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The 9 Foods You Should Never Eat

General Health / / 10 minutes of reading

Diet is one of those things we are all told contradictory opinions about. The raw food diet, the blood type diet, the Paleolithic diet, the Atkins diet, there are so many strands of belief claiming to be the best diet mankind has ever known. While we don’t necessary believe that one same diet is appropriate for every single person, we strongly believe in avoiding these 9 foods, no matter which school of dietary thought you swim in. Read more

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Digestion

Why You Need To Soak Your Grains, Beans, Nuts and Seeds

General Health / / 6 minutes of reading

If you’re ready to switch to a wholefoods, plant-based diet, congratulations! But before you rip open your next bag of raw nuts, or throw those dry beans into a pot to boil, there are some very important things you should know. While these types of foods can be truly beneficial to your health, they can become a serious health hazard when not prepared with proper care. Read more

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Sleep

Want A Good Night’s Sleep? Then Never Do These Things Before Bed

General Health / / 9 minutes of reading

Sleep is one of the great mysteries of life. Like gravity or the quantum field, we still don’t understand exactly why we sleep—although we are learning more about it every day.

We do know, however, that good sleep is one of the cornerstones of health.

Six to eight hours per night seems to be the optimal amount of sleep for most adults, and too much or too little can have adverse effects on your health. Read more

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Child's Puberty

Environmental Toxins And Their Effect On Your Child’s Puberty

General Health / / 5 minutes of reading

Puberty. It’s both a rite of passage and a life change. Children are now reaching it earlier than ever before, and while most of the attention has been placed on girls, the trend applies to boys as well. In the 19th century, the onset of menstruation in girls occurred around the age of 15. Read more

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10 Superfoods You Need In Your Diet

General Health / / 7 minutes of reading

If optimal health is your goal, there’s no getting around your diet. Your physical health is a direct reflection of what you put into your body, and how you live your life in general. Pre-packaged processed foods may be convenient, but cooking from scratch using fresh unprocessed ingredients is an absolute must if you want to improve your health. Read more

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Stress

The Price You Pay For A Sedentary Lifestyle

General Health / / 3 minutes of reading

Most of us are a little guilty, no? Too much sitting, not enough…well, non-sitting? The scary facts and figures of a sedentary lifestyle have been plastered across media outlets and health campaigns for some time now, but if you’d like a quick memory refresher, here they are:

1.    Men who were sedentary for more than 23 hours a week had a 64 percent greater risk of dying from heart disease than those who were sedentary less than 11 hours a week, according to a 2010 study in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. Read more

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Stress

Stress: 7 Scary Things It’s Doing To Your Body

General Health / / 5 minutes of reading

We know that a little stress can be inevitable in life, and not particularly detrimental to your health. However, when you’re constantly feeling under pressure — overwhelmed, anxious, completely frazzled — the effects can actually add up to something dangerous. As if a clear, peaceful mind wasn’t incentive enough to de-stress, we rounded up some of the scariest ways stress can wreak havoc on our bodies — from fueling cancer to raising the risk of heart attacks. Read more

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Do-It-Yourself Natural Home Cleaning Products

General Health / / 6 minutes of reading

The many detergents, disinfectants, polishes, and glass cleaners available to us are expensive, chemical-based, and needlessly expose our families and our environment to highly dangerous and toxic ingredients. If you take a trip down the cleaning aisle at the supermarket, it would seem you can’t keep a clean house without loading your shopping trolley with a different cleaner for each surface, floor and sink in the house. Read more

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