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Depression & Anxiety Are Physical Diseases

by Cheryl Myers | March 1, 2024

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

by Linda Woolven and Ted Snider | December 5, 2023

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 […]

The Double Burden of Depression & Anxiety

by Linda Woolven and Ted Snider | June 30, 2023

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 […]

Menopause and Your Mind

by Linda Woolven and Ted Snider | September 7, 2022

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

by Cheryl Myers | March 9, 2022

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 […]

AHPA Releases 5 Updated Entries to Botanical Safety Handbook Ahead of Botanical Congress

by Angela Sabarese | May 17, 2021

The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has announced that five updated entries have been posted to the online reference source, the AHPA Botanical Safety Handbook 2nd Ed. According to Jane Wilson, director of program development, AHPA, “The AHPA Botanical Safety Handbook is just one of the many educational resources available to both AHPA members and non-members. […]

Natural Interventions for Depression

by Cheryl Myers | May 1, 2020

Two of the major mood issues with which many people struggle are anxiety and depression. I have already done an in-depth column on stress called “Anxiety: Friend or Foe? Sometimes Both!” (http://vitaminretailer.com/anxiety-friend-foe-sometimes/). I’d like to switch gears in this article and cover depression, dysphoria and unhappiness. While we all like to believe that we (our […]

Saffron Extract: A Mood Modulating Herbal Medicine

Depression is characterized by changes in mood, as well as cognitive and physical symptoms over a two-week period. It is associated with high societal costs and greater functional impairment than many other chronic diseases, including diabetes and arthritis.1 According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,2 a substantial proportion of Americans suffered […]

Beyond Cooking: Two Surprising Health Benefits of Saffron

by Holli Lapes | May 5, 2017

Beyond Cooking: Two Surprising Health Benefits of Saffron When most people think of saffron, the first thing that comes to mind is the cost. The luxurious spice comes from the flower Crocus sativus and is surprisingly accessible as an extract. Yes, the saffron extract is actually (relatively) affordable as a dietary supplement. What may also […]

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