What’s Your Tongue Look Like? What It Says About Your Health
Like most extraneous parts of the body, the tongue tells a story about what is happening on the inside. How your tongue looks including its texture, color and moistness can point to a number of health issues such as anemia, dehydration and kidney problems. Chinese medical practitioners have studied the health of the tongue for thousands of years and identify...
Toxic Lifestyles Leading to Brain Disease and Early Dementia?
A recent study published in the journal Public Health shows that brain diseases and dementia are hitting people - especially Americans - at younger ages now than 30 years ago, and in increasing numbers. Professor Colin Pritchard, leader of the study performed at Bournemouth University, links this phenomenon to our modern lifestyle as a whole, including our eating habits,...
Study: 1460 Metric Tons of Toxins in the Air We Breathe
There are many things about staying healthy that are fully within our control. We can control what we eat, for instance. Did someone force you to eat that donut at lunch? We can also control how much exercise we get, or whether we exercise at all. We can control how we respond to stress. We can control our choice...
What is Far Better Than Exercise or Dieting? Lifestyle Change
When it comes to embarking on a healthy lifestyle, many people choose diet over exercise, or vice versa. Is one really better than the other? A recent study published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine, conducted by researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine, revealed that neither was actually beneficial in helping individuals meet healthy eating and fitness recommendations...
A Health Nightmare: Nothing Cool About Cool Whip
The Alternative Daily team supports label reading. Even if it takes you a few extra minutes when you shop, do yourself a favor and turn the package or container over and skim over the ingredient list. Becoming familiar with the contents of your food is a great first step towards making healthy food choices. If there is an ingredient that...
Buying Organic Always Matters with These 8 Foods
Sugar is sugar no matter whether it is conventional or organic. It all impacts the blood the same way. While there is much good behind the organic label, it has also created quite a stir amongst consumers who are convinced that everything organic is better. A study released by Cornell University Food and Brand Lab says that the impact of the...
Monsanto Victory a Slap in the Face to Sustainable Agriculture
Last Monday, Vernon Hugh Bowman, a 76-year old Indiana farmer, lost a Supreme Court battle with Monsanto, genetically engineered (GE) seed tycoon and the world’s biggest seed company. Bowman was ordered by the Supreme Court to pay $84,000 to the billion-dollar conglomerate for planting a mix bag of soybean seeds that contained some of Monsanto’s Roundup-resistant seeds, as they were...
Can Walking Help Lower 80% of Our Country’s Healthcare Costs?
Do you roll out of bed each morning, hop in your car, jump out, onto the elevator and take a seat at your desk for 8 hours? If so, you are not unlike many Americans who live a car to desk lifestyle. Perhaps you often skip lunch or sit at your desk and eat a quick bite while working. You...
5 Balancing and Strengthening Super Herbs
You have heard of super foods but have you ever heard of super herbs? Just the word "super" conveys that these herbs are special, in fact, they are extraordinary. Super herbs have been used for thousands of years to promote health and well being. Super herbs have two impacts on the body - they are adaptogenic or tonifying. Adaptogenic herbs bring...
7 Things Your Nails are Saying About Your Health
How often do you look at your fingernails and wonder what they are saying about your health? If you are honest - your answer is probably very infrequently. However, fingernails like other body parts, are places where we can see visible signs of imbalance that we would be wise to acknowledge. The human body has amazing ways to express...
