Along with the notorious absolutes in life, death and taxes, stress is a fact of life. It’s relentlessly forces us to adapt to change, be it from external or internal sources. Like death and taxes, stress will not disappear. Therefore it’s imperative that we develop better ways to adapt. Now, it’s possible to do more than exercise, meditate and eat well to manage stress. ShenTrition (pronounced: shen-tri-shun) is a new supplement that supplies nature’s solution for stress—adaptogenic herbs. Adaptogenic herbs, or adaptogens for short, are a select group of herbs that provide a normalizing influence on the body, neither over stimulating ...

People, who catch cold, can recover quicker, and in some cases even prevent catching cold in the first place, as long as they help their bodies to improve it’s immune system. There are some well-known ways to improve your self-defense system and there are some surprising ways that are less obvious to us. For example, when you inhale a cold virus, it inflames your nasal passages. The inflammation process causes the body to release chemicals, which include histamine. When you have a weak immune system, you are at a higher risk of catching a cold or a virus. Your immune ...

Nutrient deficiencies appear to increase with age. Some colleagues at the University of Iowa looked at over 400 Iowans 79 and older living independently in rural areas and found that 80 percent reported consuming inadequate amounts of four or more nutrients. When declining energy requirements are not matched by decreased caloric intake then total body fat increases. The Atkins diet leaves your body shy on some important nutrients, such as vitamin B, and also is negative for vitamins A, C and D, anti-oxidants that slow the effects of aging and calcium. Once again the lack of exercise has to enter ...