One of my favorite ‘herbs’ in the pharmacopeia is Theobroma cacao whose seeds are used to make chocolate. On its own cacao is not sweet, but slightly bitter. The chocolate you are used to eating or drinking is the result of processing, to create cacao powder, and modifying by adding sugar and other ingredients like milk….
The heart beats roughly 80 times per minute, which equates to roughly 115,200 times per day. Throughout the course of the average lifespan (80 years), the heart will beat in excess of 3 billion times. Each one of these heart beats is carefully orchestrated by the heart and autonomic nervous system to deliver exactly the…
Last time (part I) we discussed the role vitamin D plays on bone health, cancer, and tuberculosis, and immune function. In part II, we’ll cover everything else you need to know about why vitamin D is important for achieving optimal health. Heart Disease In a recent meta-analysis, individuals with the highest concentrations of vitamin D…