Five Yoga poses that can help banish bloating and help return to your balance point. As you go about the session remember that the exhale breath is critical to breaking blockages for internal cleansing. Inhale for a count of four and exhale to a count of eight while practicing these postures. Viparita Karani (Legs-Up-the-Wall Pose) Before performing the pose, … [Read more...]
Helichrysum Italicum: Why You Should Use it To Improve Your Health
What exactly is helichrysum italicum? Commonly known as the curry plant, helichrysum has long been used for its medicinal properties and, even nowadays, plays an important role in the traditional medicine of many Mediterranean countries. Admired for its silvery foliage, erect yellow flowers, and spicy exotic aroma, the curry plant is a small, bushy evergreen shrub growing up … [Read more...]
Why You Should Be Taking Probiotics
Ideally, the world should exist in perfect balance, with all the wondrous diversity existing to complement and support each other. We wouldn’t have an excess of positives or negatives. However, with our bodies, this is not the case. Our gut plays host to thousands of microbes, all of which are essential for optimum health. To be healthy, we need all these microbes to exist in … [Read more...]
Losing Excess Body Weight can improve Symptoms of GERD.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) accounts for at least 9 million office visits to physicians with Chronic heartburn as the most common symptom. There are innumerable causes for complaint of GERD symptoms one of them being an individual’s body weight. It seems obvious that extra weight puts pressure on the abdomen. This increases the risk that the lower esophageal … [Read more...]