5 Healthy Dessert Makeovers
Everyone loves dessert, but the sugar and other unhealthy ingredients that often come with it are far less attractive. However, you can have your cake and eat it too when you indulge in a healthy dessert makeover. By making just a few alterations to your favorite recipes, you can have your favorite sweet treats in a way that is healthy,...
Cuddle Your Way to Better Health
If you and your partner love cuddling, or you have a partner you want to convince to cuddle more, we have some good news! Research keeps emerging on the many health and happiness benefits of cuddling, and it’s revealed some pretty amazing things. Read on for the top 5 reasons to cuddle more! It lowers blood pressure and stress levels Physical...
Loyola Doctor Recommends Traditional Chinese Medicine for Better Winter Health
All too often, we hear about a sort of "war" between Western medicine and traditional Eastern remedies. Many health experts choose to get behind one and denounce the other - which is highly counterproductive, as both have important functions and benefits. Because of this familiar divide, it is highly encouraging to see doctors who are embracing the medicines of the...
Are Your Mercury Fillings Causing Candida?
Have you noticed a white coating on your tongue which does not seem to go away no matter how much you brush? Does your breath smell funky, your digestion feel off, and you're experiencing a nasty brain fog you can't seem to shake? If so, the culprit may be candida. Candida is a form of yeast which lives naturally in...
After a Successful Diet, Why is it Hard to Keep the Weight Off?
So many of us try to diet, then after some successful weight loss, we find ourselves struggling not to gain it back. Why is it so hard to keep the weight off once you have lost it? Expert opinion This very topic was at the heart of a report titled "Innovative Research to Improve Maintenance of Weight Loss," which was published...
Melt Belly Rolls and 19 Other Reasons to Drink Green Tea
For some time now, it seems like the health community is abuzz with talk of green tea - and for good reason! There doesn't seem to be much that this supercharged beverage can't do. Green tea, like its black tea relatives, is made from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant. The difference lies in how the leaves are...
How to Get Your Bathroom Organized
You have been tried and found guilty… of cosmetic hoarding. Admit it, you love those shiny new packages of makeup and shampoo. They lure you in and trap you. That gorgeous flat iron that you just HAD to buy is now sitting forgotten in the bottom of your vanity cabinet drawer. You can’t remember what you have and therefore...
Give Your Immune System a Natural Boost with These 6 Herbs and Spices
With cold and flu season approaching, we all need to give some extra attention to our immune system, which battles behind the scenes to fight off all sorts of problems and infections to keep us healthy. Here are 6 spices and herbs that can give you that extra boost! Echinacea Echinacea is a herb native to the Americas, renowned for its...
Say This – Not That: Communication Tips for Healthier and Happier Relationships
Research has shown that strong relationships are vital to our health and happiness—but they’re not always easy to maintain. Especially in long-term relationships, problems, disagreements and arguments are bound to arise. Much of the time, the root of these problems isn’t the disagreements or differences themselves. Rather, relational conflicts are often caused by poor communication between partners. Luckily, changing the...
Meditation Literally Rebuilds Your Brain
By now, pretty much all of us know and accept that meditation provides a plethora of benefits, including reduced tension and stress and improved focus and concentration. However, how and why meditation does this has long remained unknown—until now! Harvard University scientists have published the results of an 8-week study that used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to examine the effects...
