You've heard proper exercise is important for your health. It tones muscle, burns fat, and helps keep your heart and lungs in tiptop shape. But if that isn't reason enough, numerous studies now prove exercise also plays a critical role in preventing age-related memory and cognitive decline. Post-mortem studies of human bra … Read More
Top 10 Foods to Beat the Cravings
By, Isabel De Los Rios Based on the feedback I received from my last blog post, it looks like I'm not the only one who has suffered an attack from the craving monster. Yup, it happens and I would be kidding myself, actually, lying to myself, if I thought I would never want another piece of cake, cookie, or sweet treat ever … Read More
Healing Herbs: Lemongrass
Lemongrass, noted for its use in Thai cooking, is both a delicious citrusy herb and a remarkable natural healer. In traditional medicine, lemongrass has long been used around the world to treat fever, flu, and headaches as well as aid digestion. Lemongrass for headache and migraine relief One of the most common medicinal u … Read More
The Science Behind Acupuncture
In western medicine, doctors are notoriously slow to embrace new techniques. Even more amazing is how slow they are to accept even minimally invasive treatments with a successful track record spanning hundreds or thousands of years. Acupuncture, rooted in Traditional Chinese medicine, is one of these largely ignored yet pro … Read More
Sarcoidosis: Pain and Death from Inflammation and Fibrosis
In 1995, actress Karen Duffy — better known as MTV's VJ "Duff” — returned home to New York after the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles in excruciating pain. She later described the initial pain in her head like "a burning, sharp pain that felt like I was being electrocuted.” As bad as the pain felt, it soon grew even worse. Befor … Read More
Tylenol and Motrin Total Recall
If you're a parent or grandparent, you've hopefully heard of the massive recall of children and infant medications from pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson earlier this month. As a father of 8, it certainly caught my attention. According to the related FDA news release, medicines involved may have too much of the act … Read More
Back Pain Exercises
You've likely found this post because you are searching for information on "back pain exercises"... Well, first, let me say that most back pain can be greatly reduced or completely eliminated with exercise... However, the key is knowing which exercises are going to help and which are going to hurt. It's true, some back pain … Read More
Reduced Salt: Bad for Your Health?
Hold onto your pickles. The great American nanny state is at it again. This time the government wants to make sure you don't eat too much salt. Most people would readily agree there is too much salt in processed foods. That an increase in salt corresponds to an increase in blood pressure. And that Americans, as well as ci … Read More
Are Inversion Tables Safe?
What a great question... and it's easy to see why so many people ask it. Who wouldn't wonder if hanging upside down is actually good for you? But the answer is, yes, inversion tables are safe. Yet there are a small number of people who may not be able to use inversion therapy. For example, people with certain eye conditio … Read More
Are Inversions Tables Effective?
Chances are good that you stumbled upon this post because you’re in need of back pain therapy and someone you know has been raving about inversion therapy. Those glowing reviews made you wonder if inversion therapy is truly that wonderful and how you could get your hands on your very own inversion table…right? The truth is … Read More