We often think of inflammation as the body’s natural response to an injury or some form of tissue damage. This form of acute inflammation is designed to alert our bodies, eliminate harmful invaders and promote tissue repair. But there is a difference between acute/healthy inflammation and chronic/unhealthy inflammation.
My Top Tips for People in PainBy: Ashley Dew So many people in our society are unfortunately dealing with pain on a daily basis. I am not talking about acute pain that comes from acute inflammation, which is normal and important for healing. Chronic pain is...
How to Enjoy the Holidays Without Sacrificing Your Health While we should all be enjoying this wonderful time of year, it is equally important to enjoy it in a way that we aren’t sacrificing our health and packing on the pounds. Holidays are a time when we are...
Steps to Reverse Cognitive Decline When we think about chronic disease, it’s not uncommon to focus on heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity. These illnesses affect the lives of so many families and duly get a lot of attention in the health and medical...
Benefits of Cold Water 'Dips'Now that summer is fast approaching, I thought it would be an acceptable time to talk to you about the amazing health benefits of ice baths. You have likely heard a lot of discussion recently about cold plunging because it is a ‘new’ buzz...
Glyphosate: What it is and Why You Should Care Glyphosate is the most widely-used herbicide in the world. It first went on the market in 1974 as a weed killer and to dry crops out quickly before harvest. Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides are still...
Natural Wine: Why you Should Make the Switch Natural wine, though around since 7000 BC, has become a mark of swank in certain social circles and cities around the world due to its magical taste, purity and health benefits. As a result, natural wines are all the...
The new year brings with it a fresh space to create, to think big and to learn how to visualize your goals into existence. You already have what you need in order to build the life you want. You just have to trust that no matter whether something went wrong in the past, you are fully capable of doing things right this time – and it starts with visualizing!
As the year turned from 2022 to 2023, millions of us resolved to reinvent ourselves into a polished, new and improved version. Some of us pledged to exercise more, use social media less, better respect our inherent needs, drink more water, rise earlier, read more books, eat healthier, journal, reduce our carbon footprint, cut alcohol out for some time, and learn to meditate…. Any of this sound familiar?
Seven Questions for the New YearWhether you are a ‘resolution maker’ or not, here are a few simple, yet reflective questions that can help steer the course for an incredible 2023.1. What is one thing you would like to celebrate about 2022? Before you put on your...
How to Boost Your Child’s Immune System.We live in a microbial world, teeming with viruses and bacteria. They are in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the soil on which we stand and on the apples we eat. But they are not only in the external environment; they...
Supercharge Your Health with FastingThe start of the new year brings with it a new beginning - a time for resetting and renewing our moods, our bodies, and the way we flow through our days. The holidays are often a time of overindulgence in just about every way,...
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