. The reason? People use food to “prove themselves” when their identities are challenged, according to research at the University of Washington.

Researchers found that American-born Asian students who had their American identity threatened ordered and ate more American foods than those who didn’t—and ultimately, they consumed 180 calories more than the nonthreatened group.