Use These 4 Methods To Fight Out of Control Stress
Stress has been called "the silent killer" and can lead to heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and other serious medical conditions. The term stress is a derivative of the Latin word stringere which means to draw tight. Stress can change blood sugar levels, encourage mood swings, fatigue, high blood sugar and metabolic syndrome. According to Heartmath, more and more...
Are We Eating The Life Out of This Planet?
The way our nation eats is costing us our planet’s health. Aside from the highly detrimental effects of our eating habits on our health, our environment is suffering greatly from our use of pesticides and GMO crops. Today, most crops are grown with the aid of one synthetic chemical or another, and GMOs are becoming the norm in America,...
2 Of The Most Toxic FDA-Approved Poisons
Since 1930, many Americans have trusted the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to tell us what foods are safe to eat and what products are safe to use. According to their mission statement, posted on fda.gov, “the FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products,...
5 Healthy Foods That Will Boost Happiness Levels
While many things may cause you to feel "blue" and grumpy, there are some foods that are known to have an uplifting effect on brain chemicals. The first thing many people head for when they are a little down is sugar. Sugar, however, is destructive and consuming sugary foods at any time only leads to poor health. Although the...
Eat More Traditional Fats for Better Health
Your grandmother and her mother, and her mother and so on, probably consumed a great deal more fat than you do today. However, although fat consumption has decreased, heart disease has increased. There is something dramatically wrong with this picture. What is wrong is that fat, good healthy natural fat, has been misrepresented in a way that has made...
The Anatomy of the Grocery Store: Avoid These Aisles!
Grocery stores, especially the massive ones with too many aisles to even count, have a way of sucking you in like a vacuum. You may find yourself dizzy and lost among a maze of packages, cans and frozen foods, drowning in confusion. Not sure what to buy, you wander aimlessly down the aisles. Understanding the anatomy of the grocery...
Study: Meditation Actually Increases Frontal Cortex and Boosts Frontal Lobe Activity
Many of us have heard that meditation has an array of benefits, but are unsure as to specifically what they are. We have heard that it promotes mental clarity and relaxation, but so does a walk in the park. So the question remains, what are the specific benefits of this ancient practice, and is there any scientific evidence for...
Ditch The Gym Membership: 5 Cheap and Easy Ways to Burn Fat At Home
So, you have finally decided to cancel your gym membership and set up your own home gym. Contrary to what you might think, there are only a few essential pieces of equipment needed to complete your gym. Many people find that working out at home is much easier than making time for a trip to the gym. There is...
5 Tips for Staying Healthy on Vacation
With summer just around the corner, many people are in the midst of planning a vacation. There are some things that we like to come back from vacation with like a good tan or a cool souvenir, but an extra ten pounds is not necessarily on this list. However, without a little extra planning and thought, the pounds can...
Wiping vs Washing: Which is Better For The Planet and Your Bum?
We clean our bodies with soap and water, our hands with soap and water, our clothes with soap and water but our bottoms with dry paper...... does that make sense? Not everyone everywhere has the same hygiene methods - the Japanese toilet is like a toilet with a hair dryer, other cultures use bidets or hand held shower-type cleaning...
