If you’re struggling to lose some weight with diet and exercise, consider a different approach. Aside from helping you manage stress and improve your focus, mindfulness techniques can help you shed those unwanted pounds. What is mindfulness? Mindfulness, which is rooted in Buddhist meditation, refers to the constant awareness of your own “thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, […]
Dopamine, a major neurotransmitter, is linked to focus, motivation, and productivity. However, factors such as diet and lifestyle can deplete your dopamine levels. If you feel like you’re not living your life to its fullest, you may be suffering from low dopamine levels. Thankfully, there are natural ways to increase dopamine. What is dopamine and why […]
There is an awakening going on. A global awakening that is manifesting a transformation, which begins with a personal inner shift. In order to make the changes that are in alignment with this awakening, people need to get healthy in mind, body and spirit. This is the time to be at your ultimate best. For […]
People are always on the lookout for easy ways and quick results for weight loss. They try out various diets, guaranteed to help them lose those pesky pounds. The diets do work – but for a short period of time. And eventually, you go back to your old habits, piling on the weight you just […]
If you’ve run out of ways on how to lose weight, there is another alternative — that is, if you are brave enough to face needles. Acupuncture, a traditional form of Chinese medicine, has been found to play a role in weight loss for adults. A team of researchers at the School of Chinese Medicine […]
Green bananas, also known as unripe bananas, are bitter in taste (due to high tannin contents), hard to peel, and has starchy flavor, all of which make them unpalatable. To reduce the bitterness and starchy flavor, you can steam, boil or fry them before consumption. Green bananas are rich in starch contents, roughly half of […]
Ear acupuncture can help people lose weight, with better results if practitioners stimulated five points instead of just one, researchers from Korea claim in a study published in the BMJ journal Acupuncture in Medicine. Auricular acupuncture was first used in France in 1956 by Dr. Paul Nogier. He noticed that patients’ backache was cured when […]
Turmeric, this amazing spice has been used in India for more than 2500 years. And more and more studies have found its benefits to health, from treating various diseases to improving organs’ functions. Here is a list of the remarkable health benefits of using turmeric regularly: Prevents cancer, especially effective for preventing prostate and skin […]
Could a Roundup recall be in our future? One can only hope. Monsanto’s leading weedkiller has been the subject of controversy for a while now — and the evidence against the toxic chemical continues to pile up. New research that was published in early January by Scientific Reports reveals that the toxic herbicide’s primary ingredient, […]