We rely on our nerves to relay sensory information like smell, touch, and taste from our senses, skin, muscles, and organs to our brain. Nerves are also responsible for sending information in the opposite direction, from our brains … Read the rest
Winter can be both dark and fairly limiting in terms of seasonal veggies. This makes it a great time of year to cook food for eye health and use frozen vegetables.
Did you make a “yuck” face? There is NO NEED to fear frozen fruit or … Read the rest
More Americans are working from home than in the past. The shift in locations means an increase in the time spent in front of a screen. Unfortunately, many don’t know how to protect their eyes from screens.
Outside of … Read the rest
One of the many challenges of aging is that you may start to notice blurry spots or shadows that seem to float around in your vision. No matter how many eye baths you take or eyedrops you squirt, they won’t go away. This is because floaters … Read the rest
How you eat may be just as important as WHAT you eat. We’ve got tips for better digestion.
Most of us have digestive trouble at times. We’re talking about heartburn, uncomfortable (and sometimes embarrassing) gas, cramping, or diarrhea. It can be a result of a food … Read the rest
A brand new study from Harvard Medical School has been published, shedding some light on the benefits of exercise and aging.
We all know “exercise is good for us.”
Most people know that regular exercise is helpful for maintaining a healthy weight, and also keeps our … Read the rest
We generally think of malnutrition as a plight specific to developing nations and associate it with the lack of food. The trouble we experience in westernized countries is more often “hidden hunger”, or the insufficient consumption of essential nutrition, hidden by the fact that we technically … Read the rest
Whether it’s a pyramid or a divided plate chart, we have all seen the infographics designed to describe which foods and how much we should be eating for good health. Most, if not all of these charts include a significant portion of dairy-based foods. The rationale … Read the rest
This is a bit of a trick question: the best vitamins for kids come from healthy food. However, a daily kids’ multivitamin is a great way to fill in any nutritional gaps in the diet. The best kids multivitamin formulas are the ones that prioritize the … Read the rest
Your brain is not separate from your body, and we are quite literally what we eat. It follows then, that the more nutrient-dense, brain cell building material and the less damaging toxic material we put into our bodies, the healthier our brains will be. Of course, … Read the rest
