Health

  A small segment of the population are born with superhuman sleep needs. They’re called natural short sleepers, and they wake up refreshed and wide awake on very little sleep. And these individuals share a few other quirks, too. What do Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Martha Stewart have in common? They’re…
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  By Lynn Jaffee Getting outside and feeling the natural world offers a long list of health benefits I grew up mostly outdoors surrounded by plants. Our house sat on a hill covered with blueberry bushes, daffodils, flowering crabapple trees, and an asparagus patch. I spent those years playing in the orchard behind…
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Everyone knows how important sleep is to your health and well-being. Who wants that feeling of sluggishness and low concentration when you have been deprived of a good night sleep. Not only does not having enough sleep cause issues to the way you feel, it also has been…
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Did you know that working at something and making an effort can trigger changes in your brain and actually make you happier? Armed with this knowledge, it’s easier to value your own effort without worrying about what other people think. Keep reading to find out why effort is so important for your well-being.…
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  By Aletheia Luna Our frantic, stuffed schedules and fast-paced lives make it difficult for us to wind down and simply be with ourselves. We have mastered how to DO, but we know almost nothing about how to BE.Even when we do find ourselves with nothing to do, we freak out. Our social conditioning has ingrained within us the…
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  While the term psycho-acoustic medicine may be relatively new in our world, the practices of using sound and frequencies to impact the physical and emotional health of the body has been used since the beginning of time. From Gregorian chants in churches, to the chanting of Tibetan monks, to Native American drumming, song and…
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  Italian scientists have found evidence that a daily dose of cocoa acts as a dietary supplement to counteract different types of cognitive decline. Back in 2017, the team found that regularly eating cocoa was linked to improvements in working memory and visual information processing and cocoa could be particularly beneficial…
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  Herbs and spices are not medicine alternative, they’re medicine. You can fight inflammation and lower risk of diseases if you use the right herbs. Add herbs and spices to meals, smoothies, soups and teas. Here are 25 herbs and spices that fight inflammation and improve overall health: 1. Black pepper: This spice…
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  The benefits of fasting are many and various. Fasting supports good health by promoting a healthy body weight, encouraging normal cognitive function, and even facilitating detoxification. Now, research has also shown that fasting may help reset the immune system. How Does Fasting Reset the Immune System?…
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  In 2011, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer created a group to review all available evidence on cell phones, which found that their use is “possibly carcinogenic to humans,” also noting that there may be bias, chance or other pitfalls in the research.…
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