Silymarin and silybin are two of the major bioactive constituents of St Mary's thistle which display potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidative activity. These are useful in reducing neurological injury induced by ischemic stroke. The Science The major pathological mechanism underlying ischemic…
Last year I lost 50 pounds. It's a long road. Still 30 to go but what I'm mainly interested in is getting rid of the visceral fat, that hidden fat that envelops my heart, liver, pancreas and stomach. This is…
Although affirmations have been very popular over the last 20 years, the way in which most people practice them means they do not work. Why? Affirmations are generally used as a means of changing our beliefs. As such they have…
Sometimes we forget just how powerful breathing techniques can be. Breathing through one nostril at a time has been shown by the EEG readings, which measure brain wave activities, to selectively stimulate the appropriate hemisphere of the brain. As the…
In many states in the USA, the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood from the highway after a car accident. You can put a t-bone steak in a bowl of coke and it…
It is coming to all of us, although most of us wander blindly through our lives as if we were immortal but our bodies will certainly decay and die. That’s the two certainties of life – death and taxes. The…