Whey protein powder comes from dairy milk and is very high in protein. It has many potential benefits for the body.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Nutrients

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Journal of Nutrition and Intermediary Metabolism

Nutrition

Surgery Today

Wellness is associated with your lifestyle. Wellness depends on many factors, such as proper weight control, good nutrition, avoiding risk factors such as alcohol abuse and smoking and exercise. People who manage their lifestyle are more productive, healthier and have fewer workplace absences.

Since lifestyle is the leading factor determining your general health, it is important to set healthy goals and have control over your life. The choices you make have a huge influence on your wellness; therefore consistent self-care is vital. While medicine can cure the disease, the wellness lifestyle encourages you to take responsibility for your life.

Wellness is not an absence of diseases. It is an approach developed to achieve the balance between social and emotional functioning. Wellness is a process through which you start making choices towards a healthier lifestyle.

Wellness is a positive approach to life, which emphasizes the importance of the mind and spirit. A wellness-oriented lifestyle means that everything you feel, say and do has an impact on your health.

Lifestyle

Whether you're looking for the finest superfood or you're curious about the benefits of that starfruit you just picked up at the market, Facty has the details. From the best exercises to get fit fast to the real facts on the latest fad diet, we have the answers to your questions.

Wellness

The Benefits of Whey Protein

Joint hypermobility syndrome is a connective tissue disorder that causes extreme joint mobility. Today, doctors prefer more specific diagnoses.

National Health Service

British Medical Journal

American Journal of Medicine

Journal of Rheumatology

Journal of Pain Research

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Joint pain is one of the most common complaints. In the vast majority of cases, the cause may be traced back to some injury or arthritis. In younger people, sports injuries are one of the primary sources of joint pain while in elderly people arthritis is more likely to be the pain trigger.

Joint pain may affect a single joint or some joints. The knee joint is the single joint most frequently affected. It is easy to understand why this is the case since it bears the whole weight of the body. If many joints become painful, the patient might have developed rheumatoid arthritis. This condition may flare up at certain times with changes in the weather one of the factors that bring on attacks.

Joint pain treatments vary according to the source. If the pain results from a fracture, a cast or bandage might be required. Arthritis-type pains are treated through medications or injections.

Conditions

"Condition" is a general term for particular abnormal diseases that negatively affect a part or all of the body. Conditions are not due to any external injury. Therefore, a broken bone does not classify as a condition, whereas Herpes, OCD, Shingles, and Ulcers do.

Medical conditions are classified by specific symptoms and signs. While each person's experiences can vary, there are consistent signs and symptoms that doctors will look for when diagnosing their patients. We always recommend that people seek a professional diagnosis. Afterward, supplement medical advice and opinion with accurate and easy to read information.

Most people only spend an average of a couple minutes with their doctor during a checkup. Oftentimes patients don't receive the fullest explanation of their diagnosis. Easily search through the vast amount of articles that Facty Health offers for ones that address your specific needs. From there, allow us to help you with those unanswered questions.

Joint Pain

Joint Hypermobility Syndrome: More Than Just Flexible Joints

Due to the belief that nightshades promote inflammation, many people eliminate them from their diets. However, they have many nutritional benefits.

Cleveland Clinic

Clinical Allergy

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Flora of North America

Journal of Nutrition

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Which nutrients your body will get and how much depends on your diet. Nutrients are chemical substances that help your body maintain tissues, make energy, regulate different processes, etc. Nutrition is the process of taking nutrients from various foods. There are six classes of nutrients: lipids, carbohydrates, proteins, water, minerals, and vitamins.

The third three classes are known as macronutrients because our bodies need them in large quantities. Lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins are unique because they are the only elements that provide the body with energy. Energy is measured in calories.

Water is also a nutrient that some scientists categorize as a macronutrient because our bodies need it in large quantities. Water is quickly lost through sweat and evaporation, so you need to fill up by drinking liquids and eating fruits, vegetables and other foods that contain water.

Consuming a healthy diet with vegetables, fruits, protein, and dairy ensures the body has enough nutrients to use.

Food

The foods you eat have a huge influence on your ability to enjoy life. One of the main effects of food is the feeling you get from eating a delicious meal. There are many different chemical substances in food, including macronutrients, micronutrients, water and dietary fiber. Macronutrients, for example, protein, are present in large amounts. Micronutrients are present in smaller quantities, for example, vitamins.

Food can also contain flavors, colors, active substances such as steroids, caffeine and salicylates, additives and natural toxins. Different characteristics of food depend on the presence of chemicals in them.
The chemical nature of food can be changed by preservation, storage and, of course, cooking. Moreover, food chemicals can interact with each other. For example, the way in which our bodies absorb carbohydrates depends on dietary fiber, even though our bodies don't absorb the fiber itself.

Which foods you eat have long-term effects on your health. Healthy foods help prevent some chronic diseases and decrease recovery periods from the disease.

Exactly What Are Nightshade Vegetables?

Check out these quick and inexpensive tricks that can improve the nutrient density of your meals without completely altering your lifestyle.

Harvard health

American Heart Association

Harvard Health

Mayo Clinic

Syracuse University

Public Health Nutrition

Tricks To Boost the Nutrient Density of Your Meals

Lockjaw causes a person’s jaw to no longer open or close fully. Many people associate lockjaw with tetanus, but there are a range of possible causes.

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

BMJ Case Reports

Your body is where you reside all of the time. Even when you're asleep, it's hard at work keeping you alive and well. Many of its functions are automatic like your breathing and your metabolism. Sometimes your body can start to break down or malfunction. Often these problems are environmental or genetic, but sometimes they are due to the lifestyle choices that we make.

Preventing these problems can be done by controlling your diet, exercising right, getting enough sleep, and easing up on your indulgences. You don't have to cut out everything indulgent, after all, happiness has some of the best health benefits of all. A healthy lifestyle can be the best preventative medicine. Though preventative care can help, your body can still present issues. Facty Health can be where you go to learn more about the particular issues that you are facing. Whether it is severe (like abscesses, tumors, or STIs) or non-severe (like nosebleeds, canker sores, or rashes), we have got information about it.

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Ailments

An "ailment" is a general term for minor to moderate physical illnesses, diseases, and disorders. In Facty Health, many different diagnoses fall under the ailment category. For example, acid reflux, eye disorders, skin problems, and GI problems, are considered an ailment.

In this category, you can discover natural home remedies for common symptoms. You will find that there is probably a miracle ingredient hiding in your pantry right now. Learn what foods to stay away from and which foods can help ease certain conditions. You can even learn to spot the early warning signs of some of the more severe diseases. Expect to find detailed and interesting information about the types of ailments, their symptoms, causes, and treatments.

If you have questions about a specific ailment or you just have a general curiosity for medicine, this would be a good place to start.

Body

Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments of Lockjaw

In most cases, eye floaters are gray or black and resemble spots, thread-like strings, cobwebs, or wavy lines. Many conditions and factors lead to eye floaters, but very few are medical emergencies. Though treatments exist, they are not always necessary.

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<div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="60uod-0-0">Eye health is an important and often overlooked part of a check-up. For those who do not require glasses, an optometrist is not part of their regular health visits. However, an optometrist does more than just test for eyesight. They perform a battery of tests for your eyeball's internal health and natural reflexes. If it has been a few years since your last optometrist visit, consider making an appointment soon. Many of us rely on our eyes for just about everything.</div>

Eyes

Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments of Eye Floaters

Asparagus provides a surprising number of health benefits and, if you don't already eat it often, you might consider incorporating it into your diet.

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

10 Reasons to Eat Asparagus

A rectocele is a prolapse where the front wall of the rectum falls into the back wall of the vagina. Symptoms and treatments depend on severity.

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments of Rectocele

Astigmatism, a common eye condition, affects about 1/3 of the population; around 70% of eyeglass prescriptions include an astigmatism correction.

10 FAQs About Astigmatism

Edema is a specific type of swelling that results from fluid trapped in the tissue after leaking from tiny blood vessels. There are numerous causes for edema, such as congestive heart failure or pregnancy. The symptom can develop in many ways, which translates to multiple treatment options, depending on the effects.

MayoClinic: Edema Diagnosis and Treatment

MayoClinic: High Blood Pressure and Diuretics

Recognizing and Treating Edema

Acute bronchitis is a common lower respiratory tract infection that may present similarly to the common cold. Acute infection may last one to six weeks, though chronic infection is possible. In many instances, an upper respiratory tract infection such as the common cold may precede acute bronchitis.

Breathing is something most of us take for granted. However, if you have difficulties breathing or suffer from certain diseases, you can benefit from respiratory therapy. It usually includes diagnostic procedures, critical care procedures (for example, asthma management and ventilation management), and therapeutic procedures.

Bacterial infections are the most common cause of respiratory problems. Smokers and people with chronic lung illnesses are at higher risk of developing a disease. Most often, antibiotics can effectively treat infections.

Your doctor can also prescribe specific therapeutic devices for your respiratory condition, for example, humidifiers, ventilators, suction equipment, and oximeters. These are necessary for people who have difficulty breathing on their own.

If you are on home oxygen therapy, special equipment can tell whether your oxygen saturation is adequate. You should also use special devices to monitor and record your condition regularly. Your doctor will be able to adjust your treatment plan based on this data.

Respiratory

10 Symptoms and Treatments of Acute Bronchitis

Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine. Most cases are idiopathic, meaning doctors don't know the cause. It can lead to a variety of symptoms.

Johns Hopkins

Hospital for Special Surgery

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Radiopaedia

UC Irvine School of Medicine

Scoliosis Research Society

Paediatrics and Child Health

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Pediatrics and Child Health

Clinical Spine Surgery

Even though everyone can experience back pain, it is more common in adults between the ages of 35 and 60 years. Back pain is often associated with the way muscles and bones connect. Pain in the lower back can be linked to spinal nerves, back muscles, bony lumbar spine and pelvic organs. Pain in the upper back is linked to tumors in the chest, inflammation, and aortic disorders.

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The main symptom is pain that affects the back, legs, and buttocks. Depending on the affected nerves, a person can experience pain in other body parts, as well. Most often, symptoms clear up in a day and don't require additional treatment. However, if you experience inflammation in the back, pain in the legs, high body temperature, or an injury that involves your back, you should visit your doctor.

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Most doctors can diagnose back pain after a physical examination. However, if the patient has an injury, other tests may be required. Suspected nerve or other problems require computerized tomography or an MRI to understand the condition better.

Back Pain

Signs and Symptoms of Scoliosis

Although there is a lack of quality research into many types of essential oils, studies identify several that may provide beneficial health boosts.

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Natural Product Communications

Journal of Cosmetic Science

Open Agriculture Journal

Molecules

Govaresh

10 of the Best Essential Oils

Leaky gut as a cause of disease is more theoretical than scientifically proven at this point. Autoimmune diseases are one common related issue.

GI Society Canadian Society of Intestinal Research

10 Symptoms of a Leaky Gut

Kombucha is a fermented drink made from sugar, yeast, and a colony of live bacteria with green or black tea. It has many purported health benefits.

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

14 Health Benefits Of Kombucha

The symptoms of ADHD in adults can include disorganization, distraction, and difficulty relaxing.

National Institute of Mental Health

Psychiatry

Pediatrics

Symptoms and Specifics of Adult ADHD

Esophageal cancer can eventually damage the deeper tissues and muscles. Most people have no symptoms until the disease has progressed.

There are many different types of cancer and it can start in any part of the body. Cancer is when cells start to grow and mutate, therefore, crowding the body and pushing out the normal healthy cells. Cancer can also spread from one part of the body to another, and its severity is referred to in as stages 1 to 4.

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Its hard to pin down specific cancer only symptoms as it goes hand in hand with many ailments such as weight loss, night sweats, a cough, problems going to the toilet, aches and pains and sores that won’t heal. However, if you find a lump under the skin in any area of your body, a doctor should check you immediately.

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Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery are the most common forms of cancer treatment. The type of treatment you will need depends on the type of cancer it is, as it will respond differently if it is in the form of a tumor, or in the blood or bones.

Cancer

10 Symptoms of Esophageal Cancer

High&#x2d;fiber foods promote healthy digestion and regular bowel movements and are essential for the proper functioning of so many other body systems.

25 Foods High in Fiber

Valley fever is a fungal infection. Symptoms vary significantly, and infections progress through several forms, causing a wide range of health issues.

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Nursing Times

Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Mayo

Symptoms and Complications of Valley Fever

As many as one million Americans live with Parkinson's disease, a chronic movement disorder. This neurological disease prevents the production of dopamine, a neurotransmitter that helps regulate muscle movement in the body. Early symptoms are mild and may go unnoticed but worsen as the disease progresses.

A loss of dopamine characterizes a disorder of the Central Nervous System, Parkinson's disease- the chemical transmitter used to communicate to the muscles and allow for smooth mobility. Parkinson's is a slowly progressing disease. The cause of Parkinson's has not been established. Symptoms include trembling, shaking, being off balance, slow and stiff movements, and a lack of coordination. These are uncontrollable. Parkinson's is a degenerative disease, and, in the late stages, speech function, mental functioning( dementia), and body functions can all be affected.

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Treatment ranges from medication, deep brain stimulation, physical therapy, to occupational therapy. Parkinson's diagnosis includes eliminating other causes of symptoms, such as a stroke, and includes verbal questions, an MRI, blood tests, physical tests of the nervous system reflexes, a neurological exam, and questions about mood. In some cases, medication can be prescribed that eliminate the symptoms. Parkinson's can be successfully managed. Drug treatment may not even be necessary if the symptoms are mild.

Glenda Taylor

Written By Glenda Taylor