You’ve probably never heard of this even though it’s from our own government’s National Institutes of Health. Guess what they found out? On average, sleeping pills give you only 11 extra minutes of sleep a night.

Center for Science in the Public Interest has just sued Denny’s for failing to disclose the amount of salt in its fast foods.  I heard about this from a reporter from Nation’s Restaurant News who thought the suit was absurd.  Everyone knows Denny’s food isn’t healthy, she suggested.  Maybe, but I had no idea how much salt the foods contained, and I’m supposed to know such things.

Are you one of the 30 million women and 15 million men who have a chronic medical problem that is both under-diagnosed and under-treated?

Are you suffering from vague symptoms that you think are normal parts of life, such as fatigue, feeling sluggish in the morning, and having trouble with your memory, concentration, or focus?

According to the American Psychological Association’s recently completed Survey of Stress in America, three out of four Americans routinely experience stress related headaches, upset stomachs, muscle tension, teeth grinding, and dizziness.

Almost as many Americans, 73 percent, have stress-related psychological symptoms, including irritability, anger, nervousness, lack of energy, and feeling on the verge of tears. Nearly half of those surveyed, 49 percent, were kept awake at night, losing on average of 21 hours of sleep each month due to stress. And one third of American adults report they feel extremely stressful most days of the month.1

Let’s begin your quest to stay healthy and fit in the computer era by addressing your foundation. Unless you have a health condition that makes it difficult to sit for a long period of time, your foundation while working on the computer is likely your bottom.

Your bottom, known more technically as your pelvis, serves as a base for your spinal column, which in turn serves as the protective housing for your nervous system, which in turn serves as the primary highway of information traffic that allows you to do and feel everything that you do while you are alive.

Are your hormones out of balance?

Does your life feel like a song played badly out of tune?

If so, the problem may have to do with imbalances in your hormones, which are wreaking havoc on your body and mind.

There is one hormone in particular I am going to focus on today, and it could be at the root of your problems.  I will share with you 12 tips you can start using immediately to begin rebalancing your hormones and bring your life back into tune.

Question: How beneficial is a Brita water filter?

I am wondering what the benefit or harm there is in using a Brita water filter for tap water. Does it have any effect on filtering the fluoride from tap water?

When it comes to what is considered good or bad for us to eat there are often differing opinions.  That being said, if there is one “universal truth” in nutrition, it is that we need to cut back on the amount of sugar that we consume and that too much sugar consumption is at the core of the chronic diseases that plague us today. 

Quite simply – the human body was not designed to process the amount of sugar that we are now putting into it.

Do you or your partner snore at night? If so, please read closely. A new study conducted by scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago has uncovered a critical link between how well you sleep and how well you metabolize sugar.