Sitting Around is More Dangerous than You Think
When we get home from a long day on the job, the natural instinct for many of us is to plop down on the couch, and either catch up on our favorite TV shows, read a book or just sit and spend time with our families. However, all those hours sitting, compounded with the sitting many of us do at...
Could GM Baker’s Yeast Be Contributing to Skyrocketing Rates of Obesity and Diabetes?
In the ongoing struggle to avoid GMOs and their potentially negative impact on our health and the environment, there is at least one product you may not have considered: Baker's yeast, the common type of yeast used as a leavening agent in baking bread and other bakery type foods. While the current GMO debate has focused on the health impact...
Is Your Deodorant Worsening Your Body Odor?
For many people, slathering on deodorant, antiperspirant, or a deodorant/antiperspirant combo is an everyday morning ritual. We give little thought to the hundreds of chemicals contained in these products, as they accomplish an important function: making us smell fresh and clean. However, a small-scale study performed at the University of Ghent in Belgium has uncovered preliminary evidence that antiperspirants which...
Fruit Sugar vs. Table Sugar
You may have heard that natural fruit sugar is far healthier than table sugar (sucrose). The answer to that is a bit more complicated than it seems. The sugar found in fruit and the sugar found in that bowl of shiny white grains on your table are molecularly and chemically the same. Both are comprised of fructose and glucose...
Is Dry Heat or Humidity Better for Good Health?
The level of humidity in the air may not be something that you've thought about when it comes to your health, but it certainly plays a role in your total well-being. The answer to the question, whether dry heat or humidity is better, is actually neither, as an extreme in either direction isn't good for health. It can also...
Activated Charcoal – Nature’s Remedy for Poisoning and More
When you hear the word "charcoal," you probably immediately think about grilling hot dogs or burgers, but there is another type of charcoal known as activated charcoal that's used to treat a number of ailments as well as a multi-purpose poison and disease antidote. A story recorded in 1831 describes how a French Academy of Medicine professor drank a...
Too Much of a Good Thing May be Harmful for Heart Attack Survivors
If a little bit of exercise is a good thing, then more must be even better, right? While this is true up to a certain point, research has found that too much exercise can actually be harmful, especially for those who have suffered a heart attack. A new study published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings followed just under 2,400 heart...
5 Steps to Optimal Autumn Readiness
Now that summer will soon be drawing to an end, many of us are somewhat in a state of denial. Especially for those of us living in colder climates, the last hurrahs of the warm season can be quite depressing, with the anticipation of the cold months ahead. While the upcoming fall season is inevitable, there are ways to soften...
Revolutionary Technology Charges Batteries Using Sweat
The potential for green energy is all around us, and is sometimes found in the most unlikely of sources. This year alone, we have reported on innovative groups of scientists generating energy from food waste, and even from urine. Now, a research team from the University of California, San Diego has developed a battery that can derive energy from human...
It’s Time to Quit Comparing Yourself with Others
No matter what area of life is in question - personal, recreational or professional - one of the most psychologically damaging things we can do to ourselves is to measure our successes and failures in relation to another person. What's right for one person is not necessarily so for another, and as long as we keep comparing ourselves to...
