Health

  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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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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