Studies Show Yoga Improves Memory And Brain Function

Studies Show Yoga Improves Memory And Brain Function from Natural Blaze CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Scientists have known for decades that aerobic exercise strengthens the brain and contributes to the growth of new neurons, but few studies have examined how yoga affects the brain. A review of the science finds evidence that yoga enhances many of the same brain structures and functions that benefit from aerobic exercise. The review, published in the journal Brain Plasticity, focused on 11 studies of the relationship between yoga practice and brain health. Five of the studies…

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Silicon Valley Engineers Psychedelic Drug to Treat Addiction

Silicon Valley Engineers Psychedelic Drug to Treat Addiction from Mercola GNN Note – Having taken a lot of psychedelic drugs – mushrooms, LSD and marijuana –  before giving my life to Christ, I find this a little difficult to follow along. I remained a drunk for more than 25 years and to this day – if you know me – you know I don’t mind eating a sugary treat, or 15, regularly. Now in some states, soon to be all, we can just sit around stoned on marijuana during the…

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How to De-Stress and Be Merry This Christmas

How to De-Stress and Be Merry This Christmas by MEDI-SHARE for Charisma News Trees, lights and sales are up. It’s Christmastime. With it, comes all the stress of planning, baking, shopping and traveling. But isn’t the holiday supposed to be joyful? Medi-Share contributor Laura Bollinger, RDN, shared her tips for being genuinely merry in the midst of chaos this season. It’s December, so the stockings are hung by the chimney with care. There’s lots of excitement, and the flurry will continue until we ring in the New Year. There’s plenty…

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Half of Homeless People May Have Suffered a Brain Injury

Half of Homeless People May Have Suffered a Brain Injury from Mercola According to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in The Lancet Public Health journal, people who are homeless experience a disproportionately high lifetime prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Researchers examined studies from six high-income countries, including Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and the U.S. The studies included people who were homeless or experiencing unstable housing situations. The researchers compared the information to new and existing cases of TBI, and looked at the association between health and TBI. They found…

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Breakfast Burritos and Salads: The Recalls Just Keep Coming

Breakfast Burritos and Salads: The Recalls Just Keep Coming by Sandra D. Lane for The Organic Prepper On the heels of a CDC Food Safety Alert issued December 9, 2019, regarding Fresh Express Sunflower Crisp Chopped Salad Kits, that involve a multistate and Canadian outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 comes another recall; Frozen Breakfast Burritos. It seems the recalls are normal occurrences nowadays, with only hours, days, or maybe a week, between each new one. The Burritos This time we’re looking at frozen breakfast burritos from Ruiz Food Products Inc., in Florence, S.C.  According to the FSIS (Food…

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How The Cold Can Be Bad For Your Health, & What You Can Do About It

How The Cold Can Be Bad For Your Health, & What You Can Do About It By Sara Tipton for Natural Blaze Winter comes with some extremely cold temperatures for parts of the country, and as such, brings the potential for health problems too. There are a few things to look out for, and ways to prepare yourself if you have to be outside when temperatures begin to dip in the negative numbers. Obviously, if you can stay inside when it starts to get extremely cold, you’ll be doing yourself a…

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FATHER-SON DUO HELP CREATE 51,000 NEW BEEHIVE COLONIES WITH AMAZING INVENTION

FATHER-SON DUO HELP CREATE 51,000 NEW BEEHIVE COLONIES WITH AMAZING INVENTION John Vibes, Truth Theory for Waking Times GNN Note – I wasn’t exactly sure how to categorize this article I just knew it needed to be shared! ****** In recent years, the world has finally begun to take notice of the drastically declining bee populations, and people are starting to understand the impact that this could have on the ecosystem. Slowly, people who care are working to correct this problem with some inventive solutions. The father-son duo behind the “Flow…

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Molecule Triggers Self-Destruction Of Pancreatic Cancer Cells, Scientists Discover

Molecule Triggers Self-Destruction Of Pancreatic Cancer Cells, Scientists Discover By Manuel García Aguilar for Natural Blaze One of the biggest challenges modern medicine has had to face is finding successful cancer treatments. And recently, treatment advances across the spectrum of cancers have continued at a rapid pace. Lung cancer experienced significant treatment breakthroughs in 2018, primarily in immunotherapy. Other immunotherapy trials brought new treatment options to patients with a range of solid tumor and blood cancers. And also in 2018, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to James P. Allison…

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Observing the immediate health outcomes of switching to a whole foods diet

Observing the immediate health outcomes of switching to a whole foods diet By Evangelyn Rodriguez for Prevention.news In this study, researchers from the National University of Natural Medicine in Oregon assessed the feasibility of measuring the health impact of a 12-week naturopathic whole foods nutrition education course among adults with or at risk of prediabetes. Their results were published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. A pilot non-randomized pre-post intervention design investigated physiological changes in 45 adults after their participation in a structured naturopathic nutrition education course. The study was conducted in…

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Antibiotics Linked to Parkinson’s Disease

Antibiotics Linked to Parkinson’s Disease from Mercola Higher exposure to commonly used oral antibiotics is linked to an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease, according to a study which suggests the neurodegenerative disorder may be tied to the loss of beneficial gut bacteria, as reported by The Week. The report detailed a study which showed that the use of certain antibiotics can upset the balance of your gut microbiome and, as a result, predispose people to Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is a neurological disorder in which neurons and dopamine-producing cells in your brain…

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