Yes, you’ve probably heard it more than once, how vitamin D (specifically D3) is supposed to be good for you. Well, it turns out that more people need to listen to this advice because, due to such a high deficiency rate, deadly viruses may be able to thrive in your body and possibly kill you if you don’t have enough vitamin D3 in your system. Don’t Deny the D Adequate vitamin D is created when your body is exposed to sunlight for about ten to thirty minutes, three days per week, in an outfit such as a tank top and shorts. People with darker...
read moreYou may think of video games as a way to joyously pass the time or as time wasting nonsense but whichever your take, there may be another way to view these digitally dancing domains. Recently, researchers have found a way to integrate special scanning technology into everyday video games and be able to detect possible signs of macular degeneration. Working with a local startup group, these researchers are the first to develop this groundbreaking technology. It is a program able to effortlessly pinpoint telltale signs of potential AMD...
read moreMany people who suffer from anxiety are looking for natural remedies to mitigate their symptoms and calm their minds. Synthetic medications like alprazolam (Xanax), clonazepam (Klonopin), and chlordiazepoxide (Librium) carry numerous side effects. While some patients have no choice but to take them, some can avoid them and resort to traditional herbal medicine instead. That is where ethnobotanicals come into play. Ethnobotany has been in practice for thousands of years. Plus, many people in rural areas still only use plants to treat their...
read moreThe human body can survive without food for up to two months (with enough water intake), but the maximum we can go without sleep is about 264 hours–just over 11 days. These numbers say a lot about the significance of sleep quantity-wise, but of course, the quality of your sleep is just as important. Sometimes, getting a good night’s sleep can be elusive. Stress, hormonal changes, chronic health conditions, seasonal effects, mental health challenges, or some small invisible factor (a pea under the mattress, perhaps?!) can keep your body from...
read moreOne of the most primitive forms of self-expression is the act of drumming. It is believed this was the earliest instrument developed by primitive man with the first appearance of drums showing up in 5500 BC made from alligator skins. They were developed by Neolithic cultures from China and over the next several centuries slowly transformed into all sorts of designs. From bongos and timbales to congas and full on drum sets men and women have been expressing themselves through the power of the drum for millennia. Of course, the curiosity...
read moreWhen eating Chinese, Indian or other Asian dishes you might have come across a bunch of flat green pods filled with up to seven tiny peas mixed into the recipe. If you’re not a big vegetable eater or assume these are a garnish rather than part of the full dish, you might push them to the edge of your plate. However, before you toss these aside, you may want to think twice about giving them a try because the nutritional quality as well as flavorful taste could surely be a surprise. They are called snow peas (given the name for their...
read moreNature holds a veritable medicine chest of remedies that conventional medicine often steals, synthesizes, and churns out as a pharmaceutical counterpart. This is mainly to package a remedy that fits all, often reaping outstanding profits that can come with some caveats, namely, possible side effects, constant reliance, and a rabbit hole of other pharmaceuticals to counteract side effects. Although there are many conventional prescriptions that are highly valuable for “fixing” human health, it is looking back at that natural medicine chest...
read moreAs humans continue to dump all over nature, it still rises above such constant bombardment and emits more healing options. Nature once again shows us its resilience by serving up a tiny sea organism called calanus finmarchicus aka copepods found off the coast of Norway. Although it has always been swimming around in plain sight, it wasn’t until recently that scientists followed the clues of the oil extracted from this microscopic crustacean and confirmed some amazing results, by experimenting on themselves. Calanus oil, sometimes...
read moreLife can throw all sorts of pressure at you and, at times, it can be tough to get through it all. Well, as you deal with the daily grind of it all there may be some internal pressures you might not be aware of. One such pressure is the squeezing of your optic nerve. This is a pressure that could be the development of something called glaucoma (gl-ow-coma). Sometimes the IOP (intraocular pressure) of the eye can become impinged and compromise the development of pictures sent to the brain. Over time, if this condition is not addressed early...
read moreYou may not find goji berries in your supermarket fruit aisle but tracking them down through your local health food store or ordering them online could be a sight saving move. This slightly sweet, raisin-texture fruit has been used in traditional medicine for centuries. Native to Asia and sometimes referred to as wolf berries, goji berries claim status as a highly charged superfood. These little red powerhouses are chock full of so many nutritional benefits that just a handful a day could be the tastiest, most robust, beneficial...
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