Get some REST: Float Therapy for the Mind and Body It’s common knowledge that most people don’t get enough rest. What’s less commonly known, however, is that most people could also benefit from a little more REST, or Restricted Environment...
The Importance of Essential Minerals For the Body What Are Essential Minerals and Why Do We Need Them? Essential minerals are chemical elements that are essential nutrients required by organisms, other than your body’s most common elements such as carbon,...
tDCS: What to Know About Electrode Brain Boosting Brain zapping. If you’ve heard of it, it was probably in the context of 1960s-style mental institutions and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), neither of which look like very much fun. However, ECT is not...
The Addicted Truth: Facts About Nicotine Everyone knows nicotine as the wicked addictive chemical in cigarettes that so many millions of smokers crave daily. But, wait. What if we told you nicotine possesses the potential to be used as a...
The Magical Health Benefits of Mushrooms Mushrooms are a unique source of nutrients, offering tastes, textures and aromas found nowhere else in nature. These fantastic fungi are an excellent go to food for those paleo followers among us. The following list...
Hack Your Brain and Body With Light Therapy Increase Productivity, Improve Sleep Patterns, and Beyond Ever wonder why you feel more awake and alert after that 10-minute walk outside? Turns out it’s not all in your head – there’s actually a...
Biohacking Your Body With Heavy Metals Testing An often overlooked health issue, high levels of metals in your body can be extremely detrimental to your overall health. In particularly, metals can wreak havoc on your neurological health. Magnesium, lead, arsenic, aluminum...
Why You Should Eat Monounsaturated Fats The myth that all fats are bad for you died out with Tamagotchis and frosted tips. We know that fats are a necessary part of our diets. Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats are in fact...
What are Ayurvedic Herbs? Ayurvedic Herbs make up one of the world’s oldest medical systems. Known as Ayurvedic or Ayurveda Medicine, the system originated in India some 3,000 years ago. Founded on the belief that maintaining a state of ideal...
Enhance Your Cup: 8 Natural Tea Additives One lump or two? For all the youngsters out there, that’s the old-timey way of asking how much sugar you’d like in your tea. But sugar in tea is way too 20th century...
What is the Best Source of Probiotics? Probiotics have been ever growing in popularity. There are probiotic supplements in various forms, probiotic yogurts, kombucha tea, fermented food, and plenty of other options. So what is the best source of probiotics to upgrade...
Multivitamins: Yay or Nay? For years people have been taking daily multivitamins to acquire nutrients that they might otherwise be missing in a low fruit and veggie diet. Multivitamins are said to even help prevent cancer and heart disease, although...
