Millions of Americans suffer from constipation, an annoying and often painful condition. If you have less than three stools per week, you are constipated. If you have less than one stool a week, you are severely constipated. Perhaps it’s...
Dogs have been used for decades to sniff for narcotics. Now, some new animal friends are getting in on the business: rats. African giant pouched rats, specifically, with some as big as three feet long! Rather than sniffing for...
Many of us would consider rosemary one of our favorite herbs. Who doesn’t love recipes like rosemary baked chicken or rosemary potatoes? It’s excellent in a wide range of recipes and easy to find at most grocery stores. But it...
The benefits of turmeric have been written about a lot lately. It's used for many things, including the treatment of arthritis, joint pain, stomach pain, headaches, bronchitis, cancers, kidney problems, water retention, autoimmune diseases and high cholesterol. The list...
In our culture, we often demonize anger. We tend to equate it with flying off the handle, and with being irrational, as well as emotionally (and sometimes even physically) violent. As a result, many of us feel afraid of...
There are so many diets out there, yet more than two-thirds of Americans are considered to be overweight — with more than one third of the population considered obese. We’re also a culture obsessed with our appearance, weight and...
The health benefits of cayenne pepper have long been recognized by civilizations across the globe. A potent ingredient with a wide variety of therapeutic uses, cayenne pepper has recently achieved notoriety in the United States as a popular natural...
Beyond its delicate and slightly sweet flavor — accenting dishes throughout the world — nutmeg offers an abundance of health benefits. In fact, thanks to its dense nutritive content, nutmeg health benefits include relieving pain, helping digestion and improving...
Nothing is worse than tossing and turning all night, right? Oh wait, there is something worse than that — tossing and turning all night, every night.
This sounds like a nightmare and, unfortunately, more than one-third of Americans can...
When it comes to pumpkin, most of us have a pretty simple policy: the more, the better. Unlike store-bought products, these homemade pumpkin bars are as natural as can be, free of gluten, dairy and refined sugars so you...
