How Postural Restoration Can Help Restore Your Health
The interview features Aleena Kanner, one of the leading postural experts in the U.S. She’s a certified Postural Restoration Institute (PRI) practitioner. What is postural restoration? The following explanation is given on the PRI website:1 "The...
Does Your Bottled Water Contain Nanoplastics?
Using a hyperspectral stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) imaging platform, researchers1 were able to detect single nanoparticle plastics smaller than 100 nanometers (nm) more accurately than before. Researchers were able to identify seven types of...
Exercise Helps Fight Postpartum Depression
A November 2023 meta-analysis1 published in PLOS One found aerobic exercise was effective in helping to prevent and treat postpartum depression (PPD). Experts estimate that 13 million women worldwide are diagnosed with PPD each year. The prevalence...
An Herbal Guide to Natural Pain Relief
Chronic pain is debilitating and affects the lives of millions of people each year. While the pharmaceutical industry has contributed to the rising opioid epidemic and death rates by encouraging the use of opioids, there are several herbal...
Can Green Tea Naturally Lower Blood Pressure?
Sipping high-quality green tea is a viable strategy to give your heart health a boost, including helping to lower your blood pressure naturally. After water, tea is the most consumed beverage in the world, 1 while cardiovascular diseases represent...
How Blood Flow Restriction Exercises Are Helping Aaron Rodgers
As Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers recovers from a torn Achilles tendon, he’s shared some details about what his daily rehab entails. It includes blood flow restriction (BFR), which involves placing an inflatable band, similar to a blood pressure...
Washing Machines Spreading Deadly Superbugs
An early version of the washing machine was introduced in the 1850s and has since evolved from manual labor gear devices to high tech machines that assistance dogs are able to load and start. Clothes used to be washed by pounding them on rocks or...
Top Tips to Cope With Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a form of depression that occurs seasonally, typically ramping up in the fall and winter months and disappearing come spring1 2 3. It's been estimated4 that as many as 20% of Americans are affected by SAD each...
Best Anti-Inflammatory Nutrients
Inflammation is your body’s built-in emergency response to assaults resulting in injury or infection. In the acute state, inflammation is an important and vitally necessary part of your body’s healing...