Whether you use them in your favourite recipes, a cup of tea, or even directly on your skin, it’s no secret that certain herbs can boost your wellness and heal your body in some pretty remarkable ways. Ginseng is just one powerful herb to add to your list, and below you’ll ...read more
When you add whole grains to your diet, you’re doing yourself a huge favor by helping to reduce your risk of heart disease, diabetes,cand bad cholesterol. Rice has always been a popular choice in this regard, while quinoa is another type of grain we’ve recently seen become ...read more
Raw honey is lovely on toast, sweet in tea, and even helpful in certain beauty regimens, but there’s another type worth knowing about if you’re looking for more natural ways to boost your wellness. There have been claims that manuka honey benefits everything from your throat and ...read more
Some people might say they have a love/hate relationship with caffeine. While coffee or an energy drink may seem like your best friend at six o’clock in the morning when you’ve got a busy day ahead, it can turn into your worst enemy when those caffeine overdose symptoms start to ...read more
Perhaps you’ve seen a commercial or two on TV about how great it is to add yogurt to your diet. Unfortunately, they only have a few mere seconds to maybe mention a couple of health-related points while the rest of the commercial is dedicated to plugging the brand, leaving you to ...read more
Cheese is traditionally a dairy product, meaning it’s derived from milk (cow, goat, or sheep). But that's lousy news for vegans. But fortunately, a number of companies have come up with a variety of vegan cheeses completely free of milk and animal-based enzymes. And many of them ...read more
There’s an endless amount of over-the-counter medications at any regular drugstore to help you fight a cold, but before you decide to do that, you might want to consider heading over to your local aromatherapy shop for a more natural and effective solution instead. The right ...read more
Coconut oil, olive oil, almond oil, and all sorts of other popular oils have long been touted as effective and natural solutions to boost health and improve beauty. Although it may be one of the slightly lesser known oils out there, hemp oil benefits your body and beauty in ...read more
Ginger isn’t just a spice you can use to add more flavor to your favorite recipes. The flowering herb native to China, India, Africa, the Caribbean, and other warm regions around the world has been widely used as a folk medicine for thousands of years — and the health benefits ...read more
Fruits like apples, bananas, pears, oranges, and berries are just a few of the most common types of fruits people love to incorporate into their diets to stay healthy — particularly here in the U.S. But have you ever considered working something more exotic into your fruit ...read more
Chia seeds may be ridiculously tiny, but they’re also quite mighty. Originating from the desert-growing Salvia plant in Central America and found to be a common food source among the Aztecs and Mayans who lived centuries ago, chia seed benefits are touted by nutrition experts ...read more
Anyone who’s ever had to deal with a failed relationship, financial problems, getting laid off, a serious health issue, or anything else that shook up your entire wellbeing knows how tough it can be to look on the bright side of things. But learning how to be mindful about the ...read more
For a number of people, nutrient deficiencies stemming from certain conditions and lifestyle habits can get in the way of feeling their best. And that’s precisely why more people are turning toward nutrient injections and IV therapy as a natural alternative that bypasses ...read more
If you’re looking for a serious nutritional boost, incorporating more nuts and seeds into your diet is an easy and delicious way to do it. In particular, the health benefits of flax seeds, are extremely powerful--packing a big nutritional punch in each tiny seed.Nutrition of ...read more
More than just squash innards--pumpkin seed benefits and nutrition facts may just change your life. So don’t toss ‘em out before reading up on some of the great benefits of pumpkin seeds for nutrition, healing, and even beauty purposes.Pumpkin Seed Nutrition and Health Benefits ...read more
To give you a bit of an idea about some of the best fitness trackers currently out there, here's a quick list of all the most important features broken down in simpler terms for your convenience. There’s something so gratifying about finishing an intense workout, isn't there? ...read more
If you’ve ever thought about starting a home garden, chances are at least a few obstacles have prevented you from getting started, especially if you live in a city. For urban residents in particular where homes with puny backyards and apartments with cramped balconies are the ...read more
The best fitness apps can help solve a lot of the most common problems people face along the way to better health. In a perfect world, anyone embarking on their own fitness journey would know exactly what they were doing right off the bat, have endless motivation, and see ...read more
When you’ve got a busy day ahead, one of the worst things you could possibly have to deal with (on top of everything else you already have to do) would probably have to be low energy and mental fog. And unless you can find a way to get yourself back on your game, you’re likely ...read more
Thinking of getting into meditation? With all the incredible benefits that meditation has to offer — from aiding in the relief of stress and anxiety, to slowing down the aging of the brain — it’s no wonder more people are starting to wonder how to meditate properly so they can ...read more
If you’re like me, then you’ve spent hours of your life trying to buff away those awful calluses and corns that just always seem to grow back. No matter how good you are at maintaining your daily pumice stone and foot moisturization ritual, which is a common way to improve the ...read more
Feeling frustrated, frazzled, or just downright miserable after a long and hard day? Listening to music could help lift your spirits, and it turns out that some of the loudest, angriest, head-banging violent songs might be just what you need (if you're into that kind of music ...read more
Everyone knows that the germiest places of a home typically include the bathroom toilet, the kitchen countertops, all the sinks, the bathtub or shower, and any other surfaces that are regularly covered in layers of various types of gnarly ick. Sticking to a good cleaning routine ...read more
Cinnamon is best known as a popular spice used to add an extra dash of flavor to all sorts of foods. The benefits of cinnamon oil, however, far outweigh what its cheaper, powdered counterpart has to offer. Cinnamon oil is considered to be “true cinnamon” (and is referred to as ...read more
There’s nothing all that pleasant or soothing about living in a busy city with lots of concrete, traffic, and noise, but it turns out that getting out into the great outdoors regularly could significantly help to reduce feelings of anxiety, stress, depression, and other mental ...read more
3D printing is all the rage in the tech industry these days, and the trend's popularity was just cranked up another notch by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and its recent approval of 3D printing in medicine for the creation of drugs. Used to treat epilepsy, Aprecia ...read more
From Fitbits and Jawbone UPs, to MyFitnessPal and MapMyRun, it’s clear that nutrition- and fitness-related tech is all the rage right now, but is it possible that you are developing an exercise addiction to these tools? Any device that can offer stats about physical activity or ...read more
If you're the proud owner of a gym membership, you pretty much have no excuse to get your strength workout in. After all, you’re paying to use the facility’s equipment and machinery. But if you’re the kind of person who prefers to at-home workouts, or if a gym membership isn’t ...read more
After spending long periods of time staring at screens for the better part of the day, do you ever feel it in your eyes? It’s not just you – digital eye strain is a real condition, and it’s only getting worse now that more people are spending increasing amounts of time working ...read more
Ah, allergies. No matter what the season, they can always find a way to ruin your day. And sometimes, not even your best neatfreak-like tendencies are enough to keep dust out of your bedroom and get it all under control. Even if you vacuum your bedroom regularly, change your ...read more
If you’re the type of person who welcomes that hot, flavor-packed burning sensation that comes from eating spicy foods, then you might already be a pretty big fan of cayenne pepper. You might even be familiar with some cayenne pepper benefits, like its potential to promote ...read more