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When you think of environmental issues, your mind most likely focuses on problems like climate change and air pollution that harm the planet. But have you stopped to consider how these factors harm you? I’m not talking about plastics and toxins that leach into your food that may or not lead to cancer one day. I’m talking about the air you breath and the fact that air pollution is now…
You know that “rotten egg” smell? The gas that produces it is known as hydrogen sulfide. Not something you’d think could have any sort of health benefits, right? But your body actually produces this smelly gas in small amounts. Hydrogen sulfide regulates functions throughout the body, from cell metabolism to blood vessel dilation. And now, astoundingly, we’re learning that it also plays a pivotal role in protecting the aging brain…
In the year since the pandemic started, we’ve learned a lot about how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, affects the body. While SARS-CoV-2 primarily attacks the lungs, it can also cause the immune system to go into overdrive, leading to increased inflammation throughout the body. This inflammation can cause damage to the heart, blood vessels and brain. To combat this inflammation, researchers have studied the impact of several anti-inflammatory…
We all know how dangerous high blood pressure can be. Or do we? After all, when you think of high blood pressure, what comes to mind? Well, for most people the answer would be something like heart disease, stroke, heart attack, or maybe even an aneurysm. And they would be right. But they’d also be missing something. That’s because not all of the dangers of out of control blood pressure…
Back pain, neck pain, headaches and fibromyalgia — no matter what the cause of your chronic pain, living with its day-to-day fallout can seem like an impossible task. After all, how can you live your life, much less enjoy it, when the aches, discomforts, and exhaustion they cause never seem to end? So, do you head off to your doctor for a prescription? And if so, are opioids the answer…
We’ve all heard about the benefits of exercise and its positive effects on lowering blood pressure. Regular walking has been the hallmark for lowering blood pressure by reducing the stiffness in the blood vessels so blood can flow easier. But would you believe there may be an even easier way? A surprising finding from an international study of 40 people shows that stretching is superior to brisk walking for people…
It’s no secret that the typical Western diet does no favors for heart health, with its heavy emphasis on processed convenience foods that are high in calories, sugars, trans and saturated fats, salt and other additives. In fact, one of the top three factors contributing to cardiovascular disease, high blood cholesterol, can be directly linked to diets high in unhealthy saturated and trans fats. Fried foods like the kinds served…
People all over the world are getting heavier, mainly because they’re consuming too many calories that are derived from saturated fat. One of the side effects of this global obesity problem has been an increase in metabolic and brain disorders. In fact, growing evidence suggests consuming a high-fat diet raises the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of cognitive impairment. It’s not clearly known how high-fat diets act on…
Depression is one of those not-so-pleasant symptoms of hormonal fluctuations that we don’t like to talk about. Everyone is always telling us to think positive and look on the bright side. We’re worried that no one wants to hear how we really feel, so we put on our happy face and hide the fact that we’ve been struggling for some time now with feeling depressed, fatigued, overwhelmed, and we’ve lost…
We recently wrote about how melatonin is being considered as a possible treatment for COVID-19. The Cleveland Clinic-led study cited in that article showed using melatonin led to a 30 percent reduced likelihood of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2. However, at that time the researchers could only theorize as to why melatonin may have that effect. A more recent study has shed light on why some people are not infected with…