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Medicinal Mushrooms: Ancient Meets Modern

For thousands of years, our ancestors have used mushrooms as medicine. A powerful anti-inflammatory and tool for cauterizing wounds, the amadou mushroom (Fomes fomentarius) was described by the Greek physician Hippocrates around 450 BCE...

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Strengthen your body from the inside

The nails on Sara’s first two fingers broke off with an audible “snap.” She was trying to open a can of tonic water. And then – just like that – they lay on top of the can. Two lumps of nails stared up at her...

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Put a Stall on Cholesterol

When you hear the word cholesterol, your mind probably brings up negative im- ages which cause unpleasant feelings. However, cholesterol is not necessarily all bad. In fact, a good bit of it is, well, good. It is bad, though, for one to have high amounts of certain types of cholesterol...

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Amino Acids For Animal Health

Proteins and polypeptides, which make up the majority of an animal's (and your own) muscles and tissues, are made up of amino acids. Additionally, certain fluids like milk include amino acids as a crucial component...

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Collagen, It’s More than What You Think!

When people say the word collagen, they often think of something that is used to boost one’s appearance. The image of puffy lips and faces might enter one’s consciousness. While it is true that collagen plays an important role in preserving one’s beauty...

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Stop Bugs from Bugging You

Summertime has almost begun for the northern hemisphere! That means that the bugs are out. While we can appreciate bugs for their contributions to nature, there’s no doubt that they can also be an extreme nuisance...

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Have Faith in the Power of Mushrooms

When caring for one’s health, the word mushroom may not exactly come to mind. This factor is indeed a shame because it should be. Mushrooms are more than just something you see in your backyard or put on your pizza...

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What does it mean to be a true friend?

What does it mean to have a close personal connection? Does it transcend across race and species? Often in life, we think that we have friends, and they turn out to be acquaintances. They are there when things are going well in life. And then they vanish like a fog in the morning when things get tough - when life gets rough...

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Find Out What Your Energy Has Been Missing

Shilajit is a naturally occurring material that is mostly found in the Himalayas and was created over ages by the slow breakdown of certain plants under the influence of microbes. It is a strong and extremely...

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You Can Put Your Hormones in a Good Mood, Finally

Let’s face it, girls!! Hormones can be a real pain in the neck.  You can feel great one minute, mad the next, and then totally depressed. Throughout anyone’s life, hormones can sometimes feel like your best friend or your worst enemy.

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Nutrition and Why It’s So Important

Nutrition is the study of how our body uses food to provide the necessary nutrients for growth, repair, and maintenance. A balanced diet that provides all the essential nutrients in the right proportions is essential for optimal physical and mental health.

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Join The Wheatgrass Craze

It's not too late to join the whole-food wheatgrass craze. Some may feel that whole-food wheatgrass is a health fad associated with obsessed fitness freaks. People become hooked on daily wheatgrass because they need more greens...

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Set a plan, get your sleep, and lose weight!?

Think for a moment about your goals. What do you really want? And what’s the best way to get there?

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History of Vitamins

Have you ever wondered what was in that multivitamin bottle you keep in your cabinet? not production or science, but history? This is the plot.

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Harold looked at his home gym with an overwhelmed expression. He just wasn't sure if he could continue. Harold was beginning to feel the money he spent on the latest and greatest exercise equipment would have been better saved. And the time it took to turn the spare bedroom into his home gym was wasted.

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Give Your Skin the Moisture Boost it Needs

Dishwashing, snow shoveling, and other heavy labor - it’s no wonder the skin on our hands gets dryer than our arms and other parts of the body. Like the skin on our faces...

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Employees Stuck in “Lower Brain”? Try One of These Eight Mood Shifters.

Employees Stuck in “Lower Brain”? Try One of These Eight Mood Shifters. A neuroscience expert says when leaders take these deceptively simple actions, it dramatically shifts how employees think, feel, and perform.

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Clean and detoxify your body for optimum health

Rebecca noticed her energy levels were not up to par for the last few months. She was becoming fatigued while performing the most normal of tasks, like sweeping the floor and unloading the dishwasher.

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Better sleep, for a better you

No wonder Sleeping Beauty looked so good … she took long naps, never got old, and didn’t have to do anything...

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Tips for dealing with the changes, challenges, and opportunities of family gatherings

With Thanksgiving and other holidays almost here, we have tips on how to make family gatherings into lifetime memories and avoid disaster from Dr. Ken Druck, a best-selling author, and expert on family psychology.