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The Eye Feature That Can Make You Appear More Attractive
By Dr. Mercola Your definition of beauty is likely strongly influenced by society. In one example of how society influences your perception of beauty, an image of a woman was sent to designers in 18 countries. They were told: “The idea is to Photoshop and retouch this woman to make her more attractive to the citizens of your country.”1 What returned were 18 different images, some so different they didn’t resemble the original picture at all. The perception of beauty and body image is influenced by the media as well.2...
read more‘The Reality of Truth’ — The Psychedelic Experience and Its Potential for Healing
By Dr. Mercola Psychedelic drugs are a controversial topic, but despite decades of negative press, science suggests these plants may actually have psychiatric benefits worth exploring. According to data from the National Institute of Mental Health, the prevalence of anxiety disorders in the U.S. may be as high as 40 million, or about 18 percent of the population over the age of 18, making it the most common mental illness in the nation.1,2 The conventional approach to anxiety and depression treatment typically involves antidepressants and...
read moreAchiote: Add Color to Your Plate With This Spice
Achiote (Bixa orellana), or annatto, is a spice that is used by a large portion of the world’s population. It’s easy to decipher whether a dish contains achiote through the distinct red-orange color that it gives off. While the main use for achiote is for dyeing and coloring, it also adds a subtle flavor to any dish. In small amounts, achiote does not exude a very strong flavor, but if used copiously, people have noted that it has a subtle peppery taste with a nutty and sweet aroma.1 This spice is largely used in Latin American...
read moreAlternative Treatments Effective for Depression
By Dr. Mercola Nearly 7 percent of U.S adults suffered from a depressive episode in the past year1 while, worldwide, 350 million people suffer from depression, making it a leading cause of disability.2 Despite this, only about one-third of Americans with depression get treated,3 which puts the remaining two-thirds left untreated at increased risk of suicide and with a lower quality of life. People struggling with untreated depression are also twice as likely to die as those without depression and have worse outcomes for other health...
read moreNobel Prize-Winning Science Highlights Importance of Good Sleep for Health
By Dr. Mercola The importance of sleep cannot be overstated, and the fact that the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine just went to three biologists1,2,3,4,5 — Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young — for their discovery of master genes that control your body’s circadian rhythms only strengthen this position. Your body contains not just one biological clock, but a vast array of clocks that regulate everything from metabolism to psychological functioning. Over the long term, skimping on sleep — which is a surefire way to...
read moreStudy Proves Sugar Is Responsible for Remarkable Rate of Disease
By Dr. Mercola Refined sugar was not consumed on a daily basis until the past 100 years. Before that, it was a treat afforded only by the very rich as sugar cane was a difficult crop to grow. In the past 100 years, rates of obesity, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and numerous other chronic diseases have skyrocketed. When sugar and tobacco were introduced by Native Americans to Europeans as they began to settle America, the average life span was relatively short.1 This meant health consequences from sugar and tobacco were easily buried in the...
read moreHow Iodine Deficiency Increases Your Risk for Chronic Illnesses
By Dr. Mercola Iodine is essential to your health. Unfortunately, data collected by the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey has revealed a significant drop in median urine iodine values.1 The median iodine level measured in urine samples was 320 micrograms per liter (mcg/L) between 1971 and 1974. By 1988, it dropped to 145 mcg/L. Surveys taken in the years since show levels have stabilized, except in pregnant women whose median urine level dropped further to 125 mcg/L. Many people don’t know they need to consume a...
read moreHow Pharma Sabotaged the Drug Enforcement Agency and Caused Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths
By Dr. Mercola Opioid-related statistics reveal the U.S. has an enormous problem on its hands. Americans use 80 percent of all the opioids sold worldwide.1 In Alabama, which has the highest opioid prescription rate in the U.S., 143 prescriptions are written for every 100 people.2 A result of this over-prescription trend is skyrocketing deaths from overdoses.3,4 As recently reported by CNN, the Manchester, New Hampshire, fire department responds to more calls for drug overdoses than fires these days.5 In 2015, 52,404 Americans died from drug...
read moreDiet Soda Makers Sued Over Deceptive, False and Misleading Advertising
By Dr. Mercola Low- or no-calorie artificial sweeteners such as aspartame are typically used to sweeten so-called “diet” foods and beverages in lieu of calorie-rich sugar or high fructose corn syrup. The idea is that consuming fewer calories will result in weight loss. However, research has firmly refuted such claims, showing that artificial sweeteners actually produce the complete opposite effect. By lowering appetite suppressant chemicals and encouraging sugar cravings, artificial sweeteners actually raise your odds of weight gain. Studies...
read moreFluoride — A Little Bit at the Wrong Time Is Devastating
By Dr. Mercola In the U.S., two-thirds of Americans’ tap water contains fluoride, which is added under the guise of preventing cavities. Water fluoridation continues to occur in the majority of the U.S. even as research stacks up that fluoride is a neurotoxin that can harm brain function. A study of Mexican women and children is among the latest to raise concern, showing that higher exposure to fluoride while in utero is associated with lower scores on tests of cognitive function in childhood, both at the age of 4 and 6 to 12 years.1...
read moreThe Vanishing — Insect Extinction Is Another Canary in the Coal Mine
By Dr. Mercola If you’ve ever gone on a road trip, you probably have distinct memories of bugs flying at, and smashing on, your windshield — along with the inevitable cleanup the mess necessitated afterward. If you think about it for a minute, though, you may realize that it’s been awhile since your windshield was covered with insects. This may initially seem like a good thing, but this occurrence, dubbed the “windshield phenomenon” by entomologists,1 is an ominous warning — a canary in the coalmine that the...
read moreCatechins Can Help Your Heart and Brain
By Dr. Mercola If you could have a cup of green tea and fight Alzheimer’s disease in the process, how many cups would you have? The ancient beverage has been recognized for millennia as having a dramatic and positive impact on human health, but its potential for improving several aspects of your brain, as well as your heart, is becoming more clear thanks to ongoing research. After all, nearly 50 million people worldwide — one of every nine people over the age of 651 — are wrestling with this devastating disease, described as a...
read moreNew Finding: Broccoli Helps Heal Leaky Gut
By Dr. Mercola Broccoli, a close relative of Brussels sprouts, cabbage and cauliflower, is perhaps most well-known for its chemoprotective properties. It’s an excellent source of phytonutrient glucosinolates, flavonoids and other health-boosting antioxidant and anticancer compounds. One of the compounds in broccoli known to have anticancer activity is sulforaphane, a naturally occurring organic sulfur. Studies have shown sulforaphane supports normal cell function and division while causing apoptosis (programmed cell death) in colon,1...
read moreTest Your Knowledge with the Mercola Quiz
1 Collagen is the most common and abundant of your body’s proteins, comprising about __ percent of the total protein in your body. 15 20 Collagen also compises up to 80 percent of your skin, in terms of dry weight. Learn more. 25 2 One study, which had a cohort of nearly 2.7 million children, found that those born by C-section were __ percent more likely to be diagnosed with autism. 9 16 21 Proposed reasons for this link include exposure to anesthesia drugs, preterm delivery and elevated stress responses. Learn more. 3 Which ailment is...
read moreWhat Is Bitter Orange?
By Dr. Mercola A flowering evergreen tree native to Asia, bitter orange is a fruit now widely cultivated in Mediterranean regions. But rather than a fruit for eating, the outer “zest” of the fruit, sans the white pulp, as well as the oil from the leaves and branches, are used as a medicinal. Bitter orange, which purportedly arrived in the Americas with the Spanish and Portuguese in the 1500s, has many other names, depending on the country talking about it. Herbal Resource1 lists several: Kiang chum, nirvana aria, enroll, Amara,...
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