Muesli is a breakfast and brunch dish based on raw rolled oats and other ingredients including grains, fresh or dried fruits, seeds and nuts, and may be mixed with cow’s milk, coconut milk, almond milk, yogurt or fruit juice. Developed around 1900 by Swiss physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner for patients in his hospital, muesli is available […]
Archives for December 2011
The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism
In The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism: How to Protect Against and Fight Alcoholism Using Nutrition and Vitamin Supplementation the authors declare that alcoholism is primarily a metabolic disease. Behavioral and psychological treatment approaches often lack long-term success because they pay little attention to the nutritional needs of alcoholics. Indeed, addressing the physiological and nutritional needs […]
Caffeine, Sleep Disorders, and Anxiety
In recent years, there has been a lot of research into the effects of caffeine on mental health. According to these studies, it appears that some caffeine may be helpful for certain conditions, but may aggravate others. It should come as no surprise that caffeine has been associated with anxiety. Caffeine is believed to induce […]
Natural Medicine Guide to Bipolar Disorder
More than three million people in the United States suffer from bipolar disorder, a mental illness that is now classified as one of the ten leading causes of disability in the US and the world. While psychiatric drugs may control bipolar disorder, they do not offer any lasting cure and carry the risk of lasting […]