I often get asked about my own fasting experience so I thought I would share some of it here on the blog. I had no idea what I was embarking on when I began fasting 10 years ago. My experience with fasting began when I was studying Chinese Medicine. My teacher recommended yearly fasting. I […]
Healing & Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health
Healing and Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health provides a comprehensive overview of complementary and alternative treatments for mental health, with information and research on their effectiveness for treating specific disorders. Twenty-two chapters document research and the current practice of using complementary and alternative therapies in treating a number of disorders, including depression, […]
Exercise May Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease
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 […]
Night Eating Syndrome
Night eating syndrome (NES), also known as “midnight hunger”, is an unusual type of eating disorder characterized by an ongoing, persistent pattern of late-night binge eating. NES, which has not been formally defined as an eating disorder, was originally described by Dr Albert Stunkard in 1955. The underlying causes are currently being identified and treatment […]