Writers won’t be needed to be convinced of the reality of writer’s block, but some of us may be equally aware of having difficulty writing while stressed, or having difficulty writing while anxious. Some people deal with this kind of mental adversity better than others, and those that do won’t likely have any difficulty keeping […]
How dark chocolate helps ease emotional stress – latest scientific evidence
According to the article, "New Evidence That Dark Chocolate Helps Ease Emotional Stress," published online in the Nov. 12, 2009 issue of Medical News Today, the "chocolate cure" for emotional stress is getting new support from a clinical trial published online in the American Chemical Society’s Journal of Proteome Research: Gut Microbiota, and Stress-Related Metabolism in […]
Food Sources That Boost Glutathione Naturally
Glutathione, the body’s master antioxidant and detoxifier, is one of the 14 "Superfoods" listed in SuperFoods Rx : Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life, co-authored by Dr Steven Pratt. Glutathione levels cannot be increased to a clinically beneficial extent by orally ingesting a single dose of glutathione. (1) This is because glutathione is manufactured […]
Amino Acids and their Sources
Proteins are made up of amino acids and different proteins contain different proportions of the various amino acids. There are in all 23 amino acids in food proteins. Out of these, there are 10 that the human body cannot synthesize: arginine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophane and valine. These are, therefore, called […]