Natural Health Journals

by Levenson, Cathy W
Low serum zinc levels have been linked to major depression. Furthermore, zinc treatment has been shown to have an antidepressant effect. With the hope of understanding the role of zinc in mood disorders, recent work has begun to explore possible mechanisms of zinc action on serotonin uptake in the brain.

by Paul McCarthy
Echinacea is beginning. To rival aspirin in the over-the-counter-medicine popularity contest. Indeed, in the herbal industry, echinacea has long been the number-one seller. However, despite its widespread appeal, echinacea has its limitations. First of all, it’s not a panacea; it can only work against certain ailments at certain times. And second, not […]

by Robert McGarvey
There you are, soaring six miles above the earth, shoe horned into a seat that wouldn’t provide enough legroom for Danny DeVito. You woke up extra early just to get in a workout before your flight, but now you’re beginning to wonder if that final set of leg presses was such a good […]

You may think you’re an enlightened eater because you pass up the bacon burger in flavor of a trip to the salad bar) but you’d be surprised at what that choice can cost you in terms of calories, fat and sodium. Most salad bars are fraught with dietary doom, hiding several forms of nefarious fats. […]

Have you ever experienced health problems after smelling lawn chemical or insecticide fumes?  If you haven’t, then either you are still healthy and able to process the inhalation of this poison, or perhaps you have never considered that inhaling lawn chemical or insecticide fumes could be the cause of some of your health problems like […]

Five thousand years ago in the magnificent Himalayas, one of the greatest sages of India, Srila Vyasadeva wrote down the Vedas for the first time, this included a branch which is called Ayurveda: “The science of Life” (Ayur means life and Veda means science).
The Vedas came from an oral tradition that reached back into […]

A government panel pushes for extra physical activity, but you might already be there.
Official advice is a moving target: Every month or so it turns out that this or that is now potentially good for you, or potentially bad or both. (Think red wine and red meat.) Just when you get one doctrine burned into […]

Most of what you read about sperm is indirect, i.e., how to find yourself in a position where you’re going to be producing it at least once before the evening’s over, preferably without invoking a paternity suit. Yet some men actually want their sperm to complete its biological mission-fertilizing an egg-and they can’t seem to […]