Cutting Edge Research Made Easy
by Linda Woolven, B.A., Master Herbalist, Acupuncturist and Ted Snider, B.Ed., M.A.
You hear it here first! Well, almost first: we read it somewhere else first. There just might be an important new plant source of omega-3 essential fatty acids. The plant is known as Buglossoides arvensis, or ahiflower for short. . . .
We have written a lot on this blog about all the health benefits of eating nuts. That might make people who can’t eat nuts wish they could. Well, maybe they can! . . .
Although you may want to avoid candy when you are trying to get in shape, recent research suggests that you may want to keep eating dark chocolate. . . .
Can simply drinking tea fortify your mind against the effects of aging? This new study looked at how much tea 957 elderly people drank in order to see if drinking tea protected them at all from neurocognitive disorders (NCD) like cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. . . .
Here’s great news for women who love chocolate: it just might save your life. Chocolate is not only good for Valentine’s hearts: it turns out, it’s heart too. Eating chocolate can prevent you from having a stroke. . . .
Part of the reason that the Mediterranean diet is so good for your heart is because of the abundance of olives and olive oil in the diet. What is little discussed, though, is that the olive leaves are actually much higher in the phenolic constituents that give it its value. So, researchers set out to…
Nuts have always had a reputation for being fattening, because it is still a hard sell that there is a large and crucial difference between unhealthy saturated fats and healthy unsaturated fats. The truth, as we have written often on this blog, is that
We have been writing a lot lately about the ineffectiveness and serious risks of using painkillers like non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and acetaminophen (Tylenol) because there have been a lot of important studies lately on the ineffectiveness and dangers of pain killers. And now, yet another study has added even more weight that painkillers can…
There are few things in nature more beautiful and calming than a purple field of lavender flowers. There is a long tradition of using lavender for restlessness, insomnia, nervousness, depression and anxiety. Several studies have now shown that lavender and lavender essential oil can contribute to feelings of well being and decreased anxiety. For a…
You see a lot of information on natural health for all parts of your body and mind. But you see very little on natural health for your gums and teeth. But natural health has a lot to offer dentistry. Prevention and removal of dental plaque is an important part of oral hygiene. One of the…
Use of over-the-counter painkillers is staggeringly common. At least 175 million adults in the United States take OTC painkillers. That makes evaluating their effectiveness and safety crucial. But, it has been a very bad few years in painkiller research. Important recent studies have cast serious doubt on their effectiveness and their safety. . . ….
The cruelest lie ever told in modern medicine is that you can’t take antioxidants when you are on chemo. Because of this lie cancer patients continue to suffer from hair loss, nausea, severe mouth sores, hearing loss, tingling fingers and toes and kidney toxicity. Not only is the theory behind the prescription highly questionable, but…