Your Guide to Good Health & Vitality

And the winner is . . .

When the forces of free radicals in your body are too strong for your antioxidant system, several serious chronic illnesses can result. Flaxseed oil can help restore the balance.

One of the main symptoms of COVID is loss of the senses of smell or taste. About 30% of people who have had COVID continue to experience the loss as a long term consequence of the virus. A small study has now found that there may be a natural solution.

People whose COVID symptoms become severe often experience a cytokine storm, an exaggerated inflammatory immune response. This out of control inflammatory immune response may be what leads to the acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiple organ failure that comes with severe COVID. Two lesser known, but powerful, nutrients may help.

Ulcerative colitis is a common and painful inflammatory bowel disease. A safe, inexpensive, effective way of improving life would be worth its weight in . . . green!

Eating chocolate doesn’t just make you happy because it’s delicious, it actually improves your mood.

Melatonin was identified early on as a promising treatment for COVID, but there was reluctance to follow up on the promise. Now the promise and the evidence has grown, but we still don’t hear anything about melatonin for COVID.

Taking Tylenol while pregnant could alter fetal development in a way that could increase the risk of some neurodevelopmental disorders in the baby.

You can’t live forever. But every little bit helps. One of those little bits is ginseng, an ancient herb that should know a thing or two about aging.

Do you long for a good night sleep? Are you one of the billions of people who suffer from insomnia (literally: various studies place insomnia at 10-60% of the worldwide population!)? If you have a passion for sleep, you should meet passionflower.

Sound incredible? But it’s not impossible. Green tea could play its part in helping you to fight COVID.

That cinnamon on your breakfast bun is full of surprises. Helping your migraines might be one of them.