Insomnia can lead to depression, diabetes, and weight gain.
Roughly 60% of Americans polled in a new survey say they don't get enough sleep. And when you set your clocks to "spring forward" on Sunday, you'll probably be joining them!
Besides costing an hour of sleep, adjusting to daylight savings can disrupt sleep patterns—and affect the body's circadian rhythms. Sleep disturbances are clearly linked to depression and other forms of mental problems.
For the first time, a new Dutch study shows that sleeplessness may actually shrink the part of the brain (gray matter) involved in decision-making… Continue reading Categories
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March 12th, 2010Insomnia can lead to depression, diabetes, and weight gain.
Roughly 60% of Americans polled in a new survey say they don't get enough sleep. And when you set your clocks to "spring forward" on Sunday, you'll probably be joining them!
Besides costing an hour of sleep, adjusting to daylight savings can disrupt sleep patterns—and affect the body's circadian rhythms. Sleep disturbances are clearly linked to depression and other forms of mental problems.
For the first time, a new Dutch study shows that sleeplessness may actually shrink the part of the brain (gray matter) involved in decision-making… Continue reading Think Twice About Mobile Phones for Kids
March 10th, 2010
Don't let dangerous radiation "cook" growing brains.
A startling new Swedish study shows that young people are 5 times more likely to get brain tumors if they use a cell phone before they're 20. And cordless phones also emit dangerous radiation.
Research finds that children's brains absorb twice as much radiation from these phones as adult brains. Not only do youngsters have thinner skulls and smaller heads than adults, but their brains also continue developing during childhood and adolescence—only increasing their risk.
With kids spending "significant time on mobile phones," warns David Carpenter, MD, dean… Continue reading Antioxidants, Not Avandia, for Type 2 Diabetes
March 8th, 2010
Protect your heart safely and naturally.
A new Senate report, released by Max Baucus (D-Montana) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), blasts the popular diabetes drug Avandia. Between 1999 and 2007, this drug "caused approximately 83,000 excess heart attacks," they say.
Criticizing the FDA review process, Senator Grassley writes: "It doesn't make any sense to have the experts, who study drugs after they have been on the market for several years, under the thumb of the officials who approved the drug in the first place and [who] have a natural interest in defending that decision."
"The Avandia… Continue reading Got Problems with Gluten? You Are Not Alone!
January 20th, 2010
Sensitivity to grains is linked to depression, headaches, and indigestion.
Wheat intake can trigger two increasingly prevalent immune-related conditions—celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. New Israeli research finds that people with multiple sclerosis and other inflammatory muscle disorders have antibodies to gluten (a protein in barley, wheat, and other grains) suggesting sensitivity to this reactive substance.
At least 3 million Americans have celiac disease, an inherited autoimmune disorder that causes the body to attack—and eventually destroy—the walls of the small intestine. In people with related symptoms (anemia, arthritis, depression, diarrhea, digestive discomfort, infertility, malabsorption, and… Continue reading The Best Way to Fight Aging: Maintain a Healthy Weight
January 15th, 2010
Flatten your belly and detox without sacrificing nutrition.
Nobody expects to live forever, but the number of centenarians (people who are 100 or older) has increased over 50 percent since 1990. As the human lifespan increases, you want your "golden years" to be healthy, happy, and productive.
Defined as "a progressive, generalized impairment of function, resulting in an increased vulnerability to environmental challenges and a growing risk of disease and death," aging is a multifaceted process caused by accumulated damage to the cells in the body. Free radicals—from a sugary diet, environmental toxins, stress… Continue reading Zapped by Your Own Cell Phone?
January 6th, 2010
EMFs are the newest and may be the most dangerous pollutants.
Odorless, colorless, and invisible, electropollution is probably enveloping you right now as you read these words. “It cannot be seen, felt or heard. It is tasteless and odorless. It is in our food and in the air; it is in our blood and in our bones and can remain in our ashes to go on to contaminate someone else,” Sara Shannon writes in Technology’s Cure: Diet for a Toxic Planet about low level radiation from electromagnetic fields (EMFs).
EMFs are a form of… Continue reading Healing the Heart, A Sneak Peek at Fat Flush for Life
December 25th, 2009
Avoid "Hidden Factors" That Can Cause Holiday Heart Attack and Stroke.
'Tis the season to be jolly, or the saying goes. But just how "merry" is Christmas, really?
All over the country, emergency rooms report surges in holiday heart attacks. "A lot of it is physical," says Ralph McCleskey, MD, medical director of cardiac rehabilitation and the congestive heart failure program at Hendrick Health System in Abilene, Texas.
Overexertion that comes with the holidays (and shoveling snow)—combined with overeating, over-imbibing, and all that yuletide stress—can create a "perfect storm" for heart problems, particularly among people… Continue reading Cranberry, Antioxidant Superstar: A Sneak Preview of Fat Flush for Life
December 23rd, 2009Fight Diabetes and Fat—as Well as Ulcers and Other Infections.
Those small, ruby-colored berries in the produce section of your local supermarket this time of year are potent antioxidants. Cranberries register a record 9,584 ORAC (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) value—much higher in antioxidants than the runner-up raspberries (with 4,882 ORAC value).
This makes the cranberry powerful medicine in neutralizing harmful free radicals that age us more quickly, and that's only for starters! A well-known cleanser of the urinary tract, cranberry also protects oral health. Because components in this small, red berry are potent… Continue reading Secrets Your Face Can Reveal
November 16th, 2009
What Your Skin Says About Overall Health.
The largest organ in the body, your skin works hard to protect the rest of you from environmental toxins and unwanted pathogens. In fact, your body sheds approximately one-third of its impurities through the skin.
When the liver is on overload, toxins find their way through your skin and radically affect its clarity and elasticity. Wrinkles, blotchy patches, and blemishes appear. Your complexion may start to look sallow, grayish, or discolored—fairly quickly.
New cells are created at the lowest, or basal, layer of skin and gradually force their… Continue reading
The largest organ in the body, your skin works hard to protect the rest of you from environmental toxins and unwanted pathogens. In fact, your body sheds approximately one-third of its impurities through the skin.
When the liver is on overload, toxins find their way through your skin and radically affect its clarity and elasticity. Wrinkles, blotchy patches, and blemishes appear. Your complexion may start to look sallow, grayish, or discolored—fairly quickly.
New cells are created at the lowest, or basal, layer of skin and gradually force their… Continue reading If Someone I Loved Had Alzheimers
November 6th, 2009
8 Ways to Combat a Mind-Robbing Disease.
Someone develops Alzheimer's disease (AD) every 70 seconds. Already more than 5 million Americans live with this memory-destroying disease—frustrating for them, tragic for those who love them.
A slow, progressive brain disease, Alzheimer's impairs language, perception, planning skills, and reasoning as well as memory. Forgetting where you put your glasses doesn't mean you have AD, but not realizing that you wear glasses does!
The incidence of Alzheimer's disease doubles every 20 years. Women are more likely to develop AD—and not just because they outlive men. Recent studies suggest… Continue reading
Someone develops Alzheimer's disease (AD) every 70 seconds. Already more than 5 million Americans live with this memory-destroying disease—frustrating for them, tragic for those who love them.
A slow, progressive brain disease, Alzheimer's impairs language, perception, planning skills, and reasoning as well as memory. Forgetting where you put your glasses doesn't mean you have AD, but not realizing that you wear glasses does!
The incidence of Alzheimer's disease doubles every 20 years. Women are more likely to develop AD—and not just because they outlive men. Recent studies suggest… Continue reading 
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