Cortisol, a stress hormone, increases your alertness, which is why levels tend to peak between 6 and 8 in the morning, just before you wake up.[i] They begin to gradually decline after that and around 3 p.m. it suddenly hits you – the afternoon slump. You’re tired, you can’t concentrate and you’re desperately in need of a … Read More
Welcome to Secret #5 in our 5-part series on the 5 Most Powerful but Little-Known Anti-Aging Secrets. Also don’t miss Anti-Aging Secret #4 here … and watch our blog over the coming weeks for the other posts in this series! Secret #5: Stress Management If you’re stressed out, you’re going to age faster than you would otherw … Read More
Whole fruit is an important source of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and fiber – beneficial compounds that many Americans are lacking. Eating fruit has been linked to a number of health benefits, from lowering your risk of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and cancer to helping you lose weight and avoid obesity-relate … Read More
Chronic pain is a major cause of sleep loss and is associated with insomnia. For instance, the National Sleep Foundation points out that if you have lower back pain you might experience intense “microarousals” throughout the night. Microarousals are changes in your sleep state to a lighter stage of sleep, and they often l … Read More
Welcome to Secret #4 in our 5-part series on the 5 Most Powerful but Little-Known Anti-Aging Secrets. Also don’t miss Anti-Aging Secret #3 here … and watch our blog over the coming weeks for the other posts in this series! Secret #4: Growth Hormones Human growth hormone (HGH) is a protein made by your pituitary gland. It’s … Read More
The American Heart Association recommends getting your blood pressure checked at least once every two years starting at age 20. But the next time you have yours checked, don’t just take the reading in one arm. It’s important to check the blood pressure readings in both of your arms because, while you might assume they’d b … Read More
Do you ever walk into your house and breathe a big sigh of relief that you’re home? It’s second nature, as our homes are (ideally) our place of respite from the outside world. Unfortunately, your house is also home to chemicals and other toxins – a lot of them. With each breath of your home’s air, one study found you coul … Read More
#1 Secret: Enzymes We will be publishing the top 5 secrets, each in their own devoted article. Today we reveal secret #1 ... enzymes. Enzymes are found in every cell in your body where they help your body carry out thousands of biological functions. At the most basic level, enzymes speed up processes in your body that would … Read More
The average American gains about one pound during the holidays, but if you’re overweight that number creeps up to five.[i] These pounds are typically not lost in the New Year but rather contribute to the ever upward-ticking of the scale we often describe as middle-age spread. You don’t have to fall victim to this holiday … Read More
In traditional medicine, back pain is often treated by surgery. And it often doesn't work. So often, in fact, that back surgery is the only category of surgery that actually has a clinical term for failure: Failed Back Surgery Syndrome. If you ask me, any treatment that actually expects failure is not a treatment at all. … Read More