Your Health & Nutrition
What Color is Your Maca?
Opportunities to improve our health through supplements are boundless. We thought we’d share one of the less well-known suggestions: maca.
Read MoreWho Knew? 11 Health Benefits of Ginger Root
Our friends at HealthLine dug deep into ginger: a flowering perennial plant that’s a relative of turmeric and cardamom. Here are 11 findings that their studies have yielded about this spicy root.
Read MoreHow Much (or How Little) Salt is Enough?
How much salt do you really need? How much are you getting? Thanks to our U.S. Government, packaged foods are required to have a Nutrition Facts Label that lists the amount of sodium in every food product.
Read MoreDrinking Tea to Improve your Health
October 2020, the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology published a report on tea drinkers. Their finding?
Read MoreCaffeine: The Good and the Bad
Most people in America probably reach for a caffeinated beverage first thing in the morning. For some people caffeine is what gets us through the day. Whatever your reason, beverage or caffeine substance of choice is, it’s probably important to you. And there are some good reasons why.
Read MoreVegetarian Lifestyle & Lowering Your Stroke Risk
Many people around the world ascribe to a dairy-free, gluten-free, pescetarian, vegetarian, or vegan lifestyle. These are not “diets” to lose weight, but “dietary habits” and lifestyle choices that people make based on their dietary needs, religious, environmental, or personal beliefs.
Read MoreWhat are Superfoods – And What Makes Them Super?
Superfoods are whole foods high in vitamins and minerals that have superior health benefits compared to other foods. Often these superfoods are fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds that are packed with various antioxidants.
Read MoreGo Frozen!
Building a healthy lifestyle often starts with what we put into our bodies. However, sometimes it is hard to do so on a budget. But there are many ways to eat healthy and not break the bank.
Read MorePandemic-enforced Isolation Can Be Harmful
Our bodies are being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic due to quarantine and social isolation. A recent CNN report states that “being homebound for so long contorts the body, weakens the heart and lungs and even impairs brain function”. Here are six ways the pandemic of 2020 is affecting our bodies.
Read MoreYouth & Young Adults: Yes, COVID-19 Can Affect Your Health
Due to COVID-19 health officials have seen startling new numbers of those suffering from anxiety and depression. Stress levels have impacted an average of 40.9% among surveyed Americans. And those that are most at risk are young adults, ages 18 to 24.
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