Anxiety & Mood
How Seasonal Affective Disorder can lead to Sleep Problems
The cool breeze of the winter season brings forth different kinds of emotions. During these months, when temperatures sometimes hit the single digits, we often feel less enthusiastic about getting up, doing work and socializing with friends. The longer nights and shorter days can affect our moods and behavior; recurrence of such emotions are often more
Easy Sugar-free Matcha Ice Cream: Recipe
Matcha Ice Cream can be a treat quite difficult to come by. If you’re someone who’s mindful of what they eat and what goes into their food, the search can be twice as daunting, especially when the craving hits you hard. Being surrounded by store-bought smoothies, cupcakes, and other sugar-filled treats can make you succumb more
Exercise for Physical and Emotional Health
We already know regular exercise is going to help you lose weight, and has been proven over and over to prevent and improve health problems, including high blood pressure, diabetes and arthritis. But what about other areas, does regular exercise have any effect on our psychological and emotional health as well? According to this article more
Is Sugar Toxic, and Does Sugar Cause Depression?
60 Minutes recently aired an episode called, “Is Sugar Toxic?” I was immediately intrigued. I saw some previews of it from Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN during my workout a couple of weekends back and immediately made note of it to watch. I’ve always been curious about sugar and its effects on the body. Specifically, more
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, mental illnesses affect 1 in 10 Americans. Only 25% of them seek help due to: lack of insurance or funds to pay; the stigma attached to a mental illness; lack of support from friends and family; misunderstanding of mental illness as an eccentricity or part of the more
Open Blog, Insert Foot
Last week, I published a rant about the EpiPen ad that was dangerous for food allergy families and misleading to the public about the true dangers of food allergies. The ad was real, and my remarks about EpiPens were 100% truthful. I like to add some impact to my rants and stories by using comparative more
Getting anxious over Anxiety Depression?
- Guest post by Raymond Ward of Health Remedies HQ A lot of people who are exerting too much of their brain power usually exhaust not only their physical strength when engaging in various multitasking activities, they also tend to over extend their brains up to the point when it plainly needs some good old more
“Stand Up” for Mental Health
It’s amazing the things you can discover while wasting time on YouTube. I have discovered a hilarious group of fabulously funny crazy people in British Columbia who do stand up comedy to tell jokes about their crazy lives and experiences. It is both a wonderful way to cope with the stress that comes with having more
The Caffeine Inhaler Debate: Awesome No-Calorie Energy Boost or Threat to Health?
Invented by a Harvard Professor, the caffeine inhaler, known as AeroShots, is another in a long line “energy boosting” retail items for the over-worked, sleep deprived American populace. The caffeine inhaler boasts a safe, no calorie way of getting your morning caffeine boost. While the rest of us are drinking highly sweetened coffees, sodas, and more
Is Anxiety Addictive?
Suffering from anxiety is a serious problem. It can drastically lower your quality of life, make it difficult to focus on everyday tasks, and may cause health problems as the stress of that anxiety takes a toll on your body. It can even lead to other health disorders, like depression. No one wants to experience more
