By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Anxiety is the New Depression Anxiety is the new depression, with more than half of all American college students reporting anxiety.[1]...
Category - DNA, the Brain & The Human Body
Five Different Physical Exercises That Affect The Brain In Very Different Ways
By Teal Burrell Guest Writer for Wake Up World Pumping iron to sculpt your biceps. Yoga poses to stretch and relax. Running to whittle your waistline and get fit fast. There are loads of reasons why...
Brain Scans Show Psychedelic Drugs Really Do Spark Heightened States of Consciousness
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World “LSD is a psychedelic drug which occasionally causes psychotic behavior in people who have NOT taken it.” ~ Timothy Leary In...
Cannabis May Help Rejuvenate the Aging Brain and Ward Off Dementia
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Regardless of your views on the pros and cons of recreational marijuana, the body of scientific evidence about the medicinal value of...
Research: Pomegranate Reduces the Risk of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World Pomegranate isn’t exactly the ‘new kid on the block’ where superfoods are concerned — most of us have been well...
The Cholesterol Myth Has Been Busted — Yet Again
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World For the past four decades, the U.S. government has warned that eating cholesterol-rich foods such as eggs would raise your LDL cholesterol...
A “Silent Pandemic” of Toxic Chemicals is Destroying Our Children’s Brains, Experts Warn
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World Having lived in a variety of cultures and regions around the world over the years, I find the differences compared to the United States...
Popular Painkiller Blunts Feelings of Joy, Pleasure and Empathy — Researchers Find
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World Empathy is in decline. Even former President Barack Obama’s memorial speech in Tucson, Arizona, called on Americans to “sharpen...
Multiple Studies Find Ketogenic Diet Helps Reverse Autistic Symptoms
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World In late 2015, results from a National Health Interview Survey regarding the rate of autism in the United States sent shockwaves across...
Digging in the Dirt Makes You Happy — Here’s Why
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World “It came to me while picking beans, the secret of happiness. I was hunting among the spiraling vines that envelop my teepees of pole...
The Human “Aura” Observed Through Digital Metadata
By Anthony Tyler Guest writer for Wake Up World Lately there has been an enormous flux of research recently, attempting to expand on the uncharted relationship that man has with electrical technology...
Mindfulness & Open Focus: Complementary Practices to Drastically Improve Your Life
By Tomasz Kopec, MD and Sarah Gulland Guest writers for Wake Up World Mindfulness is defined as an attention training, which can benefit health and general well-being. There is a lot scientific...