You probably have a natural “medicine” in your kitchen, but do you know how wonderful it is? Garlic can be a minor miracle for us, if we just remember to use it as much as we can. There’s nothing exotic about it, it can be found in all grocery stores, and it’s even easy to grow in your own yard. Let’s take a close look at garlic.*
The Anxiety and Depression Association of America tell us that more than 40 million Americans currently suffer from depression. We hope you are not included in that number! We have learned, however, that conditions like diabetes can make depression worse. If you feel that you might be suffering from depression, natural interventions can help, and we want to share some with. All the prescribed pharmaceutical drugs have toxic side effects, so let’s try to avoid them. Anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids help reduce chronic inflammation, which is a contributor to depression. You can boost your diet with flax seeds, nuts, and cold-water fatty fish like salmon and sardines. Even better, natural health experts suggest taking about 1,000 mg a day of omega-3-rich fish oil. Essential B vitamins produce “chemical messengers” known as neurotransmitters. One of these, serotonin, is essential for stable mood and restful sleep. Deficiencies can lead to mood disorders…
The Lancet Commission reports that dementia cases can be prevented or delayed by 40 percent with certain lifestyle changes, including midlife obesity, excessive alcohol intake, exposure to air pollution, depression, social isolation, high blood pressure, smoking, and a lack of physical activity. These are all things we can do something about, aren’t they? The Lancet Commission’s findings lead to a list of healthy behaviors and choices we can employ to reduce the risk of developing dementia. These are long-term lifestyle changes. Eating a healthy diet for only a month or exercising for only a few weeks will not significantly affect overall brain function. Dementia typically appears in one’s sixties or seventies, although it’s been known to arise as early as one’s thirties. Likewise, many of us become Type 2 diabetics in those same age ranges, don’t we? Changing an unhealthy lifestyle at any age is helpful in reducing the risk…
We all know two things for sure: (1) Sunlight makes our body product Vitamin D; and (2) too much sunlight is bad for us and might cause cancer. Haven’t we all heard that many times? But wait! Recent evidence suggests that sunlight may improve immune by boosting infection–fighting immune cells and discouraging the spread of pathogens in hospitals. A 2018 study, revised July 2020, indicates that sunlight exposure may have immunomodulatory effects and protect against infections, including acute respiratory infections such as influenza. It’s a long article, but well worth the read. You can download or just read a pdf format of the article at https://www.nber.org/papers/w24340. In addition, believe it or not, studies have shown that high levels of solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposures are associated with lowered rates of allergies, autoimmune diseases, and cancers. While often acknowledged that these results are from increased vitamin D, researchers find that exposure…
Our friends at GreenMedInfo.com have posted information that we can all use. It’s about our eye health and what can make it better, and if we can boost our vision “from the inside out,” we certainly want to do that. We know that nutrition has proven to be our best defense against aging and its degenerative traits, and that includes eye health. These vital foods and supplements can help our eyes stay strong well into our golden years. 1. Ginkgo Biloba The ginkgo tree is one of the world’s oldest tree species, with the earliest leaf fossils dating from 270 million years ago! Its extract is derived from its leaves and has been used as traditional herbal medicine in China for hundreds of years. Ginkgo biloba is available as a tea, capsule, tablet, or tincture. The antioxidants found in ginkgo leaves are believed to improve eye health by boosting circulation…
Carol Ann Wilson Diabetes Relief added a service this year: the “antibody test” to determine if someone has already had COVID-19, the disease caused by the current Coronavirus. A friend of mine was one of our “positive” results, meaning that he had survived the disease and now possessed the antibodies for it. He gave me permission to tell you his story. We will call him “Greg.” I hope that this eyewitness, first-hand account will give you some insight into what the disease is like (at least for a young person, even though we older folks may need to be much more careful). Greg was a 23-year-old graduate student in an East Coast school during March 2020 when the U.S. outbreak hit. We had heard about the “Wuhan virus” in China, knew that it had been declared a worldwide pandemic, but we were still freely going about our day-to-day activities, not…
