5 Steps to Giving an Awesome Massage
Massages are a fantastic way to connect and bond with your partner. Not only will giving them a rub down make your partner more relaxed, studies have also suggested that massages may be able to help regulate blood pressure and give a boost to the immune system. If you’re ready to give your partner a personal, relaxing massage they will...
Reduce Inflammation, Boost Immunity and More with Bee Pollen
If you have not yet embraced the wide variety of benefits that bee pollen offers, it is high time to give this superfood some serious consideration. While it may look a little funny, bee pollen is remarkably healthy, and deserves a starring role in a nutritious diet. Bee pollen is made when honeybees collect the male seed of a...
Get a Better Night’s Rest With the Help of These 5 Sleep Apps
Getting enough sleep at night is crucial for a healthy body and mind. Studies have shown that sleep is important for all kinds of bodily processes, from memory and brain function, to lowering stress levels and maintaining a healthy weight. However, according to an estimate from the CDC, more than one third of Americans may be sleep deprived. One of...
Stop Making Healthy Living Excuses
There are so many excuses for not working out, and none of them are good. If you truly would like to get into shape, then it's important to do away with them. No one is saying it will easy to start up a workout routine, but once you get going you will see that there are so many benefits. One...
Washington Citizens Win Case Against Industrial Dairy Farms
Factory farms are taking over more and more of this nation’s livestock production. Although some public health issues associated with livestock raised on factory farms are well known, such as antibiotic resistance, there is a new health concern emerging among those living closest to factory farms: the pollution of the air and water supply produced by the hordes of...
8 Phrases and Their Origins
What do "Once in a blue moon," "Close, but no cigar," and “Break a leg" all have in common? They’re phrases and idioms that our culture has accepted as a useful means of communication. Whose ideas were these seemingly nonsensical collections of words? Well, the gibberish actually often has legitimate background. "Let the cat out of the bag." What it means: To...
Women Who Sleep More Have Better Sex
We talk about the importance of sleep here at The Alternative Daily quite a bit. We’ve covered, for example, that the amount you sleep is associated with weight, stress levels, hormonal balance, memory, and even brain size. Now, a recent study tells us that there’s another surprising benefit to sleeping more: better and more frequent sex. The study out of...
The Link Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Diabetes
There are numerous studies on the potential health problems associated with vitamin D deficiency. It has been linked with rickets, increased risk for cardiovascular disease, cognitive impairment in the elderly, and possibly cancer. Now, new research has linked vitamin D deficiency to the potential development of diabetes, as well. Vitamin D and type 2 diabetes A study that was published in the...
Study Links Diet Soda to Belly Fat in Older Individuals
‘Diet soda can help with weight loss’ is the lie that has spread like a disease these past couple of decades. During this time, many a soda drinker, thinking they were making the right decision for their health and waistline, switched to diet soda to avoid that evil sugar. However, the hard truth is that more and more research is...
Follow Your Yellow Brick Road
The author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz wrote, “The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.” Thinking metaphorically, our lives can be considered a building project—we are constructing something of meaning. And ideally, we are constructing something that leads to something wonderful. The big question I have been thinking about is: What are we doing...
