There's just something about the air after a spring thunderstorm, near a mountain waterfall, or along an ocean beach. It's almost impossible to feel depressed when in such an environment... and it turns out it's more than just the scenery. In each of these environments, invisible, tasteless, and odorless molecules are re … Read More
Feed Your Eyes… Save Your Sight
By Martin Sussman President and Founder Cambridge Institute for Better Vision The visual system – the eyes, muscles, nerves and vision centers of the brain – is one of the most complex and highly demanding systems of the body. More than 25% of the nutrition your body absorbs goes to feed the visual system. The vi … Read More
How to Naturally Color Easter Eggs
Eggs are great for you... but artificial food colors are not. That's why if you're planning on dyeing eggs for your Easter celebration — or any occasion at all — you'll want to stick with natural food colors. But first, to get the perfect hardboiled egg, you need to know how to cook them. If you want the perfect hardboile … Read More
Who is John Galt?
Today as I write this it's April 15th. Traditionally, this is the date that personal income taxes are due in the U.S. Which makes it very interesting timing for the first theatrical release of a movie based on Ayn Rand's famous novel Atlas Shrugged. How so? In this country we have had a long tradition of rewarding the ef … Read More
Fusion Surgery: Blowing the Whistle
It's time we set something straight once and for all. Back fusion surgery is crippling those with back pain. And it doesn't have to be that way. Every ten seconds in the United States, someone will go to the hospital with a back pain complaint. That's well over three million emergency room visits every year. Abou … Read More
Stop the Fear
By Dr. Jenny Cretsinger We are raised to live in fear of germs. Now, I'm not saying there isn't an obvious value in washing your hands or refraining from making out with your sick, feverish partner; but fearing germs is futile. If you try to give someone a "cold" it takes more than a virus. Experimenters have incub … Read More
Live Life Now
Feeling old? Washed up? Nothing left to live for? Think again... I just saw the most amazing video today. Even more amazing because it's actually a commercial for a bank in Taiwan. I have no idea if this video is drumming up any business for the bank or not. Heck, you don't even know it's for a bank until the last … Read More
The Truth About Corn
By Isabel De Los Rios Author of The Diet Solution Program There's nothing like a good piece of corn on the cob at your summer barbeque or your buttered popcorn to go along with your favorite movie, right? Or wrong? This question seems to be coming up more and more often... Isabel, are corn and foods made from corn … Read More
Keep Following the Path
By Steve Chandler If your life is on the right path, it doesn't matter how fast you go. If you're on the right path, you'll get there. Commitment keeps you on the path. The hardest thing for people in western culture to unlearn is the short attention span that's encouraged by Twitter, Facebook, cell phones, iPods, iPads, … Read More
Hidden Danger of Heating Pads
When your back is aching, heat is a great way to get some relief. But do you know what you're putting into your body when you use a traditional electric heating pad? Sure, you're getting heat which may provide some relief. Unfortunately this type of radiant heat is only going to penetrate about skin deep... but there's some … Read More