Exercise & Motivation
Written by Dr. Cynthia Horner
There are many different kinds of exercise, but all exercise is for one purpose, to stimulate your brain. You may have thought you were exercising your body, but you first exercise your brain which in turn makes changes that effect your body. Your brain’s wiring is not fixed or permanent, it is capable of change. As a matter of fact your brain is always in a state of wiring, re-wiring or un-wiring. What causes these wiring changes is stimulation from the world outside your body. Stimulation enters your brain through your five senses, touch, sight, sound, smell, taste and through movement. Just living, enjoying and experiencing the world shapes your brain.
Candida and the Digestive Tract
The Problem with Candida
Candida albicans is a yeast, which lives largely in the human digestive tract, with the unique ability to change from yeast into a fungus. Candida albicans is strong and invasive. It attaches itself to the intestinal wall as it attempts to become a permanent resident of digestive tract. Normally it is kept at low levels in a healthy body, by the friendly or good bacteria called micro-flora. These good bacteria help digest food, synthesize vitamin K, & some B vitamins, and fight against the growth of harmful viruses, bacteria, and fungi by stimulating or stepping up the immune system’s response. They also maintain balance in the body by feeding on this yeast. Continue reading
Cholesterol in Blood Vessels – Cause and Cure
By Cynthia Horner
Cholesterol and triglycerides are words even second graders know. Why do some people have a high amount of cholesterol and or triglycerides in their blood vessels?
First let’s make it clear high amounts of triglycerides and cholesterol in the body are not from eating too much saturated fat! All medical authorities agree that the buildup of cholesterol in the form of plaque on artery walls is caused by the body responding to inflammation and damage to the artery walls.
How to Have Smarter Kids
By Dr. Cynthia Horner
What is intelligence?
Intelligence is the ability to problem solve by remembering past successes and failures and imagining possibilities for the future. Intelligence is supposed to make it easier to navigate living in our world. Intelligence is measured by IQ tests, but IQ tests do not measure:
- creative intelligence
- practical intelligence
- interpersonal intelligence
- bodily kinesthetic intelligence
Classical Music’s Effect on Health
I often have wondered if classical music effects our health. I had heard that playing the harp is good for the player’s health because one pulls the strings toward their body creating a vibrating frequency that promotes good health. We have all heard of the ‘Mozart Effect’. Well Elisabeth Thompson is a home schooled high school student and patient at my office. She wrote an intriguing paper on the effects of classical music on health that with her permission I post here.
Classical Music and Health
By Elisabeth Thompson
Classical music is timeless for a reason. The effects of playing or listening to it are widely unknown. Studies and experiments show listening and playing to classical music can help children’s brain development and overall health. Classical music doesn’t make anyone smarter, but based on the way it is used and enjoyed; it can create a better atmosphere for a young brain to prosper. Playing and listening to classical music gives people a calm environment, releases healthy hormones and affects memorization neural pathways. Continue reading
Gluten, Wheat and Inflammation
By Dr. Cynthia Horner
Is all this talk about gluten and being gluten free just hype, or is there something healthy about reducing gluten in your diet?
Gluten is a protein in the kernel of the head of the wheat plant. There is another protein that doesn’t get as much press gliadin. These proteins are also found in some other grains but not to the extent that they are found in wheat. Continue reading
Do You Really Need to Supplement Vitamin D?
by Dr. Cynthia Horner
The D Difference
The universal benefit from sunlight is its ability to activate the skin to produce vitamin D. There are three ways to get vitamin D, from food, from supplements and from the sun. Food supplies us with only small amounts of vitamin D therefore humans must count on the sun to allow their skin to produce vitamin D. Sun exposure has a positive effect on your health in that sun’s UVA and UVB rays are necessary for our bodies to make vitamin D.
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Free Radicals, Antioxidants, Aging and Health
By Dr. Cynthia Horner
We hear a lot about antioxidants. They are in our food, supplements, make up, face and hand lotion and even in our soap. But how do they effect our health and aging ? I found some interesting information on antioxidants that I simplified so all my readers could have a little better understanding of what this antioxidant hype is all about. Continue reading
Sleep Posture Important for a Good Night’s Sleep
By Dr. Cynthia Horner
In my last article How Sleep Creates Better Brain Function, I discussed why we sleep. In Part II, I will discuss healthy sleep postures and choices of pillows.
Sleep Postures
There are three good ways to sleep on your right side on your left side and on your back. Having a good sleep posture can have a big impact on your health.
On your right side, on your left side or on your back.
How Sleep Creates Better Brain Function
By Dr Cynthia Horner
Part one of three:
We know that lack of sleep makes us old, fat, sick and stupid! We also know that sleep creates better brain function.During sleep our brains replay and process what we learned while awake. Sleep improves and refines thinking, learning, memory, reasoning, mood, dexterity and coordination.
