Posted October 21, 2018 in Debras Wellness Tips By Debra Basham Debra’s Wellness Tips
OK, so here is yet another encouragement for your developing a yoga practice. This one is all about your yoga brain.
A picture is worth a thousand words, so please take a close look at “Your Brain on Yoga.”
A regular yoga practice benefits these areas of your brain: frontal […]
Posted October 14, 2018 in Debras Wellness Tips By Debra Basham Debra’s Wellness Tips
Daily our world grows smaller…. and nowhere more so than with human dietary fads. One of the newest is the Nordic Diet.
Nordic vegetables are cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, roots and peas. Fish varieties include salmon, sardines, mackerel, herring and dried salty cod. Fruits do not grow abundantly in the […]
Posted October 7, 2018 in Debras Wellness Tips By Debra Basham Debra’s Wellness Tips
Sleep disturbances can be associated with short-term circumstances, but longer-term sleep disturbance may be a result of “circadian rhythm disorder.”
Some people become night owls, staying up late and have difficulty waking up in the morning. Teens often have this happen.
Older adults can find themselves too tired too early, going to […]
Posted September 30, 2018 in Debras Wellness Tips By Debra Basham Debra’s Wellness Tips
Humans may have domesticated dogs two separate times, taming wolves both in Europe and Asia thousands of years ago. A major international research project may have cleared some of the controversy surrounding the origins of the domestication of dogs, which has until now remained a mystery with two primary hypotheses. The first […]
Posted September 23, 2018 in Debras Wellness Tips By Debra Basham Debra’s Wellness Tips
Research has long recognized the health benefits of making music, from Harps for Hearts, to drumming but according to a Time news report, “Listening to Music Health Benefits,” listening has health benefits too. Listening to music seems to “selectively activate” neurochemical systems and brain structures associated with positive mood, emotion regulation, attention […]
Posted September 16, 2018 in Debras Wellness Tips By Debra Basham Debra’s Wellness Tips
We all know the health risks of too much sitting. Now we are also recognizing most of our waking hours are spent leaning forward. We sit behind the steering wheel, we lean over our desks, we stir pots, we check email. All of these movements have our posture a bit bent out […]
Posted September 9, 2018 in Debras Wellness Tips By Debra Basham Debra’s Wellness Tips
Science is now in the business of figuring out how happiness happens, and why this matters. But obviously happiness is not the only emotion it is healthy for us to feel. According to US News, “The Science of What Makes People Happy” is complex:
If you’re constantly happy, you’re avoiding all […]
Posted September 2, 2018 in Debras Wellness Tips By Debra Basham Debra’s Wellness Tips
It used to be said that “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” but health challenges with eating conventionally grown apples may be the way we can be inspired to recognize it may be vital the planet adapts regenerative farming practices. In Our Broken Food System”, you can read all about […]
Posted August 26, 2018 in Debras Wellness Tips By Debra Basham Debra’s Wellness Tips
After all these years of hearing the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet, now we are learning that the “Dutch Diet” (very similar) might just be key to bigger brains and thus to better cognitive skills as we age.
People with greater brain volume have been shown in other studies to […]
Posted August 19, 2018 in Debras Wellness Tips By Debra Basham Debra’s Wellness Tips
News about the health benefits of tea (especially green tea) has been around for many years now. If you are just starting to get serious about tea as a regular part of your healthy lifestyle, here is one of the best reasons to put on your list:
Drinking tea may lower the […]
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