For years, I’ve been avoiding salt. In school and during my practice in the hospital setting, salt has always been portrayed as the bad guy responsible for cardiovascular disease and many chronic conditions. The truth is that sugar is the evil, not salt. A sufficient intake of high-quality salt is necessary to maintain fluid and […]
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If the change of season is making you unusually sleepy and with low energy this year, try to incorporate the following wellness practices into your day and feel yourself again Consume most of your animal proteins for breakfast and lunch, avoiding their consumption in the evening. Dinner should be mainly based on good-quality carbohydrates (such
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Here are a few tips to boost the quality of your sleep and feel at best throughout the day Get 15 – 20 minutes of sunlight exposure as one of the first things in the morning. It doesn’t need to be sunny, cloudy weathers work too. Light exposure will hit the retina and signal your brain
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Magnesium is the most powerful relaxation mineral for both body and mind. Magnesium is responsible for more than 600 reactions inside the body and is mainly stored in our bones, muscles, and brain! We need it to function properly and yes to relax. How do I know if I’m deficient? Frequent cramps, migraines, painful menstruation, twitching, insomnia, constipation,
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Hair loss is common – to a certain extent. However, nowadays more and more people are experiencing abnormal hair loss due to an increase of hormonal disruptors in foods, skincare or haircare products, and the air itself. On the other hand, we live in a stressful world and stress has a huge role on hair
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Today we know that only our gut microbiome counts for a genome of more than 3 million genes which is 150 times larger than the human genome. Considering that every organ has its own bacterial population (aka microbiome) and that the skin is an organ itself – actually the body’s largest organ – we can
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Eating out is an essential part of our every-day-life and must remain as such even if you’re trying hard to follow a healthy diet. We all know that going out is not often the healthiest option and I’m sure we are also all familiar with that feeling of heaviness, bloating, and sometimes guilt post-eating out.
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You may have heard that carotenoids, such as beta-carotene can help with tanning. That’s correct, but why? Carotenoids are pigments found in some fruits, vegetables, and other foods. These pigments have a high antioxidant capacity and most are precursors of vitamin A. This means that once they get absorbed inside the body, they are transformed
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