Poor night’s sleep? Blame your cell phone
If you’re struggling to sleep at night, the answer could be closer than your think (hint, your bedside table). What are we talking about? A leading expert has revealed that electric lights – including on smartphones and tables – often play a key role in causing people’s bad sleeping patterns. Disrupting the body’s natural rhythm, …
All I need is the air that I breathe (as long as it’s allergen-free)
Is your air conditioning the cause of your allergy? Just this week, NOAA, the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration forecasted sustained heat over the central United States. And 100+ degree temperatures have already been recorded in the Southwest and the Southeast. This can only mean one thing – turning up that air conditioning to the …
Got asthma? Try vitamin D
May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness month and we’ve just spotted some asthma-related news well worth sharing. According to scientists at King’s College London, vitamin D has the potential to significantly reduce sufferers’ asthma symptoms. The vitamin – known as the ‘sunshine vitamin’ resulted in lower levels of a natural chemical which is found …
Tea-riffic news for camomile fans
Love a cup of tea to wind down in the evening? Choose camomile, as researchers have recently revealed it can help ward off cancer. Containing a chemical – apigenin, which can halt the spread of cancer cells - camomile tea, parsley and celery could help ward prevent the onset of the life-threatening condition. Researchers at Ohio State …
Vitamin C kills drug-resistant TB
Stock up on oranges because new research has shown this humble fruit can succeed where pharmaceutical drugs can fail. Scientists have discovered that Vitamin C kills multidrug-resistant TB in laboratory tests. As a result, the surprise discovery may point to a new way of tackling this increasingly hard-to-treat infection, say the US study authors from …
When going organic can harm your baby’s brain power
Pregnant women who drink organic milk in their pregnancy risk harming their baby’s future intelligence. Research just published in the UK reveals that a lack of iodine is to blame for a low IQ. Iodine is found in dairy products and oily fish – but organic milk contains less iodine than non-organic milk. And iodine …
Make a dog’s dinner from healing dandelions
We’re big pet lovers here at NaturalCures and we’re always on the look out for ways to enhance the lives of our four-legged friends. So we were thrilled to come across this handy tip for doggies who might have bladder problems. The bitter plant dandelion, which is a well know diuretic can really help. It …
