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Cognitive and Mind Function; Looking at the Individual and Concepts

Cognitive or mind function is a major health issue for most, especially as they age.  Forgetfulness, mind-fog, loss of memories, mental fatigue, and plain confusion are abundant in today’s population.  No one is ‘immune’ and there are solutions, but there are also many contributors.  Considering the major increase in conditions such as anxiety, depression, Alzheimer’ […]

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Swelling and Heaviness; Improving Dampness through Diet and Herbs

In the first article of this series, I discussed the concept of dampness in the body, based on Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine perspectives.  Dampness is a huge problem and likely one of the biggest contributors to health related ailments in people from cancer to diabetes and cardiovascular disease, but also playing a huge role

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Dampness and swelling

Swelling and Heaviness; What Is Dampness and Impact on Your Health?

Swollen legs and ankles.  Heaviness in your body.  These are all symptoms of what is termed ‘dampness’ in Traditional Chinese Medicine.  Considering how common these symptoms are in human health, especially as we age, it would be wise to understand what is going on from an alternative medical pathway.  This understanding might just help us

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Triphala; Your Digestive Microbiome, Leaky Gut, and Your Health

Digestion is a key element and component to your health, believe it or not.  In fact, the act of digestion and the bacterial population present in your ‘gut’ is being linked with almost every health condition and disease, based upon research.  There are many herbs which help to promote a healthy digestive process, but one

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Beetroot; Anxiety to Cardiovascular Health

Vegetables can be a very important and beneficial aspect to our health from a dietary perspective.  While most vegetables are viewed as healthy because of nutritional benefits, many contain within them potent phytochemicals which can impact many aspects of our health.  Beetroot is one of them and well researched to impact cardiovascular health, energy, nutrition,

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Medicinal Mushrooms; From Cancer to Vitality Restoration

Health is a complex topic and most of us to some degree have health challenges.  Whether those are pain related, anxiety, depression, poor immune function, allergies or even cancer, we all have some problem that we are contending with in our daily lives.  There are many herbs that can assist with health restoration and healing,

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