Natural Society, By: Christina Sarich, 12/29/2013

Excessive alcohol consumption takes a toll on your health in various ways. It’s linked to a variety of health ailments including liver disease, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and even brain damage. But a recent study from the Universities of Maryland and Kentucky indicates a special potential treatment for warding off and even reversing such brain damage caused by alcohol—cannabidiol (cannabis). Cannabidiol (CBD) is a compound found in marijuana. It doesn’t contain any psychoactive constituents, which means it doesn’t get you high. But it is linked to numerous health benefits.

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Natural Society, By: Christina Sarich, 12/29/2013

When a woman reaches her prime years, she may start to experience the symptoms that accompany great changes in her hormonal activity. During both perimenopause and menopause, a woman can undergo the decline of estrogen, as well as changes in progesterone and testosterone levels. This can lead to moodiness, cramping, a dampened libido, hot flashes, weight gain, and bloating, as well as copious other symptoms. Fortunately, women don’t need to rely on pharmaceutical drugs to help mitigate these significant changes in her hormones. Here are 7 great natural ways to help get through menopause with ease.

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Natural Society, By: Christina Sarich, 12/18/2013

For years scientists couldn’t really figure out why people on a small island off of Japan hardly ever suffered from cancer – until they stumbled onto a curious fetish the Okinawans had for a seaweed delicacy called Kombu. (Okinawans use various longevity secrets to live to be 100 and older). Although it would be difficult to find Kombu now that isn’t tainted with Fukushima radiation, at least in or near Japan, there is a long chain carbohydrate in the seaweed called Fucoidan that has proven to fight cancer again and again.

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Natural Society, By: Elizabeth Renter, 12/16/2013

In addition to producing no vitamin D since the cold season keep us indoors, we are more likely to spread germs among one another. It’s in these winter months—when we also seek comfort in carb-heavy foods– that a cold or the flu can easily take hold and make your daily existing very unpleasant. While there is something to be said for treating the symptoms of such illness with natural remedies, the best way to fight a cold or the flu is to prevent it from ever happening.

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Natural Society, By: Elizabeth Renter, 12/11/2013

They are definitely delicious, but for many people, the taste alone isn’t justification for all the work that goes into selecting, peeling, and eating pomegranates. If the taste doesn’t draw you in, however, there are numerous health benefits that should. Good things are worth working for and the pomegranate is one example of this.

Pomegranates are loaded with antioxidants known as polyphenols and, in my opinion, have certainly earned the label “superfood”. They are an excellent source of fiber, vitamin C, B vitamins, vitamin K, and potassium. But of course it doesn’t end there.

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