As you age, your level of chronic stress and inflammation goes up, as does your chances of incuring a chronic disease because of them. Learn why and what to do about it.
Continue readingWe all must take clear and certain steps to prevent and fight cancer, for the risk that it comes knocking on our doors is significant and can not be ignored. Here are five strategies to get you on your way.
Continue readingYou’ve heard about it, perhaps tried it yourself, and the reason is that cannabis edibles like coconut cannabis oil have become popular not only for the “high” but the potential health effects as well. Take a look.
Continue readingThis video and accompanying summary illustrates how to perform four at-home tests for adrenal fatigue, a topic I dived into here. Watch how I test my own adrenal health, and how you can too.
Continue readingCan Ashwagandha reduce your stress and boost testosterone, libido and muscle? Yes, this unfamiliar Indian herbal adaptogen can do that, and more!
Continue readingOur biochemistry is dramatically affected by our thoughts and emotions. Stress and depression can produce high cortisol levels that might shorten your life. Here’s how it works and what to do about it.
Continue readingWhere do you spend most of your time each day? I don’t mean physically… I mean, where’s your head? Turns out, to be happy there’s only one place to be. Be here now. Be mindful.
Continue readingYes, stress is a super ager, but it’s manageable and the benefits are huge. Watch SciShow’s Hank Green present some details, and Physicist Michio Kaku dive into how stress messes with genetics.
Continue readingThe unexpected pleasures of small surprises that make you smile, like music wafting on the wind.
Continue readingUsing antidepressants are not the only way give relief from depression. Dr. Weil has four suggestions, I’ve written about 10 that could help with mild to moderate depression. Here’s how a little walk with Rumi can help relieve the blues.
Continue readingFor mild to moderate depression, pharmaceutical antidepressants are no more effective than placebos, says Dr. Weil. But the science also says that there are four steps you can take that are effective. Reducing or eliminating depression is all about anti-inflammatory foods, supplements, exercise and a shift in cognition.
Continue readingMildly depressed? No need to be – 10 actions to evaporate away your depression. SAM-e, krill oil, exercise, meditation, music and other positive action are proven to help. Collectively, they address the dimensions within which we live our lives.
Continue readingMeditation delivers better health, emotional resiliency and brain power. The science is clear – -meditation builds a better you. Here are seven benefits of meditation.
Continue readingPoliticians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. In his column, 545 vs. 300,000,000 People, retired columnist Charlie Reese excoriates the people who are responsible for deficits and the debt.
Continue readingAmerica’s “debt crisis” and the game of “chicken” now being played by Repubs and Demos in Washington. The independent Center on Budget and Policy Priorities says that the Boehner plan could very well “produce the greatest increase in poverty and hardship produced by any law in modern U.S. history.”
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