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When author Isak Dinesen poetically wrote, “The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea,” her statement was more accurate than she may have realized—especially when it comes to sweat.

With ads peddling the embarrassment and undesirability of sweaty armpits, Americans spent $2.9 billion dollars to benefit from deodorants and antiperspirants in 2012. Ironically, while we were working so hard to prevent and hide our sweat, this underrated bodily function was operating efficiently to keep us …

Your liver is like a superhero organ. It is powerful and can rescue you from all sorts of harmful situations.

But over time, your superhero liver gets attacked and worn down. The problem is, most people with clogged and sluggish livers are not acutely ill and do not have obvious symptoms.

But if you could actually SEE your liver, you might think differently.

The liver is attacked every day! It is under assault by prescription drugs, OTC medications, household chemicals, …

As with so many highly processed foods today, the scoop on stevia is not so simple. To begin with, there are primarily two categories of stevia sweetener products: the truly naturals and the claim-to-be-naturals. The claim-to-be naturals include popular brands such as Truvia, Stevia in the Raw, and Pure via.

Truvia’s boast is that it is a “natural sweetener” and lures the consumer with the phrase, “From nature, for sweetness.”[1] Likewise, Stevia in the Raw poses …

For decades, the medical profession has known about the many healthful benefits of medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs). Due to the ease with which the body can assimilate MCTs and their healing properties, MCTs are commonly given intravenously to nurture the sick and injured back to health in hospitals.[1]

Here’s the skinny on MCTs: fatty acids are the molecules that provide the building blocks of all fats and oils. We classify fatty acids using two different methods: saturation …