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Sometimes I Feel Like A Nut

In years past, before we knew the difference in good fats versus bad and the actual effects they had in our body, nuts, and their consumption was discouraged. While it is true, nuts that have been prepared in oil lose most of their nutritional benefits and merely add to the waistline if consumed in large amounts. The pure unadulterated raw nut packs a big punch…

You’ve Got The Look

Have you ever heard of fruit, nuts or vegetable talking to you? Well, they do. As a matter of fact, they like to brag about all the great things they can do. Before scientist began to measure the chemical properties of certain foods, these foods were telling of their value in the only way they knew how by looking like the very thing they can help. Walnuts help…

A Crushed Spirit

If you are among those, who suffer from depression than you know that your emotional health can have a significant impact on your physical health. When you are depressed you may not eat healthfully, exercise or take your medication regularly. Studies have shown that a person who suffers from depression, has higher levels of several inflammatory markers in their…

Phytochemicals Foods That Are Not Afraid To Fight

Phytochemicals are chemical compounds of plant origin that are created as a result of the plant’s natural metabolism. These phytochemicals help protect the plant from pathogens and predators, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungus. When we consume these foods, their protective properties are then passed to us. Fruits and vegetables are filled with antioxidants…

Alcoholism

Alcohol is a great deceiver, many people have been promised great pleasures by it, only to find that it has left them in great pain, looking foolish in the eyes of others, and open to ridicule, which is why in the days of old it was called a mocker. If you are not sure if wine and or other alcohols has become a mocker for you here are a few signs to look for…

Getting To Know Your Mucus

While most of us view this thick slimy substance as a nuisance, it is quite contrary to that. Mucus is actually the body’s way of protecting itself from bacteria, viruses and other pathogens that seek to do the body harm. Who would have thought that snot was a good thing, but it turns out it contains many valuable properties. Having said that, while some mucus…

Generation to Generation

There is an old story about a woman who enjoyed cooking a roast, but every time she cooked one she always cut the large bone off at the end of the roast. She noticed that everyone in her family did this, her sisters, her mother, her mother’s sisters, and their children. She went to her mother and asked why, but her mother could not answer, her aunts did not…

Contentment

The greatest tragedy of all that has been perpetrated upon a man or woman is when they are convinced that having everything is not enough. Adam and Eve had it all, perfect health, perfect bodies, perfect home, perfect marriage, perfect job, and immortality. Moreover, still, they wanted more. We have the benefit of reading their story and realizing that the…

Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz

Acid Reflux is an ailment where the acid from the stomach is brought back up to the esophagus, and as a result, irritates the lining. Symptoms include a bitter taste in your mouth, nausea, dry mouth, hoarseness, and even chest pain. After you have eaten a meal, the stomach produces hydrochloric acid to help with digestion. If the sphincter in the esophagus has..

Anger

Most of our emotions begin in the area of the brain called the amygdala. The amygdala is responsible for the perception of our emotions such as anger. It also stores information about previous incidents that have made us angry in the past and puts the body on high alert when it perceives the possibility of an incoming threat. The amygdala is so quick at warning…