Canada has had it’s first COVID-19 death. Italy is in a national lockdown. Hand sanitizer is sold out. Stock markets continue to suffer (it’s been called an “economic pandemic”). Coronavirus is spreading quickly. The most at risk for complications and death from COVID-19 are the elderly and immunocompromised. That means, we need to be extra […]
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Reach for the lavender if anxiety levels start rising over the holiday to-do lists. Apply 1-2 drops on your wrists and hold your wrists up to your face to take at least 5-10 deep inhalations or add approximately 5 drops to a hot bath. This can help calm your mood almost instantly.
Lavender has also been shown to significantly reduce pain from headaches or migraines. In this case you should be inhaling the lavender essential oil for about 15 minutes.
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Conenzyme Q10 or CoQ10 is part of a family called the ubiquinones and is a powerful antioxidant! Humans can synthesize CoQ10 so it’s considered nonessential, but nonetheless, deficiencies can arise. One of the biggest risk factors for deficiency is treatment with a cholesterol lowering statin medication, like Lipitor. It’s established that patients on statin medications have reduced CoQ10 levels. Some studies have shown statins can drop CoQ10 levels by as much as 40 percent.
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I’ll be the first to admit that my patience and general cheerful mood was grossly challenged over the past winter. Those winter blues got me, and with temperatures as low as -40 with the windchill, who could blame me?? That frigid cold made it harder to get out of my cozy bed in the mornings,
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