By Steve Collins Modernization has taken a heavy toll on human health. This can be worse if we don’t realize and work towards rectifying the factors responsible for deteriorating our health. Albeit many people are getting aware about the health and fitness, this is evident…
Natural Blaze New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that lifelong exposure to very low levels of food contaminants leads to metabolic diseases. Bethesda, MD—If you’re eating better and exercising regularly, but still aren’t seeing improvements in your health, there might be a reason: pollution….
By Natasha Longo Once we become aware of the foods that do not agree with our biochemistry, hormonal balance and digestion, we can rectify and tweak our diet to satisfy something larger that our body needs. Severe cravings can lead to binge eating and other…
By Dr. Kelly Brogan M.D. I felt this sensation in the pit of my stomach – it was a combination of sympathy and anger – listening to Annie tell me, through tears, about her postpartum journey into the world of psychiatry. Three separate psychiatrists dismissed…
by Ida Lawrence The Warrior’s Way to Heaven on Earth takes the reader on an evolutionary journey backward and forward in time. The author discusses personal shadow aspects arising from childhood experiences, cultural conditioning, the traumas of life and media programming. Emotions and injuries that…
Flickr / Skyseeker By Amanda Froelich We all have those memories, dozing off, forehead in hand in church while an insufferably long speech is made on the values of right and wrong. Minds on the parties to attend after the hour-long-session or things-to-do work to…
Case raises intriguing questions about memory and forgetting One night when she was trying to fall asleep, a 60-year-old woman suddenly began hearing music, as if a radio were playing at the back of her head. The songs were popular tunes her husband recognized when…
by Natural Blaze As the American public continues to consume increasing levels of sugars, a study published just recently in Nature Communications shows that the accepted safe sugar levels for humans might not be so clear cut as previously thought. Wayne Potts is an evolutionary…
by Sayer Ji Since ancient times, turmeric has been used for remedying oral ailments, among other therapeutic applications too numerous to count.[1] Consider that plants like turmeric were first eaten for thousands of years before our species ever devised the modern day oddity of encapsulated…
By Jonathan Parker Nothing beats being able to reach over to your window and pluck fresh herbs for tea or garnish for a nice meal. Not all of us have a green thumb, so growing plants indoors might seem a little out of our league. Here…
By Jeffrey Green Imagine if there was a food you could eat that would help in the fight against lung cancer. An everyday food that, when eaten raw, could cut the chances of not only lung cancer but bowel cancer and other serious health problems….
by Case Adams, Naturopath Researchers from the University of Oxford have determined that B vitamin supplementation can slow and possibly reverse the progression of Alzheimer’s symptoms along with cognitive impairment. The researchers – from Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences – conducted a clinical trial…
by Joe Martino Wisdom can often be very simple, but at the same time, putting it into practice isn’t always as easy. That’s OK! Have a laugh about it and keep going! For some of us, we live in a fast-paced world, for others we…
By Sayer Ji New research is revealing something remarkable about why the body sweats. Beyond its obvious role in regulating body temperature, sweating has been found to facilitate the elimination of accumulated heavy metals and petrochemicals, indicating that if we want to be healthy we…
By Erin Schumacher Most toothpaste contains sugar, fluoride, artificial colors, and other harmful ingredients that are best avoided. They also contain glycerine which form a protective coating on your teeth. Not so bad, you might think? Think again. The glycerine prevents the beneficial minerals in your…
By Sayer Ji What Is Oil Pulling? Oil pulling is an ancient Indian folk remedy first mentioned in the early Ayurvedic text, the Charaka Samhita, which was believed to have been written approximately 1500 years ago. One oil pulls by simply swishing a tablespoon of…
by Jad T. Jones A lot of us have forgotten where we came from. We came from this. We came from nature. We came from the land. In our day-to-day lives, we are living in boxes, on concrete streets, in air-conditioned rooms, with artificial lights,…
A simple 10-minute-per-day meditation method to achieve your dreams By Jeffrey Green Are you interested in meditation but aren’t sure what to do or how to begin? Since there are countless ways to meditate it can be frustrating to choose which path is best, especially…
By Heather Callaghan Were you surprised to see that 70% of Americans are on prescription drugs? A majority of them are anti-depressants which have dangerous and sometimes deadly results. Anyone who has ever visited SSRIstories.com knows what I’m talking about. Well-meaning doctors don’t often look…
By Robert Bejil By Jonathan Parker Flexibility, the proclaimed “Third Pillar” of fitness. We all try to do a quick calf stretch or two after a workout. But aside from yoga and pilates aficionados, most of us don’t get nearly enough of this excellent exercise. It…
