The ancient art of acupuncture and the U.S. military aren’t two things that you think would go together, but they’ve developed a surprising partnership over the past 20-plus years. The United States is presently in the grip of an opioid epidemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), since 1999, 841,000 people…
6 Causes of Blood Sugar Swings
There are many ways blood sugar (glucose levels in the blood) can affect people both with and without diabetes. Each person reacts differently to various items that influence blood sugars. There are compounds that individuals should examine to see how they influence their own blood sugar levels. For example, blood sugar levels can rise due…
Miraculous Reflexology: How to Give Yourself a Foot Massage That Heals the Body
May 27, 2022
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As an old saying goes, “The root dries up first before a tree dies, and the feet grow feeble first when a man ages.” The feet not only support the weight of the whole body, but also have a close relationship with the individual’s overall health. Foot massage can improve many small health issues throughout…
Blood Clots May Be the Root Cause of All Heart Disease
If you took all the heart health risk factors for France & Scotland, the French have a slightly higher risk per conventional thinking. So why do they suffer just 1⁄5 of the amount of heart disease? Download Interview Transcript | Download my FREE Podcast STORY AT-A-GLANCE The thrombogenic hypothesis asserts that blood clotting is the basic underlying…
Understanding Long COVID: Study Finds Biological Difference In People With Prolonged Infection
May 27, 2022
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University of New South Wales (UNSW) researchers have discovered that people who develop long COVID are biologically different, with their immune systems uniquely responding to the virus. UNSW’s ADAPT study was intended to observe the mental health and neurological, respiratory and cardiac functions of patients that had contracted COVID-19 to determine how the body was…
Choline Helps to Preserve Healthy Cognitive Function, New Study Shows
The fact that more and more people are living longer lives has led to a bittersweet reality. As life expectancy increases, so does the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease, a debilitating condition that can steal away judgment, cognition, and memory. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 5.8 million people in the United…
Want a Healthier Heart? Seriously Consider These 4 Spices
We all know that exercise, adequate sleep, fruits and vegetables, and fiber support a healthy heart, but perhaps we should consider adding some spice to that winning combination. Some researchers have been looking into the heart-healthy features of several of the more popular spices we use to perk up our food, and the news is…
One of the Worst Things You Could Slather on for ‘Protection’
May 25, 2022
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It’s widely overused – and loaded with a brew of toxic ingredients that pummel human fertility, impair your neurons and threaten coral reefs. First off, let me make it very clear that sunscreen is widely overused. There are some circumstances where it is wise and appropriate to use but those cases are few and far…
Get a 2nd Opinion, Maybe Even a 3rd
May 25, 2022
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There’s an old joke about second opinions. What do you call a doctor who finishes in the bottom of their class? Doctor. So always get a second opinion—maybe even a third. P.L. was a lovely 42-year-old woman who had two kids and wasn’t planning on having any more. She was getting more and more frequent…
Looking at Liver Spots
Skin: it’s the body’s largest organ, and by far the most noticeable. Skin comes in an array of colors, and gives us a sense of identity and history. Our skin changes from a variety of factors, such as age, sun exposure, scarring, and hormonal shifts, just to name a few. Beauty is said to be…
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