If your blood pressure reading is high during a check-up, your doctor will likely ask you to do one or all of these three things:
An eye-opening study shows that you may not need to do any of that to bring down your blood pressure.
It found that increasing your intake of one crucial mineral may lower your blood pressure to normal levels.… Read More
Breast cancer is one of the most feared diseases in the U.S.[1]
We have pink ribbon campaigns, “runs for the cure,” and screening awareness programs to fight it.
In China, they have none of this. That’s because breast cancer isn’t nearly the threat that it is in America.
The death rate from breast cancer in China is 5.76 per 100,000 residents.… Read More
When looking for a doctor, most of us focus on credentials.
We want to know where the physician went to school. We may want to know if they have had malpractice suits filed against them.
A pleasant bedside manner? That’s well and good.
But most of us would rather have a doctor who “knows his stuff.” We want competence first and foremost.… Read More
Common Food Additives Trigger Anxiety
Have you ever felt tense without knowing why?
It wasn’t that you were under some kind of stress. Or were worried about the pandemic or something else.
For some unknown reason, you just felt anxious.
A new study may explain why.
Feeling Anxious? It Might Be Something You Ate
Emulsifiers are processed food additives. They are used to make foods more appealing in various ways.… Read More
It happens so often, most of us don’t think twice about it…
After we pay for our purchases at a store, the clerk hands us a receipt. Maybe we crumple it up and throw it away. Maybe we put it in our wallet or purse, saving it in case we need to return an item.
Either way, we are poisoning ourselves with a toxic chemical.… Read More
For the vast majority of human evolution, humans did not use toilets. When they felt the urge, they left their shelter and simply squatted outside to do their business.
Scientists at Ohio State say the human digestive system is designed to have bowel movements while in a squatting position. But today, when we use toilets, we are more upright, in a sitting position.… Read More