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Strengthen Your Bones Naturally: Top Supplements for Seniors This Holiday Season
As the holiday season approaches, it’s important for seniors to focus on maintaining bone health amidst the colder months. Bone density can decrease with age, and the winter season can bring about changes in activity levels. Fortunately, natural supplements can help strengthen and support your bones during this time. Here are the top supplements to […]
read moreNot ready for Ozempic?
Not ready for Ozempic? Maybe there is a natural health option, available without a prescription, that suits you better. Ozempic (semaglutide) is a prescription medication used to manage type 2 diabetes and aid with weight loss. While the following suggestions do not replicate the mechanism of action of semaglutide, they are natural health products some […]
read moreThe Health and Happiness Vitamin
The Benefits of Vitamin D for Mood and Immune Function They call vitamin D the “sunshine vitamin.” The skin makes it in response to sunlight. It affects more than bone health. It has a significant impact on mood and immune function. How Vitamin D Improves Mood: Vitamin D helps make serotonin. It is a mood-regulating […]
read moreProbiotic Supplements vs. Yogurt after Antibiotics
Antibiotics are useful at fighting infection but it does so at the cost of healthy gut flora. These flora are vital to your health. I’ve been asked if yogurt works well enough to help re-establish healthy gut flora after a course of antibiotics. I don’t think it does. Fermented foods like yogurt are excellent dietary […]
read moreSocks as Medicine
Socks as Medicine Compression stockings are popular for their numerous health benefits, particularly in improving leg circulation and preventing various leg-related issues, including blood clots. These specially designed stockings offer a range of advantages that cater to individuals of all ages and lifestyles. Key Benefits of Compression Stockings: Enhanced Blood Flow: Compression stockings help promote […]
read moreMovement and Your Gut
Movement and Your Gut You might be surprised to learn that the way (and how much) you move has an effect on your microbiome. Your gut microbiome is the collection of bacteria (probiotics) and other microbes in your intestines that affect your health in many ways. A study in the Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity […]
read moreHappy Food
Happy Food After a stressful day, you might reward yourself with ice cream, chocolates or potato chips. After all, these snacks give you a hit of dopamine. Dopamine is known as the “feel-good” hormone. It gives you a sense of pleasure. It also gives you the motivation to do something when you’re feeling pleasure. There […]
read moreWeight Loss and Memory
Improving your lifestyle and losing unhealthy excess weight not only benefits your cardiovascular system and self-image, but it can help your memory too. According to data presented at the Endocrine Society’s 95th annual meeting in San Francisco, subjects who spent six months losing weight (around fifteen pounds) through lifestyle modification showed improved reactions on memory […]
read moreMindful Malleability
Neuroplasticity is your brain’s ability to reorganize itself by forming new connections between neurons, allowing it to adapt and learn throughout your life. An example would be if you are used to using one route to get to a destination, and that route is blocked, neuroplasticity would help you work out and follow and alternate […]
read moreSleeping Slim
It’s not unreasonable to think that eating a healthy diet and exercising regularly should help you with weight management along with general good health. But there is yet another bastion of good health and healthy weight to consider. Its name is SLEEP. When you don’t get enough restful sleep (less than 7 hours) three negative […]
read moreThe Exercise Paradox
When you are trying to manage your weight, it makes sense to think that adding exercise will help you burn more calories and thus lose unhealthy fat. Unfortunately this is a bit of a misconception. Studies have shown that dieters who exercise as well as manage caloric intake don’t really lose any more weight than […]
read moreMetabolism Paradox
If you have made some lifestyle changes to lose unhealthy weight, you may wonder why weight loss seemed rapid at first but then started to slow down. This is partly because your metabolism was adapted to your heavier body mass and when that mass reduced, so did your metabolism. One of the most unfair realities […]
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