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Food & You: The Body-Mind Connection

Food & You: The Body-Mind Connection There's no doubt about it: what we eat, and how much we eat, has a direct impact on our physical health. But did you know that those same choices also influence mood, mental alertness, memory, and emotional well-being? Food can act as medicine, have a neutral effect, or it can be a poison to the body and mind. When we have an imbalance, how do we know it is food? The trick is to determine if the food you are eating is causing the issue or there is something else happening. This is [...]

Food & You: The Body-Mind ConnectionWendy Wells2018-06-23T17:00:43+00:00

Trace Minerals: Essential to a Healthy Body

Trace Minerals: Essential to a Healthy Body From the hair on your head to the bones that support you and the blood that runs through you, your body relies on minerals for optimal health. Minerals are broken into two categories: macrominerals and trace minerals. Since the body cannot make minerals, we must get them from food or water. Many foods and vitamin formulas contain the major macrominerals, such as calcium, potassium and magnesium. The challenge is trace minerals, such as selenium, copper, manganese and molybdenum. There are over seventy known trace minerals, many of which scientists continue to study [...]

Trace Minerals: Essential to a Healthy BodyWendy Wells2018-04-28T01:30:23+00:00

Why can’t I sleep?

Why can't I sleep? Why it matters? A survey conducted by the American Cancer Society concluded that people who sleep 6 hours or less per night, or who sleep 9 hours or more, had a death rate 30 percent higher than those who regularly slept 7 to 8 hours. Even those who slept 6 hours or less who otherwise had no health problems had death rates 1.8 times higher than those who slept "normal" hours. Sleep is essential to LIFE! What happens when we sleep? Our brain goes through 4 stages of brain wave patterns that move [...]

Why can’t I sleep?Wendy Wells2018-04-14T16:04:36+00:00

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