I write a lot about diet and nutrition, and there's absolutely no doubt that the food we eat is one of the most important factors that determines our health.
But it's a mistake to assume that food is the only consideration that matters when it comes to health, and that all health problems can be solved simply by making dietary changes. Unfortunately, this seems to be an increasingly common assumption in the Paleo/Primal nutrition world these ...
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In Step #6: Manage Your Stress, we talked about how chronic stress contributes to everything from insomnia and anxiety to obesity and heart disease.
Scientists have devoted vast amounts of attention to understanding the mechanisms of the "fight or flight" response. We know that when we're faced with stress, a cascade of physiological changes occur triggered by stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system: blood flow increases to the muscles, lungs and other areas needed ...
In Part I and Part II of this series, we examined drug-free alternatives to treating depression including exercise, psychotherapy, light therapy, St. John's Wort and acupuncture. We have learned that all of these treatments are at least as effective as antidepressants in the short term, and some (exercise and psychotherapy) are more effective in the long-term. All of these treatments have far fewer side effects, risks and complications than antidepressants. In fact, the ...
There's no doubt that optimal nutrition plays a significant role in supporting our health and well-being. But nutrition, as important as it is, obviously isn't the only factor that influences our physiology.
Over the past several years, an increasing amount of research has focused on the role of emotions, behavior and beliefs in contributing to both health and disease. In fact, an entirely new discipline called "psychoneuroimmunology" (say that three times fast!) has emerged to ...
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