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Do Redheads Need Less Vitamin D?
By Dr. Mercola Between 1 to 2 percent, or just 76 to 152 million people, of the global population has red hair. This unique hair color is caused by a mutation of the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R), a gene located on chromosome 16. MC1R is a protein involved in regulating your hair and skin color, as well as eye hue. As a recessive trait, the mutated gene must be inherited from both parents to produce a child with red hair. Variations in the MC1R gene are responsible for a range of reddish hair color — from “strawberry blond” to brown hair...
read moreProperly Filter Your Water
30 Tips in 30 Days Designed to Help You Take Control of Your Health This article is part of the 30 Day Resolution Guide series. Each day a new tip will be added designed to help you take control of your health. For a complete list of the tips click HERE By Dr. Mercola Each year, red flags over toxic drinking water are raised across the U.S., with reasons varying from location to location. One major problem is aging water pipes, which have become an increasingly common source of toxic exposure.1 In fact, in a 2013 report,2 the American Society...
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30 Tips in 30 Days Designed to Help You Take Control of Your Health This article is part of the 30 Day Resolution Guide series. Each day a new tip will be added designed to help you take control of your health. For a complete list of the tips click HERE By Dr. Mercola According to the Harris Poll Happiness Index, a mere 1 in 3 Americans report being “very happy.” More than half say they’re frustrated at or by work.1 Other research suggests nearly 1 in 4 experience no life enjoyment at all.2 The good news is, small changes in perspective...
read moreKeep Your Health in Check With Cinnamon
There are some scents that remind us of the comforts of home and can soothe our bodies in the process. Case in point: the sweet and warm smell of cinnamon. This spice is derived from the stems of the cinnamomum tree. The inner bark is then extracted, and the woody parts are removed and left to dry. This results in the formation of strips that eventually curl into the cinnamon sticks known today. These strips can also then be ground to form cinnamon powder.1 The spice is native to the Caribbean, South America and Southeast Asia.2 There are two...
read moreThe Healing Power of Nature
By Dr. Mercola For most people in the U.S., life is easier than it was 50 years ago. Automation, transportation, communication and information are much more sophisticated now than they were then. At the touch of a button or the sound of your voice, nearly anything considered imperative for survival is available, instantly. But there are plenty who will tell you that, in comparison, life today isn’t better; it’s simply faster. Behavioral scientists of every stripe are becoming more vocal in the observation that at the same rate...
read moreEliminate Google From Your Life
30 Tips in 30 Days Designed to Help You Take Control of Your Health This article is part of the 30 Day Resolution Guide series. Each day a new tip will be added designed to help you take control of your health. For a complete list of the tips click HERE By Dr. Mercola Google, by far one of the greatest monopolies that ever existed, poses a unique threat to anyone concerned about health, supplements, food and your ability to obtain truthful information about these and other issues. And, while not the sole threat to privacy, Google is...
read moreMost Protein Bars Are Worse Than Doughnuts
Dr. Mercola It’s time to put down the protein bar you reach for after your workout or the snack bars you pick up to stave off hunger pangs in the afternoon. While manufacturers may have positioned these bars as part of the clean eating trend, most contain more sugar than a doughnut and only slightly less carbs than a Snickers bar. Many protein bars also use soy to boost the percentage of protein in their products. While you may have heard that soy is healthy, unfermented soy products are nothing more than a clever marketing gimmick to...
read moreWhich Vitamins and Supplements Are Truly Beneficial for You?
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read moreHere’s an Easy Way to Expand Your Knowledge About Health
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read moreHow to Properly Compost and Recycle
By Dr. Mercola Composting your food and yard waste, and recycling your recyclable “stuff,” are among the simplest yet most powerful ways to reduce your environmental footprint and help the Earth. As a bonus, the compost you can easily create from kitchen scraps like coffee grinds and vegetable peels is phenomenal to add to your flowerbeds and vegetable garden. As it stands, the majority of Americans (72 percent) do not compost their food waste, but 62 percent said they’d be willing to if it were more convenient.1 Residential...
read moreUse a Mercury-Free Dentist
30 Tips in 30 Days Designed to Help You Take Control of Your Health This article is part of the 30 Day Resolution Guide series. Each day a new tip will be added designed to help you take control of your health. For a complete list of the tips click HERE By Dr. Mercola About half of all dentists in the U.S. still use dental amalgam, which consists of 50 percent mercury combined with silver, tin, copper and other trace minerals. Mercury is the most volatile and toxic of the heavy metals, and the vapors released when chewing or brushing pose a...
read moreUse Coconut Oil Daily
30 Tips in 30 Days Designed to Help You Take Control of Your Health This article is part of the 30 Day Resolution Guide series. Each day a new tip will be added designed to help you take control of your health. For a complete list of the tips click HERE By Dr. Mercola Despite the fact that more than 2,000 studies1 have been performed on coconut oil, demonstrating a wide range of benefits, it continues to be wrongfully vilified to this day, mainly because 90 percent of its fat content is saturated fat. However, saturated fats, and most...
read moreWeekly Health Quiz: Tea, Cows and Sleep
1 All teas come from the same plant, an evergreen called Camellia sinensis, except for: Black Green Herbal Black and green tea (as well as oolong, dark and white teas) come from the same plant, an evergreen called Camellia sinensis. Learn more. Oolong 2 Grain feeding cows encourages the growth of E. coli in the animals’ gut because it: Impairs their ability to get optimal deep sleep Detrimentally changes their gut microbiome Grain feeding cows also encourages the growth of E. coli in the animals’ gut, as it leads to a more acidic...
read moreCurcumin Beats Malignancy
By Dr. Mercola Besides giving Indian curries their rich golden color, turmeric contains a polyphenol called curcumin, which has been shown to possess many health benefits, including being a malignancy-fighting powerhouse. Curcumin’s health-boosting properties are well-documented and this single compound exhibits more than 150 potentially therapeutic actions. With thousands of studies performed,1 researchers have shown curcumin has antibacterial, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antimalarial, antioxidant, antiparasitic, antiproliferative,...
read moreHave a Sip of This Delicious and Healthy Chicken Soup Today
By Dr. Mercola If you’re down with a cold or a fever, you’re likely to reach for a warm bowl of chicken soup. After all, chicken soup has been utilized as a potent home remedy for colds since the 12th century, making it a potentially effective (and delicious) practice to continue today.[i] However, making homemade soup takes time so, instead, people reach for packaged and processed soup that’s lackluster in flavor, contains artificial ingredients and additives and is packed in containers that may leach chemicals into the...
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