Health Blog — Headaches

We are all learning to pay more attention about what certain actions we take that might be causing harm to our health and to our environment.

One such action is the use of dryer sheets for our laundry when we might think they are useful to ensure sweet smelling dry laundry during rainy cold weather.

But these dryer sheets come at a price – in terms of their cost, how they affect our health and their affect on the environment.

Learn how hydration, plant-based foods, balanced blood sugar, healthy carbohydrates, and flaxseed can help ease menopause symptoms and support overall health. 

Waking up after a restless night can leave your head feeling tight, pulsing, or just… heavy. It’s not only fatigue, poor sleep can cause lingering tension in your scalp, neck, or even behind your eyes, turning a dull ache into a more noticeable headache. 

Unfortunately, artificial light CAN cause us harm.  Such harmful effects on our human health include:

• An increased risk for sleep disorders, depression, obesity, diabetes, heart disease and more.
• The disruption of the human body clock and our hormonal system.
• An increased risk of circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders.  This is  where the circadian rhythm is misaligned with the natural light-dark cycle.
• The problem of hazards for the eyes and the skin.  

Unfortunately, many of can still be the target of synthetic scents which can cause harm.

We share some of the toxic health effects of synthetic scents and how you can find more natural ways to make your home smell good...

We have relied on herbs and herbal medicine to treat our ailments and conditions for centuries - and yet even today when so much more is known about herbs and their medicinal properties, many look down on them as being quackery.

Of course, much of the medical world would prefer us to use commercial drugs for treatment and healing, being dismissive of a more natural approach.

However, there are very distinct advantages to using herbs whenever possible instead of commercial drugs.

In an earlier post, we wrote about how climbing the stairs was good for your heart health.  In fact, if you can make the effort to climb just fifty stairs each and every day, this action could slash your risk of heart disease by twenty percent. 

We pointed out that many people (as they get older) try to avoid stairs, often choosing to move into a home without stairs if they can when a flight of stairs can actually be your friend!  

Many of us spend a greater part of our day on computers, laptops, tablets or phones meaning that so much screen time could be harming our eyes, our body and our health.

We share the signs and symptoms of the harm being caused as well as some solutions...

Everyone has probably experienced a headache at some time but not everyone will know what it is like to have a migraine.

We help you to understand more about migraines and their causes and symptoms.