There are many times in a men and women’s lives where hormones have a part to play in illness. Hormones are very interesting as they are unique to each person. It is a delicate formula that many conventional prescription methods have tried to replicate but one overarching dose for everyone can lead to catastrophic consequences.
Antibiotics are not always the answer to fighting off that pesky cold and flu. With more and more people using antibiotics regularly, super resistant strains of illness are being bred and this is not good for anyone. Sometimes all you need is some natural herbs and home remedies to fight off the common cold. Here
There is much debate now about health care reform and the stranglehold grip that Big Pharma has on the United States economy, politicians and the general health and wellbeing of our citizens. Conventional medicine and Western ideology seems doomed to fail as this system makes it so that we only treat illness instead of prevent
Something that often goes overlooked in determining how healthy you are is blood sugar. A deficit or a surplus of blood sugar can affect your health in a myriad of ways. From metabolism to emotional health and wellbeing to the health of important organs such as the pancreas, blood sugar is key to being well.
Wayne Campbell, Ph.D., Professor of Nutrition Science, Purdue University with the help from Jung Eun Kim, Ph.D., R.D. conducted a recent study that assessed the effects of egg consumption coupled with the consumption of vegetables and found that coupling whole egg with vegetables increases the amount of absorbed carotenoids 3-9 fold! There is burgeoning research
Scientists from the TU Darmstadt (Germany) and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (US) have challenged a view on how drugs are delivered to our systems. This article talks about a particular view on fatty acids and their roll in drug delivery to our bodies. What was unknown until the completion of this study is that Unsaturated Fats
A Study led by Jun J. Mao, MD, MSCE, associate professor of Family Medicine, Community Health and Epidemiology and colleagues at the Perelman School of Medicine of University of Pennsylvania. Shows promise towards assisting over 19 million Americans that suffer from major depressive disorder. Rose-root is also showing promise as it is showing better results
A study at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) recently released a study that has found a correlation between vitamin D levels and muscle power, force, velocity and optimal bone mass. This would mean that men would be at an elevated risk for having Vitamin D deficiencies. A new
The Corn Refiners Association has found a new and sneaky way of getting high fructose corn syrup into your foods without you knowing it! The mind boggling thing being that this new “Fructose” actaully contains about TWO times the amount of pure fructose as the original high fructose corn syrup. The high concentration will inject
As research has come down the line we have come to know that low levels of Vitamin D can be detrimental to our overall health. A new study has found also that high levels of Vitamin D an be harmfull to our bodies as well. “If your vitamin D level is below 50 or over