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Liver Health Thyroid Health

The health impact of ‘thyroid dimming’

The health impact of 'thyroid dimming'
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Decades of research have demonstrated that the thyroid plays a key role in regulating the body’s metabolism, affecting weight gain and related metabolic problems like diabetes, high cholesterol and fatty liver disease. Once thought to operate like an on and off switch, new research reveals the liver’s role in thyroid ‘dimming’…

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Heart Health Liver Health Thyroid Health

Common chemical found to drive heart disease and early death

Common chemical found to drive heart disease and early death
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Chemicals are an invasive part of our lives that we have a hard time avoiding. Many of them can make our lives easier, but that luxury demands a high price. In fact, we’re paying with our lives… 100,000 a year to be exact, lost to heart disease and early death. But you may be more shocked to learn how you’re exposed to this killer chemical…

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Immune Health Immune System Respiratory Health

How bacteria can provide a barrier against pneumonia

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The difference between a mild case of the flu and possible hospitalization is the development of pneumonia. Just in time, researchers have identified one more way to reduce risk for a lung infection…

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Alternative Medicine Featured Nutrients Immune System Inflammation

Black cumin: 7 modern benefits of an ancient seed oil

Black cumin: 7 modern benefits of an ancient seed
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King Tut, Cleopatra, and Hippocrates relied on black cumin seed for an array of conditions, including malaise, weakness, coughing and skincare. When something is carried down over the years as a “remedy,” especially as long as black cumin seed, there’s got to be something to it. But when the research agrees, it’s even better.

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Brain Health Inflammation

Chronic inflammation: Your brain’s single biggest threat

Chronic inflammation: Your brain's single biggest threat
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Until about a decade ago, scientists believed we had a finite number of brain cells that could not be replaced, and that, over time, we continue to lose those brain cells. We now understand they can, in fact, regenerate themselves — and have identified the most significant source of their destruction…

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Eye Health Healthy Diet

Genetic risk of glaucoma? Cut out the caffeine

Genetic risk of glaucoma? Cut out the caffeine
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This sneaky vision-stealer gives virtually no warning signs, not until peripheral vision starts to disappear. Even with treatment, many with the disease will lose vision in one eye. But even in those with a genetic predisposition, you can lower your risk… starting with caffeine.

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Health Supplements Healthy Diet

How fortified foods and the breakfast myth make us sick

How fortified foods and the breakfast myth make Americans sick
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The idea of fortified foods was to reduce nutritional deficiencies. But you can’t cut corners, use cheap ingredients, remove natural nutrition and expect that throwing in a few synthetic vitamins will make up for a product that does more damage than any vitamin deficiency…

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Autoimmune Health Immune System Inflammation

The real reason fibromyalgia increases pain sensitivity

The real reason fibromyalgia increases pain sensitivity
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Imagine being in pain all over your body, feeling crushingly tired and weak, and being so foggy-brained that you can hardly accomplish simple, everyday tasks. Now imagine years of being misdiagnosed or told “it’s all in your head.” That’s been life for people with fibromyalgia, until now…

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Thyroid Health

Is your thyroid causing your cholesterol trouble?

Is your thyroid causing your cholesterol trouble?
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From muscle pain to kidney problems and double the dementia risk, it’s no wonder people are wary of statins. Besides those concerns, targeting high levels with statins, might not get to the root of your problem. That’s because cholesterol problems can start in a tiny, butterfly-shaped gland that produces some of the body’s most important hormones instead of your blood vessels.

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Diabetes Healthy Diet Heart Health Hypertension

5 ways oatmeal can beat back metabolic syndrome

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oatmeal

Metabolic syndrome sneaks up on people. It might start with your cholesterol. Before you know it, your blood pressure goes up. Next, your doctor is concerned about your blood sugar which is going up with your weight. Before you wake up one day on more medications than you’ve ever taken in all your years, try a daily bowl of oatmeal instead.

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Eye Health Health Supplements Healthy Aging

Signs of serious eye conditions and the nutrients to guard them

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eyesight

As we age, our eyes become more vulnerable to disease. Age-related macular degeneration is just one example of diseases that become more likely in our 50s, 60s and beyond. Know the signs and learn how to protect your eyes before it’s too late.

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Healthy Diet Healthy Living

How to brew up the many benefits of lavender tea

Lavender tea
Lavender tea

The scent of diffused lavender oil can help you wind down and relax before bed. But a cup of lavender tea can also do the trick and help settle your stomach. That’s because lavender tea is good for more than just sleep and relaxation. Here are more reasons to drink this lovely tea, and how…