How to Relieve Your Trigger Points on Your Own with a Tennis Ball
Trigger points are tiny knots that can develop in a muscle if it is injured or overstressed. It’s a common cause of joint paint that is also known to cause other problems such as headaches, neck or jaw pain, low back pain, tennis elbow and carpal tunnel syndrome. Trigger point massage therapy can help alleviate the source of pain by...
Why Do I Always Feel Hungry?
While the most obvious reason for the feeling of hunger is the signal that it is time for your next meal, this sensation can also be caused by several other variables. If you are eating regular meals, and find that your hunger is still not satisfied, or if you are feeling hungry much too often, your body might be...
Cancer Causing Ingredient 4-MeI Found in Alarmingly High Amounts in Pepsi One
Over 50 percent of all Americans drink an average of 2.5 glasses of soda each day. Although you may already know this fact, we want to remind you that a single can of soda contains the equivalent of 10 teaspoons of sugar - most likely in the form of high fructose corn syrup. Beverages (and foods) with added sugars...
8 Green Foods You Don’t Want to Pass Up
You’ve probably heard by now that for optimal health, it’s best to incorporate a wide variety of colorful fresh foods into your diet. Eating organic green foods helps to provide a much-needed boost to the immune system, particularly beneficial during the cold and flu season as well as offering potent anti-inflammatory properties that can aid in preventing a host...
The 9 Worst “Healthy” Cooking Mistakes You Can Make
So, you are well on your way to a healthier lifestyle and trying to clean up your act in the kitchen a little bit. Are you just a bit confused as far as all of the information that is floating around on the Internet about healthy cooking and not-so-healthy cooking? If you are, that is ok, you are not...
Why You Should Always Take Your Shoes Off in the House
Did you grow up in one of those homes where your mother was always hollering at you to take off your shoes? Did you always have a box of shoes at the back door and slippers for inside the house? While millions of Americans have adopted the habit of removing their footwear before entering their home, millions of others still...
Exploring the Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet
Whether you consider yourself health conscious or not, you’ve probably heard about the benefits of the Mediterranean diet. While first popularized in the 1990s, this produce, fish and nut-heavy diet has proven itself to be more than a mere fad as more and more people are realizing the benefits of a heavily plant-based diet. While there are countless studies...
Supreme Court Sides With Monsanto
In a truly unfortunate turn of events, the US Supreme Court has put an end to a lawsuit by the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association, which, alongside over 80 non-GMO farmers, strove to overturn Monsanto's ability to sue anyone who is found to have patented seeds growing amongst their crops. The impact of this decision is truly troubling: Monsanto...
Understanding Self-Control and Why We Lose it Sometimes
A new study performed by neuroscientists at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and the University of California, San Diego has revealed a technique to improve a certain area of human self-control through electrical stimulation of the brain. For the study, researchers recruited four volunteers with epilepsy who were being monitored for seizures at the Mischer Neuroscience...
Depression More Likely in Migraine Sufferers
A study  out of the University of Toronto published recently in the journal Depression Research and Treatment found that younger migraine sufferers are particularly at risk for depression. The rate of depression among those who suffer with migraines in general is twice as high as compared to those who don’t. Women under 30 have it the worst, with a six-fold...
