A Healthy Gut May Lead to a Healthy Mind Your intestines house about ¾ of your total immune system. That means if we want our bodies to be healthy, we need to keep the friendly bacteria in our guts happy by eating lots of fiber [ ... ]
The B-vitamin family contains eight unique properties offering nutrients that aid in and support many vital functions in our body. The B vitamins are water soluble and eliminated daily through urination. Because of this, all [ ... ]
One of the universal drawbacks of travel is jet lag. Flying across several time zones can turn your internal clock on its head and result in fatigue, headaches, difficulty sleeping, even gastrointestinal discomforts and reduced [ ... ]
Kidneys are located in the middle of the backside of the body. They clean all of the blood in the body with an intricate filtration system, the waste goes out as urine. The filters are very small vessels and can be damaged by high [ ... ]
Asthma is a chronic condition in which the airways are hypersensitive and it is characterized by restriction of airways commonly referred to as an asthma attack. The prevalence of asthma has been increasing every decade, according [ ... ]
Exercise induced spasms of the airways is easily treated with a variety of short acting and long acting medications meant to open airways. If you are interested in an adjunct therapy you may be interested in what role diet can play [ ... ]
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the thyroid and as a result impairs the thyroids ability to produce thyroid hormone causing hypothyroidism. Over half of all people diagnosed [ ... ]
Broken down into the simplest understanding, fibromyalgia is chronic widespread muscle pain, which often includes insomnia, fatigue, headaches and depression. Although joint pain may accompany fibromyalgia, chronic inflammation [ ... ]
Macular degeneration is one of the leading causes of vision loss associated with ageing. The macula is a part of the eye that is responsible for the sharp vision we need for fine details like reading. It is the deterioration of [ ... ]
Osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by inflammation and the breakdown of cartilage in the joints. In order to maintain a healthy weight to reduce the load placed on joints it is important to eat the appropriate amount of calories [ ... ]
