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Stress-Induced Insomnia – A Vicious Cycle

November 8, 2020 by Martin Neumann - Reading Time: 9 minutes

Lack of sleep caused by stress is a combination that can literally kill you. Relaxation and sleep are two things that can truly make a difference in how your body and mind react to stress. Just if you are stressed, sleep may be coming more difficult. And the insomnia will drastically increase your stress levels. […]

The Pleasure Trap

October 31, 2020 by Marcia Lobo Vidoto - Reading Time: 10 minutes

I know it’s not healthy, but… Have you ever enjoyed an extra cheese pizza, an iced soft drink, or some temptation in the form of a dessert, like a chocolate cream cake, with filling, icing and chocolate chips everywhere, even though you know they are not healthy? Of course, yes! I think all of us. […]

Water – The Cheapest Medicine

October 25, 2020 by Esther Neumann - Reading Time: 6 minutes

Water – the cheapest medicine! A few years ago you could read this slogan on large posters in the streets of Vienna. Indeed, a lack of water can cause pain. If we drink a few glasses of water over our thirst, we feel noticeably better. Simply drinking water can resolve confusion. Anyone who has ever […]

Are Fruits and Vegetables not as Nutritious as they Were 50 Years Ago?

October 18, 2020 by Esther Neumann - Reading Time: 5 minutes

Autumn has filled our pantries again. The potatoes are stored. The apples are lined up in the hurdles. Cabbage heads wandered into the sauerkraut barrel. Celery, carrots and beets are waiting to be eaten. Everything provides us with vitamins and minerals in winter. Or are they maybe deficient today? In the back of our minds […]

Understanding Your Stress Hormones

October 11, 2020 by Martin Neumann - Reading Time: 5 minutes

Did you ever face a doberman and you were not sure whether he is going to eat you? You felt your heart pounding? Or were you ever trapped in a traffic jam on the way to the airport, and no way to get there in time? I guess you felt the effects of stress hormones […]

Health and Beauty from Nutritional Yeast

October 1, 2020 by Esther Neumann - Reading Time: 6 minutes

Corn in the morning, corn at noon, corn in the evening. Corn as bread, groats, porridge and soup. The corn eaters in Louisiana state are getting sick. Around 1920, the Washington Department of Health sends Dr. Joseph Goldberger, a bacteriologist, to the Mississippi. But it is not bacteria or viruses that have contaminated corn and […]

Sleep Deficiencies and Obesity

September 26, 2020 by Charlotte Hardman - Reading Time: 5 minutes

Few people would argue with the idea that sleep is good for us, but not many of us know that a lack of sleep can cause weight gain. The health benefits of sleep are extremely well-documented. It provides protection from many medical and psychiatric conditions as well as having positive effects on mood, quality of […]

Sweet, Too Sweet

September 20, 2020 by Jorge Pamplona and Lee Wellard - Reading Time: 4 minutes

We were created with a liking for sweet, but not all sweet things are alike or have the same effects. Even natural sweets vary in their properties. Here are some facts about “sweets” you may wish to consider as you make progress in the health journey you have started. Fruits The natural or “intrinsic” sugar […]

Is Stress Wrecking Your Life?

September 11, 2020 by Martin Neumann - Reading Time: 10 minutes

Stress ruins your quality of life. It can steal your physical health, rob you of mental well-being, ruin your relationships and cause problems at work. But it doesn’t have to be in control of your world every day. You have to first be willing to have awareness as to the level of impairment stress is […]

Finding the Perfect Dose of Iron

September 4, 2020 by Esther Neumann - Reading Time: 6 minutes

Globally, between one and two billion people in both developed and developing countries suffer from iron deficiency. It is the most frequently observed nutritional deficiency. Even so should iron supplementation be administered with caution, because an iron overload has its own problems. The healthy body protects itself for a long time from being overloaded with […]

Time to Move

September 1, 2020 by Lee Wellard - Reading Time: 7 minutes

With over 50 million American adults practicing chronic inactivity, this habit could be “the biggest public health problem of the 21st century.” A well-known health educator, Ellen White, once wrote, “Perfect health depends upon perfect circulation.” The scientific validation of this profound statement is becoming increasingly clearer. Researchers are now understanding that inactivity decreases the […]

Plants that Protect You

August 23, 2020 by Esther Neumann - Reading Time: 5 minutes

Enjoy and do something for your health at the same time. Isn’t that wonderful? So begins a brochure published by the Austrian Cancer Society, in which the health benefits of fruit and vegetables are praised. Scientists are discovering the secrets of plants more and more. Many countries adopted the campaign to recommend the consumption of […]