6 Ways to Have a Healthier Office Space
For many of us, a typical weekday involves spending most of the daylight hours at the office. While there are likely some things about your work spaces that you cannot change, there are a number of things within your control to either make your environment work against you, or work for you. The following are six ideas to optimize your office...
Battling Your Ego – Why Letting Go is Healthy
Sometimes we just want to have our way. While our individual desires and identities make us who we are, there are times when it gets to the point where what we want directly clashes with others, with the environment and even with ourselves. When our ego goes at odds with living a peaceful, happy life, it becomes imperative to swim...
5 Ways to Bypass the Industrial Diet
The industrial diet, also known as the Western diet and the Standard American Diet (SAD), is quite literally killing us. The rise in popularity of convenient, processed, chemical-laden, sugary, packaged and individually wrapped foods of all types coincides a little too neatly with our nation's steady rise in obesity, heart disease and diabetes rates. The popularity of processed foods is so...
4 Foods and 2 Drinks that Fight Pain
Pain comes in many forms and intensities, from mildly uncomfortable to downright excruciating. A variety of conditions can lead to what is known as chronic pain, pain which persists over a long period of time and may be experienced constantly in some cases. One main factor in chronic pain, as well as many types of other pain, is inflammation....
Seafood Industry Byproduct Holds Promise for IBD Sufferers
Who could have guessed that crustacean shells would prove so incredibly useful to humans? Late last spring, Harvard researchers designed a new biodegradable plastic, known as "shrilk," from the shells. Now, researchers at Florida Atlantic University have received a grant to study their possible applications in the treatment of irritable bowel disorder (IBD). The National Institutes of Health (NIH)...
Do You Know What Your Lymph System Does?
The lymphatic system's primary function is to transport lymph, which is a clear, colorless fluid that contains white blood cells, helping to rid the body of toxins, wastes, and other unwanted materials including airborne pollutants, food additives, drugs (of any kind), pesticides, etc. It is made up of glands, lymph nodes, the spleen, tonsils and the thymus gland. The lymph...
Learn How to Cope with Your Fears and Phobias
Everyone has been afraid of something now and then. It may be that black spider hiding out in your shower, or an upcoming flight you just can’t bear to take. Fears are unique and affect people differently. Yet, while a fear may cause a bit of unease or a fair amount of anxiety, when the feeling becomes overwhelming to...
Study: Ginger Shows Promise for Fighting Cancer
It seems that the more research is done on the medicinal properties of ginger, the more significant and exciting benefits are discovered. While many of us are familiar with ginger as a sweet, spicy meal addition and a great digestive system soother, recent research into this amazing rhizome is finding that it shows promise in aiding many other health...
8 Ways to Naturally Ease Summer Skin Chafing
While the summer months bring many positive things, chafing is certainly not one of them. When skin rubs against skin, even just briefly, it can quickly become red, irritated and painful. In severe cases it may even bleed. Any repeated motion, particularly when temperatures skyrocket, can cause chafing, and it's exacerbated by lingering residue excreted when we sweat. Fortunately there are...
Walmart and “Cheap” Organics
The latest large-scale retailer joining the organic movement is - rather surprisingly - Walmart. The monolithic superstore has announced that it will be carrying a line of organic products, and is encouraging consumers that they will be sold at cheaper prices than other retailers. Before you get too excited, however, Walmart's organics, at least at this stage, may not...
