Considering Your Intake
While aspartame is made up of all-natural amino acids, these acids are used dangerously when consumed in mass quantities. When aspartame enters a person’s body, it increases dopamine levels in the brain, which can lead to symptoms of depression by disrupting the brain’s serotonin/dopamine balance.
Pellagra is a condition caused by a deficiency of the B vitamin niacin. “If all the niacin were removed from our food, everyone would be psychotic in one year” ~Abram Hoffer, M.D., psychiatrist in British Columbia. B vitamins are required for: proper metabolism, enzyme and hormone production, and for B vitamin processing Niacin is among […]
Cheese contains protein, an important nutrient for all over good health. Protein is particularly fantastic for the hair.
…The end of the day helps you to relax, lowering your stress hormones (and your cortisol) which in turn causes your blood sugar to lower. When blood sugar goes down, you usually start to crave sugar; hence, a nighttime sweet tooth.
For someone with a concern about their heart or circulatory system adding cayenne pepper to their diet can be beneficial and can also offer healing properties if you add these to your diet you can help stave off some serious health problems.
The benefits of magnesium are unknown to many of us. This mineral is neglected by most people. This is obvious because over 90 percent of us don’t get the recommended daily allowance of this mineral in our diets. This may not seem like a big deal to many but the benefits of magnesium are often […]
If you are a woman, you are probably not unlike many other women so there is a good chance that you are concerned with your appearance. When it comes to appearance, there are many women who are preoccupied with their weight, namely the weight that they would like, or need, to shed. Unfortunately, many women […]
When feeling grumpy, down, irritable or otherwise in a “bad mood,” it’s easy to consider the cause purely circumstantial: tossing and turning all night, needy family members, never-ending work demands, getting cut off on the expressway — or a combination of all of the above. While these are all undoubtedly frustrating, it’s not often that […]
There’s a multitude of reasons why your belly may feel inflated and uncomfortable after eating, but one thing’s for sure – you want to get to the bottom of it and avoid
Redo Your Routine How many of you are banking on big change for the New Year? While the emphasis might be on “resolve” right now, real change happens through the daily details. What shake-ups are you ready to welcome into your routine? Newsflash—you will not see the results you want to see by being willy-nilly […]