I have diabetes, and I believe that treating the condition should always involve some kind of nutritional approach as well as a medical one. It is an illness known for its prevalence in those with poor diets, so treating it with a better diet just makes sense. When …

As a wearer of contact lenses I have had my ups and downs with different types of lenses and glasses. That is until I started using Focus Dailies - One Day Contact Lenses.
The tagline says “All Day Comfort” and it’s true.
Glasses didn’t work for me as I didn’t …

I’ve been taking Lactopafi Probiotics for the last three months. The first time I drank the liquid, I gagged because of the taste: It’s sour as vinegar with just a little hint of sweetness which makes for a nauseating combination. I continued drinking it anyway for the sake of …

Before when i was not yet working i was the one who do the laundry. I bought a big pack of this Ariel Detergent Soap to be use for my laundry. Much to my surprise it has a very strong scents. Very irritating to my nose that it gives …

I first discovered Vitamin World while I was shopping at my favourite US outlet mall five years ago; I was walking past it, and thought to myself that since clothing and shoes and almost everything else was so much cheaper here than in Canada, maybe vitamins would be too. …

That’s it! I am completely done with all Victoria Secret lotions, soaps, body washes, and sprays! Most of them are just watered down products that have many skin irritants in it that makes my skin go crazy! I seriously can’t stand it! They really need to step it up …

The Sunbeam Flexible Heating Pad gave me more aggravation than relief. I purchased this heating pad because, admittedly, it was one of the more affordable heating pads that I came across in the stores. I recall paying around twenty dollars, although I’m pretty sure that was a sale price. …

My little cousins come over my house often because I baby-sit them a lot for my aunt. When they come over, they like to spend a lot of time outside, but they hate mosquitoes and getting bite by them because not only do the bites cause irritating itchy red …

I decided to look for a non-slip mat for my tub after nearly falling in the shower due to slippery hair conditioner residue. This product looked interesting, so I gave it a try. It was hard to get it to stay down in the tub at first because …

Well I have wanted these for a while. I first saw them on tv and was very interested in them. I was dieing to find out if they really work. I heard that the perfect push up is better than the other models that are suppose to improve your …

I picked up this cute little lip balm as a purely impulsive purchase. I didn’t need a new lip balm. I probably have thirty. But I get bored easily and I like to treat myself, and it looked like a premium product. The recipe for this little balm was classic. …

It took a debilitating wrist injury to finally convince me to consider buying an electric toothbrush. Every now and then, I get this pain on my wrist after spending long hours fiddling the keyboard and mouse. This neuritis has been affecting my normal activities. The acute …

I have been a contact lens wearer for about ten years and I’ve tried almost all brands of contact lens solution. Until one day my eyes somewhat felt uncomfortable and irritated with the contact lens solution that I’ve tried because the optical shop ran out of stock of …

When Bath and Body Works has their semi-annual clearance sale, I am one of the first ones at the door. I was lucky this summer and got a ten dollar coupon from their site to spend as well. This week they had a great variety of products on sale for …

the first time i saw this was when i was at a wal-mart store, the bottle looked really cool so i desided i would buy it to see how it would work. i use alot of hair spray and this TRESemme hair spray is the only one i use …

A women’s specific travel kit? Get out of town! But when I saw the Adventure Medical Kits Women’s Edition Travel Kit I was all over it like white on rice, because I’m, first off, completely addicted to medicial kits, and secondly, find that idea of a female-oriented kit highly intriguing. …

My partner and I have a massage addiction now. Since I found that regular gentle massages really help my fibromyalgia pain, and also that making my own massage lotions and oils was infinitely fun, we give each other massages very frequently. One day while I was having my back …

I generally don’t believe in miracle supplements at all, or that energy can be attained by taking a pill. Recently, after a trip to Sangster’s Health Centre, I was convinced to try a new product that they sell, called Maca Root. Basically, maca root is from the Andes Mountains …

I was bitten on the right leg by a dog last year. The wound was small, it only looked like a scratch. I washed the wound thoroughly and dressed it properly with antiseptic. But because there are already many cases of rabies in our area, I …

Its rare that I actually get a cold sore, but when I do, they are miserable—“ painful, ugly, and take forever to go away, unless I use Abreva. The first time I bought it, I was extremely skeptical. The price seemed outrageous—“ nearly twenty dollars for a tube that …

A short tour with my family and friends during the vacations proved to be quite a memorable trip that I thoroughly enjoyed to the core. But with the fun and frolic, I sometimes had to experience some difficulties chiefly associated with traveling. The fact that travelling sometimes required me …

I recently spent over 5 weeks in the antepartum (before birth)department of Kaiser Permanente in Woodland Hills, CA due to extreme morning sickness. By the end of my stay I felt like I had gotten cared for by every nurse in the department and then some.
The staff there …

Unfortunately as I get older I have found I encounter a bit more health related issues than I used to, even if my behaviors haven’t necessarily gotten worse. My morning ritual of a caramel macchiato had started to leave me feeling bloated and gassy by mid-morning. I determined that …

I decided to try Band-aid flexible fabric bandages because the plastic ones always seemed too difficult to work with, especially when they had to be placed on the fingers. Plastic band-aids are much too stiff and tend to get wadded up when you bend your fingers. I got band-aid …

I focus my energies on exercise and derive relaxation mostly through recreational activities, like doing all sorts of hobbies in my spare time. I was not brought up to rely upon services of other people as a form of relaxation, such as massage, but I have nothing against …

I’ve had my Stamina 4755 recumbent exercise bike for a little over a year now. I really like it. It shows me distance, calories burned, speed, and time. It also has scan mode, where it runs through all of the settings in a cycle. That’s the …

For a value priced body wash, it is hard to beat Suave brand. I have used a lot of their products, both in body and hair care, and have found that they have very high standards of quality, much better than most of their “discount brand”peers. When Suave makes …

The Gold’s gym in Chicopee is not to bad but it is way to small. I like Gold’s gym in Chicopee because the trainers are knowledgeable and know what they are doing but there are many downfalls to this gym.
The Gold’s gym in Chicopee is only good to go …

Whenever I have my period, I would usually use a feminine pad instead of a tampon. I am really paranoid in using tampons because I am afraid of toxic shock syndrome or maybe I might forget that I have a tampon on. One day when I was walking around …

When I stayed with a friend for a week, I ran out of the shampoo I brought with me, and used hers for the last five days. She used Nirvana Herb and Flower shampoo, and swore it was the best she had ever used. I had mixed feelings about the …

My back pain always remained a problem for the last ten years. Although the pain never remained permanent and would usually be an ‘ on and off’ affair’ - the time it surfaced left me feeling like a patient on the hospital bed. My back pain- especially which surfaced …

I had a bad respiratory infection over the winter and one of the supplements I decided to try to help get rid of it and heal my body naturally was the Nature’s Secret Respiratory Cleanse and Defense Supplement. I have to say this supplement worked wonderful and did cleanse …

I like to use natural products on my face at times, and this one from Derma E seemed like a very appealing cross between natural and high-end effectiveness. I was attracted to the name “vanilla mousse” since that sounds delicious. Actually, it is a pump dispenser, and while it is …

Attention: this review is about the periods and is meant for the girls only. Tracking your period is really important. I think every girl nowadays knows that. There are multiple reasons behind that, but I’m not gonna go into much details since I’m sure every woman already knows them. I’m …

Before actually using this product, I was like many other people who were both skeptical and afraid to use it. I had a best friend who claimed to have lost weight, but I honestly could not tell the difference in her appearance. I also had heard various …

Crest Pro-Health Multiprotection Clean Mint Rinse is a product that I purchased because I wanted a mouthwash that was specifically formulated to combat plaque build-up and the gum diseases gingivitis. Plaque build-up is harmful because such build-up can lead to cavities and gum disease. I hadn’t yet been able …

I love Primal Elements soaps. They are made in long bars which are cut in slices, always irregular for a truly “hand made” look. Each individual bar is a work of art. Cut out shapes are inserted into the loaf so that when it is sliced, each bar …

Coppertone Sunscreen with insect repellent is one of the best sunscreen lotions for children. This sunscreen lotion will protect your children from getting a horrible case of sunburn, while at the same time this sunscreen prevents children from getting bit from insects such as mosquito’s, gnats and bees. …

This tea was recommended to me by an employee at the natural foods store where I often shop. I was looking for something to help with edema that I got monthly, and I had tried several other products that either didn’t work well enough, or had side effects, usually an …

Absolute Nutrition is located in Chicopee MA and is a nutrition store where you can purchase supplements from. This store is great because you can find great products here. If you want to find a good vitamin to take, something to burn fat, something to gain mass or anything …

I’ve noticed that since I am now 40, I have more problems with bags under my eyes if I stay up too late or stay on the computer too long. I also get puffiness around the time for my menstrual period now. I am not happy about this! …

Any problem about itching, I trust no other brands Caladryl. Indeed there are some generic alternatives but Caladryl Calamine Plus Itch Reliever Lotion has been the most effective when it comes to itching problem as far as my own experiences are concerned.
I was newly wed when I …

My sprained ankle was causing me a lot of pain and I seemed literally paralyzed. Due to increased swelling, I was finding it difficult to even walk within my house premises and this had brought my life to a standstill. To deal with this pain I had initially been …

During the hot, balmy summer months, the lips are just as vulnerable to damage as skin. This lip balm works pretty well to prevent painful and unsightly damage from being done to my lips. I don’t have to use too much and after I’ve applied the lip balm, I’m …

Everybody needs deoodorant in order to keep a well-maintained hygiene and prevent themselves from getting horrible smelling body odor. Although it may not seem like it, it can be difficult to find the one that works the best. As for Ban Original Roll-On deodorant, there are some things that …

Equate: Acne Medication Oily Skin Medicated Apricot Scrub did not work for me, but then again, hardly any acne medication that is readily available at the store without a prescription has ever proved to be overly effective. I did not notice a whole lot of difference after using this …

For the past few days, I was on a hunting spree for a new facial steamer. The fact that steaming my face did help me keep my skin looking healthy made it just necessary for to buy a new after my old facial machine failed to work properly. …

When I took up biking and jogging, I decided to purchase a heart rate monitor, to keep up with how many beats per minute I was as I ran or biked. I shopped around a bit before deciding to buy the Omron HR-100C Heart Rate Monitor, which …

I was a bit skeptical about trying this product after a bad experience with another product in a similar line made by Nivea. Although in general, I like their products, I used a shower wash before that actually made me itch all over for several days, and I have shied …

I stayed loyal to my old brand of dental floss, until at last, I unwound the last piece of string. Flossing remains an integral part of my oral hygiene, and I was more than glad to ditch my old floss for a better one. Granted indeed, Cleene …