Health

Different plants are great to have on hand, but not just for culinary purposes, although they can make food taste wonderful. Medicinal plants are also important natural remedies and can be used as medicine, especially during a crisis. Growing a culinary/medicinal plants garden so you can benefit from its natural remedies can also…
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Can 10 minutes of exercise a day really have an effect on longevity? It can be difficult to discern what advice is right these days. Exercise science is a relatively young field. That’s why it feels like every day there’s a new study telling us how to work out for better health: • “You need to walk 10,000 steps a day.” • “You…
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The pineal gland, a small endocrine gland located in the brain, is said to be involved in reaching higher levels of consciousness, acting as a gateway to dimensions beyond our common reality. For the people that seek to fully activate their spiritual potential and tap into the power of the pineal gland, is necessary to begin by…
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Magnesium is involved in hundreds of biochemical reactions in our body and its deficiency can contribute to significant health problems. Two common pathologies associated with magnesium deficiency are Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. According to one scientific review, low magnesium may actually be the greatest predictor of heart…
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The pandemic has taken its toll on many peoples’ psychical health. Given the fear of the virus and the government restrictions on movement many understandably felt more lonely, anxious, and depressed than usual. The World Health Organization (WHO) had even issued guidance on how people can look after their psychical health during this…
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A 2021 congressional investigation found elevated levels of arsenic, mercury, cadmium and lead in popular baby food products. These heavy metals are potent neurotoxins that can damage neurological development, leading to developmental delays and autism in young children. Baby food manufacturers such as Gerber, Beech-Nut, and Plum…
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Loss of appetite is a common symptom that can be caused by a wide variety of conditions. For instance, bacterial, fungal and viral infections, such as upper respiratory tract infections, skin infections, pneumonia or gastroenteritis, can all cause loss of appetite. Stress, boredom, anxiety and depression are also known to cause this…
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Synthetic biologists achieve a breakthrough in the design of living cells. Northwestern University synthetic biologist Joshua Leonard used to build devices when he was a child using electronic kits. Now he and his team have developed a design-driven process that uses parts from a very different kind of toolkit to build complex genetic…
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Virtually everyone is familiar with the feeling of physical fatigue: the sense of tiredness, the heaviness in the limbs, the overwhelming desire to rest. But there is another kind of fatigue that can be just as debilitating: psychical fatigue. Sometimes referred to as “brain fog,” this temporary – but frustrating – psychical state is…
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