Aug 17, 2020 | Health
Stress is a response to circumstances that force a person to act quickly change or make some adjustment to keep things in balance. The circumstance that forces a person to act is called a stressor. Stress is also defined as intense feelings created by the stimulus of... read moreAug 10, 2020 | Self-Improvement
Researchers from the University of California, Davis have been working on a long-term study known as The Shamatha Project that seeks to ascertain how meditation practices influence brain activity and mental health. A team of researchers led by Clifford Saron found... read moreAug 3, 2020 | Health
You can’t remove all of the stress from your life, but there are many ways in which you can make situations less stressful and manageable. The cheapest and easiest method to implement immediately is a relaxation breathing technique. Sit comfortably in your... read moreJul 27, 2020 | Health
A stressful day can send many people reaching for a scoop of ice cream or a bar of chocolate. These so-called comfort foods may sweeten our mood for the moment, but in the long term they can cause major damage and make us even more prone to stress. We reach for... read moreJul 20, 2020 | Health
Wheatgrass is composed of the young shoots of wheat before stalks form a head with grain. It contains no wheat gluten. Wheatgrass is, by composition, a superfood. This is due to wheatgrass’s heavy concentration of chlorophyll, vitamins, minerals, and enzymes. It... read moreJul 6, 2020 | Health
Wheatgrass (baby wheat) is a rich source of amino acids, vitamins and minerals. It can increase the blood hemoglobin content and augment the immune system. Specific uses include: Anemia – The chlorophyll content present in wheat grass resembles (in structure as... read moreJun 29, 2020 | Vitamin D
A clinical review paper published in the British Medical Journal is warning the public that widespread vitamin D deficiency is resurrecting the once-obsolete disease called rickets. According to Professor Simon Pearce and Dr. Tim Cheetham, authors of the paper, people... read moreJun 22, 2020 | Vitamin D
Last week I had a blood test to check my Vitamin D level. I have been taking the Hippocrates Natural Vitamin D3 capsules for ninety days, and for the first time the levels rose to a decent level. The doctor was delighted. I told her this must be because I have been... read moreJun 15, 2020 | Vitamin D
Sunlight Helps Kill Pain In a 2005 study , patients staying on the well-lit side of their hospital unit, thereby receiving about 46 percent greater sunlight exposure, experienced less perceived stress, took 22 percent less analgesic medication hourly, and incurred 21... read moreJun 8, 2020 | Health
01 Acid reflux. Spasm of the lower esophageal sphincter at the juncture of the stomach can leave the sphincter open causing acid reflux, GERD or heartburn. Magnesium relieves esophageal spasms. 02 Adrenal fatigue. Adrenal fatigue follows after a time of chronic... read more