Seven Ways to Help Teens Manage Stress

Seven Ways to Help Teens Manage Stress

Teen stress and anxiety is a growing epidemic. One-third of adolescents report feeling anxious to a significant degree, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, and 62 percent of college students said that they feel “overwhelming anxiety.” What is stress? Stress is the…

12 Proven Health Benefits of Elderberry Supplements

12 Proven Health Benefits of Elderberry Supplements

The elderberry is a blue-black berry from trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Sambucus . Medicinal elderberries usually come from the species Sambucus nigra, which is native to both Europe and parts of North America. While raw elderberries are mildly poisonous, they can…

Slow down: How to calm your mind and unlock your potential

Slow down: How to calm your mind and unlock your potential

Mindfulness meditation can help combat stress in the workplace There is a misconception that a calm mind means an empty mind, a kind of Zen flatline. In fact, it’s the opposite; a calm mind is a productive mind, one where ideas and thoughts linger…

The Biggest Supplement Trends Of 2020, According To Nutritionists

The Biggest Supplement Trends Of 2020, According To Nutritionists

It’s hard to think there was ever a time when people weren’t spiking their morning cup of coffee with MCT oil or adding a scoop of whey protein into a smoothie — and that’s above and beyond all the things included in your daily…

New product development addresses numerous functional beverage trends

New product development addresses numerous functional beverage trends

Mintel data found that 24 percent of consumers report consuming probiotic foods and beverages. AQUA KEFIR is a line of sparkling probiotic beverages that have been fermented with non-dairy kefir cultures. (Image courtesy of GT’s Living Foods) Oliva Newton John might have sung “let’s…

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): 11 proven ways to tackle this surprisingly common condition

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): 11 proven ways to tackle this surprisingly common condition

Now that we’re in the middle of January, many of us will be struggling with the dark evenings and the cold weather thanks to the condition that is Seasonal Affective Disorder (or SAD). Officially known as SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), this winter depression is…

You Can Defy Aging With Turmeric In 2020

You Can Defy Aging With Turmeric In 2020

Used in India for thousands of years as both a spice and medicinal herb, part of Ayurvedic medicine, turmeric has grown in popularity over the years. It is a well-researched herb known to be an effective natural method to help improve the way we…

Walking Is The Healthiest Way To Augment Memory, Says Study

Walking Is The Healthiest Way To Augment Memory, Says Study

Health Walking can give you many benefits like help in weight loss and achieving healthy metabolism. Not just that, walking helps in boosting memory as well. Read more According to Better Homes and Gardens , there are countless reasons why exercise is good for…

East Meets West: 22-Year-Old Blends Asian Herbs and Matcha Into Zero Sugar Energy Drink

East Meets West: 22-Year-Old Blends Asian Herbs and Matcha Into Zero Sugar Energy Drink

HONG KONG, Jan. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The story began like this – a young college student who suffers from mild dyslexia and struggles to spell created an one-of-a-kind tea soda made with organic Japanese matcha and several natural energy-boosting herbs to challenge Redbull’s…

25 Ways You’re Damaging Your Health and Don’t Even Know It

25 Ways You're Damaging Your Health and Don't Even Know It

Sure, we all know that eating junk food, avoiding exercise, and drinking like Jimmy McNulty isn’t going to do any favors for our health and overall well-being. However, did you know there are many other habits, rituals, and practices most of us engage in…

The blue magic

The blue magic

Shankupushpam flowers are used as natural colouring agent in many recipes. They are dipped in batter and deep fried like fritters. The flowers are… Shankupushpam/Butterfly pea flower/Darwin pea flower is a creeper plant. This is usually used as an ornamental plant. The distinct medicinal…

Slow down, you’re going too fast – how to calm your mind

Slow down, you're going too fast - how to calm your mind

There is a misconception that a calm mind means an empty mind, a kind of Zen flatline. In fact, it’s the opposite; a calm mind is a productive mind, one where ideas and thoughts linger and percolate long enough to become productive, where creative…

Natural Ways To Boost Serotonin Levels And Become Happier

Natural Ways To Boost Serotonin Levels And Become Happier

Here’s how you can be your happier self All thanks to our chaotic and stressful lifestyle, many have turned to antidepressants to boost their serotonin levels. Serotonin is basically a happy hormone that exerts a powerful influence over mood, emotions, memory, cravings (especially for…

10 ways to improve your memory at any age

10 ways to improve your memory at any age

Want to sharpen your memory? Hot flushes, insomnia, and troubling mood swings. Does that remind you of something? During menopause, women’s ovaries stop making their regular levels of progesterone and oestrogen. As a result, the entire system changes. There’s no age calculator to tell…

Learning and memory of ageing mice improved with stem cells

Learning and memory of ageing mice improved with stem cells

It has been discovered that cognitive functions such as memory and learning in old mice are improved with more stem cells and neurons. Scientists have discovered that increasing the number of stem cells in the brain help in recovering cognitive functions, such as learning…

7 Intermittent Fasting Benefits That Aren’t Weight Loss

7 Intermittent Fasting Benefits That Aren’t Weight Loss

7 Fasting Benefits That Aren’t Weight Loss PeopleImages But science has also discovered health benefits linked to whole-day, alternate-day, and time-restricted fasting, says Carolyn Williams, Ph.D., the registered dietitian that helped develop the new book The Mens Health Guide to Intermittent Fasting . Scientists…

Researchers discover a protein in the blood of young mice that improves cognition and lifespan in older mice

Researchers discover a protein in the blood of young mice that improves cognition and lifespan in older mice

( Natural News ) The quest for finding ways to delay aging has led scientists from the Washington University School of Medicine to a protein extracted from the blood of young mice. When injected into older mice, the protein, known as eNAMPT, could delay…

Sales of healthy food trends to go up in 2020

Sales of healthy food trends to go up in 2020

CEBU, Philippines — Any food product that boosts mental and physical health is expected to make a stride in sales this year, as the market is becoming more aware of investing on fighting stress related effects. Mintel 1, the world’s leading market intelligence agency,…

How to cope with war anxiety over Iran

How to cope with war anxiety over Iran

Joan Cook is an associate professor at Yale University and the 2016 president of the American Psychological Association’s Division of Trauma Psychology. The opinions expressed in this commentary are her own. View more opinion on CNN. (CNN)Recent tensions between the United States and Iran…

Slow down, you’re going too fast – how to calm your mind

Slow down, you're going too fast - how to calm your mind

A calm mind is a productive mind There is a misconception that a calm mind means an empty mind, a kind of Zen flatline. In fact, it’s the opposite; a calm mind is a productive mind, one where ideas and thoughts linger and percolate…

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