Category: Mind & Body

Can This Herb Inhibit Viral Activity?

Traditional plant-based medicine has a long history and plant-sourced medicines have largely contributed to health and Western medicine. Natural Product Insider recently reported the results of botanical research in which Artemisia annua was selected as the best herbal candidate against SARS-CoV-2. There are two common forms of Artemisia, also called wormwood. These are Artemisia vulgaris…


Protecting Against Cognitive Decline

Exercise shown to reverse mild cognitive impairment.


Reversing Cognitive Decline

Exercise shown to reverse mild cognitive impairment.


All About Nuts: 8 Healthiest Varieties

Do you want a quick, easy, no-prep snack that can keep you fueled on-the-go while reducing your risk of disease and death? It sounds nuts — and it is nuts! If you are interested in maintaining a healthy diet and lifestyle, nuts are, quite simply, a food group you need in your life. Compact and convenient, in…


Can Mouthwash Kill the Coronavirus?

Certain oral antiseptics and mouthwashes may offer a way to inactivate human coronavirus, according to a new study. The findings indicate that some of these products might help reduce the viral load, or amount of virus, in the mouth after infection and may help reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Researchers…


When the Eye on Older Patients Is a Camera

In the middle of a rainy Michigan night, 88-year-old Dian Wurdock walked out the front door of her son’s home in Grand Rapids, barefoot and coatless. Her destination was unknown even to herself. Wurdock was several years into a dementia diagnosis that turned out to be Alzheimer’s disease. By luck, her son woke up and…


The Many Benefits of Calendula (+Recipe)

In addition to being a beautiful living decoration, the common garden plant marigold is also a powerful healing agent that boasts a wide variety of health benefits That marigold on your windowsill can go in your salad, become a soup, soothe your sore throat or treat your eczema. Although a common garden plant, marigold (Calendula officinalis) has a…


Sweet Butternut Squash Soup

Soup season is one of our favorite seasons of the year. In fact, soup season lasts almost every season for us. Soup is a great way to consume a lot of our vegetables and we credit Melanie Cornacchia for sending us this great recipe. Ingredients ¾ cups chopped cooking or sweet onion 1 tbsp coconut…


Why You Shouldn’t Fixate on the Outcome

You’re starting a project or a new exercise plan, and it’s in shaky new territory for you. You feel doubt about whether you can do it, so you’re tensely doing everything you can to make sure it will turn out the way that you hope. The stress, fear, doubt, and tension you feel likely come…


Compound in Dirt May Fight Super Tough Bacteria in Hospitals

Researchers have discovered a compound that could outmaneuver resistance to an antibiotic long used as a crucial last option. In animal experiments, this prospective antibiotic was highly potent against dangerous opportunistic pathogens like Acinetobacter baumannii, the most common cause of infections in health care settings. For years, public-health experts have sounded the alarm about the next…