Detoxification Resolutions

At the beginning of each year, many of us make a resolution to lose weight.  Thousands of us either fail or lose weight only to gradually gain it back, but we may be using faulty strategies.  While diet and exercise are important, weight-loss goals are often aided by a “clean slate” to prepare the body [...]

Detoxification Enzymes

Scientists have long known that cytosolic enzymes such as those of the glutathione S-transferase (GST) family catalyze the detoxification of compounds such as benzopyrene, found in cigarettes.  GST and other components of DNA make up one portion of every individual’s natural armor against environmental carcinogens. GST exists in every individual in several different forms, called [...]

Detoxification

The detoxification movement, traditionally a little-known branch of naturopathy, has been quietly gaining momentum over the past few years and is now poised to enter mainstream health management. During detoxification, one strives to eliminate or purge impurities from the body while minimizing exposure to new poisons. One follows a cleansing diet consists of nutrient rich [...]

Purifying Yourself through Nutritional Cleansing

In this modern environment, we are battered by chemicals, pharmaceuticals, heavy metals, and yes, even poisons on a daily basis.  Our bodies are fully capable of eliminating certain issues fairly easily; liver, intestines and colon are designed simply for that purpose.  But Mother Nature never imagined the pollution that humans would unleash on the planet, [...]

Are Chemical Imbalances All in Our Heads?

It sounds a bit like the start of a science-fiction novel: chemical imbalances are nothing more than a figment of our imagination. But could it be true? In a piece she recently wrote for the BBC, Joanna Moncrieff of the University College, London states that it very well could be the case. She proposes that [...]

Prescription Drug Abuse

The incorrect use of prescription drugs is rapidly becoming a very serious issue in the United States. Increasing numbers of individuals seek simple solutions, most often in the form of a pill, for a variety of symptoms which were either not recognized or not considered to be abnormal five, ten, or even fifteen years ago. [...]

Probiotics and Eczema

By this point in time almost everyone who has a passing interest in health and fitness understands the importance of probiotics. Probiotics are defined by the FAO/WHO as live microorganisms which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host. The most common types of microbes used in probiotics are lactic acid [...]

Juggling Enhances Cognitive Functioning

Cognitive-impairing diseases are amongst the most debilitating types that can affect an individual. Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia are considered to be the leading cause of debilitation in the geriatric population, with numbers continuing to rise on a global basis year after year. Various research has been conducted on cognitive function over the years, [...]

Surprising Dangers of Phthalate

Phthalates have been in use for years in a variety of products throughout the world but have now gradually begun to be eliminated as many of their ingredients are now known to cause health issues in certain individuals due to toxic components. Phthalates are primarily used as plasticizers, substances added to plastics that increase their [...]