Tis the season for over-eating, shopping til you drop, family gatherings, long conversations around the family table, deeply rooted traditions, old stories, and new memories…and for being grateful for all of it. We know that it’s pretty cliché, but there is something to be said about gratefulness. Actually, there’s a lot to be said about…
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This past week, a series of shocking headlines declared Vitamin D and Omega 3 supplements to be a waste of money. It seemed like every major news outlet was piling on. PBS says, “Big Studies give mixed news on fish oil, vitamin D.” TIME says, “Fish Oil and Vitamin D Supplements May Not Help Prevent…
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One of the most basic lessons that seems impossible to learn until you’ve experienced it: the storms WILL come. Sometimes those storms are personal tragedies like sudden deaths, business failings, or addictions, but sometimes they’re “acts of God.” Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, natural disasters- Not a fun subject to talk about, but one that needs to…
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This one is amazing. The kind of amazing that will alter the course of discovery in the neurosciences. The kind of amazing that, once again, shows that we as humans are fearfully and wonderfully made by a Creator who is a Master Designer. So what is it? It’s a new type of brain cell scientists…
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As much as we hate spiders, there’s something even more dangerous that doesn’t get as much attention: Ticks. We know that spiders are usually just unwanted pests. But it seems as though their gross, completely useless, and unwelcomed cousin — the tick– may be a much more dangerous concern for the United States. Recently, the…
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Right now, go take a look at your gardening supplies and see if you have a weed killing product called “RoundUp”. Chances are, you do, as it’s one of the most popular and readily available weed killers on the market today. Go check and see. We’ll wait…. If you do have it, throw it out.…
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Although there’s a long way to go in researching Alzheimer’s, it’s exciting that we’re finding strong links to behavior being a primary factor. Alzheimer’s used to be this big Boogeyman lurking in the corner that could strike anyone, and it seemed like there were no obvious connections. Some people were just unlucky. We know that…
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Processed sugar is just bad. There’s no way around it. It doesn’t make you healthy. It’s never linked to anything beneficial. Actually, sugar is now being linked to Alzheimer’s. It’s not that big of a shock seeing as how Alzheimer’s has been dubbed “type 3 diabetes” because of the solid evidence that people who have…
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You’re probably not a stranger to the term “vaping” anymore. Its popularity has grown leaps and bounds over the past few years. And, it was, and still is, being marketed as a “cessation aid”. But, is it all it’s cracked up to be? Does it really work? If you’re unfamiliar with vaping, The Center on…
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Probiotics are at it again! This time it’s in relation to stress. In a recent study, researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder may have found a type of “good” bacterium that could protect the brain against the harmful effects of stress. This could be a big deal because, if confirmed in clinical trials, mood…
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