Who Is Christi Spruill?
Who Am I? I realized something today as I was pulling my notes together for this blog…I never actually introduced myself. I came in full force, writing and posting like I owned the place, LOL. Today, I am going to back up a bit. I want to properly introduce myself and give you a glimpse […]
Starting Before You’re Ready: No Sugarcoating Today!
Facing the uncertainty of the future, shows a commitment to the journey. As I was brainstorming for today’s blog I began to feel overwhelmed, scared and stuck. I asked my trusty assistant for help to break through the fog. He asked me this one question that started it all! He said, If you were having […]
Intermittent Fasting for Weight Loss
Intermittent fasting is a pattern of eating where you limit your consumption of food for only certain hours per day. There are different patterns you can follow, one of the most popular is 16:8, where you do not eat for 16 hours, and eat for 8. Finding the right time frame and pattern that works […]
Poor eating habits: Dangers of junks
Introduction Sometimes, when you have an urgent need to dispel your hunger, you may be lazy or unable to get a proper meal, prompting you to seek for the quickest possible means to get satiated. During these periods, most person will rely on junk foods, which are easily made high calorie foods, with abundance of […]
Depression and Mood Disorders: The need for urgent intervention.
Introduction Mood disorders are illnesses that have to do with the psychological and emotional state of an individual. There are a wide range of social and mental diseases that may be insidious and mystic, thereby allowing it to remain concealed. The several causes and triggers of mood disorders are comparative, ranging from genetic predisposition to […]
Fiasco in bed.
Is it true that in most cases the cause of erectile dysfunction is psychological? According to various data, psychology is the basis of erection problems in 70-90% of cases. Despite the stubble and menacing appearance, the psyche of the stronger sex is tender, and it is enough for an accidental misfire to happen, as the […]
Active and passive smoking: Equal faces of same coin.
Introduction Smoking, a practice done mostly for recreation, have been proven by several studies to have a damaging impact on the smoker’s health. With over 600 million smokers worldwide and about 30 million of them in the US, smoking is steadily becoming a global health challenge over the years, leaving about half of all smokers […]
Smoking and your health: The obscure killer.
Introduction The practice of smoking has been with us for some centuries now, it appears to have existed in America even before the coming of the Europeans. Smoking is the act of inhaling burnt particles rolled into a paper, or stuffed within a pipe. It is actually a mode of drug administration, but mostly done […]
Secondhand and parental smoking: Saving the kids and the unborn
Introduction Most people who are not active smoker, but resides with a smoker, will end up having almost equal risks with the active smoker. Secondhand smoking is explained in simple terms as the inhalation of the smoke from a burning end of a cigarettes end, and/or the smoke expelled by someone who is actively smoking. […]
Geriatrics: Improving health care for the aged.
Geriatrics is a medical sub specialty that deals with the welfare and pathologies of old age, the medical care and management of aging people, and the maintenance of their quality of life. Though relatively new, this field is a very important aspect of healthcare due to the delicacy and sensitiveness of the aging phase of […]