A positive life can lead to a longer life

In 2001, American researchers published an article in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology showing their findings that describing our lives in positive ways can help us live longer.

The researchers analyzed the autobiographies of 180 Catholic nuns. These nuns wrote their biographies when they were between the ages of 18 and 32 (leaning to the younger end of the spectrum with a mean age of 22). The counted the positive sentences in the autobiographies, and organized them into 4 groups (quartiles), depending on the percentage of positive words.

The researchers conducted 4 types of analysis:

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Are medications stored in fat?

Mary* was feeling great! She was no longer taking medications that made her feel emotionally numb and clouded. She felt clear-headed and stable, something she had not felt for a long time.

The Truehope program was really working!

She felt energized and motivated, so she began to jog. She wanted to improve her health and lose some of the weight she had gained over the last year. All at once, her symptoms began to return.

When Mary phoned Truehope,

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Does inositol help with sleep?

Do you find yourself lying in bed, unable to sleep? Do you suffer from physical restlessness, tossing and turning all night? Do you have restless leg?

Truehope Inositol can help you sleep better at night.

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9 ways to naturally improve mental health

It’s normal for each of us to feel blue or sad. When our best friend moves away, or we lose a job, or we receive a poor mark on a test, we all feel disappointment or hurt. We may be despondent, and it may even get us down for a few days.

Depression, however, lasts much longer. Plus, it’s so pervasive, that it can interfere with your daily life routines, and it can even adversely affect your relationships with family, friends, and acquaintances.

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Eating with others helps older adults prevent depression

Earlier this year, Chinese researchers discovered a relationship between older adults eating alone and having depression. They published their findings in the academic journal BMC Geriatrics.

The researchers conducted their research on nearly 8,000 participants. They explored not only the association between eating alone and depression symptoms, but also such an association compared to living alone.

What they found was an inverse connection between the number of companions at mealtime and depressive symptoms. In other words,

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Have you ever wondered why labels on supplements are so vague?

Mental health researchers Dr. Julia Rucklidge and Dr. Bonnie Kaplan recently wrote an article on the vagueness we often see on the labels from natural supplement bottles.

For example, consider St. John’s Wort, which the researchers expound on:

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6 natural remedies for seasonal affective disorder

While many people are negatively affected by the reduction in daylight—making them feel gloomy—as much as 3% of the population has seasonal affective disorder.

SAD is more than just what people refer to as the “winter blues”. Those who have it find it difficult to function when it rears its head.

Canadian Mental Health Association has this to say about the disorder:

“SAD can be a debilitating condition, preventing sufferers from functioning normally. It may affect their personal and professional lives,

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How to deal with stress: 10 important tips

What is stress?

It’s perfectly natural to feel stressed now and then; it’s our body’s way of dealing with things it sees as threats. It’s how we prepare to run away from or confront danger. Unfortunately, many things that trigger stress in our lives today aren’t things that we can fight or flee.

Why is stress a problem?

Stress isn’t a problem, per se, but if stress continues, it can become chronic and can lead to other problems, including anxiety,

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This winter, get some sunlight to lower depression

American researchers recently discovered that sunlight exposure is the greatest weather-related factor for determining mental health. The more sunshine you get, the happier you are; the less sunshine you get, the sadder you are. Their research was recently published this month in the Journal of Affective Disorders.

The researchers, who work at Brigham Young University in Utah, compared daily environmental data from BYU’s weather station with emotional health data for over 16,000 therapy patients at the BYU Counseling and Psychological Services Center.

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Why Truehope uses cyanocobalamin in EMPowerplus

From time to time, we receive questions from both customers and otherwise interested persons regarding our use of cyanocobalamin as the primary form of vitamin B12 in EMPowerplus. Questions arise mainly because of concern for the potential toxicity of cyanocobalamin, considering its connection to cyanide. It is important for us to publicly address this concern.

The first thing we must know is that microorganisms are the only true source of B12. Any B12 found in plants is because of bacteria found on or in those plants.

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