The annual pattern of winter depression and melancholy – better known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD – suggests a strong link between your mood and the amount of light you get during the day. To put it simply: The less light exposure one has, the more one’s mood may decline. Wintertime blues are common,…
How the Darker Days Downshift Your Metabolism and Mood
Along with pretty rust-colored leaves and pumpkin spice lattes, there’s another, less-celebrated hallmark of the fall season—the onset of a mental and emotional slump known as seasonal affective disorder. Known also by its very appropriate acronym, SAD, this disorder can sometimes be severe enough to significantly disrupt day-to-day functioning. As temperatures steadily fall and sunset…
The Latest Tragedy: Sudden Adult Death Syndrome
Media outlets around the world have started highlighting a medical phenomenon called ‘sudden adult death syndrome’ – people dying with no sign of illness or underlying health condition. They simply collapse during the day or don’t wake up in the morning. While SADS has been known to occur before, what’s alarming is the sudden surge…
Are Frozen Meals Healthy? Here’s How to Tell
Frozen meals have been popular since they were first introduced in the 1940s. Convenient and easy, most everyone has had at least one meal from the freezer aisle, if not more. In fact, for a lot of people, they’re a daily staple for work lunches or dinner on the go. They have also become a popular item…
Meet the World’s Saddest Looking Dog to Whom Nothing Seems to Entertain
An English bulldog nicknamed Madame Eyebrows for the two expressionistic spots above her eyes may look like the saddest pup in the canine world, but her owners say that she is a very happy dog. Nonetheless, her humorous social media presence has won her an army of fans. “Normally, we call her Thea,” owner Janina,…
The Omega-6 Apocalypse
The majority of Americans are being misled by official health recommendations to eat “healthy” vegetable oils. Even the term “vegetable oil” is misleading because it gives you the impression that you are receiving vegetable micronutrients when these oils are usually toxic, industrially processed seed oils. Seed oils are a key ingredient in processed foods and…
Against the Grain
Serving riches and material wealth at the expense of health and wellness is a perilous course to follow. Sadly, it’s the way of our culture and economy. Just look around. People are fat. Why is that? The standard American diet (SAD) destroys a person’s health. God gave us everything we need for an abundant life…
Connect With the Sun to Combat Depression
If winter has left you feeling drained and down, the pending spring makes this an opportune time to recharge. Like nearly all living things, you are bound to the sun in a special biochemical relationship that extends from your immune system, to what you eat, to how you feel through the cycle of the seasons….
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