Category: stress

The Vagus Nerve Plays Several Critical Roles—Learn How to Tend to It

When it comes to major nerves in the human body, most people have heard of the optic and olfactory nerves, the facial and trigeminal nerves, and certainly—if they have been in pain—the sciatic nerve. Yet one of the body’s most consequential nerves that affects everything from mood, the immune system, heart rate and digestion to…


Anxiety Running Your Life? 3 Ways to Get Your Life Back

It seems like anxiety is on the rise in all ages: Children suffering from stomach aches or panic attacks, adults having panic attacks that feel like heart attacks, and the elderly experiencing overwhelming mental unease with any changes to their routine. All ages are getting affected by anxiety these days. It is so common that…


Repeated Stress Speeds up Eye Aging

New research with mice suggests aging is an important component of retinal ganglion cell death in glaucoma. The researchers also report that novel pathways can be targeted when designing new treatments for glaucoma patients. The study appears in Aging Cell. The research describes the transcriptional and epigenetic changes happening in aging retina. The team shows how…


Personality Shapes Interest in Stress Relief Events With Cats

Many people, especially those with strong and highly reactive emotions, want and would benefit from interactions with cats to reduce stress, according to a new study. Universities implementing animal-assisted interventions like “Pet Your Stress Away” events have proven benefits, but more than 85% of them only include dogs, according to researchers. The new paper found…


Simple and Easy Support for Grief, Trauma, and Stress: Rescue Remedy

These days we have all been touched by someone dealing with a serious illness, or perhaps has a family member or pet who passed away. There are people who have gone through job loss, divorce, relocations, and other financial stressors. There just seems to be a lot going on in people’s lives. There are also…


6 Skin-Clearing Drinks for Glowing Skin, Inside & Out!

On this channel, we’re always looking for ways to achieve glowing skin from the inside out! In this episode, we share six skin-clearing beauty teas for all skin types, and boy are they not just deliciously simple, but beautiful! We’re showing you guys how to keep warm, stress relieved, and glowing with superfood ingredients like…


3 Ways Stress Affects Health, and 3 Lifestyle Tips to Help

Do you ever notice that you can go, go, go, and go until you can’t? Have you ever experienced burnout? Are you someone who does everything for everyone else in your life? Do you feel like you are burning the candle at both ends? I think we’ve all had times in our life when we’ve…


How Stress Prevents You From Absorbing Nutrients

Is stress affecting how well you absorb nutrients in the food you eat? It could very well be. A 2020 study by clinical psychologist and researcher Adrian Lopresti, Ph.D., suggests that excess or chronic psychological or environmental stress may have a negative effect on micronutrient (vitamins and minerals) concentrations. For example, magnesium, zinc, calcium, iron,…


How Stress Prevents You From Absorbing the Nutrients You Eat

Is stress affecting how well you absorb nutrients in the food you eat? It could very well be. A 2020 study by clinical psychologist and researcher Adrian Lopresti, Ph.D., suggests that excess or chronic psychological or environmental stress may have a negative effect on micronutrient (vitamins and minerals) concentrations. For example, magnesium, zinc, calcium, iron,…


77 Things You Could Do Instead of Getting the Flu Shot

Every year in the United States, around 20 percent of the population gets the flu. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends the annual flu vaccine for everyone over the age of 6 months, unless the vaccination is deemed unsafe due to medical conditions, and generally about half of people do. The currently…