Tag: Mind & Body

Which Values Make You Happy? It Might Depend on Where You Live

When a new psychology study comes out, its findings, gratitude makes people happy! meditating can boost your mood! Are often taken as truth about humanity as a whole. But in recent years, researchers have pointed out that much of psychology research involves participants who are WEIRD: Western, Educated, and from Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic countries. A…


How Optimism May Keep You Alive Longer

You’ve probably heard a story or two about someone who lived past 100. Perhaps you have a wise-cracking great-grandfather. Or maybe you heard about that WWII veteran who ate ice cream and smoked cigars every day. According to a recent study, one secret to a long life might be wholly unrelated to what we eat or how much…


The Top Ten Benefits of Sleep

Getting enough sleep has a lot of proven health benefits. Over time, skimping on sleep can impact more than just your morning mood. Research shows getting quality sleep on a regular basis can help improve various problems, from your blood sugar to your workouts. Here’s why you should give your body the ZZZs it needs….


Brain Inflammation Underlies Chronic Depression

Traditional treatment for chronic depression typically involves medications that impact brain neurotransmitters — brain chemicals responsible for mood, motivation, behavior, and mental activity. However, many patients with depression do not respond well to pharmaceutical treatment or natural remedies such as 5-HTP or Saint John’s Wort. While the conventional medical model insists on sticking with these…


How Whole Turmeric Heals the Damaged Brain

Brain regeneration: long considered a feat impossible to accomplish, compelling research now reveals how a simple spice might contribute to stimulating the stem-cell mediated repair of the damaged brain Turmeric is hands down one of the, if not the, most versatile healing spice in the world with over 800 experimentally confirmed health benefits, and an ancient history…


Healthy Pizza Recipe

Pizza is undoubtedly one of our favourite take out foods. However, it has also become a very difficult food to digest due to the combination of refined wheat, sugary sauces, contaminated cheeses, and nitrate filled meats. It’s time to make a healthy pizza, and we start with the crust and move our way to the…


Overwashed Hands With That Squeaky Clean Feel? Here’s What to Do

My clients want me to clean their houses, not fill their homes with chemicals. Ever since I started my business more than two years ago, I have been on the lookout for ways to use fewer chemicals in clients’ homes. One of many neat products I have come across in my quest is something called castile…


Deer in NY Infected With COVID-19 Omicron Variant: Study

A new study found that white-tailed deer on Staten Island, New York, were infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant, triggering concerns that the variant could spread via animals. The study, which is in preprint and was published on the BioxRiv website, was carried out on Staten Island between Dec. 12, 2021, and Jan. 31, 2022. They…


Friendly User’s Guide for the Timing of Nutritional Supplements

A 2021 survey indicates that 80% of Americans are using supplements — a drastic increase from the 52% reported in a 2012 JAMA report, a statistic that had remained stable since 1999. While at that time the use of multivitamins had decreased somewhat, from 37 to 31 percent, the new survey indicates that 75% of…


Paralyzed Man Walks Again With Innovative Spinal Implant That Mimics the Brain

A man paralyzed for over two years has now gained the ability to walk again owing to a breakthrough Swiss treatment that reactivated his muscles by inserting a spinal cord implant and attaching electrodes to individual nerve fibers. Michael Roccati was involved in a motorcycle accident in 2017, which left his lower half completely paralyzed….