Painkilling drugs can do wonders for patients that need them, but they also can be extremely addictive and potentially lead to serious side effects. Even acetaminophen, the main ingredient in Tylenol, affects us in ways we’re only now starting to fully understand — it makes people less empathetic — which makes it more important than…
You probably already knew that fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamins, but you might not have known that they're also loaded with flavonoids and bioflavonoids. Since the 1990s, there has been a growing interest in dietary bioflavonoids due to their likely contribution to the health benefits of diets rich in fruits and vegetables. Bioflavonoids,…
Have you ever noticed that it seems your hair grows back just minutes after shaving? While it really hasn’t, it’s annoying for most of us and makes shaving more of a chore than anything else. Did you know that a survey revealed that women spend 72 days shaving their legs over the course of a lifetime, meaning…
Alopecia areata affects 2 percent of the worldwide population. And although it doesn't cause physical pain or make you feel sick, it can be a psychologically devastating disease. This autoimmune disease involves the loss of hair around the scalp, face and parts of the body. It can come on at any time, without warning. Alopecia…
Life can get pretty busy and stressful, and the “common” headache is sometimes overlooked or masked with a painkiller like aspirin (which, especially when overused, can sometimes cause more serious health issues). A headache is a good indicator that your body is missing something – maybe you need to take a breather, drink some water or…
The Atkins diet — a popular low-carb diet that’s high in fats and proteins but low in carbohydrates — has been around for more than 40 years. Various books written about the Atkins diet are some of the best-selling in the diet category, with more than 45 million sold worldwide since its original publication in 1972.…
FODMAP is an acronym for a collection of food molecules (mostly sugars) that are short-chained carbohydrates, both fermentable and poorly absorbed in the gut. If you haven’t heard the term “FODMAPs" thrown around at work or at the gym lately, you probably will soon enough. Essentially, FODMAPs stands for fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols.…
Linalool is a compound found in some natural remedies, including certain essential oils. Because it has sedative effects when inhaled, it's been utilized in traditional medicine practices for many centuries, mostly to treat issues related to stress. In fact, linalool is considered to be one of the oldest known sedatives, or sleep aids, in the world.…
Since its debut in 2017, the Plant Paradox diet has received plenty of attention — both good and bad — from dieters and nutrition experts alike. Even celebrities have joined in on the buzz; in fact, Kelly Clarkson attributed her massive weight loss to this controversial diet plan after dropping 37 pounds in a year.…
Von Willebrand disease is a lifelong disorder that is often inherited. This disease causes improper blood clotting, which can cause potentially serious and abnormal bleeding after an accident, trauma, surgery or dental work. Nosebleeds, blood in the urine or stool and bruising are also common with von Willebrand disease. In women, this disease affects the…
