Therapies

  The pressed juice of purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) can help relieve the effects of restraint stress, according to the authors of a study published in the Journal of Medicinal Food. The study reveals that this effect also reverses the negative impacts of restraint stress on the immune response. The…
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  In case you still weren’t sure about whether or not cancer is one of the worst things that can ever happen to anyone, you only need to look at what happens with most female cancer patients after they have undergone treatment. In the case of breast cancer patients, it’s possible to suffer from a related condition…
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  Astragalus has been used medicinally for thousands of years. It is known by many names such as huang qi in Chinese, meaning “yellow leader”, referring to color of the roots. In Japanese it is known as ogi and hwanggi in Korean. Another common name is “milk vetch”. The health benefits of Astragalus are…
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A common concern that a lot of people have after an intense workout is whether they will be able to move for the next few days. If you belong to this group and think that taking a short break from your routine could destroy everything you worked hard for – don’t be. A study from…
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Intermittent fasting is a style of eating with a few different variations that are all based on cycling through periods of fasting and eating normally. This kind of eating is most often used to boost weight loss, for which it has been proven effective. However, there are a number of additional health benefits from brain…
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  Your liver is your body’s primary organ of detoxification: when it’s not well, neither are you. The human liver filters drugs, nutrients and toxins from the body, produces bile to help digest fats, and removes toxic bilirubin from the blood. Home remedies, foods and alternative treatments keep your liver happy and…
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  A pilot study illuminates that high-dose vitamin D significantly improves lesions and depigmentation in psoriasis and vitiligo, respectively. Because Vitamin D deficiency is implicated in the pathophysiology of autoimmune responses, these findings may be applicable to other autoimmune disorders.…
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  Scientists now believe they have found the ever-elusive “fountain of youth” – but not in some mystical outside source but in our actual bodies. On February, scientists at the University of California San Diego began to understand cell aging. Using a combination of biology, computer science, and engineering,…
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  Growing up we were all under the impression that calcium strengthens bones.According to a study in 2004, people with extra calcium in their coronary arteries are more susceptible to having a heart attack. Scientists have established that calcium accumulation and LDL levels are two of the most common risk factors of heart…
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  Autophagy, the body's self-cleaning system, allows the cell to get rid of old cell machinery, breaking them down into smaller parts to be reused by the cell. Activating autophagy through fasting has neuroprotective and immuno-regenerative benefits. Intermittent fasting (IF) is an easy and sustainable way to…
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