Tea is the most widely consumed beverage worldwide, second to water. The incredible health benefits of green tea are not news to most people. Green tea benefits your health as an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anti-carcinogenic, antihypertensive, brain protector as well as lowers cholesterol. (Some of...

Article credit: Environmental Defence Last week, new results from MIREC – a major Canadian study of maternal exposure to environmental contaminants – were released, detailing findings on pregnant women’s exposure to phthalates and BPA, two chemicals linked to numerous health concerns. The study found phthalate metabolites, including...

“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter," says the poet e.e. cummings. Gelotology (from the Greek root “gelos” meaning “to laugh”) is the scientific study of laughter. Laughter has been shown to have quantifiable physiological and psychological benefits in both preventative and therapeutic medicine....