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Ferulic Acid From Rhodiola Is Great for Skin and Brain
What is the second most popular adaptogen next to panax ginseng? Many readers know it is rhodiola rosea, an herb that helps to ease fatigue, increase endurance and improve mood, in addition to other benefits. A perennial flowering plant, rhodiola rosea grows in the U.S., Europe, Asia and even the Arctic and is also known as golden root or roseroot. The active compounds in rhodiola — rosavin, rosaridin, rosarin, rosin, salidroside and tyrosol — have been associated with many of its benefits. For example, rosavin is believed to...
read moreWeekly Health Quiz: Dementia, Aging and Plastic
1 Which of the following dietary nutrients has been shown to play important roles in both vision and brain health, helping to preventing age-related macular degeneration and neurodegenerative diseases? Vitamin C Quercetin Epicatechin Lutein Lutein is well-known for its vision-enhancing properties and ability to prevent age-related macular degeneration. Research also suggests it has neuroprotective qualities, improving memory, boosting intelligence and helping prevent neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Learn more. 2 Which of...
read moreDaily Aspirin — Healthy or Harmful?
In decades past, a daily low-dose aspirin regimen was frequently recommended as a primary prevention strategy against heart disease. However, the evidence in support of it was rather weak, and kept getting weaker as time went on. I stopped recommending daily “baby aspirin” use for the prevention of heart disease over two decades ago, due to the growing evidence of harmful side effects. The primary justification for a daily aspirin regimen has been that it inhibits prostaglandin production,1 thereby decreasing your blood’s...
read moreYour EMF Questions Answered, Part 1
In this video, which is Part 1 of a two-part series, Brian Hoyer and I answer your questions about electromagnetic field (EMF) radiation. Brian is a leading EMF expert1 and a primary consultant for my new book, “EMF*D,” which is being released today. In the video, Brian shares his personal journey and training, which includes nutritional therapy and continued education at the Klinghardt Academy.2 As a nutritional therapist, Brian would see patients that just didn’t seem to fully recuperate. Once he began implementing EMF...
read moreStudy Sheds Light on Common Cause of Back Pain
Unexplained low back pain is incredibly common, affecting about 80% of adults at some point during their lifetimes. In the last three months, more than one-quarter of U.S. adults report that they’ve experienced low back pain, which is the most common cause of job-related disability, according to the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).1 The direct and indirect costs associated with low back pain are immense, reaching $90 billion a year in the U.S. alone.2 In most cases, low back pain resolves on its own...
read moreSpecial Report: A Plastic Tide
The catastrophe of plastic pollution is growing worse. Single-use plastic bottles and bags, food packaging, fishing nets and biosolids are turning the world’s oceans, seas and beaches into tragic wastelands. Microplastics from artificial clothing fibers and microbeads in personal care products add to the devastation. Plastic is everywhere. Bottled water, grocery bags, shower curtains, garbage can liners and kitchen utensils are just a few of the ways plastic has made its way into every aspect of our daily lives. Our throwaway mentality,...
read moreTapping Into Negative Mental Chatter to Yourself
Negative self-talk is a common, counterproductive habit that can send you on a downward spiral physically, mentally and emotionally. Self-talk is often critical in nature and may be associated with negative events in your life, which may range from major events, like losing an important account at work, or everyday habits, like eating poorly or not exercising. As you might suspect, correlations exist between self-critical self-talk and self-esteem,1 such that the more negative thoughts you have about yourself, the more your self-esteem...
read moreHow to Raise or Lower Your Dementia Risk Through Diet
According to statistics released in 2019, Alzheimer’s disease — the most common form of dementia for which there is no effective conventional treatment or cure — affects an estimated 5.8 million Americans,1 up from 5.4 million in 2016. Progression of Alzheimer’s disease varies, but often begins with short-term memory lapses that later progress to speech problems and trouble with executive functions. Your Diet Plays a Significant Role in Dementia While it’s never too early to start, if your memory slips frequently...
read moreLiving Near Busy Streets Increases Your Health Risks
Air pollution is insidious. It doesn’t respect borders and can travel thousands of miles. In fact, much of the smog experienced on the west coast of the U.S. is the result of pollution produced in Asian countries — at times outpacing whatever decreases the U.S. achieves.1 The Lancet Commission on air pollution and health found:2 “Pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature death in the world today. Diseases caused by pollution were responsible for an estimated 9 million premature deaths in 2015...
read moreWill Google’s Social Credit System Determine Your Future?
Expert Review by: Maryam Henein You may have heard about China’s social credit system — a dystopian monitoring scheme focused on the moral dimension of human life and behavior — which was conceived in 2014 and rolled out in in earnest in 2018. As reported by Business Insider in October that year:1 “Like private credit scores, a person’s social score can move up and down depending on their behavior. The exact methodology is a secret — but examples of infractions include bad driving, smoking in non-smoking...
read moreHigh Fiber Foods May Counteract the Effects of Pollution
In this short video, Pan Deng, Ph.D., researcher at the University of Kentucky (UK), describes some of the newest dietary recommendations from the university’s Superfund Research Center to help prevent damage from environmental toxins.1 After environmental disasters such as Love Canal in Niagara Falls, New York in the 1970s, the Environmental Protection Agency established the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act.2 The act is also called Superfund and gives the EPA the financial ability and political...
read moreHumidifiers Can Hinder the Flu
Outbreaks of influenza are seasonal in nature, with transmission and death rates increasing in winter months. Dry air and cold temperatures are particularly known to promote the spread of influenza, and, in temperate regions, flu outbreaks have been closely correlated with decreased humidity.1 While it’s previously been shown that low ambient humidity encourages the transmission of viruses, what this means for infection in humans, as well as outcomes among those infected, is less clear, leading researchers to look into whether changes...
read moreKellogg to Phase Out Preharvest Glyphosate Use
In a major victory that could signal the beginning of the end for the use of glyphosate as a preharvest drying agent, or desiccant, food giant Kellogg has announced they’re phasing out the practice. In a quiet revelation on their website’s glyphosate Q&A page, Kellogg addressed a question they’ve had from customers, which asks, “I’ve heard that farmers spray Roundup on crops before harvest to dry them out. Does that happen on crops that you use to make cereal?”1 In response, Kellogg states that while...
read moreHow the CDC Combats Health Freedom Through Front Groups
While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is supposed to be an independent organization watching out for public health, it has repeatedly demonstrated that it is working on behalf of the drug industry. Not only does the CDC accept funding from the drug industry,1 which in and of itself may influence its public health recommendations, it also has front groups that lobby for mandatory vaccinations and seek to suppress information about vaccine risks. CDC Front Group Lobbies for Mandatory Vaccinations One of them is the...
read moreThe Importance of Lutein for Eye and Brain Health
Lutein — a carotenoid found in egg yolks, avocados, cruciferous vegetables and dark, leafy greens — is well-known for its vision-enhancing properties.1 Research also suggests it has neuroprotective qualities,2 improving memory3 and boosting intelligence.4 As reported in the Senior Resource Guide:5 “Lutein belongs in the subclass of xanthophylls, which have polar molecular structures that possess unique membrane properties, such as fluidity, communication between brain cells, ion exchange, diffusion of oxygen, membrane...
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