It's easy during the summer to lose your guard when it comes food, or to make excuses which can lead to bad choices! The atmosphere and social pressures can also have a big impact on what we eat. Eat Safely While Summer Activities! Food sensitivities are more common during the summer because we don't eat as much of our favorite summer foods like ice cream or lemonade. We also tend to drink … [Read more...]

Stretching is very common before exercising. Why? Research shows that stretching before exercise, such as weightlifting, boosts circulation, strengthens muscles tone and improves the elasticity of muscle. Many experts recommend stretching before and after lifting weights. You can incorporate a variety of stretches into your training regimen. They include: Static_Static stretching is … [Read more...]

The history of blood pressure monitoring originates in the 16th century from Sir Stephen Hales' experiments involving directly inserting a tube in an artery. Since then, the practice has been (thankfully) improved not to involve invasive manoeuvres. Nowadays, blood pressure monitoring is an essential part of a patient's examination; and in the digital health era, the means to do so are … [Read more...]

To get by each day, millions of people depend on drugs to treat anxiety, depression, allergies, asthma and learning and attention problems. These drugs are not only marginally helpful, but also pose serious dangers. Discover the Nutrients of Nature's Best Superfoods This has a lot to do with the food we eat. More specifically, it's about what our food is lacking: vitamins, minerals and … [Read more...]

Since 2016, I have been teaching memoir as a therapy for healing traumas and improving health outcomes - or "Memoir As Medicine", as my first teacher Nancy Aronie called it. Some people find therapeutic writing morning pages or journaling extemporaneously. But what if you'd like to create a narrative that tells your entire life story? Many memoir writers struggle to get started. … [Read more...]

Would you like to have some sun on your face this summer? Although sunlight is a great source of Vitamin D for the body, UV rays can be damaging to skin. If you want your skin to remain healthy, it is important to protect it from UV rays. Even the process of darkening your skin pigment can have a negative effect on your cells. Here are some products you must have to protect your health during the … [Read more...]

You may have been frustrated by asking Chat GPT, Bard, MidJourney or other similar questions repeatedly. You may have asked a simple question, but not received the desired results. You're not alone! You are not alone! The art and science behind prompt engineering is to craft effective inputs that guide an AI model in the direction of generating the desired outcome. To put it in a … [Read more...]

When the low-carb diet movement exploded in the late 20th century, fruit found itself in the crosshairs. Many weight-loss experts blame the sugar in it (fructose) as a factor in obesity, with many also maligning carbohydrates, as a whole. But is fruit "bad" for weight loss, or is there more to the story? Get ready to separate fact from fiction and uncover the truth for yourself. Let's start by … [Read more...]

In recent years, mental health concerns have risen dramatically, firstly due to the pandemic and then because of the looming feeling of uncertainty. A recent study in Psychology Today offers new hope that a natural treatment for depression can be found. In the past, experts believed that depression was primarily caused by a lack serotonin, a chemical that boosts mood. This led them to prescribe … [Read more...]

Although heart disease deaths in the U.S. are down, they still outnumber all other causes of death(1). Heart health facts can be frightening, such as statistics that show heart disease is the leading cause of death in both men and woman. You may have heard that heart disease is very likely to strike anyone with high cholesterol, high blood pressure or diabetes. These facts are all true. But what … [Read more...]