The holidays are over and some people may feel a little sad, while others may feel relieved, but quite surely most of us feel tired, heavy, and bloated from indulging in different foods and drinks...
Symptoms like abdominal bloating and difficulty losing weight, accompanied by fatigue and nervousness, aren’t always related to food intolerance or other disorders, though they may be related to t...
Berberine Berberine is an alkaloid substance extracted from the roots of a few plants belonging to the Berberidaceae family, like barberry (berberis vulgaris) and mahonia (mahonia aquifoliu...
Up until a few decades ago, meditation was regarded as a marginal practice, and the idea it might be included in medical treatments was crazy. Nowadays things have changed, and the benefits of med...
The immune system does a valuable job against micro-organisms which cause diseases. Yet, sometimes it may fail to defend our organism properly: a germ may overcome the immune barriers successfully...
The therapeutic use of Panax ginseng tracks back to 4000 years ago, when the Chinese emperor Shen demanded further studies on the plant which showed to have beneficial and therapeutic…
Native to Europe, Western Asia and Northern Africa, though it is spread everywhere now, Hypericum (Hypericum perforatum) or St John’s wort is a perennial plant used for centuries in popular…
My latest article was about Ashwagandha, also known as Indian ginseng. Today I am going to be dealing with Maca, also known as Peruvian ginseng. I got interested in its…
A couple of months ago, while surfing the net, I stumbled upon Ashwagangha; I didn’t know what it was, though it sounded to me like something related to India and…
Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by symptoms of anxiety in situations where the person perceives his/her environment as unsafe and with no easy way out. These situations may include…
The cold season has set in for some time now, and more and more people get tormented by sore throat- an issue which gets worse, if it is not treated…
High blood pressure, a pathology also knowns as hypertension, may cause even more severe pathologies, if it is not cured properly. In this article I am going to be dealing…
Milk is one of the most consumed foods in the world, but it is also object of research and discussion. Doctors, nutritionists and scientists around the world have been trying…
Thinking about going on a diet and have stocked up on diet foods? Don’t let them fool you! Keep on reading this article, to understand how these foods may undermine…
We all know that weird feeling in our stomach before an important event, be it an exam, a visit to the doctor’s, a job interview, or a date. But how…
Marina Curilov