What You Drink Could Hurt You
With the warm weather approaching, all of us will enjoy more time outside. But when you get thirsty, think twice before reaching for a sugar-sweetened beverage. Drinking sugary drinks has been linked to gaining...
Top 4 Alternatives to Overly Caffeinated Beverages
Caffeine is insanely popular. It’s a magical drug that can help you feel awake when you’re not actually. It increases your heart rate and blood pressure. It increases circulation to your brain, therefore prompting...
Chronic Stress, Mental Illnesses, and How to Combat Them
Whether we want to or not, we all experience stress in varying degrees. While stressful situations are a completely regular occurrence, there’s recent evidence that has shown links between chronic stress and mental health...
How Caffeine Addiction Affects Wellness
Fall is on the horizon, and with colder weather approaching it only seems natural to cling to a warm coffee cup. Coffee culture surrounds us and dominates the rituals of people around the world,...
Feeding the Mind: Nutrition and Depression
Depression is the most prevalent of all the emotional disorders. Symptoms may vary from feelings of minor sadness to sheer misery and dejection. When sadness persists and impairs daily life, it maybe an indication...
Which Vegetables You Should Buy Organic and Which Ones You Can Skip
There are many reasons you should purchase organic products at the grocery store. Foods with a USDA Organic label are not grown with chemical pesticides, genetically modified or treated with sewage or petroleum-based pesticides.We...
Staying Healthy in Turbulent Times
Where are we to turn in this most turbulent world? Everyday it seems we are made aware that anger and violence toward others is increasing. Where is our ability to remain healthy in such...
The Dreaded Sleep Thief: Tips to Sleep Soundly By
It's more than a myth that the ability to sleep long and deep decreases with age. Our get up-and-go seems to have gone. Yet, sleep is a necessity, not a luxury. Indeed, sleep is...
I’m That Person Meditating at the Office, and Here’s Why I’ll Never Stop
The workplace hippie. The "overly" health conscious individual. The granola. The mediation junkie. These are all phrases I’ve heard being thrown around at work to describe those free-thinkers who aren’t quite content enough with...
What Can Nature Teach Us About Our Money?
Nature has an interesting way of teaching and inspiring. What if nature’s lessons could inspire how you manage your household budget? Let’s take a look.Nature’s Lessons:1. Zero WasteIn nature there is no waste. Take a walk...
