Here are 18 green actions you can take to increase your overall health and make the world a better place for a green earth. 1. Plant a Tree Trees provide the earth’s oxygen, absorb harmful chemicals from the air, and create ecosystems that provide perfect habitats and food for animals like birds, rabbits, and insects 2. Carpool Carpool to cut down on the number of cars on the road, which cuts down the amount of pollutants in the air 3….
As women, we have many ways with which to approach our health from a holistic perspective. As you most likely know, holistic medicine focuses on the whole person and tends to look at things from the lens of mind, body, and spirit. How does a holistic approach differ from a more conventional approach? A conventional or allopathic approach to health favors pharmaceutical medicine as the best course of action for numerous diseases. However, one of the criticisms of this approach…
10 detox baths to rejuvenate and renew your body and spirit In today’s fast-paced society, we don’t spend enough time caring for our bodies. This means that we don’t eat the right foods, don’t drink enough pure water, and fail to de-stress our minds and bodies enough. Fortunately, amazing results can be obtained by engaging in regular detox baths. A bath with any number of healthy additives can be good for your skin and can refresh your mind, body, and spirit….
Your digestive system doesn’t run by itself. It needs proper nutrition with foods that help calm the stomach, increase motility, and decrease gases in the gut. Here are some great foods that can help you maintain excellent digestive health. Foods high in fiber add bulk to the stool to prevent constipation and blood sugar spikes that can lead to diabetes. The best sources of fiber include brown rice, whole fruits, green vegetables and whole grains, like bread, oats, and cereals….
Fibromyalgia is a medical condition of unknown etiology that causes pain in specific trigger points. More women than men appear to have the disease. There are other symptoms of fibromyalgia besides aches and pains. In fact, a recent survey of forty patients who suffer from fibromyalgia say that the second most annoying symptom after pain is the symptom of fatigue. Unfortunately, many of the clinical trials on fibromyalgia currently underway are focused on how the treatment or medication affects pain…
Your brain is central to all of your thoughts, memories, behavior, judgment, reasoning, mood, and so much more. It is therefore critical that you do all that you can to slow down its aging process. In what follows, are ways to slow down the aging of your brain: 1. Do not smoke There are so many reasons not to smoke. Another one to add to the list is the negative effects it has on your brain. Smoking increases the development…
You probably already know that you should be reducing the amounts of saturated fats and salt in your diet, but you may not realize that there is also a connection to the amount of sugar you consume and how it affects your longevity. In fact, some experts are saying that sugar is posing a significant risk to your health, especially to children and adolescents. You undoubtedly know that sugar is not good for you, and that it is incredibly easy…
7 Ways to Differentiate Normal vs. Abnormal Memory Changes as You Age As you age, it is natural that your memory is not going to be as good as it used to be. If you have children, you may notice how well their memory functions. However, as you move further into adulthood, you may find that your memory is decreased. In fact, it is known that most people experience decreases in their ability to learn new things and remember them…
Let’s face it. We want to stay looking young looking for as long as possible. The skin, being the body’s largest organ, is the most vulnerable as it is exposed to all the elements – pollution, sun, and air. As such, it is also where you first begin to notice aging the most. You may be aging underneath your skin, but your skin (and hair) can be the first signs that you are, in fact, getting older. Fortunately, there are…
When you are young, it is easy to forget how important your joints are for your overall quality of life. Your joints are what allow your skeleton to bend, as your joints are located where at least two bones meet one another. This bending is what allows you to perform everyday tasks. Without joints, you would be one cohesive group of bones, unable to participate in your environment. Joints also consist of cartilage that lines each end of the bones….