Our bodies are made up of 100 trillion cells, and these cells can heal themselves to heal our bodies. Chien-Feng Li, author of “Kindly Treat the Cells: the Art of Getting Well,” is a Taiwan-based cellular pathologist. She realizes through her research that almost all illnesses we have are self-inflicted, and that there are many…

Locked in turmeric’s molecules is the bioactive compound curcumin, which is the primary source of turmeric’s health potency. Curcumin delivers a host of health benefits, including stopping inflammation, boosting immunity, and staving off cancer. So will just drinking turmeric powder and “turmeric lattes” really bring any health gain? Things like infection, pollution, and excessive stress…

Oxygen is essential to our survival, and yet this toxic, mutagenic, and highly reactive gas also has the capacity to destroy us. The destructive side of oxygen is called oxidation. Slow oxidation turns cut apples brown and hard metal brittle with rust. Rapid oxidation destroys things more quickly, in an exothermic chemical process of combustion,…