↓ Three unhelpful habits to watch out for when you’re taking care of a loved one, and three ways to overcome them with mindfulness. ↓ Lisa, whom I had just met at a conference, tearfully described to me her agony as sole caregiver for her disabled husband...
Read MoreMay 20, 2019 | AM & PM Essentials We all want our cells to age well. It’s easy math: Healthy cells = longer life. Dr. Vincent Giampapa, a board-certified physician, Nobel Prize nominee and member of the Jeunesse Scientific Advisory Board, has dedicated his career to...
Read MoreWe drill down on probiotics for the mouth ↓ What does the dentist get at the end of the year? A little plaque. But seriously, mouth health is important, especially as we’re starting to understand how inflammation in that area can lead to a host of medical...
Read More↓ You either have a plan for your health, or you don't. In any case, you will likely need to make adjustments to your lifestyle so you can put your Type 2 diabetes into remission. Plans can always use improvement or refinement, whereas no plans will...
Read More↓ Flaxseeds (you may also know them as linseeds) are a small brown or golden seed that are extraordinarily high in omega-3 fatty acids. And omega-3 is only one of the many health benefits these amazing seeds have to offer. ↓ Flaxseeds are also a great way for...
Read MoreType 2 Diabetes - Taking Care of Your Diabetes * Type 2 diabetes is both a complex and fascinating disease. It can seem harmless on the surface but in reality, it is a lethal disease in many respects. Given time, complications unfold when blood sugar levels are...
Read MoreTop 10 Liver-Cleansing Superfoods * The liver, weighing in at about 3 pounds in healthy adults, is one of the body’s vital organs. It is responsible for many important functions related to digestion, metabolism, immunity and the storage of nutrients that the body needs to survive. Moreover, the...
Read More* Brainwaves: The New Vitals * Brainwaves may soon join blood pressure and heart rate as vital stats. * A visit to the doctor routinely involves a check of a patient’s vital signs, including temperature, blood pressure and pulse. It’s important to know what normal is, so that when something...
Read More* Neem, Ayurveda’s Favorite Remedy For Inflammation * Neem, the body’s fire fighter * Herbs are like people in that they have unique personalities that can be understood through dravyaguna. * Dravyaguna is the system of Ayurvedic pharmacology that was developed thousands of years ago before chromatography and mass spectrometry and so it...
Read More* Acupuncture Can Treat High Blood Pressure * You might think that being jabbed with a needle and zapped with an electric shock would raise your blood pressure, but a groundbreaking study has shown that this ancient Chinese practice can help treat a modern health problem. One in...
Read MoreBreaking the Cycle of Fear * The patient says to the doctor: “Doc, it hurts when I do this!” So the doctor nods her head sagely and replies, “Don’t do that.” You’ve heard that one before? Well, funny or not, there is a flaw in that medical advice...
Read More* Your Food Pharmacy * Before chronic health issues like inflammation and fatigue take hold, look for a cure in your kitchen. * When you get a cold, relief may be as close as your pantry. Daphne Miller, a family physician and the author of The Jungle Effect, a nutritional...
Read More* A Food Cure for Inflammation * Herbalist Kathy Abascal is on a mission to change the way we eat, with her TQI (“to quiet inflammation”) diet plan. * What led you to create a diet for inflammation? In my late 50s, I began feeling the effects of aging. My shoulders...
Read More* The Ultimate Guide to Caffeine: Black Tea vs. Coffee * We decided to investigate the health properties of both coffee and black tea to see how they compare in aspects beyond simply caffeine count and taste. The coffee versus tea debate usually boils down to personal preference (though studies have...
Read More* New Uses for Coconut Oil * Whether you want whiter teeth or smoother skin, let coconut oil prove how well it can multitask. * Plain old vegetable oil is so 2000-and-late. Coconut oil is today's choice for those in the know—and it's more than a flash in the pan. A lot of...
Read More9 Facts That Will Change How You Think About Protein Protein is all the rage right now—there are hundreds of versions of a clean, lean, low-carb diet—it seems to be the one thing that every nutritional expert can support. According to the United States Department of...
Read More* Yet Another Win for Coconut Oil * A new study suggests that coconut oil can be a safe alternative to anti-fungal drugs. Benjamin Franklin declared that “beer is proof God loves us,” but perhaps he’d never met a coconut. If these nuggets of nourishment don’t provide evidence of...
Read More* Survival Lessons: Novelist Alice Hoffman's Memoir about Breast Cancer Who is Survival Lessons for? I wrote this book for survivors of trauma, but it’s also for the people who love them. So many of us are taught to deny illness and loss. When tragedy strikes, it’s a shock,...
Read More* 10 Lies My Breast Surgeon Told Me According to the NIH, approximately 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lifetime. While technically true, this number is extremely misleading as it’s based on the lifetime risk of a woman who...
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