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Brain-Boosting Rosemary Is Easily Cultivated in Your Backyard
By Dr. Mercola Rosmarinus officinalis, more commonly known as rosemary, is a woody, perennial herb that is fragrant, evergreen and native to the Mediterranean. While some gardeners plant a rosemary bush in their garden to harvest the herb, others use it to add beauty and fragrance, without ever using the leaves. The plant has needle-like leaves similar in appearance to hemlock. It flowers in pink, purple or blue in spring and summer in temperate climates, but may flower constantly in warm climates. Rosemary may be used in multiple ways in...
read moreHow to Grow and Enjoy Brussels Sprouts
By Dr. Mercola Several studies have confirmed that plant compounds called isothiocyanates, found in cruciferous vegetables, have potent anticancer activity. One particular isothiocyanate compound called sulforaphane has been shown to inhibit growth of cultured human breast cancer cells, leading to cell death. Broccoli and broccoli sprouts have garnered a reputation for being high in these beneficial compounds, but other cruciferous veggies have them as well, including Brussels sprouts, which have actually been shown to contain greater amounts...
read moreAlcoholism Epidemic in the US: More Than 1 in 8 Americans Are Now Alcoholics
By Dr. Mercola The opioid epidemic has been making headlines in the U.S., but another public health crisis is also in the making, this time involving alcohol, according to a new study published in JAMA Psychiatry.1 In the time period spanning 2001-2002 to 2012-2013, 30 percent more Americans engaged in high-risk drinking. The study included data from nearly 80,000 Americans and found statistically significant increases in alcohol use across all sociodemographic groups. However, increases in alcohol use, high-risk drinking and alcohol use...
read moreIf You Enjoy the Taste of Nutmeg, You’ll Probably Love Its Essential Oil, Too
Early European explorers had traveled all over the world to find spices such as nutmeg with good reason. Nutmeg, or Myristica fragrans, isn’t just a popular ingredient for cooking. It also possesses therapeutic properties, which made it a part of ancient cultures that include traditional Chinese and Indian medicine.1 Today, nutmeg is very much present in the alternative health scene. As an essential oil, it is used as a natural treatment for digestive problems, arthritis and other health conditions. Using nutmeg oil has a number of...
read moreUse of Antidepressants Continue to Rise
By Dr. Mercola Major depression is one of the most common disorders in the U.S.,1 with 16 million adults reporting at least one major depressive episode in the past year.2,3 When you look at all forms of depression, that number goes even higher. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 24 million Americans experience some form of depression,4 which can interfere with personal and work relationships, reduce work or academic performance and affect physical health. Depression reduces your ability to care for...
read moreEpidemic Numbers of People Suffering From Constipation
By Dr. Mercola For most people, an occasional bout of constipation is a minor aggravation. However, this is not the case for the nearly 15 percent of the U.S. population suffering from chronic constipation.1 This means 63 million people have difficulty passing hard, dry, lumpy stool, suffer from feeling bloated, have abdominal pain or feel as if there is something stuck in their rectum or intestines.2 For many, the topic of their bowel movements is a private matter. This makes understanding and learning about the actual mechanics of how stool...
read moreInfant Soy Formula — A Risky Public Experiment
By Dr. Mercola The food you feed your baby during his or her first years has an enormous impact on their development and long-term health. I strongly encourage all mothers to do everything possible to exclusively breast-feed for least six months or longer for this reason, as breast-feeding has tremendous benefits for both mother and child. It may even be a good idea to begin planning for successful breast-feeding before your baby is even born. If it turns out you can’t breast-feed, then you can’t, but it’s good to have an...
read moreNumber of People Suffering From Osteoarthritis Has Doubled
By Dr. Mercola Arthritis is a general term for over 100 different conditions1 that affect your joints and surrounding tissues. Any joint in the body may be affected, but the most common are the knees, hips, hands and wrists.2 The two most common forms of arthritis are osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Both forms of the disease cause significant pain and discomfort in the joints, but the triggers behind the conditions are different. RA is an autoimmune disease where your body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the...
read morePlastic Fish on Your Plate
By Dr. Mercola It’s estimated that close to 300 million tons of plastic are produced every year, more than half of which is for single-use products. Those discarded plastic bottles, bags, straws and other plastic waste end up largely in our oceans, to the tune of more than 8 million tons a year.1 Carried along with the ocean’s currents, swirling gyres of “plastic smog”2 now cover about 40 percent of the world’s ocean surfaces.3 While these heavily plastic polluted areas are often referred to as garbage patches in...
read moreAspartame: Decades of Science Point to Serious Health Consequences
By Dr. Mercola Most people begin consuming diet products not because they love the taste or want to gain extra nutrition but because they believe doing so will help them lose weight. Those sweetened with aspartame make up a large part of the “diet” products market to this day, despite plentiful research showing they likely promote weight gain, not loss. Take the 2011 study by researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. After following 474 diet soda drinkers for nearly 10 years, researchers found that the...
read moreNew Dicamba Herbicide Wreaks Havoc Across the US
By Dr. Mercola While the chemical technology industry, led by Monsanto, claimed genetically engineered (GE) glyphosate-resistant crops would reduce the need for herbicides, usage has steadily and significantly risen since the advent of GE seeds. What’s worse, the rapid emergence of chemical-resistant superweeds has led to the development and use of even more toxic herbicides. This includes 2,4-D and dicamba, both of which have been clearly linked to non-Hodgkins lymphoma,1 a type of blood cancer originating in your lymphatic system....
read moreProbiotics Offer Powerful Protection Against Sepsis in Infants
By Dr. Mercola As drug-resistant infections become more prevalent, so are cases of sepsis — a progressive disease process initiated by an aggressive, dysfunctional immune response to an infection in the bloodstream, which is why it’s sometimes referred to as blood poisoning. Unless caught and treated early, the condition can progress to septic shock, resulting in extremely low blood pressure, weakening of the heart, multiple organ failure and death. An estimated 1 million Americans develop sepsis each year1,2 and up to 50 percent die...
read moreWhat Are Terpenoids?
By Dr. Mercola Traditional medical practitioners have known for millennia that plants have the power to prevent, treat or otherwise improve a number of medical conditions. Plants contain bioactive phytochemicals, such as tocopherols, polyphenols and ascorbic acid, which perform important functions in both plants and humans. Terpenoids (aka isoprenoids) are another beneficial phytochemical — one that many people haven’t heard of before. Out of the seemingly countless compounds in plants, terpenoids represent the largest and most diverse...
read moreWhy Are Organic Onions so Much Better?
By Dr. Mercola You don’t have to be a cook to know how delicious onions are. If you’re looking for mouthwatering, savory flavor to enhance other foods, cooked or raw, onions are your go-to veggie. Or, when you cut them into slices and bake or sauté them whole, all by themselves, drizzled with olive oil or avocado oil and sprinkled with dried thyme, rosemary and/or basil, the fragrance and flavor are simply heavenly. Onions are also impressive because they’re such a healthy food, imparting vitamins, minerals and powerful...
read moreHow to Make, Fresh Homemade Yogurt
Yogurt is one of the most accessible fermented foods you can eat, with a rich history going all the way back 6,000 years ago in Central Asia, most likely in Turkey. During that time, herdsmen preserved the milk harvested from their cattle in animal stomachs that contained probiotics. As a result, the milk became fermented, which provided them a wealth of health benefits. Eventually, yogurt reached the United States in the 1700s through Turkish immigrants, but it only became widespread during the 1950s when the awareness of consuming organic...
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