Protect Your Eyes, Heart, Joints and More with Limes
Most of us hear lime and think Corona or ceviche. Surprisingly, this little bright green fruit has many excellent benefits for your health and wellness. The juice from two limes offers up 50 percent of your daily value (DV) for vitamin C and will also boost your folate, potassium, magnesium, vitamin B6 and fiber levels as well. Limes are...
Exhausted? Then It’s the Perfect Time to Think
If you need to get your creative juices flowing, you may think a night of refreshing sleep would help. Instead, you might want to try it when you're dog-tired and downright exhausted. Why? Because research has shown that exhaustion helps the brain to stop filtering. Using computer games to task the brain A study conducted by the Nice Sophia Antipolis...
Taking a Cue from Science Fiction — London Has Established Its First Underground Garden
In what sounds like something straight out of science fiction, London now has its very first underground farm growing herbs in an old World War II bunker. The farm is being named Growing Underground and plans to begin trading with Covent Garden restaurateurs in the near future. This subterranean farm is the brainchild of West Country entrepreneurs Richard Ballard and Steven...
Find Relief by Understanding the Relationship between Fibromyalgia and Adrenal Function
Fibromyalgia is one of those chronic illnesses that can cause a variety of symptoms and sometimes goes hand-in-hand with other health problems. In particular, adrenal fatigue or dysfunction is often found in patients with fibromyalgia. Symptoms of adrenal fatigue often found in combination with fibromyalgia Some of the most common adrenal fatigue symptoms that are found in fibromyalgia patients are chronic...
8 Conditions That Hypnosis May Help
We’ll admit it: Hypnosis can sound intimidating, or at very least like something from a Hollywood movie. Yet, the traditional technique — often classified as an alternative health option — has been used across the globe for thousands of years. In light of claims that hypnosis can help people overcome habits like smoking and conditions like depression, scientists have...
3 Horrific Reasons to Be Weary of Hospitals
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately eight percent of the population will have at least one overnight stay in a hospital per year. People get sick, injured and they need to visit their doctor or take an unexpected trip to the Emergency Room. However, rushing off to the hospital could actually make you...
Want Your Teens to Be Healthy Adults? Make Them Move!
The goal of every caregiver is to help the children in their care grow up healthy and happy. Many of today’s teens live sedentary lifestyles, which promotes obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and other health conditions. However, even if a teen avoids these health risks, a sedentary lifestyle during the teen years can have negative consequences that reach...
Ease Burns, Remove Makeup, Banish Halitosis and More with Aloe Vera
The health benefits of aloe vera have been celebrated for thousands of years. Many historians and botanists believe that this plant, which flourishes in desert and tropical climates, originally came from arid parts of Africa. It has been mentioned in the texts of ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Persians and numerous other cultures. Today, aloe vera can be found in warm...
California Conserves Water with New “Shade Balls”
In response to the growing drought concerns in California, Los Angeles has purchased 96 million four-inch balls to cover one of its reservoir. According to the city’s estimations, these black balls could save 300 million gallons of water from evaporating each year. The city paid 36 cents per ball, and it cost just over three million dollars to complete...
25 Ways to Fight Inflammation with Chia Seeds
Chia seeds are superfoods rich in omega-3 fatty acids, packed with nutrition and low in calories. They can be added to almost anything, and are safe for paleo, vegetarian, vegan and low-glycemic diets. Although inflammation can literally be a pain, you can actually fight it by eating more of these little seeds. New studies have shown that the omega-3...
