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The Anti-Complacent Life

Every choice we make in life can be placed on a scale. At one end is comfort and at the other end is growth. When we choose comfort, we’re choosing what is safe, secure, and easy. And when we choose growth, we are moving toward what is risky, unknown, and challenging. For most of us,…


Greek Spinach and Orzo Soup (Recipe + Video)

By Chef Chasel Chu This soup is cozy yet refreshing and easy to make. We add sautéed bell pepper and onions to a chicken stock base with other healthy vegetables. The star of the show will be the orzo, which is a small grain-shaped type of pasta that we will add towards the end. This…


How Dietary Intervention Lifts Depression

A study found those who drank more than four glasses of this a day had a far higher risk of depression compared to those who avoided it. STORY AT-A-GLANCE Research has linked sweetened beverages — both sugar- and artificially-sweetened — with an increased risk of depression, the highest risk being associated with diet fruit drinks…


It’s Aloe Vera Season: Celebrate Your Health

As we enter the last few months of the year and the first few of the next, several things come to mind: holidays, parties, cold weather, and cold/flu season. A little aloe vera can go a long way to help ensure you enjoy the best of the season and sail through the rest. Why Aloe…


2 Detox Juice Recipes for Weight Loss (Recipes + Video)

By Chef Enrico Alaggia Juicing is an effective and easy way to meet your daily quota for essential vitamins and minerals, as well as promote weight loss. These two detox juice recipes are perfect for the holiday season or anytime you feel like you’ve overdone it on delicious food and drink! The cucumber pineapple juice is excellent for quenching your thirst in a…


Negativity Might Harm Your Brain More Than You Think, 3 Tips to Help

Less than seconds after the word “NO” is uttered, dozens of stress-producing hormones and neurotransmitters erupt in the speaker’s and listener’s brain, says Andrew Newberg, former director of The University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Spirituality and the Mind, and Mark Waldman, an associate research fellow. Those chemicals immediately disrupt the normal functioning of the brain,…


Activating the Enemy Within: COVID Jabs Might Reactivate Virus and Diseases in Your Body

New evidence in the scientific community indicates that there is a strong correlation between COVID-19, its related vaccines, and the reactivation of other viruses which have previously infected the host. This article will dive deeper into the nuances. How Can Viruses Be Reactivated? In the number of years I spent in the military as a…


Strange New Organ Transplant Methods Raise Urgent Questions

If you or a loved one has needed an organ transplant, you know the problem firsthand: There are not enough organs for those who need them and there is a long waiting period. That desperate need, and potential profits, have fueled a Frankenstein-like effort to find or create organs to give recipients a longer lease…


Osteoporosis Is Scurvy of the Bone, Not Calcium Deficiency

It saddens me to see older women diagnosed with “osteopenia” or “osteoporosis” listening to their doctors and taking supplemental calcium and even problematic drugs called bisphosphonates. These are irrational, dogmatic, harmful approaches to the problem of degrading bone as we age. In my time practicing nephrology and internal medicine, I saw numerous patients suffering from vascular disease while…


Science-Backed Reasons to Spice up Your Life With Turmeric

Turmeric is the main spice used in the Indian spice curry, and it’s considered one of the most powerful herbs for fighting inflammation and disease.  Curcumin, the active ingredient found in turmeric that gives it such a bright yellow color, is responsible for most of its benefits. A member of the ginger family, turmeric has long been…