By Daisy Luther Self-defense courses sound hard. Aggressive. Intensely physical. For some women, darn near impossible. When we reach a certain age, gain a certain amount of weight, see a drop in our fitness levels, we sometimes think, that’s it. It’s just me and my gun because there’s no other […]
By Lisa Egan How do you deal with challenging experiences? Do you allow failures to interfere with the pursuit of your goals? Or, do you see adversity as an opportunity for growth and positive change? Do you bounce back? Or do you fall apart? In other words, are you resilient? […]
By Elias Marat Medical marijuana is fast gaining credibility as a valid pain relief treatment, with data from various studies attesting to the medical and health benefits of cannabis as a viable alternative to pharmaceutical drugs. And now, researchers have uncovered a new reason why: the cannabis plant produces pain-relieving […]
By Elias Marat While the role played by honeybees and wild bees as important pollinators is well known, the bumblebee also plays a crucial role in maintaining the health and viability of crops such as chili peppers and tomatoes. And now, researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) […]
By John Vibes For decades, scientists have known that trees communicate with one another through a network of underground fungi, which even allows them to trade nutrients back and forth. This incredible discovery was first made by ecologist Suzanne Simard when she was researching her doctoral thesis over 20 years […]
By Arjun Walia The Facts: Zach Bush, a cancer researcher and doctor outlines the problems we are facing with glyphosate, and how politicians are not the solutions, we are. It’s a very eye-opening well-done video. Reflect On: How are substances like glyphosate approved as safe by our federal health regulatory […]
By Rosanne Lindsay, Naturopath In a world of rising medical costs, disease rates, and opioid epidemics, there is a safe, effective, and proven solution: Homeopathy. Just a century ago, there were 22 homeopathic medical schools, 100 homeopathic hospitals, and over 1,000 homeopathic pharmacies. Boston University, Stanford University, and New York […]
Americans are overexposed to products that are high in calories, saturated fat, sugar and salt Americans are overexposed to products that are high in energy, saturated fat, sugar and salt, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study that reports the United States packaged food and beverage supply in 2018 was […]
By Tess Pennington If there’s one type of bean the entire family loves, it’s the pinto bean. In Spanish, the word “pinto” means painted and these beans are appropriately named because their outer skin is a spotted, swirling, red-dotted masterpiece of color. But inside is what counts, and they have […]
Researchers have discovered that meal timing strategies such as [easyazon_link identifier=”1093349689″ locale=”US” tag=”natblaze-20″]intermittent fasting[/easyazon_link] or eating earlier in the daytime appear to help people lose weight by lowering appetite rather than burning more calories, according to a report published online today in the journal Obesity, the flagship journal of The […]