Fluoride isn’t the only chemical in drinking water to get national attention lately. The EPA has been under fire because of widespread contamination of atrazine–one of the most commonly used weed-killers in the United States. How widespread? Chances are if you live in the U.S. it's in your water now. The chemical h … Read More
Blood Sugar and Weight Loss
What Everyone Needs to Know If you’re having trouble losing weight, or sticking to a diet because of uncontrollable sugar cravings, you need look no further than your blood sugar for answers. Understanding how your blood sugar works isn’t difficult. In fact, it’s essential to learn how to regulate your own blood su … Read More
11 Early Alzheimer's Symptoms to Beware Of
In the US, someone develops Alzheimer’s disease every 68 seconds, but by 2050 this is expected to increase to every 33 seconds. Already, more than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s, which is currently the sixth leading cause of death in the US.[i] This is expected to nearly triple to 13.8 million within the ne … Read More
Is the 5-Second Rule True?
Steroid Injections for Back Pain — Warning Update
Last year about 14,000 people received steroid injections for back pain that were tainted with the fungus Exserohilum rostratum, a type of black mold that can lead to fungal meningitis. To date, 58 people died and 745 were sickened by the contaminated injections, but even now some related spinal infections are still being u … Read More
Your Beliefs About What Causes Weight Gain Actually Cause It!
Do you believe weight gain is caused by a lack of exercise? Poor diet? Genetics? It turns out that what you believe may actually influence how much you weigh. Allow me to explain … … Read More
Magnets for Pain: Block Pain at the Source
If there was something you could use that would absorb pain like a sponge, preventing the pain signal from ever reaching your brain, what would you feel? You guessed it… no pain! Take someone who was paralyzed from the waist down were pinched on the leg, they would feel no pain. Why not? Because the broken nerve p … Read More
Memory Loss in Women – 5 Steps to Reverse It!
Research suggests that memory problems occur more often in men than in women, but that doesn’t mean women are immune to memory loss. From pregnancy to menopause, women experience unique challenges to their memories throughout life. … Read More
10 Ways to Reduce Stress
What’s the big deal about stress? Everybody gets stressed out sometimes. The problem is constant stress can make you sick. It’s responsible for 70 percent of all visits to family doctors. Chronic stress disrupts nearly every system in your body. It can raise blood pressure, suppress the immune system, increase the … Read More
What Are the Best Exercises for Joint Pain?
(And Should You Even Try When It Hurts to Simply Move?) If you have joint pain, as an estimated 30 percent of Americans do,[i] the aching and throbbing may make even basic tasks like tying your shoes, taking a walk around the block, or cutting up a tomato painful. As a result, you may find yourself moving less and less. … Read More