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How Does Stress Cause Gray Hair?
Gray hair seems inevitable, although some people start seeing it far sooner than others, most everyone gets it at some point. It all comes down to chemical responses in the body damaging the color-producing cells in the follicles. This can be due to physical or emotional trauma, what we call stress, or even physical illness, vitamin deficiency, or environmental factors like smoking and pollution. What...
May 11, 2020
Sick? These Foods Might Help You Feel Better
Food might not be on your mind so much when you’re not feeling well, but proper nutrition is vital to -good immune health. That means you need to eat — even when you don't want to. Some meal choices are better for you than others when you’re trying to fight off a nasty bug, though. Let's look at some foods that will help build health and recovery. Fruits - Fruits contain a wealth of vitamins and minerals,...
April 23, 2020
Sick? These Foods Might Help You Feel Better
Food might not be on your mind so much when you’re not feeling well, but proper nutrition is vital to -good immune health. That means you need to eat — even when you don't want to. Some meal choices are better for you than others when you’re trying to fight off a nasty bug, though. Let's look at some foods that will help build health and recovery. Fruits - Fruits contain a wealth of vitamins and minerals,...
April 23, 2020
Interview: The Connection Between Food and Mental Health
This is an interview with Luci Gabel. She helps executives and their organizations sharpen their leadership edge and produce breakthrough results in health through food, movement, and brain science. She- works with people from around the world, through one on one coaching, virtual learning programs, and in her latest book: Eat to Lead. All of this can be found on her website: -http://lucifit.com/ -...
August 14, 2018
The Bacteria Battle Inside Us
Health claims attributed to probiotics abound—from alleviating diarrhea and controlling chronic digestive problems to curing vaginal yeast infections in women. In some instances, research evidence supports claims; in others, the findings aren't clear. With so much conflicting information, what should you believe about the health benefits of probiotics? Should they be ingested regularly as a preventive?...
May 1, 2018
3 Hacks for Healthy Habits
If it’s one thing the world of nutrition has unfailingly demonstrated over the past few decades, it’s that the typical Western diet is not working. A - publication - from the - New England Journal of Medicine - reported that 10% of the planet is now considered obese, and according to the CDC, 40% of U.S. adults and nearly 20% of U.S. children are now obese. And because of well established links between...
December 9, 2017
Somewhere Between Kale and Cola: How Nutrient-Dense Are the Foods You Eat?
Misinformation abounds about nutrition. Half of those in a -2012 poll- said they believed it was easier to do their taxes than it is to figure out how to eat healthfully. Not surprisingly the  survey, commissioned by the International Food Information Council and Foundation, also showed that those most in need of learning about how to eat healthfully were the most likely to be confused. Those who were...
June 15, 2017
10 Health "Facts" Now Being Questioned
We have all grown up being pelleted with health "facts" - i.e., assertions or discoveries that had been solidly proven to be truthful, according to the latest research.  Some people have blamed the Internet for the deluge of health information that has been unleashed but, clearly, we were overwhelmed with such information (thanks mostly to popular magazines and tabloids) even before its advent. Let's...
March 27, 2017
Feeding the Mind: Nutrition and Depression
Depression is the most prevalent of all the emotional disorders. Symptoms may vary from feelings of minor sadness to sheer misery and dejection. When sadness persists and impairs daily life, it maybe an indication of a depressive disorder.Depression brings together a variety of physical and psychological symptoms, which together constitute a syndrome. The most common symptoms of depression are feelings...
August 26, 2016
10 Lame Reasons for Not Eating Healthy
Although we've made great headway in the area of eating healthy, many people still question whether it's worth the effort and, more importantly, if it really makes a difference in the long run.  For sure, some of the arguments that they give for not changing their supposedly "unhealthy" diets appear to make sense. You may even say that, in some instances, they are 100% correct. Having said that, some...
May 2, 2016