Dirt Under Your Fingernails Natural Anti-Depressant???
What if one of nature’s simplest gifts could help support stress resilience and emotional well-being?
Researchers have been studying a beneficial soil bacterium called Mycobacterium vaccae that appears to influence inflammation, immune function, and brain health. While dirt isn’t a treatment for depression, these findings remind us that spending time outdoors may offer more benefits than we realize.
Read this week’s article to discover why getting your hands dirty might actually be good for your health.
Tense & Stressed?
Do you have friends, family members or co-workers who suffer from muscle tension and stress? How about you? Practically everyone deals with some form of stress in their lives – stress at work, rush hour traffic, financial stresses, family stresses – the list simply goes on and on. There are millions who turn to medication […]
So, How Stressed are You?
Periods of stress activate what is called the sympathetic nervous system (SNS). This innate system is often referred to as the “fight or flight” part of your nervous system. This is our body’s natural self defense mechanism and it was designed to save us in the face of an emergency. When we are faced with […]