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Beth Coleman, N.D.
Twelve Power Foods
by Beth Coleman, N.D.
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This is a list of twelve power foods that promote optimal health when part of your diet. No single food performs miracles or supplies all the nutrients your body and mind need to function optimally. The real value of these power foods involves food synergy. Each one provides benefits, and when eaten together they offer health payoffs. ALMONDSNuts are nutritious, and almonds provide calcium. One ounce... 4/10/2025 4:00:00 AM
5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Doctor Appointments
by Dr. Dario Herrera
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Although it's true that doctors are in charge at all times, it's up to you as a patient to make sure that you get the most from each doctor's visit. Think of yourself as a new recruit at a military training facility and the doctor as the base commander. I'm tempted to say the "drill sergeant" but "base commander" is more applicable since the latter is more likely to consider something you may think... 4/15/2025 4:00:00 AM
Fred Fletcher
15 Tips to Shop Healthier at Your Supermarket
by Fred Fletcher
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Many consumers shop for food without thinking too much either about food safety or the repercussions of eating things with long-term harmfulness. Warning people about things posing immediate danger is generally well received and understood. But try telling people that glyphosate (the main ingredient in Roundup now found in increasing amounts in our food, beverages, and drinking water) causes cancer.... 9/2/2023 4:00:00 AM
WM Chandler
8 Ways to Get Active At Work
by WM Chandler
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Sitting is the new culturally accepted bad habit. Americans spend a majority of their hours awake sitting in a chair, and it is becoming more apparent over time how bad this is for our health. Make it your goal to stay active while getting office work done, it will help your body stay healthy.Walk BreakGet up from your desk as often as your workplace allows (preferably once an hour), and do a lap around... 12/29/2023 5:00:00 AM
Wellness Editor
Toxoplasmosis: “Crazy Cat Lady” Just Took On A Whole New Meaning
by Wellness Editor
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If your cat is the love of your life, you probably want to protect them and keep them healthy. All that purring and snuggling leads a lot of people to feel about cats the way they do potato chips --- they can’t have just one! But, like any pet, they’re susceptible to some diseases that can affect not only their precious lives, but the lives of the humans that love them as well. Many cats, especially... 10/25/2024 4:00:00 AM
Jenn Ryan
Put Down the Wine: Breast Cancer Risk and Alcohol
by Jenn Ryan
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A recent report published by the World Cancer Research Fund found that even a small drink every day increases your breast cancer risk.This comes as some discouraging news for women who enjoy a beer, a glass of wine, or the occasional shot of hard liquor. Although alcohol has long been associated with an increased risk for certain types of cancers, this new evidence shows just how much alcohol affects... 10/2/2024 4:00:00 AM
Dr Rosana Marzullo-Dove, PsyD
An Immediate and Simple Way to Lower Anxiety
by Dr Rosana Marzullo-Dove, PsyD
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Anxiety comes from our fight/flight/freeze/faint system. This system is useful, even vital, for when we are in situations where we perceive there is danger; it is also known as our "Sympathetic Nervous System." Imagine the necessity of such a survival system (survival "instinct") at the beginning of mankind, when we needed to go out and hunt (and survive while doing so) every day in order to eat. There... 11/3/2023 4:00:00 AM
Gary Roe
5 Steps For When Grief Gets Physical
by Gary Roe
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Can Grief Make You Sick?The death or departure of someone we love can be traumatic. Loss hurts, and the resulting grief can be challenging.When we lose someone, we immediately feel the emotional impact. Shock, sadness, anger, anxiety, depression, and other emotions surface and can hijack us at a moment's notice. The ensuing emotional roller coaster can be unnerving and even frightening.What often gets... 12/18/2023 5:00:00 AM
Wellness Editor
4 Ways to Use Honey In Your Medicine Cabinet
by Wellness Editor
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Honey is the world's perfect food. Containing all of the nutritional elements necessary to sustain life, it is also naturally antibacterial, and delicious. Its use even predates history, with the world's oldest honey sample being found in Egyptian pyramids dating back 3000 years ago. Surprisingly, it was still edible. In addition to it being a sweet treat since ancient times, honey's natural properties... 9/14/2023 4:00:00 AM
Melissa Woods
5 Ways Dogs Help With Anxiety and Depression
by Melissa Woods
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Dogs not only give us companionship and love, the human-animal bond provides healthier lives and combats anxiety. Steven Feldman, the Executive Director of the Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI), has researched the many benefits of owning a pet and has shown that there are positive effects for those with depression and anxiety. The evidence shows how the emotional and social well-being of... 4/1/2025 4:00:00 AM
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