Collagen Peptides & Joint Health
According to a review in the journal, Amino Acids, collagen peptide supplementation (COL) in conjunction with exercise, has been shown to help support healthy joint functionality for people with degenerative bone and joint problems. Collagen peptides are a critical element of extracellular connective tissue, making up one-third of the total proteins in the human body. COL, alongside exercise, can have some stimulatory effects on the extracellular matrix of connective tissues, improving their structure and load-bearing capabilities.
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Homeopathic Remedies for Sore Throat
Homeopathic remedies are often effective in treating the acute symptoms of a sore throat, though professional constitutional care is usually necessary to cure chronically recurring sore throats. Children with much pain from a sore throat or those who have difficulty opening their mouth or swallowing should receive a culture to determine if they have strep.
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The Naturopathic Approach to Treating Autoimmune Disease
Autoimmune disease is defined as an immune reaction against one’s own tissues. A robust immune system needs to fight foreign invaders but not harm ourselves in the process. A large proportion of the U.S. population are diagnosed with these conditions. We now know more than ever about autoimmune disease and all the contributing factors. A naturopath can take the time to identify all the factors and help you deal with your condition from a holistic perspective.
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Epigenetics and Child Development: How Children’s Experiences Affect Their Genes
New scientific research shows that environmental influences can actually affect whether and how genes are expressed. In fact, scientists have discovered that early experiences can determine how genes are turned on and off and even whether some are expressed at all. Thus, the old ideas that genes are “set in stone” or that they alone determine development have been disproven. Nature vs. Nurture is no longer a debate—it’s nearly always both!
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Twelve Foods That Help Fight Depression
When you feel depressed, there are many things you can do to fight it. For instance, the food you eat directly impacts your psychological well-being. Thus, one of the most helpful steps you can take is to amend your diet to get adequate amounts of all nutrients that prevent poor mental health. If you feel the tell-tale signs of depression rearing their ugly heads, make sure you eat these twelve foods often.
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5 Reasons Naturopathy is the Future of Medicine
The field of medicine has significantly evolved over the years, mostly due to advances in technology. People have become more aware, seeking to gain more control of their health, especially regarding treatment. Even as conventional medicine advances, so has alternative fields such as naturopathic medicine. Naturopathic medicine is a system of healthcare that uses natural therapies and modern science to prevent disease, promote wellness, and boost the body’s ability to heal itself. Unlike conventional one that treats a condition based on symptoms, naturopathy strives to address the root cause. It is not surprising then that patients have discovered some shortcomings in conventional medicine and seek more.
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Nutrition and Lifestyle Recommendations to Boost Thyroid Function
Approximately 10% of women suffer from an under active thyroid, (otherwise known as hypothyroidism) and often they find themselves living in a “zombie” like state, experiencing debilitating symptoms that have a huge impact on their quality of life. Once diagnosed there are so many nutrition and lifestyle changes that can be made to improve thyroid hormone levels. Here are the top 10 tips on how to boost your thyroid function.
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9 Ways to Strengthen Children’s Immune Systems
The immune system is not one single entity - it's a complex interconnected system that evolves as we age. Apart from fighting viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites, the immune system also plays an important role in tissue repair - wound healing, elimination of dead cells, and formation of gut microbiota. In babies, the immune system is fragile and still developing for the first 3 months of life. Fortunately, nature designed us so that antibodies flood a baby’s system straight after birth to provide protection from infection.
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The Gout & Insulin Connection
Word is starting to spread that even in people whose blood glucose is within a healthy range, chronically elevated insulin can be a major factor in cardiometabolic disease. Metabolic syndrome and PCOS are the most obvious manifestations of hyperinsulinemia, but a growing number and a widening range of diverse conditions can be added to the list of issues that are caused or exacerbated by this hormonal situation. This article explores the connection between chronic hyperinsulinemia and gout.
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10 Health Benefits of Moringa
No matter what you call Moringa oleifera — also known as “drumstick tree,” “tree of life,” and “miracle tree” — it's one of the most nutritious plants in the world. It has a wide range of nutritional and bioactive compounds, including essential amino acids, carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients, making this plant a powerful one.
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Magnesium Deficiency: A Silent Epidemic
Magnesium is the 4th most abundant mineral in the human body following calcium, sodium, and potassium. Intracellularly, magnesium is the 2nd most abundant cation behind only potassium. The number of essential roles magnesium plays in the body is extraordinary, with over 300 enzymes requiring magnesium as a co-factor for proper functioning. Unfortunately, magnesium is one of the most prevalent nutrient gaps in the US.
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Biogenealogy: Why Do We Get Sick?
Biogenealogy is a theory whose primary thesis is that illness is a response to an emotional trauma or shock experienced in a person’s life or in the life of an ancestor. What we call illness is actually a biological response to resolve a conflict. Why do we get sick? Simply put, it allows us to look at something that isn’t working for us. It’s an opportunity to change it.
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Eating Grapes May Reduce Your Risk of Heart Attack
Like vegetables, fruits should be an essential part of your diet. After all, the seed-bearing foods contain important vitamins, nutrients, and fiber that contribute to your overall health. But some fruits are better for you than others, as findings from University of California, Los Angeles study suggest that grapes are especially helpful when it comes to lowering cholesterol and that consuming them may reduce your risk of having a heart attack.
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Lysine for Cold Sores: Everything You Need to Know
Cold sores, or fever blisters, are caused by the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1, also known as oral herpes). While there is no cure, this condition can be treated with common antiviral medications such as valacyclovir or acyclovir. A supplement you might take in addition to antivirals is lysine, an essential amino acid found in protein. It isn’t produced in your body, so you must consume it via an oral supplement or through diet.
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What to Know about Whole-Body Regulation Thermography
Computerized Regulation Thermography (CRT) is a painless, non-invasive and safe way to analyze skin temperature changes that can indicate underlying issues in your internal organs. Our Balance Into Health practice utilizes the technologically advanced AlfaSight 9000 Whole-Body Regulation Thermography system which has a high degree of accuracy and predictability.
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The Homeopathic Children's Kit
Now you can have essential natural remedies at your fingertips for your baby or child's needs. The Children’s Kit has been specially designed by Balance Into Health to serve every parent as a homeopathic ally on their parenting journey.
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The Most Popular Homeopathic and Holistic Remedies to Treat Common Ailments
Alternative medicine has become extremely popular over the years as more and more people turn toward homeopathic remedies, seeking herbs and other natural products to treat things like constipation, UTIs, and pink eye. Here we list some of the most popular homeopathic remedies to treat common ailments.
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8 Superfoods for Your Immune System
Diet has a huge impact on disease risk in general. As many as 30 percent of all cancers are linked to poor dietary habits, Specific foods have been shown to do everything from keeping your gut microbiome diverse to helping you ward off the occasional upper-respiratory infection — especially important during cold and flu season.
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Homeopathic Dilution
Homeopathic medicines are obtained from a precise and controlled process of successive homeopathic dilutions. They are commonly made by crushing a plant, animal, or mineral substance then putting it into a solvent such as grain alcohol. The extract is then further diluted in a mixture of alcohol and water and repeated many times to achieve a therapeutic dilution. Called succussion, Homeopaths believe that the process of succussion is critical to assuring the therapeutic effect of the drug.
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What Is Functional Nutrition?
This article will walk you through the basics of functional nutrition and how it has the potential to change your health forever! Most of us know what it’s like to be stuck in a dieting cycle that never seems to end. Maybe the goal is to lose weight, or have more energy, or even to reduce gastrointestinal issues. Whatever your reason, the constant adjusting and readjusting of one’s diet can be exhausting. Functional nutrition represents a way to end the dieting cycle and start eating for health and wellbeing.
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