Health

Let’s face it, modern life can be taxing. From jammed packed schedules to environmental toxins, along with questionable food and water quality, we need all the help we can get to stay fit, energetic and disease-free. However, more often than not, we forego health-enhancing practices because we just don’t have the…
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Despite what the American Dental Association claims, studies have actually shown that the number of cavities do not go up in communities that end water fluoridation; in fact, in Germany as just one example, researchers found significantly less dental caries after water fluoridation was stopped.…
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  Traditionally, passion flower is known to help alleviate symptoms of anxiety. Studies have shown that this herb may specifically reduce anxiety in people who are preparing to undergo dental treatment and outpatient surgeries. It may also help improve sleep quality with its sedative and anxiolytic properties.…
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  FM uses a higher frequency range and a bigger bandwidth than AM.AM radio operates from 535 kHz (kiloHertz) to 1,605 kHz (New Zealand).A kilohertz is 1,000 oscillations per second. When you tune the dial on your radio, the number changes by 10 kHz each time.This means that each station has 10 kHz of bandwidth on…
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  A team of researchers at the Institute of Neurosciences of Alicante of the ISIC in Spain has found that the sense of touch arises in the brain before birth—at least in mice. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group outlines their study of the embryonic stages of the development of the brain in mice and what…
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  One of the most serious byproducts of modern living is the inundation of the human body and natural environment with toxic chemicals and substances used in medical and consumer products. Just under our noses are a ton of toxic materials, and when you look at the ingredients of pharmaceuticals and contaminants in foods, you see…
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  By Jill Suttie I love trees and am not immune to hugging them. It may not be rational, but when I’m near one of these quiet giants, I feel like they are kin—ancient grandparents, or at least benevolent witnesses of history and time. Everyone probably doesn’t feel the same way as I do, but perhaps they should.…
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In the 2018 James Cameron-produced documentary “The Game Changers,” it is revealed that vegans have a higher libido. Registered dietitian Bonnie Taub-Dix – the creator of BetterThanDieting.com and author of “Read it Before You Eat It –…
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  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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