By Dr. Mercola
When it comes to health and disease prevention, your mitochondrial health and function simply cannot be overstated. If your mitochondria are not functioning well, nothing else will either. Optimization of mitochondria is also a central key for life extension. Dr. Lee Know, who is a naturopathic physician, has written a must-read book on this topic called “Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine: The Key to Understanding Disease, Chronic Illness, Aging, and Life Itself.”
By Dr. Mercola
In recent years, it’s become increasingly apparent that the composition of microbes in your gut — which is as distinct to you as your fingerprint — plays an enormous role in health and disease prevention. Your gut flora influences the function of various internal organs, such as your skin, lungs, breasts and liver.1
There’s a ton of incredibly promising intermittent fasting (IF) research done on fat rats. They lose weight, their blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugars improve… but they’re rats. Studies in humans, almost across the board, have shown that IF is safe and incredibly effective, but really no more effective than any other diet. In addition, many people find it difficult to fast.
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), such as Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis, are chronic inflammatory diseases of unknown cause, and the number of IBD patients is on the rise.
Encaixar um treino de meia hora na rotina de seu dia é como lançar um feitiço altamente benéfico sobre si mesmo de muitas maneiras – desde viver mais até pensar mais rápido. Enquanto a neurociência se debruça sobre estudos em fitness, pistas estão aparecendo sobre como o movimento físico impulsiona seu cérebro.
Durante momentos estressantes, nossos corpos são projetados para se preparar e entrar em modo de defesa. Níveis dos hormônios de estresse – adrenalina e cortisol – aumentam, sua frequência cardíaca e pressão arterial aumentam, sua respiração pode acelerar e seus músculos ficam tensos. Leer Más
No verão passado, um grupo de pesquisa da Universidade da Califórnia, Los Angeles (UCLA), silenciosamente publicou os resultados de uma nova abordagem no tratamento da doença de Alzheimer.