Is BMI Really An Accurate Measure of Our Health
Body Mass Index (BMI) is a mathematical formula, first devised in the 1830’s, that divides a person's weight by the square of their height to arrive at a num...
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How Do Psychedelics Affect The Brain
Psychedelics are substances that have powerful, and often unpredictable, hallucinogenic effects on us. The most common psychedelics are LSD, psilocybin and...
Common Health Symptoms That May Start In Your 50
My Dad once said to me, “I never knew how much I wanted to get older, until I considered the alternative”. Instead of bemoaning our age, we have to think of...
My Thoughts on Colonics
Colon cleansing is normally used as preparation for medical procedures such as a colonoscopy. However, some alternative medicine practitioners offer colon cl...
4 Ways Your Body Is Telling You to Slow Down
Many people are surprised to learn that their bodies communicate with them every day. Failure to understand and listen to the body’s silent cues can lead to...
Habits That Might Lower Risk of Dementia
Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering, and reasoning — to such an extent that it interferes with a person's daily life and ac...
Too Much of a Good Thing – Vitamin Overdoses to Avoid
Aren’t vitamins good for us? Shouldn’t we get them whenever we can? If a little is good for us, then a lot must be better, right? Generally speaking, taki...
How Do Processed Foods Cause Cancer
Let’s start this discussion with the necessary disclaimer that all food processing companies will insist on – there is no direct correlation between processe...
Clues That Heartburn May Indicate Something Else
It is very likely, all of us have experienced some form of heartburn in our lives. We ate something that didn’t agree with us. We ate too much, or we ate t...