Surprising causes (and effective answers) for depression
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), currently 280 million people worldwide suffer from depression. Here in the US, about one out of five of us has reported symptoms of depression, and those numbers are not going down, my friend. The causes and contributing factors behind depression can run the gamut, and include the death of a loved one, job loss, divorce, trauma, being the victim of a crime, nutrient deficiencies or a severe...
- Tags: Brain Health, Depression, Mental Health
This is even worse than sugar for your health!
If you’ve been a reader of mine even for a short while, you probably remember me talking about the dangers of sugar, especially in the toxic form of high fructose corn syrup. Sugar is a driving force behind a whole slew of diseases and conditions including diabetes, insulin resistance, cancer, heart disease, obesity, dementia, immune dysfunction and chronic inflammation, to name a few. And it’s no wonder that our rates of these conditions skyrocketed...
- Tags: Cholesterol, Exercise, Fats, Omega-3 fatty acids
A very exciting announcement!
If you’ve been a reader of mine for even a short while, you’ve likely noticed that my message is one of supporting health primarily through a diet of real foods and proper supplementation. But to be honest, ONE THING has been troubling me since 2007 when I began writing books and health articles and it’s this… What about the people who just WON’T change their diet? Trust me, I know there are a lot...
- Tags: Healthy Eating, Juice Plus+
Everything you’ve been told about cholesterol is false
Back when I was earning my Nutrition Master’s, one of my reading requirements was the book Deep Nutrition by Dr. Cate Shanahan. In Deep Nutrition, Dr. Shanahan tells the story of how she was taught in medical school that cholesterol causes heart disease, that a diet low in cholesterol and saturated fats was “heart healthy,” and statins were the gold standard for lowering cholesterol. But something was troubling her. If saturated fats and cholesterol...
Could this substance be causing your gut aches?
When it comes to digestive distress, the potential causes can run the gamut. Processed foods, enzyme insufficiency, lacking a gallbladder, imbalanced microbiome, certain medications, leaky gut, stress and food allergies/intolerances are some of the possible culprits. But there’s another cause that most people are not even aware of. It’s a substance that occurs naturally in many foods, but chances are good that you’ve never even heard of it…and yet it may be affecting you...
This can either save your life or kill you
When faced with the unsettling news that they have a disease, many people are taken aback and swear that it just “came out of nowhere.” Trust me, nothing could be further from the truth. Disease is not a sneaky monster that lurks in the shadows and waits for its opportunity to bite poor unsuspecting you in the derriere. No, my friend—disease is slowly CREATED, and although there are many factors that determine whether your...
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