Like your skin, your hair is often an indicator of your overall health and wellness.  Hair loss is commonly written off as part of aging for older people, especially if thinning hair or baldness runs in the family. While it's true that our hair becomes thinner and finer with age, thinning hair or
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A healthy life style will result in healthy skin.  If you are eating a nutrient-dense, healthy diet, you  will rejuvenate your skin and enjoy a beautiful healthy glow. However, if you are eating lots of processed foods, low in nutrients, your skin will suffer too.  Regular exercise can improve your
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Anxiety can come from emotional or physical causes.  Parasites, infections, toxins, food sensitivities, nutrient deficiencies, thyroid, hormone, and blood sugar imbalances are just some of the possible physical causes.  Trudy Scott, a nutritionist who specializes in anxiety, reports that up to 50
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Your blood sugar levels are important for your overall health and well being.  When you eat foods that are quickly and easily broken down into sugar, your blood sugar level rises.  To keep your blood sugar balanced, your body produces insulin.  Insulin helps your cells to absorb and use glucose for
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The #1 cause of death in the world is cardiovascular disease.  The progressive narrowing and clogging up of the arteries is thought to be the main process involved in heart disease.   Also known as hardening of the arteries, it involves a complex process that can include autoimmunity, infection,
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When you are under chronic stress, it doesn't just affect your adrenal glands.  It affects the system of three glands that includes the adrenals.  The other two glands are the hypothalamic and pituitary glands.  Together, the 3 glands are known as the HPA  (hypothalamic - pituitary - adrenal) Axis. 
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Some gas and bloating is just a normal part of the digestion process.   The good news is that you can influence how much gas and bloating your experience. For example, if you eat too much fiber and consume too little water, your tummy may feel full and tight.   Gas can also be caused by swallowing
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Fasting has been used as a healing strategy since the beginning of mankind.   At times, fasting happened naturally because our ancestors did not have the frequent access to food that we have now.  Fasting is beneficial for the body in many ways and is often considered better than any other
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Your digestive tract, or gut, plays a hugely important role in your overall health.   When your digestive tract is damaged, also known as leaky gut, partially digested protein and fat can seep through your intestinal lining and into the blood stream.  Symptoms of leaky gut include food
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Longstanding stress can be deeply harmful to the body in more ways that one.    The body was designed with a system for temporary stress.  The “fight or flight” response does not function well as a permanent coping mechanism for constant, unrelenting stress.  Long term stress can harm the body
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