Primal Feast Celebration
I’d like to think it’s tough to let anything slip by me…
But that’s exactly what happened last week when my family, friends and staff threw a surprise party to celebrate my 60th birthday at the Sears Institute for Anti-Aging Medicine.
I had no idea!
My wife, Barbara, and son Dylan helped put together an amazing surprise 60th birthday party for me.
It was a heck of a party, too…
My birthday cake was designed to look like my latest book, Healing Herbs of Paradise. And it tasted as good as it looked!
There was even a cake designed to look like my latest book, Healing Herbs of Paradise. It was a true work...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - October 13, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
How To Protect Your Eyesight
If you’re one of the 40% of Americans who wears glasses or contact lenses for distance viewing, you probably believe your bad vision is genetic.
It’s not.
But the belief that myopia — or nearsightedness — is hereditary is so prevalent that no one even questions it. If you have trouble seeing faraway objects, you’ll just be given a prescription for glasses. Your eye doctor isn’t interested in finding out the true cause of your poor eyesight.
Myopia Epidemic
And that’s a shame, because the rates of myopia are rising in epidemic proportions around the world. It’s even worse in Asia tha...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - September 30, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Health Source Type: news
The 5 Not-So-Fun Things About Menopause And Tips To Deal With Them
A recent small study by the manufacturer of the menopause relief supplement Amberen showed that a surprising number of women don’t know their peri-menopause from their post-menopause, so to speak. And so, with a little help from Marcy Letoureau, part of the Amberen NurseAid program, we put together a little menopausal survival guide.
1. Sex can hurt.
Sure sex can be great and all, and we highly recommend indulging in it as often as you’d like, but just know that once you enter menopause, it can hurt.
During menopause, a woman’s vaginal walls become thinner, less elastic and more likely to tea...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Saturated Fat Remains The Major Issue For Heart Disease
It is funny how two lives can run parallel courses thousands of miles apart to eventually become intertwined. I am a cardiologist trained in interventional therapy (stents) for coronary artery disease (CAD) who has become a passionate advocate of lifestyle and prevention of CAD before stents are needed. I exercise daily using high-intensity protocols. I am appalled by the current status of hospital food. I emphasize the need for increased fruits and vegetables in the diet with reduced added sugars and value the pattern of eating in the Mediterranean (MED) basin as a model for balanced nutrition. I am a student of the volum...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Turmeric: Nature ’s Miracle Root for Disease
My friends Lelir and Westi in Bali don’t like to go to doctors. Nature is their pharmacy.
You see, Lelir is a Balian. That means “herbal healer.”
And Westi’s plantation is bursting with healing plants.
But one plant stands out above all the others. Lelir uses it to make a daily immune-boosting elixir as well as an anti-aging facial scrub. Balians use it as an antibiotic and for liver support. They boil it with milk and sugar to treat the common cold and allergies. Rural doctors make it into a paste with lime to ease sore joints. They make drinks to treat fevers and stomach pain. They mix it wi...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - September 20, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Natural Cures Source Type: news
Statins are 'safe, effective and should be used more widely'
Conclusion
This study reviews evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies to better evaluate the effects and safety of statin therapy.
It provides valuable data on the size of the benefits compared with the risks, informing a topic that has had much media coverage in recent times.
The researchers highlight that the benefits of statin therapy for people at risk of cardiovascular disease events far outweigh any possible side effects.
But it is still for a doctor and their patient to come to a conclusion about what the best treatment for them may be.
If you have been prescribed a statin, it...
Source: NHS News Feed - September 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: QA articles Medication Heart/lungs Source Type: news
Dynamic Diet -- Focus On Nutrients And Whole Foods Instead Of Calories
In conclusion, do not fall for calorie counting - it can easily become a trap. It can be really difficult to turn that mentality off even when you don't want to do it anymore. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What You Need to Know About Turmeric
Turmeric has gotten some bad press lately due to the recall of certain labels that were contaminated with excessive lead. Recalls are always distressing. They require us to be especially diligent when choosing brands and often make me want to avoid the product altogether. But this is something I would not do in the case of turmeric. There are too many health benefits of this "super spice" to ignore it.
A Relative Of The Ginger Root
Turmeric, a relative of the ginger root, is most well known as that delightful ingredient which is the secret to any good curry recipe. Until several years ago when I was complaining of cold f...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gwen Jorgensen: Down Time Helped Me Win Gold In Rio
Image Credit: Nils Nilsen/USA Triathlon
Everything I've done over the course of the last four years was to prepare me for the moment I stepped onto the sand at Copacabana Beach in Rio. I am a two-time International Triathlon Union World Champion and a 2012 Olympian. And on Aug. 20 I won the triathlon at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio -- earning America's first gold medal in the event.
From my training and recovery, to my diet and rest, the work I put in to make me a better swimmer, cyclist and runner has been an always-on job. Quality, not quantity, of rest and recovery is an athlete's real winning secret. I train every d...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 25, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
10 Tips for Surviving a Whole30
by guest blogger Amanda Harding, writer and blogger
At the risk of sounding totally cliché, Whole30 is more than just a diet--it's a lifestyle.
I know, I know, that sounds really cheesy (which is ironic, because you can't eat cheese when you're doing a Whole30). But seriously...
I found out about Whole30 while I was on the quest to lose that stubborn baby weight. I had no interest in pursuing anything complicated (because with a two-year-old and an eight-month-old, complicated is my worst enemy). I also didn't have any time for counting points and calories and macros... not to mention I'm terrible at math. I can't affo...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Looking for Consensus on "Healthy" Foods
By Keith-Thomas Ayoob, ED.D.
Get 10 registered dietitian/nutritionists (RDNs) in a room and the chance of us "talking shop" is virtually 100 percent. While there'd be a robust debate about some subjects, we'd all agree that the question we get more than any other from the public is, "Is this healthy?" and various iterations of the same.
Many consumers have definite ideas about what's healthy and what's not. So do nutritionists. According to a survey recently conducted by the New York Times that contrasted responses of the public and members of the American Society of Nutritionists, a professional organization, the two gr...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Canna-butter, astro eggs and other costly superfood trends
You're down with acai, take echinacea on the reg, and consider coconut oil a mainstay in your home. But a new class of high-powered superfoods is pushing the envelope even further, making even the healthiest among us stop and do a double take. For starters, there's Gwyneth's pricy morning smoothie ritual (whose ingredient shopping list totals $200 thanks to so-called "moon dust"). And then there's something called Blue Majik and ... astrologically farmed eggs? (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - August 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why I Choose To Be Vegan
The word vegan tends to terrify some people and send them running for the cow-filled hills. I get it: it's scary to make such a drastic lifestyle change, especially if you're the kind of person that's become accustomed to meat and/or dairy in every meal. I was like that, not long ago. If you would had asked 20 year-old me if I would ever be a vegan, I would have laughed in your face, fully convinced the world would end before I gave up Manchego cheese and Serrano ham.
You're probably wondering, how can I make this change to help myself and the planet? Won't everyone make fun of me all the time? How am I going to get enoug...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Genius Solid Shampoos Use No Plastic Packaging By Leaving Out Water
This company wants to help you bathe guilt-free, with bath products that save water and opt out of plastics altogether.
Skin and hair care company Ethique sells shampoo, conditioner and soap ― without any plastic packaging. The products all come as solid bars rather than the traditional liquid, according to the website. The packaging is entirely plastic-free, made of biodegradable, compostable material.
“The more I thought about it, the crazier it seemed to me that we pay gobs of money for all that water packaged in plastic,” founder Brianne West told Forbes. “In a nutshell, my goal is to save the...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 25, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Genius Solid Shampoos Use No Plastic Packaging By Leaving Out Water
This company wants to help you bathe guilt-free, with bath products that save water and opt out of plastics altogether.
Skin and hair care company Ethique sells shampoo, conditioner and soap ― without any plastic packaging. The products all come as solid bars rather than the traditional liquid, according to the website. The packaging is entirely plastic-free, made of biodegradable, compostable material.
“The more I thought about it, the crazier it seemed to me that we pay gobs of money for all that water packaged in plastic,” founder Brianne West told Forbes. “In a nutshell, my goal is to save the...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 25, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
