After reading the book Quantum Wellness by Kathy Freston, none other than media mogul Oprah Winfrey decided to give conscious (aka vegan!) eating a try. For three weeks, Oprah is going to indulge in meat-free meals in order to experience the numerous heal

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Jill Bolte Taylor, a Harvard neuroanatomist, eavesdropped on her own stroke. As I wrote the day of her talk, she walked us through what she felt and thought while her brain was going wild, from the borderline-metaphysical ("I can't define where I begin an

Despite its profound impact on society, mental health remains at the bottom of the priority list for health care policy makers. Particularly alarming is the fact that delays in treating mental illness can have very serious consequences, including the dete

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These organic morsels are healthier than most because instead of the usual 86% saturated palm kernel oil, Newman's Own Organics uses 50% saturated palm fruit oil - the best of the "big three" tropical oils.

Instead of food, we're consuming "edible foodlike substances" -- no longer the products of nature but of food science. Many of them come packaged with health claims that should be our first clue they are anything but healthy. In the so-called Western diet

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There are two basic principles to keep your brain healthy and sharp as you age: variety and curiosity. When anything you do becomes second nature, you need to make a change. If you can do the crossword puzzle in your sleep, it's time for you to move on to

connections between meat and disease are certainly there. Increasingly, evidence suggests that the intensely crowded, extremely filthy factory farms that feed animals a toxic brew of antibiotics, hormones, and high-protein feed (which may also contain the