Top 3 Ways Meditation Can Benefit You
The ancient art of meditation has been practiced for centuries. The earliest practitioners sought to better understand the nature of life and their purpose on Earth. Today, people meditate for any number of reasons, including self-exploration and stress relief. Regardless of one’s purpose, meditation has numerous health benefits ranging far beyond relaxation. Here are three reasons why you may...
Study: Rats, Just Like Humans Can Regret Poor Food Choices
Have you ever been hypnotized by the bright drive-thru lights and stopped to indulge despite your best intentions, only to find yourself wallowing in regret, and possibly indigestion, a few hours later, wishing you had taken the time to cook a delicious meal? We've all been there. As it turns out, according to a new study published in Nature Neuroscience,...
Why Car Sharing is Better for the Environment
If you're starting to suspect that life would be a lot easier, less expensive and more environmentally friendly if you didn't own a car, you're not alone. In the past several years, more and more people, especially those living in larger cities, are opting for public transportation and car sharing - a great choice for both the pocketbook and...
Microbeads are Threatening Our Lakes: Make Your Own Exfoliating Soaps
Earlier this month, Illinois became the first state to ban microbeads, used in many exfoliating soaps, body washes, shaving creams, toothpastes and other personal hygiene products. While seemingly harmless, these little beads are causing a significant threat to the environment, especially to our precious water supply. Synthetic microbeads are usually made of plastic, which does not biodegrade. Some scrubs, cleansers...
Florida on Board for Limited Medicinal Use of Low -THC Marijuana
Eighteen years after California became the first state to legalize the medicinal use of marijuana with Proposition 215, Florida has loosened the reigns, if only just a little bit. On Friday, the state voted 30-9 to allow "Charlotte's Web," a strain of low-THC marijuana, to be used in certain circumstances for patients with cancer and those who experience seizures...
Mad Cow Disease Confirmed in Texas: Choose Grass Fed
Earlier this month, Texas health officials and the CDC announced the death of a man caused by Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a form of mad cow disease. Officials assure us that this man more than likely picked up the disease outside of the country, however, for many people it still raises alarms. While the USDA has measures in place to...
Could a Smaller Home Improve Your Health: The 3 Benefits of Downsizing
You see lots of people buying bigger and bigger homes. They start off small, and then as finances improve they move up, with the mantra of our culture chanting, "buy as much as you can, and as big as you can." They believe the hype because that's what "they're supposed to do." No one ever tells you to buy...
3 Chemical-Filled Personal Care Products You Should Avoid and How to Make Them Safely Yourself
Most of us have quite the assortment of personal care products in our bathroom cabinets. According to a survey by the Environmental Working Group, the average woman uses 12 products containing 168 different ingredients daily, while men use an average of six products with 85 unique ingredients each day. This means that we are literally bathing, rubbing, lathering and...
Panera Bread to Dump all Additives
In a recent announcement, Panera Bread, a popular restaurant chain with stores throughout the United States and Canada, has stated that it will be removing all artificial additives from its foods by the close of 2016. While this does not mean that eating at Panera is inherently healthy, it is a huge step in the right direction, which reflects...
How to Stay on Track with Your Health Goals
Many of us have at least some type of health-related goal we're trying to accomplish, but only one in three adults receive the recommended amount of physical activity each week, according to the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition. When it comes to health goals, achieving them and then throwing all your hard work out the window by reverting...
