Blog Posts in Category: Maura Donovan
January 31, 2018
The United States Spends A Lot Of Money On Health Care, Why Should You? According to a 2014 study, the United States spends $9,327 per person on health care. The United Kingdom, a similarly wealthy country spends $3,749 per person on health care. Even with the US spending over $5,000 more than the United Kingdom, we still have a shorter life expectancy. So, what is the difference? Why is there such a large gap between the two? While there is not one simple answer, we do know that the U.S.... Read More
November 29, 2017
Find Out How Replacing Refined Grains With Whole Grains Can Be Better For Your Health What is a whole grain? Most people tend to have the idea that, if it is brown, it is a whole grain. Such as, brown bread, brown pasta, and brown rice. While, this might be the case some of the time, you can’t rely on this method to know if something is whole grain, or just brown. A whole grain is one that has all three original parts – the bran, germ, and endosperm. The bran is the outside of the grain kernel... Read More
November 29, 2017
Learn How To Destress This Finals Season with Healthy UNH Are impending finals causing you copious amounts of stress? According to the American Psychological Association, chronic or long-term stress can cause: Migraines and headaches Trouble breathing or increased asthma attacks for those with the disease Hyperventilation Elevated stress hormones (cortisol, adrenaline, and noradrenaline) Elevated heart rate and blood pressure Acid reflux Gastrointestinal problems These are many reasons to join... Read More
November 28, 2017
Find Out How To Avoid The Holiday Weight Gain With the holidays right around the corner, it can be easy to say “forget it” to your normal routine, and eating behaviors. That being said, during the holiday season, the media reports that people gain about five pounds, while in actuality, the average person gains about one pound. This doesn’t seem so bad right? Well, studies have shown that people usually never lose that extra pound they put on, and year after year this adds up. However, there are... Read More
November 17, 2017
Recipe: Spice Roasted Salmon with Roasted Cauliflower Active Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 10 minutes Recipe: 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 teaspoon ground cumin ¾ teaspoon kosher salt 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 4 cups cauliflower florets ¼ cup chopped cilantro ¼ cup golden raisins 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice ½ teaspoon ground coriander 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice 4 (4 ½ oz.) skin-on salmon fillets (about 1 inch thick) This recipe seems easy and quick, which in general it was very... Read More
November 14, 2017
Find Out The Greatest Dangers of Smoking Cigarettes You may think that there is no danger in one cigarette, or even two or three. Maybe you smoke cigarettes a few times a month, and think nothing will happen because you don’t consider yourself a smoker. Well, this is far from the truth. The first time you smoke one cigarette your brain’s pleasure centers remember that feeling, your lungs and airway become inflamed, and your blood pressure rises. “Smoking harms nearly every organ in the body.... Read More
November 14, 2017
Discover How Smoking Can Impact Your Work Place Productivity We have all seen it before, the person who seems to get more breaks than everyone else just because they smoke. It seems as though they are being rewarded for having a bad habit, and everyone else is being punished for not having that habit. But, who is really missing out? According to the CDC, almost 20 percent of the adult workforce smokes, which threatens employee health and well-being, decreases productivity, increases absenteeism... Read More
November 14, 2017
Find Out How Smoking Can Affect Your Academic Performance Even if a child or teenager knows not to smoke, there is a more likely chance they will smoke the more they see cigarettes around them. It was proven that adolescents with high exposure to smoking in movies, made them three times more likely to start smoking themselves. It is also proven that intelligent people are more likely to smoke. While there is no clear answer as to why these two things happen, there is evidence that smoking will... Read More
November 14, 2017
Find Out How Smoking Cigarettes Can Affect Your Financial Well-Being “Between 2009-2012, the estimated annual smoking-attributable economic costs in the U.S. were between $289-332.5 billion”. In New Hampshire a pack of cigarettes costs an average of $6.64. The average electronic cigarette starter pack is $50, and to keep buying e-liquid refills is about $1.40 a “pack”, or what would be the equivalent of a pack of cigarettes. Smoking is in no way a cheap habit to keep up with. If you smoke a... Read More
November 14, 2017
Find Out How Cigarettes Can Be Harmful To The Environment When you think about smoking a cigarette, you most likely know that it is affecting your personal health. However, you may not be aware that smoking cigarettes can affect the environment around you, and for years to come. It’s not just that there is poisonous vapors being put into the air when you smoke, or the cigarette filters being thrown on the ground, it is more of a big picture effect. Tobacco farming has effects on deforestation... Read More
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