Category: Healthy Living

Are Enzymes a Key to COVID Endothelial Injury?

Randolph Jason

Are Enzymes a Key to COVID Endothelial Injury? by Dr. Joseph Mercola for Mercola Enzymes catalyze many biological reactions in your body. They regulate the rate of these chemical reactions, speeding them up so necessary functions like digestion, muscle contractions and other aspects of cellular metabolism can occur.1 Enzymes are also emerging as key players in COVID-19, as studies suggest damage to the endothelium, which are cells covering blood vessels, is contributing to the development of blood clots, or thrombosis, in the blood vessels of severely ill COVID-19 patients.2 Enzymes may turn…

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Addicted: America’s Opioid Crisis

Randolph Jason

Addicted: America’s Opioid Crisis By Dr. Joseph Mercola The featured 2019 BBC documentary, Addicted: America’s Opioid Crisis, explores the depth of the nation’s addiction to opioid painkillers and the role played by Purdue Pharma and other makers of the drug. As noted in the film, opioids kill more people than any other drug on the market, and it’s the only type of drug that can condemn a person to a life of addiction after a single week of use. According to the BBC, “1 in 8 American children live with a…

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7 Vitamins and nutrients that promote eye health

Randolph Jason

7 Vitamins and nutrients that promote eye health By Divina Ramirez for Prevention Contrary to popular belief, poor vision and eye diseases are not inevitable consequences of aging. Maintaining healthy levels of nutrients essential for eye health can keep your eyes sharp even as you age and guard against vision loss. Recent studies have linked many nutrients to a reduced risk of eye conditions and poor vision. These nutrients include: Vitamin A Vitamin A is an antioxidant that protects the cornea, the outer protective layer of the eye. It also supports the function of…

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Eating Dried Fruit May Be Linked With Better Health Markers

Randolph Jason

Eating Dried Fruit May Be Linked With Better Health Markers from Natural Blaze Don’t be afraid to toss a handful of raisins or dried apples in your Thanksgiving stuffing this year — a new Penn State study has found that dried fruit may be connected with better health. The researchers found that people who ate dried fruit were generally healthier than those who did not, and on days when people ate dried fruit they consumed greater amounts of some key nutrients than on days when they skipped. However, they also…

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Do you have high cholesterol or triglycerides? Check your vitamin D levels

Randolph Jason

Do you have high cholesterol or triglycerides? Check your vitamin D levels By Virgilio Marin for Prevention Cholesterol levels are an important marker of cardiovascular health. While your body needs cholesterol to build healthy cells, high levels of it can increase your risk of heart disease. Cholesterol is a fatty substance. If it accumulates in your blood vessels, it can restrict blood flow and form blood clots, which can cause a heart attack or stroke. Your total cholesterol levels consist of the amount of triglycerides, low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and high-density lipoproteins (HDL) in your blood. Triglycerides and LDL cholesterol can accumulate in your body and clog…

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How I Got Back To My College Weight And Feeling Best In Decades

Randolph Jason

How I Got Back To My College Weight And Feeling Best In Decades by Ken Jorgustin for Modern Survival Blog This is simply a short personal post that I’ll categorize in the health department of one’s preparedness. I am going to tell you about a life-altering diet change that has been absolutely remarkable for me, and Mrs.J. I have literally never felt better in decades, am (almost) down to my college weight, have WAY MORE ENERGY, I feel sharper – mentally, and ambitiously working out… AND, I’m eating foods that I…

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Lower your cholesterol naturally with these nutrients

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Lower your cholesterol naturally with these nutrients by: Divina Ramirez for Natural News According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in three Americans suffers from high blood cholesterol, a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke. Eating plenty of fatty foods and red meat is the usual cause of high cholesterol. However, this health condition does not present symptoms. For this reason, stroke or heart attack often seems sudden when either occurs. Fortunately, you can easily reverse high cholesterol and minimize your CVD risk by increasing your consumption of certain dietary nutrients. Here…

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More Than 2/3rds Of Americans Oppose Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations

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More Than 2/3rds Of Americans Oppose Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations by Tyler Durden for Zero Hedge Ever since it burst out of Wuhan, China roughly one year ago, the coronavirus has created what one economist described as a “trilemma” – that is, the struggle to balance the inevitable tradeoffs between safeguarding public health, the economy and personal freedom. In the US (and in many spots around Europe as well), some have pointed to skepticism surrounding the accelerated development process for the myriad COVID vaccine projects as a potential obstacle to achieving herd…

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Cleveland Clinic Identifies Melatonin as COVID-19 Treatment

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Cleveland Clinic Identifies Melatonin as COVID-19 Treatment by Dr. Joseph Mercola for Mercola Melatonin is a hormone synthesized in your pineal gland and many other organs.1 While it is most well-known as a natural sleep regulator, it also has many other important functions.2 For example, melatonin: Is a potent antioxidant3 with the rare ability to enter your mitochondria,4 where it helps “prevent mitochondrial impairment, energy failure and apoptosis of mitochondria damaged by oxidation.”5 It also helps recharge glutathione,6 and glutathione deficiency has been linked to COVID-19 severity Plays an important role in cancer prevention7 Is important for brain, cardiovascular…

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The Truth About COVID-19 ‘Long-Haulers’

Randolph Jason

The Truth About COVID-19 ‘Long-Haulers’ by Dr. Joseph Mercola for Mercola You may have seen reports about COVID-19 patients who seem unable to fully recover. Some complain of lingering chronic fatigue symptoms. Others struggle with mental health problems. In fact, a study1,2 from Oxford University published online November 9, 2020, in The Lancet Psychiatry, found 18.1% of individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 also received a first-time psychiatric diagnosis in the 14 to 90 days afterward. Most common were anxiety disorders, insomnia and dementia. A similar trend was also observable after COVID-19 relapses. Interestingly,…

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