Most people want to be healthy. They want to live the best life that they can, and that means that they’ll look for ways to accomplish that goal. In a lot of cases, finding ways that are natural and don’t require putting chemicals in the body is the best route...
Diet and Mental Health: Can What You Eat Affect Your Brain?
Your brain never catches a break. It's always on, always working to keep you alive and functioning the right way. Even when you're asleep, your brain works double time. And all of this work requires some kind of fuel, right? Food is that fuel. And just like with your car,...
How Massage Therapy Can Help with Anxiety
Anxiety is among the most common of all mental health problems. Most people suffer from anxiety at some point in their lives. There are a number of options for treatment, from traditional medication to behavioral therapy. If you are looking for a more natural approach to managing your anxiety, consider...
Depression and Your Nocturnal Lifestyle
Feeling a little down every once in a while is a normal part of the human experience – more so during challenging times. However, constant feelings of anxiety, hopelessness, sadness, and lack of interest in the things you used to enjoy doing – these are symptoms of depression. It is...
Why You Should Think Twice About Taking Antidepressants
If you have been told to take antidepressants because of something you’re going through, you would probably be more than happy to take it, confident that it would solve things. However, despite what we have been told, antidepressants have repeatedly been shown in several long-term studies to actually worsen mental...
Natural Way to Battle Alzheimer’s
Ask everyone you know what their top 3 most dreaded diseases or conditions are, and you are likely to hear Alzheimer’s as one of their answers. In fact, survey shows Alzheimer’s disease is the second most feared disease by aging Canadians. It is also the most common cause of dementia,...
3 Things to Know About Depression
Depression is a fact of life that millions of people battle every single day. It is a battle that most fight with the weapon they were equipped by modern health care - prescription drugs. No one questions it. And who would? It has been established that depression is caused by...