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Danica Collins – Managing Editor, Underground Health Reporter ™

Coffee seems to be making a comeback, as research points to its healthy benefits, like Alzheimer’s prevention, a lower risk for diabetes, and fat-burning assistance. But, it’s easy to go overboard on the coffee, and too many cups can negate any positive benefit, so that all you’re getting are jittery afternoons and sleepless nights. Not to mention a higher likelihood of developing hypertension, heart disease, anxiety, and stomach troubles. If …

Cortisol – the “stress hormone” – has become a dirty word due to its role in causing weight gain, suppressing the immune system, raising blood pressure and more. But is cortisol really the offender we’ve made it out to be?

Cortisol is a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal gland and serves many important roles in the body.[1] This hormone helps regulate blood pressure, blood sugar, and insulin levels. Cortisol also assists in the …

February is American Heart Month, offering us a great opportunity to take inventory of our own heart-health. Heart disease warrants our attention, because…[1]

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America. Heart disease is the leading cause of disability in America. More Americans die each year from heart disease than from all forms of cancer combined. Heart disease is very preventable.

As deadly and widespread as heart disease is, it really is quite avoidable. Click to Tweet.…

If you were to hit the streets of any large city in America with a roving mic and ask people, “When was the last time you ate beets?” you’d no doubt get a lot of shoulder shrugs and blank stares.

I grabbed several cookbooks off the shelf at home and turned to the index, but “Beets” and “Beet Greens” were notably absent. When was the last time you, your spouse, significant other or child suggested, “Let’s have …

If you were to list those things in life that you wouldn’t want to do without, I doubt that garlic would rank high on your list. But Louis Diat, the late great French chef, took garlic very seriously when he wrote, “Without garlic I simply would not care to live.”

Garlic is a strange herb:

It’s cherished for its culinary qualities. It’s praised for its health benefits. It’s shunned for its tendency to produce bad breath and body odor!…