As the body’s largest organ, skin’s primary role is to maintain a healthy barrier between you and potential harm from the elements, including sun and rain, bacteria and germs, and stress. But are you protecting this important ally of your immune system? Skin: A complex system of protection The skin comprises three major divisions or layers,…
Tea: Harness the Power of this Simple Pleasure
As a new season approaches, it’s common to turn our minds toward rejuvenation—detoxifying ourselves from what’s not serving us and refocusing on what nurtures us. Tea, both true tea—made from the tea plant Camellia sinensis, including green, white, and black teas—and certain herbal infusions, can help in the physical process of detoxification by supporting the body’s…
Mushrooms: A delicious food that is functional too
8 amazing health benefits of mushrooms Whether added to a salad, soup, or stir-fry, or taken in supplement form, there are a myriad of ways to add mushrooms to your diet—and why not? In addition to mushrooms’ delicious taste, their polyphenol, polysaccharide (a specialized type of carbohydrate), vitamin, and mineral contents can provide you with…
Unburden your body in a toxic world
Without getting all doom and gloom, the unavoidable truth is that our environment is way more toxic than it was when our great-grandparents grew up. And that’s changing what we need to do to keep our bodies unburdened. Toxic burden Our food is sprayed with pesticides, our municipal water is chlorinated, and our air and…
On the Road to Your Best Circulation
Your body holds about 60,000 miles of vessels, which rely on the pumping of your heart to keep blood flowing. That blood carries nutrients and oxygen throughout the body. Maintaining healthy circulation is vital to a healthy life. Many lifestyle factors can affect circulation, such as smoking/nicotine, not standing or moving enough (like those who…
So Happy Together: 4 Healthy Food Duos
Heart health is important to us all. So, too, is good food. Food and heart health make a natural couple. Here are some more happy couples: food duos that, together, provide heart-healthy dividends. There are certain foods that, instead of taking a solo adventure to improve our heart health, instead, seem to perform better when…
Put Your Heart Into It: Emotions Affect Well-Being
More and more is being understood about the ways our hearts, minds, and contexts are interconnected. How we feel affects our health, and so, too, does our environment. Reuniting thoughts, feelings, and health “I believe it is important for one to realize that our thoughts and emotions, which are heavily connected, can impact our hearts,”…
Put Some Joy Into Your Fitness
You don’t need to choose function over fun By round of applause, who’s excited about their daily (or intended daily) workout? Crickets? But do you get excited about beach volleyball, pickleball, dancing, hiking …? Hobbies can be fun and physical! Fitness-life balance The buzzwords in today’s workplace include “work-life balance.” The phrase refers to the need for…
How inflammation affects cardiovascular disease
When you think of inflammation, you might think of pain. But inflammation is a key contributor to a number of surprising conditions, including cardiovascular disease. Here’s how inflammation works, and what we can do about it. How inflammation works It is now known that inflammation plays an important role in cardiovascular disease. But how could…
Five Steps To Finding Your Way In 2023
Many of us are wary about making New Year’s resolutions for fear that we may experience failure. But here’s an approach to change that involves designing your own path forward—one that puts your own dreams first. These five steps will help you envision your best future, whether you take them at the beginning of the…
How the gut and the lungs are connected
What you eat can keep your respiratory health in top shape There was a time when we assumed that the gut is for eating and lungs are for breathing. Not long ago, research revealed that they communicate, and that means that your choice of food may help lower your risk of respiratory illnesses. What is…
6 ways to strengthen your natural immunity
Fighting off germs is busy work for our immune systems, but we can make it easier on ourselves. Discover how small lifestyle choices can keep our immune systems ready for action—and make a big difference in our long-term health. According to Lisa Osborne, an assistant microbiology and immunology professor, there are simple things we can…
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