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The Power of Walking Meditation
Meditation has ancient roots, dating back as far as 200,000 years. The earliest written records of meditation are in the Vedas, the sacred texts of the Hindu religion, from around 1500 BCE. These teachings of dhyana, or training of the mind, were centered on concepts of deep contemplation and awareness without judgment. Other references to a type of...
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How to Improve Sleep by Decreasing Artificial Blue Light at Night
The rising and setting of the Sun plays a significant role in influencing our body’s natural circadian rhythm, the internal clock that tells us when to sleep and when to wake in a 24-hour period. Humans are dependent on the Sun as the main source of light that cues our brain for activity, rest,...
The Problem with Public Water Fluoridation & the Changing Tide
The science and data that originally supported public water fluoridation, which is defined as the adding of mineral fluoride to the municipal water supply to prevent dental tooth decay, have evolved over the last 50 years. Data now suggests fluoride is more beneficial and less risky when used as a...
12 Tips for Better Sleep
Sleep is essential to our health, and yet so many of us miss out on a full night’s rest. Most adults need 7–9 hours of quality sleep a night. Getting six hours or less, on a regular basis, is not ideal and puts you at risk for serious health conditions. A few nights with too little sleep impacts...
Tips for Boosting Your Immune System
Below are some natural strategies that you can implement today to strengthen your immune system: Vitamin D3: Vitamin D deficiency weakens your immune system, so have your medical provider monitor your vitamin D levels and vitamin D supplementation. Ideal levels are between 50 and 90 ng/ml....
Yogurt: What’s Healthy & What’s Not
Yogurt often tops the list as a natural food that packs a lot of nutritional value. When produced in its simplest form, which is fermenting good bacteria with milk, yogurt is a great source of protein, B vitamins, calcium, and probiotics (mostly Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus...
The Health Benefits of Tai Chi
In the United States alone, there are millions of yoga devotees, and for good reason. However, there is another relaxation practice that provides as many mind-and-body health benefits as yoga and is also low-impact. To better understand this practice called Tai Chi Chuan (also commonly called Tai...
The Health Benefits of Butter Coffee
For decades, we were advised to keep away from butter and other foods containing saturated fat because of the misguided belief that saturated fat raised the bad LDL cholesterol, thus causing heart disease. Foods like red meat, eggs, and butter were unfortunately avoided and often under-consumed....
Cold and Flu: Prevention and Natural Therapies
It’s important to strengthen and maintain a healthy immune system all year round so that your body can adequately fight influenza viruses and the viruses that cause the common cold. Though many people believe it’s not possible to ward off a cold or the flu, with the exception of the flu vaccine,...
The Health Benefits of Dry Brushing
The process of gently running a soft-bristle brush over dry, bare skin is known as dry brushing. When performed daily, dry brushing exfoliates dead skin cells on the body and also delivers some major benefits to your overall health: The skin is the body’s largest organ. It serves us well as a...
Essential Anti-Inflammatory Herbs, Spices, and Foods
Your body’s first line of defense against infection is your immune system. As the body attempts to rid itself of foreign substances, an immune response is triggered to help restore health. Inflammation is part of this normal healing process, but when the body doesn’t turn it off—or attacks healthy...
