Why does everyone need some broccoli in their life? If you thought that it’s just some boring kind of cabbage, I will try to change your mind. BROCCOLI (BRASSICA OLERACEA ITALICA) IS ONE OF THE OLDEST VEGETABLES IN THE WORLD. This magical vegetable was bred (through selective breeding) about three thousand years ago by the …
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GUT FUNCTION The gut is not just a significant part of the digestive system. Up to 80% of our immune system is also located in the gut. Tens of trillions of bacteria that inhabit the colon are involved in the processes of metabolism and the removal of toxins from the body. Basically, your body is …
Many people ask me how to plan for 2022 so that you can actually accomplish everything. I don’t know about you, but this year has gone by so quickly for me. I am still getting used to writing “2021” on all the official forms and now, just like that, it’s going to be 2022! Why …
Do you struggle with loving other people and yourself, most of all? Self-judgement seems like such a harmless thing to do. Everyone who does it always argues that judging is just an ability to critically look at yourself. It is simply being objective and is nothing more than constructive criticism. So why is self-judgment the …
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Empty nest syndrome is a term which is often used to describe emotions of the parents, whose children have grown up and left home. Midlife crisis is a transition of identity and self-confidence that can occur in middle-aged individuals, typically 45 to 65 years old (Wikipedia). For most parents, empty nest is a synonym for …
Time management is one of the most useful tools invented by humans. Why is it so important to plan your day to utilize time efficiently? Many centuries ago time used to just flow. And then someone has decided to separate it into months, years and minutes. Why does a week have 7 days? Who decided …
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It’s not a secret that we live in a world, where looks do matter. We are programmed to constantly compare ourselves with the majority of women. Why? Because back in cave days if you were different to most people in the group you would be excluded and would die. Now, since smartphones have taken a …
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Once upon a time my coach has asked me to write down three things I am grateful for in a gratitude journal. She wanted me to do this daily for a month and then provide feedback. There was not ONE thing in my life to be grateful for and the whole task seemed like a …
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In the past few years, the adaptive paleo diet has become increasingly popular. The Paleo diet is about reclaiming our eating habits from thousands of years ago (in the Paleolithic age) when we were hunter-gatherers. This diet was designed to help our body detox and restore itself. Our ancestors had a rather active lifestyle and …
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The ketogenic diet became popular in the 1920s when it was discovered as a treatment for epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s diseases. Unlike the paleo diet, keto is much more strict on carbohydrates. This diet is believed to help treat a number of diseases such as diabetes, cancer, obesity, and metabolic syndrome. WHAT IS KETOSIS? The …
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The question “How to deal with stress?” began to concern people relatively recently. Hans Selye first started studying stress in 1936 and devoted most of his life to this. One of the conclusions, derived from his work, was that stress itself is not bad, because it is the body’s reaction, which helps it survive. In …
If you occasionally get a cold sore on your lip (or a cold sore in your mouth), you will agree with me that it always appears at the wrong time. Before I began taking care of my health, and myself, I had cold sores on my lip several times a year – in winter, when …
So how much coffee is being consumed daily? About 2,250,000,000,000 cups of coffee are consumed in the world every day. They say that it is the most popular drug in the world, the consumption of which is unregulated by almost any state. Should you eliminate caffeine from your diet? Let us try to figure it …
Our body composition is about 60-75% water (and the brain is 85 %!), and it is only if we drink water (not tea, coffee, soup, lemonade, etc.) we can replenish the loss of water by the cells of the body. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO DRINK PURE WATER? While you are reading this, your body …
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A blood test is the easiest way to get an accurate picture of the body state and its functions. I am a fan of regular blood testing (1 – 2 times a year) and performing a basic body examination (ultrasound of the abdominal cavity and thyroid gland), starting from the age of 35. When I …
In April 2020, scientists published a sensational study regarding the link between chronic inflammation and COVID-19. Since there is no effective treatment for COVID-19 patients yet, it focused of the study on preventive measures. Scientists have concluded that during a pandemic, it is extremely important to adhere to a healthy diet and lifestyle, especially for …
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WHAT IS IMMUNITY? Immunity is insusceptibility or resistance of a body to infectious agents and external substances that cause the destruction of its cells and tissues. In other words, our ability to cope with a particular infection or virus (including coronavirus) is directly linked to the state of our immune system. WHICH ORGANS ARE RESPONSIBLE …
Meditation (from Latin meditatio – thinking, more precisely from the verb meditari, which in different contexts means “to think”, “mentally contemplate”, “to generate ideas”) is one of the most effective tools for coping with stress. It is free of charge and it has no side effects. Put simply, meditation occurs when you find a way …
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In 1936, Hungarian endocrinologist Hans Selye chose the word stress to describe the state that he put rats into, as well as their physiological response to this state (now we call it the stress response). According to Selye, stress is the organism’s reaction to any influence on it. For Selye, stress was synonymous with the …
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Most of my clients want to lose weight as soon as possible. They also want to make sure it never returns. A healthy lifestyle means exactly that, a sustainable and healthy way of living your life. It does not mean extreme dieting, exhausting exercise or anything of the sort. Why is fasting and dieting a …
What improves our health ? Even if you drink green smoothies for breakfast and do yoga every day, it does not make you “healthy” by default. I know a lot of people who eat a “perfect diet” and go to the gym every day, but they are deeply unhappy and their emotional state is far …
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Anxiety is the body’s natural response to stress. Feelings of anxiety often appear when we are expecting an event, even if we are just anticipating it. For example, it’s natural to feel anxious about an important public speech or exam, before moving to another country, or before a first date. In some cases, anxiety does …
There are days when it is very difficult to force yourself to get out of bed in the morning, let alone do any physical activity. For those who cannot bring themselves to excercise, or are starting a new kind of sport from a scratch, I have prepared 13 life hacks that can help them find …
I am someone who has been struggling with anxiety all my life. Some days, it’s there when I wake up and it’s there to put me to sleep. Over the recent months, my anxiety became much worse. So how do you fight anxiety? You don’t. If you are an anxious person, chances are, you always …
“I am tired of taking care of others, but I don’t know where to start with self-care. I have never done this before.” A lot of my clients have been asking me this question about self-care recently. Seriously, how do you actually take care of yourself and manage your emotions, when you feel like you …
Many of us have been struggling to control our anxiety during the pandemic. If you were to look at the news today, the headlines alone will be enough to terrify anyone. Global pandemic is on the rise, a new strain of virus was discovered in a village somewhere and it looks like we are all …
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