We often demonize sugar cravings while blaming ourselves for a supposed lack of self-discipline. Restriction of problem foods leads to feelings of deprivation, causing binging and remorse in an unhealthy cycle of see-saw dieting. Let’s take a gentler point of view, seeing cravings instead as a great starting point for understanding what our bodies’ true …
How to Focus, Relax and Lose Weight Through Aromatherapy
From apple pie to perfume, scents open a vault of associations that provoke joy, nostalgia, or desire. Smell has its seat in the limbic system, the part of the nervous system that determines emotional responses. Researchers are discovering that common herbal and floral essential oils have therapeutic uses with few side effects.
Six Simple Ways to Maintain Healthy Bones
Bone density peaks in your 30s, and bones can start to deteriorate in the same decade. Habits that you establish as early as your teens and twenties can be important for ensuring you have strong bones into old age. For people in middle age and beyond, observing key diet and lifestyle practices is even more …
The Top Six Health Reasons to Indulge in Chocolate
Comforting chocolate is has a reputation as a mood-enhancer and aphrodisiac. While these benefits have been scientifically confirmed, chocolate’s boons go far beyond in energizing, nourishing and protecting your health in powerful and enjoyable ways.
Seven Strategies to Speed Recovery from CFS
Recovering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is like walking a tightrope. Missteps can cost you time, money and health, and it is the last of these that can leave even less energy to devote to health-building practices. In my many years on this path, I’ve learned some lessons that will hopefully make your journey a shorter …