A new study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) shows that people who drink diet soda regularly are more likely to be diagnosed with depression than those who don’t, while coffee drinkers are slightly less likely to develop depression…
Genetically Modified Foods: Feeding the World or Causing More Disease?
A genetically modified organism is an organism whose DNA has been altered through genetic engineering techniques, also called biotechnology, or recombinant DNA technology. One or more genes can be added in a laboratory from one species to another. Organisms that…
Constipation: More Unhealthy than You Might Think — But Easy to Avoid
Constipation can affect all of us some of the time. And according to the National Digestive Diseases Clearinghouse, four million adults in the United States suffer from constipation frequently — earning the laxative manufacturing industry three-quarters of a billion dollars…
Is Bottled Water Better than Tap Water?
There is no other single ingredient that exists in greater abundance in our bodies than water. About sixty percent of the human body is made up of water. The brain is 70 percent water; blood is 83 percent water; lean…
Important Reasons to Avoid Drinking Sodas … and Healthy Alternatives to Them
It is hard to escape, or to not be captivated by, those glitzy, high-priced TV ads that soda manufacturers inundate TV viewers with. In 2011, The Coca-Cola Company, the world’s biggest soda and beverage manufacturer, spent an astounding $3 billion…
Is Using Sunscreen a Healthy Habit…or Not?
Before you slather that sunscreen on your skin, or your child’s, as you vacation in sunny places this summer season, there are a few important things you should consider. Of the many sunscreens and sunblocks sold on the American market,…
Why Natural Diets Fail: 5 Mistakes to Avoid
Weight loss is hard enough for anyone, but when you try to do it in a natural way that is not destructive on the body, it becomes doubly difficult. Genuine, sustainable weight loss requires a long-term effort that is difficult…
7 Herbs Which Flavor Foods and Provide Good Health!
“Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food” Hippocrates, Greek physician (c. 460 – c. 370 B.C.) Some of the best health-promoting foods that we as humans can eat from Mother Earth are…herbs. In addition to greatly enhancing…
Garlic and Ginger: Two Strong Allies for Good Health
It is encouraging to see that more and more conventional physicians are joining the ranks of naturopaths in underscoring the importance of a healthy diet in preventing and curing disease. One physician who is a strong advocate of natural health…
The 5 Important Functions of Vitamin D – PLUS! Where It Can Be Found
If there is a vitamin that gets busy going to work inside the human body, it is vitamin D. While all vitamins and minerals that are naturally found in our bodies are necessary to sustain life and keep us healthy,…