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The Case For L-5-methyltetrahydrofolate Over Folic Acid
Folic acid can reduce the incidence of certain birth defects (i.e., neural tube defects) of the brain and spinal cord by more than 70 percent,1 and the fortification of our food supply with folic acid has done much to help achieve this accomplishment. Nevertheless, there are potentially negative issues associated with folic acid intake for ...
Curcumin: Relieving Depression and Pain
Inflammation may be behind your pain—physical and psychological. Curcumin may be the answer to both. That the lurking behind that pain you’re experiencing is uncontrolled inflammation is no surprise. That that same inflammation is behind your psychological pain comes as a big surprise. Emerging evidence is pointing to inflammation as an important factor in depression. ...
Depression & Anxiety Are Physical Diseases
If your legs are healthy, no one is surprised that you are a good runner with strength and stamina. And if you are in a car accident with multiple injuries, including a broken leg, no one is surprised that your mobility is impaired and you can no longer run. Your running behavior has been damaged. ...
Saffron: Powerful Help for Mental Health
Saffron has been used as a medicinal herb since ancient times. But it is not until only very recently that it has caught the attention of modern science. And caught its attention it has! Saffron may be one of the most versatile and valuable of all herbs for mental health. An Assyrian botanical dictionary from ...
Pediatric Mental Health: From a Concern to a Crisis
Parents may not immediately think about their children’s mental health and well-being as a top concern. Often, one worries more about children’s’ physical health and safety. However, according to ECRI, an independent, nonprofit health care organization, the pediatric mental health crisis tops its 2023 list of most pressing patient safety concerns. “While rates of depression ...
The Double Burden of Depression & Anxiety
As if depression or anxiety is not enough to deal with, many people have to deal with both. Alarmingly, about 85 percent of people with depression also experience some anxiety; about 90 percent of people with anxiety suffer some depression (Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2016;266(8):725–736). When people suffer from depression and anxiety simultaneously, the ...
Vitamin D and Your Mind
Once thought of almost exclusively for bones, the past several years has revealed that vitamin D does almost everything for your body, including benefitting diabetes and dental health, heart disease and cancer, back pain, multiple sclerosis, long life and COVID-19. The new news in vitamin D research is that there are vitamin D receptors in ...
Menopause and Your Mind
Though hot flashes get most of the menopause attention, unfortunately, these physical symptoms are not the whole story of the challenge of menopause. Menopause can bring with it a whole host of psychological struggles, including depression, anxiety and insomnia. The time around menopause is a time of increased risk of depression (Obstet Gynecol Clin North ...
Nutrition For Mood Support
Did anyone else read the Harry Potter books or watch the movies? One of the most terrifying things I encountered were the Dementors—dark, ghostly, floating monsters who froze the air and sucked the life out of their immobilized victims. Shiver! I learned later that J.K. Rowling herself had struggled with severe depression, and these monsters ...
Caution: Essential Oils and Pets
According to the Pet Poison Helpline, Jo Marshall, CVT, NREMT, Senior Veterinary Information Specialist, explained why certain essential oils are toxic to dogs. “We have certainly seen an increase in essential oil toxicity in recent years due to the increase in pet owners’ desire to treat more holistically or with natural remedies,” she said. “In ...
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