A study has found that a great impediment to the quality of life of people aged 65 and over is their assumption that they should become more sedentary as they get older. In fact, they can and should be more active. The team from the Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change of Melbourne University found that…
The Birch Tree Fungus That Boosts Your Immune System
06A bitter mushroom that acts as a parasite on birch trees is revered for its medicinal properties, including immunity boosting, antiviral, and anti-diabetes effects. Chaga mushrooms aren’t the most attractive fungi on the block, and they’re not the tastiest either, but when it comes to medicinal value, chaga mushrooms are king. Typically consumed in tea…
Top 5 Healthy Fruits That You Should Include Daily in Your Diet
By Paola Sasso Fruits, in addition to being delicious, are fundamental foods in our daily diet, as they favor our health and keep us away from cardiovascular diseases and some types of cancer. Although it is advisable to eat the fruits that we like the most, there are some perfect ones to achieve and maintain…
5 Amazing Healing Honey Facts
Honey, unlike almost everything else we consume in our diet, was intended solely to be a form of nourishment—albeit, for the bees. Only milk, to my knowledge, shares this singular biological imperative. But honey is far more than a source of sweetness and quick energy within the human diet. Honey has profound medicinal applications, some of…
The Amazing Story of Malasian Palm Oil
Most of us are familiar with the small farmers who sell their wholesome fruits, vegetables, honey, and other natural products at neighborhood farmers’ markets. They typically farm only a few acres of land, and many practice sustainable farming to keep their crops and soil healthy. Now consider life for small farmers in Malaysia, which is…
2 New Studies Test Quercetin and COVID-19 Outcomes
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, good doctors have done what good doctors do and have given their patients safe and effective therapeutics to treat COVID-19. While public health officials said nothing could be done, many doctors applied lessons learned from previous viral infections and helped their patients support their immune systems with safe…
Can Dementia Be Reversed?
For decades, conventional medicine has offered little regarding the treatment of patients suffering from dementia or cognitive decline. Alzheimer’s disease is now the third-leading cause of death in North America, after heart disease and cancer. But treatment is possible. It is estimated that dementia will afflict approximately 50 percent of the next generation of senior…
You Can Tame Chronic Inflammation
Inflammation is a part of life, and it can be a really good thing. It helps you heal from colds, illnesses, bumps, cuts, and more. But too much inflammation, such as when it flares up when there’s no need for it, is dangerous. And it happens to a lot of people. Called “chronic” inflammation, this…
Antibiotics May Alter Infant Brain Development: Study
A new study published in a special issue of the journal iScience links low doses of antibiotics around birth to significant changes in the infant microbiome. The study, conducted on mice, also linked antibiotic exposure to important changes in gene expression in parts of the brain responsible for neurodevelopment. This research, “Effects of Early-Life Penicillin…
How Zinc Can Boost Your Immune Health
Zinc is essential for the normal development and function of your immune system, as it protects against susceptibility to pathogens, mediates natural killer cells, activates T-lymphocytes, regulates macrophages, and is central to DNA replication. You have at least 300 enzymes that require zinc to function normally. Evidence shows zinc helps protect the body from COVID-19…
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