Health

The more you work your heart and lungs, the more efficient they become at delivering oxygen to the body and brain. With increased blood flow come the chemical cascades that may very well be your fountain of youth. As we age smoking, inactivity, and eating poorly are root causes of disease. Lifestyle also influences the mental hazards that come with getting older. “The same things that kill the body kill the brain” states Dr. Mark Mattson, of the National Institute on Aging. Diabetes increases the risk of developing dementia by 65 percent, and high cholesterol increases the likelihood by 46 percent. The good [Read More]

Think Outside the Pillbox   The growing popularity of medicinal plants is increasing due to the legitimate research supporting them. Even though many have been used for hundreds if not thousands of years, both the government and the private sector are now funding the investigation of plants and their healing properties. The outcomes have been mixed for some, but others are fairing so well that many healing foods are preferred to prescription drugs and over the counter pharmaceuticals. This doesn’t mean to stop taking your medicine, but to inspire a different approach about what to eat. In this way, many conditions and their medicines can [Read More]

Think again when you’re preparing for a meeting or studying for a test over chips and soda. The consequences of ignoring MSG and artificial sweeteners can be devastating. The list includes brain damage, impairing the nervous system, and emotional disorders, just to name a few. Despite complaints about headaches and heart palpitations, supermarket shelves are scattered with products that contain MSG and many consumers wrongly assume it’s not present. Not only that, but MSG sales are hard to track. The Glutamate Association said it didn’t have sales figures when questioned by NBC correspondent Micheal Hull, but Ac’cent, Aji-no-moto and Sazon remain staple ingredients in many American, Asian and [Read More]