Pot roast is one of my favorite meals during the cold months of winter. It's hearty and filling, and it's packed with nutrients that will boost your immunity. This slow cooker pot roast recipe allows you to prepare a healthy dinner for the family with minimal time and effort, helping you to relieve stress during your busy day.…
Did you know that the tongue is one of the strongest muscles in the body? It's actually the most sensitive place for our sense of touch, and it allows us to talk, taste food and swallow. Plus, according to the principles of traditional Chinese medicine, the tongue plays an important role in determining and treatment…
Most of us have misplaced our keys or found an item we thought we’d lost forever buried in our closets. But this month, researchers published a new organ study, highlighting something most of us didn't know we ever had — a new body part. Though doctors have long known about the mesentery, a membrane that…
Breast milk is loaded with exactly the right nutrients in the exact amounts a new baby needs. Research shows that breast milk is not merely nutritious, but it contains a variety of factors with medicinal qualities that have profound roles in infant survival and health. Although the industry continues to attempt to approve infant formula…
Hormone replacement therapy is now a widely available treatment option that's growing in popularity among women over the age of 35 — specifically those who feel run-down, prone to weight gain (sometimes for the first time in their lives) and out of other options when it comes to managing symptoms of menopause. This includes options…
For a country obsessed with losing weight, spending more than $60 billion a year trying to shed pounds, Americans are failing miserably. Even though we know the health risks that come with being too overweight, almost 78 million adults and 13 million children are obese — that’s one in three adults. (1, 2) It’s obvious…
The only thing scarier than kids' Halloween costumes this time of year is the ingredients in dangerous kids' makeup used to get them in character. An eye-opening 2016 report published by the Breast Cancer Fund and spearheaded by the organization's Campaign for Safe Cosmetics sheds a light on the dangerous kids' makeup commonly used this time…
The fact that beauty products are wreaking havoc on our skin and bodies is finally getting some attention. The things we put on our bodies are not unlike the things we put in our bodies. First, anything you put on your body seeps right through your skin — so that's why I believe in a natural…
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men living in the United States, with an estimated 180,890 new cases and 26,120 deaths from prostate cancer in 2016. (1) Those are scary numbers, and besides cancer, there are a number of other prostate health problems that can become an issue as men age. Benign prostatic…
Imagine a diet where you can magically slurp on drinks that leave you feeling full, so that you can enjoy a healthy, well-balanced meal later in the day. You'll sneak in a few snacks, lose weight quickly, feel great and you'll never struggle with the scale again. Sounds nice, doesn't it? That's the fantasy that diet…
