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Spring is arriving! This is the time when the natural environment comes alive again after a long winter season. Grass begins to grow, plants and flowers start to bloom, and the trees become green again.

Stress is not always bad. Good stress can help us get out of dangerous situations or make decisions that are best for our safety or health. For example, if you see an out of control driver on the highway, good stress tells you to pull over and get as far away as you can from that driver to avoid injury.

According to American Sleep Association (ASA) statistics, between 50 and 70 million people have a sleep disorder. This could mean anything from not being able to fall asleep, to waking up throughout the night, or even suffering from sleep apnea. This also means people are falling asleep during the day, drowsy driving, and possibly dozing behind the wheel.

Just last year the anti-aging market was said to be worth over 100 billion dollars worldwide and is expected to grow by five or more percent by 2023. MarketWatch claims the anti-aging industry could be worth over 200 billion dollars by the year 2024.

Check your Omega-3 score for brain function and anti-inflammation. You should be getting about 2.6g of these essential fatty acids at least 3 times/week.

The American College of Cardiology Foundation reports heart disease is the number one leading cause of death in America. They claim every four seconds someone will have a myocardial infarction. And that just in the United States, over a million people are expected to have a coronary event this year.

Hormones change with aging. The sooner a woman can learn about her hormones, the better prepared she can be as her body develops through the years.

Ever tossed and turned all night, unable to get a good night’s sleep? The next day you find it hard to focus, you want to eat unhealthy foods, and you feel physically and mentally off? You are not alone.

BMI is determined by dividing weight by height-squared. It’s measured generally using the metric system. As you may readily have concluded, this is a flawed measurement for determining whether you’re overweight, because it doesn’t address either the amount of muscle, or the amount of fat tissue that a person might have that comprises their weight.

The United States has multiple heath crises today. Seven out of every ten people, according to the Centers for Disease Control, die from chronic disease. They continue to report that almost half of Americans have been diagnosed with some form of illness that is completely preventable.