Your body is a miraculous thing. For all your body’s parts and abilities there are corresponding systems designed to monitor what they’re experiencing and then decide whether what is happening in your body is beneficial or detrimental. The key to health is for all your systems is to function well without interruption. Your body systems
What is it? Craniosacral Therapy is a hands-on therapy that uses light pressure to manipulate the Dura Mater (the material that surrounds the brain and spinal cord) to enhance the production, circulation, and reabsorption of the fluid around your brain and spinal cord known as Cerebrospinal Fluid. As the production and reabsorption of the Cerebrospinal
Avoiding processed foods is always best. But what about all of the delicious condiments that we’ve grown accustomed to using? What’s in them and are there any healthier options? Here’s a quick list of typical condiment replacements that are non-GMO, gluten free, and dairy free! CONDIMENT: Soy Sauce This contains both gluten and genetically
Many people have heard about detox for means of health and how to cleanse your body but not many people realize just how important this is and what exactly it means. Semantically, everything is a toxin as too much or too little of almost any necessary nutrient has a “toxic” or potentially fatal effect. There
Kidney stones are a painful and common ailment today. Most people know that drinking dark sodas in excess are one of the ways that you can develop these deposits. The real problem with kidney stones is just how painful they are to pass. It is one of the only kinds of pain that doctors have
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