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What is it about diet soda? They’ve done such a good job with marketing and misinformation that it’s tough to separate what’s real from what’s in the commercials. But here’s the ugly truth about these concoctions: They won’t make your body look slim and beautiful. In fact on the inside, they have rather ugly effects on your waistline. Diet soda is worse than worthless for weight-loss – it puts three…
Medical researchers are searching non-stop for drugs that can do a reliable job of relieving depression … but they’re not having much luck. Despite their lack of success, they have spent little or no time looking into natural ways to lighten mood and ease depression. Most of that is because companies can’t patent and sell natural remedies … so you never hear about them. But researchers at Oregon State University…
The descriptions I read about vitamin A, and what’s good what for what illness, get even me confused. What are they? Does it work for skin? What about eye health? Despite what most will tell you, there really is a safe way to treat skin conditions with vitamin A, which I’ll show you in this article. You’ll also discover how to use preformed vitamin A and beta-carotene safely for your…
If you’re interested in feeling healthier, living longer and losing weight with the paleo diet, there’s one technique that can get you a long way to your goal. You can learn how to cook your own meals. And if you want to follow a paleo way of eating, this is going to be a necessity. There’s no way around the need to make most of your meals at home. Yes,…
I am definitely not a hoarder. In fact, I’m almost the opposite. I sometimes toss out things that later on I wish I had kept. I tended to be a minimalist before I’d ever even heard of the movement, or those reality shows where they show people who struggle to throw things out. “Stuff” just doesn’t matter to me. But I am a little bit sentimental about my family and…
Most of what we do happens right in front of us and in a range of motion of about 60-degrees. The problem is, life goes on eventfully in the other 300 degrees. Range of motion is important and so is joint strength, tendon health and muscle endurance. Even for the most basic things, like reaching for something in the fridge, getting the bowl down from the top cabinet, lacing up…
Here are the five most common mistakes I see people make as they transition towards a Paleo diet: No. 1) Swapping gluten-containing grain products for gluten-free products. Going gluten-free has many health benefits, and I am big supporter of removing gluten. But many people simply swap their 6 to 10 servings of gluten-containing grain-based products for gluten-free grain-based products. If you do this you are still probably still eating 6…
Flu vaccine propaganda is ludicrous to the extreme. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention constantly chides people to get their flu vaccine. Doctors and pharmacies get kickbacks to peddle the shot. The CDC tells us that every year an estimated 5 percent to 20 percent of Americans come down with the flu, leading to 200,000 hospitalizations. That percentage range is a huge discrepancy. Five percent of 310 million is…
Your morning coffee may give you the energy to start your day, but did you also know that daily coffee habit is good for your health, especially your cardiovascular health? The coffee plant and its beans are chock full of thousands of chemicals and polyphenol antioxidants, vitamins, bioflavonoids, and minerals that promote heart health and help to neutralize the effect of naturally occurring caffeine. Drinking a moderate amount of coffee…
Despite their colorful packaging and hype, the cold medicines sold in pharmacies won’t shorten the length of your cold. But Australian researchers say there is one remedy that can make your suffering almost half as long. The cold virus comes in more than 100 different varieties, so the search for a definite cure of the ailment can seem just about hopeless. But high dose zinc acetate lozenges can make your…