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With cold and flu season approaching, you may be thinking about stocking up on your preferred decongestants and cold medicines. The last thing you want is to be caught empty-handed when your sinuses are blocked, you can’t breathe and the pressure and pain knocks you down for the count. But before you head to the pharmacy, I’m here to give you some news about recent developments in the world of…
“I take my sleep incredibly seriously,” says leading sleep expert Matthew Walker. I wrote about Dr. Walker here a few years back. He’s the director of the Center for Human Sleep Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Walker said that we are in the midst of a “catastrophic sleep-loss epidemic,” and it’s costing people their lives by putting them at high risk for diabetes, dementia, hypertension, depression, heart…
A clean home doesn’t just make you feel good. It can help you stay healthy. After all, fewer germs mean less chance of catching that common cold or the flu that’s been going around. But what if the cleaning products you’ve been using to keep your home at its sparkling best are actually hiding dangerous substances that could destroy your health instead of helping it? That’s the warning in a…
Parkinson’s disease can be cruel. In my experience, it’s a “long goodbye” — a name often given to Alzheimer’s disease. Over ten years, we watched as my active, funny, loving dad shrank more and more into himself, both physically and emotionally, until he could no longer communicate with us, and recognized none of us, except for my mother. Research into the origins of Parkinson’s is ongoing, in the hope that…
Stress presents a clear and present danger to the human body. In fact, plenty of research indicates it’s a prolific modern-day killer… Stress changes our metabolism and leads to weight gain and diabetes. It can cause cancer to spread and your biological clock to tick faster. And perhaps most well-known is how stress damages the heart. But stress, especially when it’s chronic, can also play a number on your brain……
Zinc is one of those nutrients we don’t talk about a lot. Vitamin C, vitamin D — there’s lots out there about why you need them, and what happens if you don’t get enough. But zinc? Kind of gets lost in the shuffle unless it’s cold and flu season. And that’s not good… Research has shown that a zinc deficiency could be linked to high blood pressure, contribute to cataract…
Air pollution can wreak havoc on a lot more than your respiratory system. Research has linked chronic exposure to ozone air pollution with progressive thickening of the carotid arteries that supply blood to the head and neck, as well as a higher risk of carotid plaque. This plaque can lead to cardiovascular issues like heart attack and stroke. But that’s only if they’re exposed over long periods of time, right?…
Cake might not be the healthiest choice for those of us looking to slim our waistlines or battle back diabetes and blood pressure problems. But let’s face it… Sometimes you just have to enjoy life. But what if there was a way to bake a cake with superfood benefits? That’s the promise of a study from researchers at King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia who say to add flavonoid power…
Could preventing memory loss and staying cognitively sharp as we age be as simple as popping a pill? That’s what a series of studies is showing us. The pill? A simple daily multivitamin. At age 67, this one is making me sit up and pay attention. If you’re at all concerned with keeping your cognitive abilities as you get older, you’ll want to take note… Peak Krill Oil™…
It’s 3 p.m., and my stomach is growling. It’s been a few hours since lunch, and dinner is still a few hours away. Time for an afternoon snack. I always feel a little guilty when I snack outside of mealtimes. But I’m far from alone. According to one survey, nearly 3 in 4 Americans report snacking at least once a day, most frequently in the afternoon. Snacking in and of…