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Bodily Benefits of Linen Bedding

Bodily Benefits of Linen Bedding

This ancient fabric has unique properties that make it wonderful to sleep on

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Tips for Maintaining a Strong Immune System

Tips for Maintaining a Strong Immune System

You can help your body fight off infection by paying attention to a few essentials

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How Gardening Is Good for Your Microbes, Muscles, and Mood

How Gardening Is Good for Your Microbes, Muscles, and Mood

Research keeps affirming all the diverse ways digging in the dirt and nurturing growth can support our well-being

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Zen of Busy: Continual Letting Go When You’re Overwhelmed

Zen of Busy: Continual Letting Go When You’re Overwhelmed

These past two weeks have been hectic and exhausting for me. My wife’s father passed away, and I’ve been in non-stop planning, coordinating, cooking, cleaning, driving around mode. Yesterday was the ...

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Simple Steps to Prevent Breast Cancer

Simple Steps to Prevent Breast Cancer

It's the ultimate betrayal. A campaign of disinformation designed to pull the wool over your eyes. The for-profit cancer industry makes a fortune overdiagnosing breast cancer cases and then treating them ...

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Supercharging Your Food With Essential Oils

Supercharging Your Food With Essential Oils

Adding essential oils to food is an ancient practice that can help the body heal.

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Staying Positive With a Negative Brain

Staying Positive With a Negative Brain

Our instinctual focus on problems and threats can undermine our health and blind us to blessings

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The Surprising Science of Infrared Light Therapy

The Surprising Science of Infrared Light Therapy

Thousands of studies are documenting a powerful cellular reaction with widespread therapeutic effects

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Your Grudges May Be Killing You, What Science Says About Forgiveness

Your Grudges May Be Killing You, What Science Says About Forgiveness

Religions teach us to turn the other cheek, but in practice, forgiveness may seem impossible. We may feel justified in our resentment, or believe it will protect us from getting ...

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Music Therapy, More Powerful Than You Might Expect

Music Therapy, More Powerful Than You Might Expect

An elderly woman was admitted to a medical facility in southern California, but nobody knew what to do for her. She was clearly angry, but she couldn't communicate, and was ...

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Are You Yin or Yang?

Are You Yin or Yang?

This ancient insight into the nature of life and the universe applies to personalities as well

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How Older Adults Can Get Started With Exercise

How Older Adults Can Get Started With Exercise

Deciding to become physically active can be one of the best things you can do for your health. Exercise and physical activity are not only great for your mental and ...

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5 Ways To Reach Your Sleep Goals

5 Ways To Reach Your Sleep Goals

Among the many duties we juggle daily, quality sleep often takes the back burner. This may not seem like that big of a deal in your 20s or 30s, but ...

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Dehydration May Be Linked to 2 Unexpected Diseases

Dehydration May Be Linked to 2 Unexpected Diseases

What if improving depression and lowering your risk of dementia was as simple as drinking more water? Dehydration is usually linked to low blood pressure, increased heart rate, and headache. But ...

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Prayer Can Be Very Effective In Managing Your Fears And Anxieties

Prayer Can Be Very Effective In Managing Your Fears And Anxieties

Prayer can be very powerful in managing your fears, anxieties, and other mental health issues.

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World’s Longest Study: Do This Now to Have Great Health in Your 80s

World’s Longest Study: Do This Now to Have Great Health in Your 80s

What do we need for a long and happy life? The answer to this question is emerging from the longest study on happiness conducted by the Harvard Study of Adult ...

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Leaky Gut: One of the Most Mysterious Diseases, Can It Be Prevented?

Leaky Gut: One of the Most Mysterious Diseases, Can It Be Prevented?

The topic of "leaky gut" has gained increasing attention in recent years. Some believe that it is the cause of many diseases, while others do not think the disease exists. ...

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Garden Appreciation Boosts Well-Being, Study Finds

Garden Appreciation Boosts Well-Being, Study Finds

The benefits of gardens extend to those who simply enjoy looking at them with friends

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9 Benefits of Zinc and Where to Find It in Food

9 Benefits of Zinc and Where to Find It in Food

This essential nutrient affects countless functions in the brain and body

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2 Diets and 6 Supplements That Improve Depression

2 Diets and 6 Supplements That Improve Depression

While depression is a complex condition with a wide range of potential causes and treatments, research has shown that diet can play an important role in both preventing and treating ...

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Top 10 Healthiest Foods Voted by Japanese Doctors

Top 10 Healthiest Foods Voted by Japanese Doctors

A healthy diet is critical to a healthy body. However, many people often ignore nutritional values for better taste or convenience. Great Doctor The TAIKOBAN, a popular TV program in ...

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Global Sperm Counts Dropped More than 50 Percent in Recent Decades, 2 Main Causes: Experts

Global Sperm Counts Dropped More than 50 Percent in Recent Decades, 2 Main Causes: Experts

The global sperm counts have fallen more than 50 percent in the last 46 years, and the drop is accelerating, according to a recent meta-analysis. The researchers' recent study is an update ...

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Menopause, Blood Sugar, and Weight Management (Part 2)

Menopause, Blood Sugar, and Weight Management (Part 2)

Understanding how menopause affects blood sugar can help you focus on effective strategies to stay healthy and lose weight

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St. John’s Wort: A Nonaddictive Wonder ‘Antidepressant’ With Fewer Side Effects

St. John’s Wort: A Nonaddictive Wonder ‘Antidepressant’ With Fewer Side Effects

St. John's wort begins to bloom around St. John the Baptist's birthday, June 24—hence its name—and continues until August. There is a myth that St. John's wort sprouted at the site of ...

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Menopausal Women May Want to Pop Prunes Instead of Pills

Menopausal Women May Want to Pop Prunes Instead of Pills

New studies show the benefits of daily prune consumption helps build bone and ease digestive problems

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Quick Tips to Spring-Clean Your Diet (+Recipe)

Quick Tips to Spring-Clean Your Diet (+Recipe)

Warmer weather and fresh growth beckon you to a healthier lifestyle

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Castor Oil Packs: A Useful Natural Remedy

Castor Oil Packs: A Useful Natural Remedy

The ancient folk remedy is gathering some research to support its traditional uses

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