Ancient systems of medicine focused on the patients as whole people. The doctors of those systems strove to foster excellent health through correcting imbalances and restoring internal harmony. Conventional allopathic medicine, on the other hand, tends to focus on body parts, diseases, and managing symptoms. But an emerging form of medicine is incorporating the ancient…

Diabetes is a chronic illness that effects millions of people all over the world. It destroys lives, making it impossible to eat or even function without obsessively monitoring blood sugar levels. For many people it marks the beginning of an inevitable early death, as the body becomes increasingly unable to receive nutrition from the food…

Stem cell therapy is rapidly showing itself as a viable treatment option for countless ailments and diseases. No longer bound by the natural or situational degeneration of the body, doctors are discovering that we can tap into the bodys own regenerative systems to create healing where before there was only inevitable decay. One method of…

Nearly everyone loves sweet treats. The pleasant combination of taste bud pleasuring, mood enhancing, brain chemical stimulating, and energy boosting that sweets provide makes them universally loved. However consuming sugar is incredibly expensive, both for the body and the planet. Processed sugary treats can destroy mental and physical health, from the brain and teeth, all…

The field of regenerative medicine is breaking new ground every day. Doctors and researchers all over the world are shifting from just managing symptoms to exploring the possibility of actually healing and rejuvenating the body. Stem cell therapy is being researched for its potential to cure blood disorders, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and many other…

If you ask any busy person how he or she feels, the honest answer would often be tired. In our over-worked and over-stimulated world, it can sometimes feel like we never have enough energy to do all that we need or want to do. It can be incredibly tempting to turn to coffee, sugar, and…

Whether it is nutrition bars or pastries, ice cream or raw vegan pies, we love things that are both sugary and fatty. From young children to the elderly, we are drawn to the delightful feelings that come from sweet creamy foods. But this addiction to the sugar-fat combo can be dangerous for us in variety…

Our relationship with the foods we eat has become literally suicidal. Yes suicidal! If you are not asking the right questions about the foods you are eating, you are effectively eating your way to an early grave. Still not convinced? Then hear this. Seventeen million people die every single year from Cardiovascular Disease. Right now,…

Valium is a Benzodiazepine that is prescribed by physicians for its anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative, amnestic and muscle relaxant abilities. It works on the central nervous system and is often a solution for those suffering from anxiety, nervous conditions or insomnia. There are currently 183 different formulations of Valium and over 60 million prescriptions for sedatives…

For most of human evolution, we relieved ourselves in a squatting position, with our pelvis low to the ground and hips bent in deep flexion. But as we have become more civilized and sedentary, our thrones have risen higher and higher off the ground. While easier for older knees, this raised toilet position may be…