Health

Back pain is a common problem that can do serious damage to your personal life and career, but you don’t always need medication to relieve it. 5-Minute Crafts will show you several ways to soothe your back naturally at home.

Buying a new pair of sunglasses goes beyond different face shapes and shielding your eyes from the sun. In fact, it’s all about protecting your vision as a whole and choosing a type that suits your lifestyle perfectly. Let 5-Minute Crafts guide you as you select the best pair of sunglasses and make the most of them.

A healthy diet is not all about lots of limitations and strict calorie counting. Instead, it’s more about setting goals, making better choices, and enjoying every bit of it. 5-Minute Crafts has prepared some tips that you can use to improve the quality of your diet.

Dental veneers are thin shells constructed of either composite or dental porcelain. They are put on the front surface of the teeth to make them look better, protect them from damage, and give the person who has them a beautiful smile.

Dumbbells are some of the most popular sports equipment. They are great to use both at home and in the gym. But choosing the right dumbbells, especially if you are a beginner, might be a difficult task.

Proper nutrition has long found its place in popular blogs and consumers’ minds as a path to a healthy lifestyle. Many people associate proper nutrition with a balanced diet, which leads to weight loss. However, they are often not the same.

When we eat, the bacteria in our mouth mix with sugary or starchy foods and make acids. They in turn mix with saliva and make plaque — a sticky film that builds up on the teeth and along the gums. If you don’t brush your teeth well enough or use dental floss, the plaque hardens into tartar. Tartar is much harder to remove and it’s almost impossible to do without a dentist.

Picking the right pillow might help you relieve headaches and neck pain, improve your sleep, and allow you to wake up more refreshed every morning. 5-Minute Crafts prepared a guide for how to choose a pillow that is suitable for your needs.

Wisdom teeth are in the very back of your mouth and serve as 2 additional pairs of molars on the upper and lower jaw. They usually grow when people are anywhere from 17 to 21 years old. This is why they are called wisdom teeth.

Vitamins, along with other nutrients, are some of the most important means by which our body can develop properly during childhood as well as through adulthood. In fact, at the same time, they play a very important role in regulating our body to make sure it works the way it should. For its multiple functions to be carried out correctly throughout other stages of life, you must have a proper intake of vitamins as well as other nutrients. That’s why 5-Minute Crafts wants to raise awareness about what vitamin D is, what it’s for, and where you can find it.

Everyone knows that thanks to playing sports, the human body changes for the best: the extra weight gets burned, the metabolism improves, you can get rid of skin problems and cellulite, and you get fit. Of course, it’s better to have a complete workout for all of your muscle groups which is impossible to achieve just by running. This is why it’s important to combine running with other physical activities.

When you look at the sky or some other solid-color surface, you might notice some unclear particles in front of your eyes. They are like small dust particles, fibers, or spots that move together with your eyes. What are they? Are they dangerous?

We oftentimes hear phrases like “This product is rich with antioxidants” or “Our cream contains antioxidants that slow down aging.” Many times, it’s unclear what is hiding behind these words and what type of substances we are dealing with.

Chocolate is a favorite treat of many people, but is it good to eat? If it is, how much chocolate should one eat before breaking the principles of healthy eating? Which chocolate is better to choose, and is there really a huge difference between different types?

You may often experience back, neck, and shoulder pain while carrying a bag, thinking that its weight and size could be causing the discomfort. But the truth is, it’s all about carrying the bag correctly, as doing it incorrectly can impact your body. So, let 5-Minute Crafts be your guide to carrying your bag the proper way to keep body pain at bay.

Securing a regular Band-Aid on a finger can be quite problematic. It might keep unsticking, cling to other objects, and even prevent the finger from bending and unbending. The good thing is that, recently, special Band-Aids for fingers have appeared on the market but it’s still pretty hard to find them.

Oftentimes, we hear recommendations about how to replace unhealthy snacks like potato chips, for example, with something healthy like nuts or seeds. It’s true that nuts have many healthy elements. Moreover, many of them contain monounsaturated fats that are beneficial for our bodies. Nevertheless, this product can hardly be called dietary from the perspective of caloric content: 100 g of nuts contain from a quarter to half of the daily norm of calories depending on which calorie requirements you stick to.

The sun’s rays have multiple health benefits, like improving sleep and strengthening the immune system. However, not taking the right measures before and during sun exposure can result in burns that, of course, are not at all pleasant. 5-Minute Crafts has compiled 7 tips to soothe skin burns and irritations, as long as they are superficial.

Few people know that newborns actually have almost 70 more bones than adults. But aside from that, there are quite a few more interesting facts about our bones, their evolution, their role, and the way they develop throughout our lives.

There are many ways to level up your skincare game. One way is to spend money at salons and get your skincare regime handled by the professionals, another is to go all DIY or spend a little money on steaming your face and feeling the same nourishment of the skin in the comfort of your own home. If you wish to give the latter a try, then refer to the tips highlighted by 5-Minute Crafts below.