Everyone talks about probiotics. Barely anyone talks about prebiotics — which is backwards, because without prebiotics, probiotics have almost nothing to eat. Prebiotic foods are the fiber and compounds that feed beneficial gut bacteria. No matter how many probiotic supplements you take, if your diet is low in prebiotics, the bacteria won’t thrive. Most people …
Most people have a jar of Vicks VapoRub sitting somewhere in their medicine cabinet that gets used once a year when someone gets a chest cold. That’s an underuse of one of the most versatile over-the-counter products available. The combination of camphor, menthol, and eucalyptus oil in VapoRub has documented effects that go well beyond …
Sleep is one of the foundations of health — and one of the things modern life most aggressively destroys. Screens, stress, caffeine, and constant stimulation have made deep, restorative sleep increasingly rare. Before sleeping pills existed, indigenous healers and traditional herbalists relied on the power of medicinal plants to bring the body into a state …