59Drinking Matcha Tea Can Reduce Anxiety
Drinking Matcha Tea Can Reduce Anxiety
Many different countries have a tea culture, and Japanese matcha tea is growing in popularity around the world. In Japan, matcha has a long history of being used for various medicinal purposes. It has been suspected to have various beneficial effects to health, but relatively little scientific evidence supported that claim. Now, a group of ...
Low Vitamin D at Birth Raises Risk of Higher Blood Pressure in Kids
Vitamin D deficiency from birth to early childhood was associated with an increased risk of elevated blood pressure in later childhood and adolescence, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension. Researchers followed 775 children from birth to age 18 at the Boston Medical Center. Most lived in a low-income, urban area ...
Long Work Hours Associated With Increased Risk of Stroke
People who worked long hours had a higher risk of stroke, especially if they worked those hours for 10 years or more, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke. Researchers reviewed data from CONSTANCES, a French population-based study group started in 2012, for information on age (18-69), sex, smoking and work hours ...
ND Mini Camp Offers a Full Immersion Experience Within the Field of Naturopathic Medicine
Bastyr University will host its second annual ND Mini Camp July 22-27th, 2018 at its Kenmore, WA campus and invites those considering a degree in naturopathic medicine to attend. Campers will spend five days immersed in the culture of Bastyr, participating in hands-on events such as Qi Gong, Hydrotherapy, Homeopathic First Aid, a tour of campus amenities and more. Led by distinguished professors from Bastyr’s Naturopathic Medicine ...
Biology of Leptin, The Hunger Hormone, Revealed
In a new study, Yale researchers offer insight into leptin, a hormone that plays a key role in appetite, overeating, and obesity. Their findings advance knowledge about leptin and weight gain, and also suggest a potential strategy for developing future weight-loss treatments, they said. The study, led by investigators at Yale and Harvard, was published ...
Exercise May Have Different Effects in the Morning and Evening
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) have learned that the effect of exercise may differ depending on the time of day it is performed. In mice they demonstrate that exercise in the morning results in an increased metabolic response in skeletal muscle, while exercise later in the day increases energy expenditure for an extended ...
Practitioner Chat—Dr. Shola Ezeokoli
A medical doctor and a two-time Amazon No. 1 bestselling author, Dr. Shola Ezeokoli works with doctors and other high-achieving professionals to help them fight burnout, liberate themselves from survival mode and truly live the life that they want to live. Q: What inspired you to write Physician Heal Yourself? A: I wrote Physician Heal Yourself ...
Drinks with Benefits: New Trends in Nutrition Drinks
What we drink has evolved over time. The term “nutrition drink” used to be reserved for things like protein shakes or supplements to help people put on body mass, but lately, many individuals have turned to beverages as a way to optimize nutrition and fill in the gaps where food and supplements are lacking. We ...
Apple Polyphenols: Clinical Support for Weight & Glucose Management, Cardiovascular Protection & More
The humble apple has an impressive history in Western art, literature and medicine. In mythology, the Norse gods owed their immortality to apples. The Arabian Nights even features a magic apple capable of curing all human diseases. Then, first appearing in print in 1866, was the proverb that “an apple a day keeps the doctor ...
Getting People Pain Free Naturally—Without Narcotics
About 20 years ago, with one quarter of Americans having chronic pain, the U.S. government declared a war on pain. Unfortunately, it gave physicians absolutely no guidance on how to relieve pain effectively. So, with drug company encouragement, physicians turned to increasingly prescribing narcotics. Now, we have one-third of Americans suffering with chronic pain, and ...
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