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We all know that we would die without a functioning heart. But many people aren’t aware that the liver, the body’s largest solid organ, is just as crucial to life and health. It’s the liver that detoxifies the body. It processes and gets rid of unwanted substances that enter your body through your lungs, skin or mouth. These include: Food additives Household chemicals Environmental pollutants Medications Hormones Without your liver,…
People have been searching for the fountain of youth for thousands of years… the one thing that has the power to lengthen our life span. After all, who wouldn’t want to live longer and healthier? And recently, scientists believe that the answer to that fountain of youth goal may have been discovered in diets that severely restrict the number of calories you can eat. In other words, fasting. But who…
We all know that ticks can carry disease. Yet, for the majority of us, when we worry about the need to check for the little bloodsuckers after a day outdoors or a camping trip, the disease at the top of our mind is usually Lyme. But while there’s no doubt that Lyme disease is a serious condition with long-term implications for your health, there’s another disease circulating among one kind…
When you first start exercising after being a couch potato for too long, it’s excruciating. You can’t breathe. You’re drenched in sweat. And every muscle in your body hurts. But the good news is, eventually, you’ll build up your aerobic capacity and it will get easier. After a while, aerobic exercise starts to alter your muscle fibers. It makes these fibers more efficient at using oxygen while you exercise, which…
It’s always nice when a food or drink that’s not necessarily considered “healthy,” turns out to be good for us in ways we never expected. Such is the case with red wine. We’ve known for a while now that a compound found in red grapes can make our heart stronger, make our skin younger and may even help prevent diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. Well, research over the past two years…
Healing systems developed among ancient people long before modern medicine, research labs and pharmaceutical companies. The Ayurveda tradition, which began in India, from 3,000 to 5,000 years ago, may be the most familiar to most of us. You may not know a lot of specifics about it, but chances are you’ve heard of it, especially if you’re of the mindset that you’d rather avoid getting sick in the first place…
“There’s a lot of testosterone in this room.” It’s often said by annoyed women in rooms filled with mostly men… locker rooms, boardrooms, my living room when my husband and his friends watched football with a Corona in hand… clearly before the time of coronavirus. But truth be told, there’s probably not nearly as much testosterone in those rooms as there should be. And it shows… Why the testosterone shortage?…
Despite the fact that it’s a caffeinated drink, a nice cup of tea can actually be helpful for hypertension. But not just any tea. Recent research has shown that green and black tea can reduce blood pressure. Especially green tea. Evidence that this soothing drink may improve brain function, help with fat burning and even protect against certain cancers has been around for a while now. But more recent research…
There’s a ton of research showing that omega-3s have the potential to stave off Alzheimer’s disease… And those are just a few examples. There are plenty more. Unfortunately, there are also plenty of studies where omega-3s don’t provide the brain benefits everyone had hoped. These discrepancies have left a lot of people to wonder whether omega-3s really work in the fight against Alzheimer’s. Luckily, a new study may finally have…
It’s always been a challenge to cure viral infections. It didn’t start with the coronavirus. Many people mistakenly think that taking an antibiotic will rid them of a cold or flu virus, but this is not the case. Antibiotics kill bacteria, not viruses. There is, however, one popular spice that shows great potential as the basis for an antiviral drug. Research over the past decade or so has proven that…