The 5 Healthiest Cooking Oils To Use
Does it matter what type of cooking oil we use? Is there really that much difference among cooking oils other than where they are sourced? Nowadays, we have several options when it comes to what type of oil we cook with however, it doesn’t mean that all of them are healthy or that we should even be using them. When considering health benefits, there are certainly differences among cooking oils and I believe that more...
The Benefits of Red Reishi … Maybe
If you are not very familiar with Eastern medicine, its history and its practices, you may not know that they tend to and have made very popular the use of some well, odd, or seemingly odd things. For example fungi … or mushrooms. In particular the reishi mushroom. The reishi mushroom is fungus that grows naturally in hot, humid Asian countries and for nearly 2000 years has been a staple in Eastern culture for medicinal...
St. John’s Wort To Treat Depression?
With an ever-increasing trend to using more natural treatments and therapies, especially in considering long term treatment or an ongoing “maintenance” health protocol, St. John’s Wort has long been utilized, scrutinized and debated as to its’ efficacy in treating depression and mood related disorders. St. John’s Wort is a flowering shrub native to Europe. And it got it’s name because it typically blooms on the birthday...
Treatment For and Prevention Of Tennis Elbow
While there are several conditions that can affect the elbow, the 3 most common are golfers elbow, throwers elbow and tennis elbow. Of all of these, tennis elbow is the most common. Tennis elbow affects both men and women equally, but it is more prevalent in adults between the ages of 30 – 50 years of age. (1) So what is tennis elbow? Tennis elbow is painful inflammation at the elbow joint as a result of repetitive stress. ...
How Forward Head Posture is Affecting Your Respiratory System
Forward head posture (FHP), at first glance, is clearly not aesthetically pleasing. However, it’s the negative impact this posture is having on the respiratory system that should be of great concern to all of us. If you’re not familiar with the term “forward head posture” or FHP, it is something of an evolution of poor posture that has emerged in our advancing technological age. While forward head posture is often associated with...
