Healthy Mindframe

Caffeine — Best Study Aid Ever?

Last week, I shared with you the news of the recently found heart protective quality of caffeine. Caffeine appears to have an enhancing effect on memory consolidation as well, suggests a study published right on the heels of last week’s study.     Published on January 12, 2014 in Nature Neuroscience, caffeine was shown to have an immediate boost on memory. 140 participants of this study were able to remember and recall images that they were shown 24 hours later better if they were consuming caffeine while looking at the initial image. They were better able to discriminate differences and …

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Up This One Mineral To Up Your Mood

On the December 15, 2013, the medical journal Biological Psychiatry published the results of a huge study that found overwhelming evidence of a link between zinc and depression.   The study showed that folks who are depressed have a lower concentrations of zinc in their peripheral blood than non-depressed individuals.   Looking at both animal studies and preclinical and clinical trials, researchers found that “a growing body of evidence demonstrates that zinc deficiency can induce depressive-like behavior in animals, which can be effectively reversed by zinc supplementation,” and also, perhaps more importantly, that zinc added to antidepressant therapy may produce …

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How To Make Your Next Health Decision Easy (and free poster)

My most heart-felt desire is to help others learn to use their own intuition to feel their way towards sustained health. 
 The only way to sustain optimal well being is to connect with it yourself. No one can tell you what is true for you. No one. 
Not your physician or your acupuncturist or your chiropractor or your best friend.   They can empathize, offer, share, prescribe, recommend, adjust, treat and support… but they still can not connect you directly with Well Being — that’s what you do.   
And here is how:   Know that your soul stands …

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5 Ways To Transform A Health Crisis

Today I have a new video for you!   After sharing with my readers about the huge life transition I had to walk through in 2013, I have gotten calls and emails from readers and patients all over the world… *** literally! *** …folks who are experiencing a similar life change that they did not expect, did not want, do not have control over. There are a lot of people going through huge challenges and life transitions… both expected and unexpected… all over the world right now. And everyone wants to know… how can they regain their own sense of …

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This Supplement Treats Alzheimers Better Than A Rx

On January 1, 2014 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published an important study about a very simple, all natural way to reduce Alzheimer’s Disease… …take Vit E supplements. This study was a large study of 613 patients, and they put Vit E head to head with a Rx Alzheimer med, memantine. They followed the patients enrolled in the study for almost 2 1/2 years, and the findings were extremely significant. What they found is that Vit E ALONE worked better than the placebo, the Rx drug, AND the RX + Vit E combined. Yes, that’s right… …

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Probiotics An Alternative To Antidepressants

  A new study, published on Nov 15, 2013 in Biological Psychiatry, shows that probiotics might be more aptly named psychobiotics for their mind and mood enhancing effects.   The latest statistics estimate that about one in every ten Americans now takes an antidepressant, and antidepressants are the third most prescribed form of medication.   Whether because of personal preference, unwanted side effects, cost or other reasons, there are many folks looking for alternative, holistic solutions to treating depression and anxiety. Natural supplements like St. John’s Wort, Maca Root, Valerian, 5-HTP, GABA, and holistic therapeutic modalities such as acupuncture, massage, …

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How To Use Your Intuition To Make Health Decisions

Today I have a video for you… one that will help you figure out how to tune into your intuition to make deeply satisfying, deeply healing health decisions.   When you make a health decision rooted in your own intuition, everything unfolds more effortlessly because your health care decisions are aligned with your soul energy… there is a synergy already present that creates healing.   When you make a health decision based on doubt, second-guessing, over-thinking and/or other people’s well-intentioned advice… you may not be making the choice that will re-align you with your health the fastest. Want to know …

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