Healing, Yoga and Qigong

I love Chocolate .   It’s sinfully delicious but also one of our most potent health foods.  Have you heard the story of how we figured out dark chocolate was so incredibly healthy? In the late 90’s researchers wondered why an island off the coast of Panama had so little heart disease (while Panama itself had lots of heart disease). They went to the island to find out and discovered that people there were drinking many cups of a beverage made out of the cacao plant. ( Cacao  is what is used to make chocolate.) They brought samples home to study and discovered that Cacao  was extremely high in flavanols and antioxidants, which protect against heart disease. Since then countless scientific studies have been conducted on cacao and chocolate and have shown that cacao can dramatically support heart health, improve athletic performance and can even slow dementia. Just to name a few! “ Study after study shows that cocoa flavanols can dis...

By: Dr. Al Sears, MD Every hour of the day, your cells are under attack. Normally, this is OK because your cells have a built-in DNA repair system that fixes any damage.  But when your cells are undernourished, they can lose the ability to repair themselves . And that’s bad news. Part of the reason for the explosion of cancer in modern times is because we’re not repairing our DNA. Our bodies aren't getting enough of the nutrients we need to make this process work. But you can help protect yourself with a simple mineral . I’m talking about   Zinc . Zinc   helps prevent – and reverse – this damage to your DNA . Studies show that Zinc  and zinc-containing proteins are some of the most important factors in repairing DNA breaks.(1,2) And a study by the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University shows that supplementing with zinc reverses cell damage.(3) Add these 4 latest finding on Zinc’s list of health benefits: 1. ...