Your Gut: 5 Things You Didn’t Know

OK – so most of us are well aware that our gut is part of of our digestive system. As such it’s job is obviously to help in the digestion of food and extraction of nutrients from it.

A lot of us also know the old adage – “You are what you eat.”

Why do we then choose to stop just short of giving our gut the full credit it deserves?

Why do we fail to see that just like with an awesome car – if we want awesome engine performance, we must put in the best quality gas we can find…

I think I have the answer!

It’s because we don’t fully understand the reach of our gut’s control.

So to help the ’cause’ here are 5 quick and critical reasons why you should consider respecting your gut more Read the Rest of This Article »

5 Foods To Remember For Better Memory

Written by Vincent Kovar

The art of memory, or Ars Memorativa in the Latin, has fascinated us since…well, I can’t quite remember. From the ancient Greeks to early Christian monks, scholars have employed a number of mental techniques in training their minds to keep track of the burgeoning field of human knowledge. Nowadays however, there seem to be so many more things to keep track of. Not only is the overall amount of human knowledge growing at an exponential rate but each of us is expected to memorize a dizzying array of minutiae. From what floor our dentist office is on, to an average of seven passwords and PIN numbers per person, we use our memories more than ever before. It should come as no surprise however, that those clever ancients were willing to put their memory where their mouth was.

Here is a fistful of five foods for the memory which are both respected by science and revered by the ancients. Read the Rest of This Article »