Cortisol – the “stress hormone” – has become a dirty word due to its role in causing weight gain, suppressing the immune system, raising blood pressure and more. But is...
When penicillin was introduced in 1940, it was considered a wonder drug. Bacterial infections that had been life-threatening could now be cured within days.[1] Today it appears that we may be reentering...
You know you’re enjoying cayenne peppers when your eyes are watering, your nose is running and you break out in a sweat! On the Scoville scale of heat units, cayenne peppers come...
At times, we try to solve one problem, but unwittingly create other more serious problems with our solution. In the 60s, comedian Pat Paulsen was a regular on The Smothers Brothers...
Our skin, the largest organ of the body, takes the brunt of all sorts of abuse. The skin is exposed to hot and cold, wet and dry, coarse and soft,...
Keeping Your Mind Fit to Meet any Challenge Red Skelton once quipped, “As you get older, three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and . . . I can’t remember...
If you see unsightly black stains or spots on the grout lines of your shower, on the back of your shower curtain, on the walls or on items stored in...
What do autism, obesity, allergies, autoimmune diseases, fibromyalgia, depression, and acne all have in common? They all share a connection with healthy gut flora.[1] In fact, the medical profession has come...
Saffron may well be the most expensive spice on earth, fetching as much as $150 per ounce. And in case you’re doing the math, that’s about $4.8 million per ton!...
When author Isak Dinesen poetically wrote, “The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea,” her statement was more accurate than she may have realized—especially when it comes...
Vitamin B12 is one of those micronutrients that our bodies require in order to live and thrive. Vitamin B12 also goes by the name cyanocobalamin. (No wonder we’ve shortened it...
Okay, try to say this ten times real fast, “How much nooch could a smooching pooch mooch, if a smooching pooch could mooch nooch?” No, you didn’t land by accident...
