What is mindfulness? One dictionary definition is: “a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one’s feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.”...

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Following the previous blog post on Vitamin D, let’s now take a look at a related vitamin – Vitamin K. Vitamin K is the key vitamin that helps the blood to clot. The technical...

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Before taking any type of health supplements, even before taking a prescription drug, a healthy diet is the foundation of optimal health. However, even if you have a good diet, many factors prevent us from getting all...

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With so much dietary advice available these days, it’s extremely difficult and confusing to know how to eat properly for optimal health. Do you stock up on all the superfoods? Do you eat less...

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Manuka honey is produced only in New Zealand. It gets its name from the tree that the bees pollinate – the Leptospermum scoparium tree, commonly known as manuka or tea tree. This is different...

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For the time that it takes you to read this article, please remain standing. The reason I ask you to do this is that too much sitting can be very bad for your health,...

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Acupuncture is a medical procedure which uses hair-thin needles that are inserted in various parts of the body in order to treat various types of medical conditions. It was first developed in China thousands...

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How do you say Happy New Year in Chinese? There are many languages spoken in China, but the two most common are Mandarin (mainland China) and Cantonese (Hong Kong). Here is how to say...

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the United States, the percentage of adults age 20 years and older who are obese is 35.1%. The Percentage of adults age 20...

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According to legend, tea was discovered by the emperor Shen Nong about 5,000 years ago in China. Shen Nong is credited with developing the practices of agriculture and herbal medicine in ancient China. It...

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