Cutting Edge Research Made Easy
by Linda Woolven, B.A., Master Herbalist, Acupuncturist and Ted Snider, B.Ed., M.A.
It is strange that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is not much talked about because it is the most common cause of chronic liver disease. It is also strange that this very much talked about herb has never been talked about for NAFLD. Now it has!
Even in a high risk situation, this herb safely protects you from COVID-19.
Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease of the digestive tract. It can be debilitating. The powerful herbal anti-inflammatory, curcumin, can help.
This weird looking mushroom that looks like a shaggy head of hair may turn out to be great for your brain with studies beginning to suggest its value for aging memory and cognition.
Curcumin is a powerful herb that has a remarkable number of uses. Because it is a very effective anti-inflammatory, blood thinner, antioxidant and antiviral, it attracted early theoretical attention for COVID. Now the first human study has resoundingly validated that hope.
Several studies suggest the possibility that COVID spreads primarily among a vitamin D deficient community. If that’s true, keeping your vitamin D levels high enough could be a key to not getting COVID. A new study lends even more support to that possibility.
Which is better, Merck’s new COVID antiviral or any of a handful of natural supplements? Watch them go head-to-head in this Better Nutrition article we co-authored with Michael Murray, one of the world’s leading experts on natural health.
Female sexual dysfunction is surprisingly common, but there is no approved drug for treating it. Drugs fail to outperform, or barely outperform a placebo. So, there is no real treatment. Until now!
Research, some old and some new, is highlighting the potential importance of shiitake mushrooms for some of the most pressing concerns of today: COVID and cancer.
Asthma can be debilitating. And the number of people struggling with it is exploding. Luckily, there are several natural treatments that can help prevent and manage asthma. Here’s an exciting new one.
Valerian is best known as one of the best remedies for insomnia. But it may be an effective remedy for the most common type of headaches too.
Curcumin is one of the most important natural anti-inflammatories. But does it really work, and what is it doing in your body?