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When it comes to taking a proactive, preventive approach to health, avoiding the bad is just one half of the equation. The other, of course, is embracing the good – giving your body, mind, and spirit what they need to function optimally. For your body is a self-regulating organism, designed to protect and sustain itself. […]

Happiness and health go hand-in-hand. So saith the research. Yet as a new study reminds, the pursuit of happiness can actually make us unhappy. Through a set of four experiments on time and happiness, Canadian researchers found that the harder we try to make ourselves happy, the more we feel like we don’t have enough […]

It wasn’t so long ago most folks believed that growing old meant slowing down, becoming more sedentary. These days, lots of us are sedentary from childhood onward – even if the demands of life keep us from slowing down as much as we need to. Movement. Rest. Rejuvenation and regeneration. That’s the natural cycle we […]

You often hear people say that vaping is safer than smoking. After all, it’s not tobacco, and we know the damage that tobacco can do. Vaping? Not so much…yet. One thing we do know is that when you inhale from an e-cigarette, you’re taking in a whole lot more than chemically flavored vapor. You’re taking […]

Though the news was hardly surprising, the media went to town last week about a new French study linking ultra-processed food with cancer. Specifically, the analysis of data from over 100,000 adults found that a 10% increase in the proportion of ultra-processed foods in the diet was associated with significant increases of 12% in the […]

Hearts, hearts everywhere! It’s Valentine’s month, after all. They’re in ads. They’re in business decorations. They’re all over store shelves lined with Valentine goodies – cards and trinkets and, of course, candy. Lots of candy. Even as candy is the last thing our real, beating hearts need. Those literal hearts are at the center of […]

Most animals can make their own vitamin C. We humans can’t. We’ve got to get it through the food we eat or supplementation. And it may be able to help with a variety of health conditions – far more than just the common cold, too. For instance, a 2017 study in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders looked […]

Let’s face it: New Year’s resolutions can be the stuff of angst – especially if you find yourself sliding back to the habits you just told yourself you’d finally kick. But there’s a beauty to them, too. For one, they’re a sign of self-care – an expression of intent to take better care of ourselves […]

So let’s talk a bit about heavy metals.       No, not that kind of heavy metal. We’re talking elements, particularly those metals that can harm both the environment and living organisms. Think mercury, cadmium, nickel, lead, arsenic… The toxic effects of these metals, even though they do not have any biological role, remain […]

A few weeks ago, Wrigley announced that it was bringing back Alert Caffeine Gum – a product it had put on hold several years ago after the FDA announced that it would be looking into the safety of caffeine in foods. But they’re a little late to the party – and a little weak on […]