Garlic for Weight Loss and 10 Other Health Benefits
As early as ancient times, people have recognized how beneficial garlic is for our general health and well-being. Even Hippocrates used garlic when he treated people for a wide variety of health problems and conditions. [1] Today, thanks to extensive research, we know that dietary factors play a vital role in the development of various…
10 Reasons Why You Want To Sprout Food And How To Easily Do This
The process of germinating seeds to be eaten is called sprouting. The practice involves soaking the seeds, legumes, grains, or nuts, followed by an incubation period. You soak and incubate the seeds until they grow a tail-like protrusion. The soaking period increases the water content of the seeds and brings them out of a dormant…
How to Reduce Homocysteine Levels To Improve Your Health
Homocysteine is one of the many amino acids – the building blocks of protein – in our bodies. Our bodies produce it naturally, and it’s made from a prevalent amino acid called methionine. Elevated homocysteine levels are known to inflict damage to the endothelium – the inner arterial lining which effects many disease states including…
How to heal from UTI naturally
Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are a common problem worldwide, and they affect millions of people every year. Around 60% of all women experience a UTI in their lifetime. Conventional medicine treats UTI’s with antibiotics just as with most other bacterial infections, however, this may form a severe problem with recurrent UTI’s, and, as a new…
5 Tips for Long Term Health and Weight Loss Success
Regaining your health or losing weight after a long period of faulty eating and lifestyle habits can take a lot of physical, emotional, and mental effort. And often, once the goal of your ideal weight and health are reached, you feel like those extra pounds or poor health can never return. But the truth is…
How to Increase the Length of Your Telomeres Through Lifestyle Changes
Even though our life expectancy is getting significantly higher, the quality of our life is not following the same trend. These are naturally the global averages, but there are simple lifestyle changes you can make that will significantly improve the quality of your life and slow down the aging process. In this article I will…
The Moringa Miracle for Health and Weight Loss
Moringa Oleifera, also known as the miracle tree, is an ancient plant that is native to Asia and Africa. It has for centuries been used for many different purposes due to its high density of bioactive compounds including carotenoids, polyphenols, phenolic acids, flavonoids, and alkaloids. Its nutritious pods, roots, bark, gum, leaves, and seeds are…
Spirulina – should you supplement?
Spirulina is considered a complete food since it contains all of the amino acids and essential fats that we need. You really want to incorporate into yours and your children’s diet regularly to add nutrient density to their menu. Being so nutrient dense, it is great for personal health, and it is also ecologically sound,…
The Diet and Hearing Connection – How To Improve Hearing Through Lifestyle
You may have probably never thought that food can in any way influence your hearing. Well, the truth is that it does play a very integral role in proper hearing. Hearing and balance loss need not be a standard part of aging. Hearing can be improved with a healthy diet and a few lifestyle habit…
Lectins, dangerous for health or not?
Today I want to talk about lectins. There is some dietary advice and a few diets that support the avoidance of lectins in the diet to prevent leaky gut syndrome, skin disorders and allergies. But is this true? In this post I will examine the effects of lectins on our health and determine whether they…
How to Heal from Adrenal Fatigue with Diet and Supplements
The adrenal glands are part of the endocrine system which regulates bodily functions. The adrenal glands produce hormones that are critical for health including the stress hormones adrenaline and cortisol, and hormones that regulate our sex hormones. Stress from physical or emotional pressures will trigger the adrenal glands to release adrenaline and cortisol as part…
How to Improve Cell Energy (Mitochondrial Function) for Anti Aging & Health
The energy of the cell is produced by converting food we eat and oxygen we breath into energy in an organelle found inside our cells called the mitochondria. These organelles are considered the batteries of life, and are found in large numbers in active organs and tissues where a lot of energy is needed, including…
Foods That Increase BDNF for Brain Health & Weight Loss
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, also known as BDNF, is a neurotrophin (a growth factor protein) that plays a vital role in brain health and the flexibility of the central nervous system. BDNF acts as a fertilizer for the brain cells, helping them grow during early development as well as supporting adult neurogenesis (the growth of new…
3 Lifestyle Changes That Affect Genes and Help You with Weight Loss
If you often feel that eating less, eating healthy and working out is not enough to lose weight, you are not alone. If you think that it might be because you have bad genes, you’re also not alone, and the science is there to back it up. [1] In essence, some people have a harder…
Is Going Vegan A Healthy Weight Loss Approach?
You may be considering adopting a vegan diet for weight loss. One of the most significant concerns that I hear from people is the fear that cutting out animal products such as beef, poultry, and fish will deplete their muscles and not sufficiently provide the nutrients needed by the body that a traditional diet provides. Let’s…