At the heart of many pain-causing conditions is chronic inflammation. A natural immune response to infection or injury, inflammation can become chronic due to factors like poor diet, stress, lack of exercise, and exposure to environmental toxins. If you suffer from an inflammation-related condition such as arthritis, neck and back pain, or tendonitis, adding anti-inflammatory herbs to your health regimen [...]

Do you know one of those people who never get sick? This person could be forced to stay outside for ten hours on an extremely cold January day – soaking wet – with nothing on but a pair of shorts and a tank top with no repercussions. Or, better yet, he or she is on a crowded plane full of people with highly contagious flu symptoms and they manage to stroll off completely unscathed – [...]

What are herbs and spices? Sometimes herbs are grouped with spices while at other times they are not. Definitions may vary, but generally herbs can grow in central Indiana while many common spices cannot. Herbs are, or may be, used fresh. Typically the leaves of annual and perennial plants are used as herbs but sometimes the leaves of woody plants are used. Annuals grown in Indiana as herbs include [...]

A plant-based diet protects against chronic oxidative stress-related diseases. Dietary plants contain variable chemical families and amounts of antioxidants. It has been hypothesized that plant antioxidants may contribute to the beneficial health effects of dietary plants. Our objective was to develop a comprehensive food database consisting of the total antioxidant content of typical foods as well [...]

Cooking with anti cancer herbs may be better than the therapeutic effect of some medicines. Most diseases are related to some sort of inflammatory response in the body. An anti cancer herb studied extensively comes from the Asian turmeric plant. Curcumin from turmeric has been extensively studied for its anti cancer properties, specifically by Bharat B. Aggarwal, PhD., professor of experimental therapeutics [...]