It’s tempting to ask your doctor for a prescription when you feel depressed or stressed or under pressure. But here’s something interesting that might change your mind.

Many people think constipation is merely an annoyance. Nothing could be further from the truth. The longer stool sits in your colon, the more chemicals, antibiotics and growth hormones from the food you eat get reabsorbed into your body. And we wonder why colon cancer is on the rise…

The brain has a protective filtering mechanism of capillaries that carry blood to the brain — and won’t let just anything through. Research has shown that this potent antioxidant can actually penetrate the blood/brain barrier to not only protect your brain, but grow new brain cells.

Fish oil contains remarkable fatty acids that help the body protect both the heart and the prostate. But not all fish oil or fish are equally beneficial. Here’s an easy guide to understanding how to put the omega-3 fatty acids to work defending your health while avoiding the undesirable oils.

Ask yourself: Is it mere coincidence that of these five cancers, four of them are the most diagnosed and often deadliest? Not when you consider that your own body has been pushed into a vulnerable state where these cancers can grow.

Exercise isn’t just important for helping ward off heart disease, depression, stroke and diabetes, or for keeping your body flexible, toned and strong. It has a similar effect on your brain. In fact, there’s a lot of evidence that the RIGHT kind of exercise actually makes your brain younger.

Suddenly and without warning you get an attack of sneezing, choking, coughing, wheezing … these days, there doesn’t have to be anything medically wrong with you for this to happen. All you have to do is get a whiff of “fragrance.”

It may seem like a sugary fruit you wouldn’t want to eat if you have blood sugar problems… but eating a bunch can reduce inflammation and improve your heart health if you have metabolic disease or even diabetes.

Lack of sleep could have a deadly effect on both men and women. According to researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, sleeping fewer hours increases the risk for aggressive breast cancer in certain women.

Swallowing is a common, and essential, function. But add a sore throat to the mix and each bite of food becomes an intensely uncomfortable experience. Sometimes the pain can be so intense we actively try to stop swallowing.

Lots of foods contain naturally-occurring disease-fighting compounds. The trick however, for most of these superfoods, is getting enough of these nutrients into your body to reap the benefits.

Its earthy flavor can definitely be an acquired taste. But if you’re trying to get back into shape — especially following a heart-related scare — it’s a flavor you’ll quickly learn tastes a lot like relief mixed with a powerful dash of get-up-and-go.