Exercise encourages the brain to work at optimum capacity, causing nerve cells to multiply, strengthening the neurons interconnections, and protecting them from damage associated with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Exercise can also help diseased and damaged nerves. Exercising causes nerve cells to release proteins called neurotrophic factors. One in particular, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), triggers numerous […]
Paleolithic Diet
The Paleolithic, or caveman diet, is a reversion to the foods eaten by humans prior to the advents of civilization, agriculture, and technology. Before those developments, the human diet during the Stone Age is thought to have consisted largely of lean red meat and vegetation. Some dietary experts also think that the original diet of […]
Depression, Adrenal Fatigue, and Herbal Medicine
James Wilson, a naturopath and nutritionist, coined the phrase adrenal fatigue in his book Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome. Adrenal fatigue, sometimes called adrenal exhaustion, is a health disorder that can affect anyone who experiences persistent or severe emotional or physical stress. When adrenal fatigue occurs, adrenal gland function decreases sharply. Some of […]
Ayurvedic Herbalism and Mental Health
Ayurveda is a comprehensive natural health care system that originated in India more than 5,000 years ago. The earliest literature on Indian medical practice appeared during the Vedic period in India (mid-second millennium BCE). Over the following centuries, ayurvedic practitioners developed a number of medicinal preparations and surgical procedures for the treatment of various ailments, […]