Empower Your Wellness Journey

On October 17, 2018, Canada ended its 95-year-old prohibition on pot: adults are now free to consume and grow cannabis without worrying about the potential legal repercussions. Considering the fact that Colorado beat the nation by nearly five years, their statistics could provide some much-needed insight into what’s to come.…

As populations across the globe continue to grow (and are expected to reach 9 billion by 2050), a lot of attention has been drawn to how we will be able to feed them. One of the primary ideas that has gained planet-wide traction is the production of microgreens. Defined as…

According to a 2017 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100 million Americans have diabetes or pre-diabetes. In 2015, diabetes was considered to be the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States. But the Obesity Society notes that the single best predictor of…

Few can say they given back to the world as much as they’ve received. Arnold Aronson, one of the chief speech pathology researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota dedicated 36 years of his life to the nonprofit organization before passing away in mid-November at age 90. “His clinical, research,…

It turns out all that fuss about drinking at least eight glasses of H2O a day might not hold water. There’s no doubt that water makes up the majority of our bodies and that we need plenty of it to perform basic functions like waste processing and temperature regulation. Without…

Yes, sight checks top the list of health screenings to undergo during your 30s. If you wear glasses, your 30s offer the ideal time for your optometrist to tell you if you’re a candidate for laser surgery. A person’s eye prescription typically levels out at 40 years of age, so…