10 Smart strategies for a longer life
Here is a startling statistic to wake you up on this Monday morning. For the first time ever, children of today are not expected to live as long as their parents. Despite all our scientific and medical “advances,” we continue to get sicker and sicker…and eventually our life expectancy will start to decrease in future generations. Now the begging question here is: What in the world is going on? Well, there are many factors...
- Tags: Exercise, General Health, Healthy Living, microbiomes, Sleep, Stress
Start 2022 with better sleep!
I think it’s safe to say that there is no shortage of people having trouble sleeping these days. Fair statement? As a matter of fact, according to the National Center for Sleep Disorders Research at the National Institutes of Health, between 30-40 percent of adults say they occasionally suffer from insomnia, and about 10-15 percent report chronic insomnia. Unfortunately, the popular go-to remedies end up causing more harm than good. Here’s what I mean:...
- Tags: Disease, Healthy Living, Sleep, Thyroid
Change isn’t easy, but it’s worth it
As you read this today, I am driving my SUV down the east coast with my 3 cats in tow (meowing incessantly) and my son following me in his truck, moving to our new home in Florida. I have been a mixed bag of emotions these last few months, ranging from sheer excitement and happiness about the new house and living in the Sunshine State to anxiety and sadness over leaving my beautiful home...
Can’t sleep at night? Pepsi to the rescue!
Well, now I’ve officially seen it all. To apparently compensate for slumping soda sales, PepsiCo (maker of Pepsi Cola, Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew, etc.) has come up with an idea for a drink to help consumers de-stress and unwind before they go to bed. It’s a functional water beverage called “Driftwell” that contains 200 mg of L-theanine (a non-essential amino acid) and 10 percent of the RDA for magnesium. The drink comes in 7.5...
- Tags: Healthy Living, Omega-3 fatty acids, Sleep, Stress
A COVID-19 risk factor you can avoid
One of the biggest factors that has emerged that exponentially increases someone’s risk of complications from COVID-19 is the presence of diabetes. It should be no surprise. Diabetes impairs your body’s functioning from head to toe, and has a very long resume of the health problems it causes or worsens. COVID-19 is just another checkmark on the list. But the glimmer of hope here is that in many cases of diabetes are very PREVENTABLE! ...
Most of us don’t get enough of this
When someone is running low on something, it’s usually not a good thing. This especially applies to nutrients! Nutritional deficiencies are a cause or contributing factor to just about every disease there is. But there is another deficiency that is often ignored, but being without it can be detrimental, and cause diabetes, weight gain, depression and much, much more. I’m talking about sleep deprivation! Here’s the scoop on this increasingly common problem. [[big3]]Many of...
- Tags: General Health, Healthy Living, Sleep
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