5 Popular Immune System Myths: What NOT to Believe

Pierre Van ZylAdrenal, Body, Bone & Joint, Cancer, Hearty Body, Liver, Skin, Hair & Nails, Thyroid

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This amazing guest post was written by Jeriann Watkins Ireland, a writer and wellness enthusiast. We encourage you to check out more from Jeriann at her website. In a recent conversation with someone who has been undergoing chemotherapy, I realized how many misconceptions there are about the immune system. Here was our exchange: Them: “The… View Article

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Dandelion Root + Holy Basil Smoothie Recipe (Stay Energized, Burn Fat)

Pierre Van ZylBeverages, Body, Hearty Alternatives, Hearty Body, Hearty Food, Juices, Smoothies, Type

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This fantastic guest post was written by Megan Kelly, a nutrition practitioner, licensed esthetician, and specialist of quantum hormonology. We encourage you to check out her website here! Most people have experienced their body becoming bloated, burnt out, and exhausted with the demands and circumstances of daily life. Watching this happen to your body creates… View Article

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Celebrity Weight Loss: Are Their Diets Really that Healthy?

Pierre Van ZylBody, Hearty Beauty, Hearty Body, Specific Diet

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This amazing guest post was written by Mary Grace, a freelance writer! We encourage you to follow her on Twitter! Celebrity weight loss has always been a topic of interest for many people. There are a ton of fabulous celebrity transformations that drop our jaws! From the snap-back-body of Black Chyna to the yoga-toned abs… View Article

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6 Ways to Treat Loneliness: How Being Alone Affects Your Health

Pierre Van ZylBody, Depression, Hearty Body, Hearty Lifestyle, Hearty Mind, Hearty Therapies, Life & Spirituality, Lifestyle, Pets, Relationships

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This fantastic article was written by Sarah Biren, a baker, cook, author, and blogger living in Toronto. We encourage you to check out her website here! Every person feels lonely at some point in their life. Humans are social beings who depend on secure social environments to thrive. When this need is not fulfilled, you… View Article

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6 Ways to Treat Loneliness: How Being Alone Affects Your Health

Pierre Van ZylBody, Depression, Hearty Body, Hearty Lifestyle, Hearty Mind, Hearty Therapies, Life & Spirituality, Lifestyle, Pets, Relationships

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This fantastic article was written by Sarah Biren, a baker, cook, author, and blogger living in Toronto. We encourage you to check out her website here! Every person feels lonely at some point in their life. Humans are social beings who depend on secure social environments to thrive. When this need is not fulfilled, you… View Article

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How to Choose the Best Toothpaste for Improving Oral Health

Pierre Van ZylBody, Dental Health, Hearty Beauty, Hearty Body

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Dr Steven Lin wrote this awesome guest post; a practicing board accredited dentist and health educator. Check out his website here! Toothpastes: Do They Live Up To The Hype? As a dentist, there’s one common question I often get. “Which type of toothpaste is best to use?” My patients would often be in the supermarket… View Article

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Fatigue, vitamin deficiencies, and diabetes: 7 health problems that your hands are warning you about

Pierre Van ZylBody, Circulation, Diabetes, Heart, Hormone, Nerve, Skin, Hair & Nails

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“Let me hear your body talk!” We know it’s not what that catchy tune was talking about, but your body certainly does have a language, and it’s up to you to understand it. Your body reacts to what you eat and how you treat it and tells you what it needs. Changes in mood, energy, pain, and… View Article

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Vitamins and Nutrients for Younger Skin

Pierre Van ZylBody, Skin, Hair & Nails

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We’ve all seen the unnatural effects of Botox and facial surgeries. Not only do they look uncomfortable, unhealthy, and inconvenient but they don’t give you a natural glow, the usual elasticity, or the suppleness of younger skin. These surgeries merely mask the underlying health deficiencies while ignoring the rest of your skin. However, if you… View Article

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Young doctor discovers way to use lasers to destroy cancer in the body (without harming healthy cells!)

Pierre Van ZylBody, Cancer, Hearty Alternatives, Hearty Body, Hearty Lifestyle, Hearty Soul Activism, Hearty Therapies, Lifestyle, Technology

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Just like many of us, Dr. Hadiyah Green has a very personal connection with cancer. After losing not one, but two loved ones to the deadly disease, she, like so many thousands of others who have lost friends and family to cancer, has set out to do whatever she can to beat it once and for all…. View Article

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4 things you should NEVER do after eating a meal or snack

Pierre Van ZylBody, Digestion

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Our daily lives are dictated by our schedules: work, school, teams, clubs, lessons, family obligations, and more. Within those schedules, we have routines, and within those routines we have habits. These routines and habits are what make our lives seem “normal” and “safe”. The issue is that often we have habits that are not good for… View Article

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6 Natural Blood Thinners and How to Prevent Blood Clots

Pierre Van ZylBlood Pressure, Body, Bone & Joint, Circulation, Hearty Body

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This guest post was written by Elisha of My Health Maven. She is deeply passionate about educating people and empowering them to lead healthier lives. We encourage you to check out her blog and follow her on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest! What are Blood Clots? These jelly-like masses of blood form after a bodily injury,… View Article

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Start eating more fat and less carbs to help fight cancer cells hiding in your body

Pierre Van ZylBody, Cancer

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By Dr. Mercola In 1931, Dr. Otto Warburg won the Nobel Prize  Physiology or Medicine for his discovery that cancer cells have a fundamentally different energy metabolism compared to healthy cells. Most experts consider him to be the greatest biochemist of the 20th century. His lab staff also included Hans Krebs, Ph. D., after whom… View Article

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How to force your body to burn fat as fuel by eliminating this type of food from your diet

Pierre Van ZylBody, Weight Loss

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By Dr. Mercola Endurance athletes have been told for decades that carb loading is necessary to perform at the top. To suggest otherwise has long been regarded as heresy — or at the very least as foolish. But quietly, many athletes got wind of a new type of diet — a high-fat, low-net carb (total… View Article

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How to force your body to burn fat as fuel by eliminating this type of food from your diet

Pierre Van ZylBody, Weight Loss

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By Dr. Mercola Endurance athletes have been told for decades that carb loading is necessary to perform at the top. To suggest otherwise has long been regarded as heresy — or at the very least as foolish. But quietly, many athletes got wind of a new type of diet — a high-fat, low-net carb (total… View Article

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9 Things ObamaCare Doesn’t Cover: How to Use Natural Medicine Instead

Pierre Van ZylBody, Family and Parenting, Hearty Alternatives, Hearty Body, Hearty Lifestyle, Lifestyle

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You can be on the left side of the fence or the right; you may even still be on the fence. But the one thing that we can all agree on is the desire to have health care coverage for you and your family. For better or worse, health care coverage (or lack thereof) is… View Article

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These 20 common medications are linked to memory loss! Stop using them immediately or follow these steps if you need to use them:

Pierre Van ZylAllergies, Alzheimer's, Body, Cholesterol, Depression, Heart, Heart Disease, Hearty Body, Hearty Lifestyle, Hearty Mind, Hearty Soul Activism, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Migraines, Headaches, Nerve, Other, Parkinson's, Sleep

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The human brain is arguably the most complicated and least understood organ in the human body. It controls everything we do, think, and feel. The size of our human brains is why we have evolved far past any other animal on the planet. We are one of the only mammals on the planet who can… View Article

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These 20 common medications are linked to memory loss! Stop using them immediately or follow these steps if you need to use them:

Pierre Van ZylAllergies, Alzheimer's, Body, Cholesterol, Depression, Heart, Heart Disease, Hearty Body, Hearty Lifestyle, Hearty Mind, Hearty Soul Activism, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Migraines, Headaches, Nerve, Other, Parkinson's, Sleep

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The human brain is arguably the most complicated and least understood organ in the human body. It controls everything we do, think, and feel. The size of our human brains is why we have evolved far past any other animal on the planet. We are one of the only mammals on the planet who can… View Article

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Guinness World Record holder: the secret to rapid fat loss is not just diet or exercise, it’s temperature control

Pierre Van ZylBody, Weight Loss

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Have you ever heard of that crazy trend where you submerge your body in a tub of ice in order to help lose weight? Are you wondering if this trend really works? According to journalist and anthropologist Scott Carney, this trend is definitely onto something extraordinary. In Carney’s book, What Doesn’t Kill Us, he investigates… View Article

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Stop throwing away bananas with brown spots – they are potent cancer fighters!

Pierre Van ZylBody, Cancer, Food, Superfoods

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Many of us insist on throwing things out when they reach their “best before dates”. It’s easy to let food be left out a little too long and become overly ripe. Bananas are a big casualty of this habitual disposal of good food.   However, they might have even more benefits when they become unappetizingly… View Article

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5 exercises that build muscle and blast belly fat without ever stepping into a gym

Pierre Van ZylBody, Bone & Joint, Fitness, Hearty Body, Hearty Lifestyle, Lifestyle

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This fantastic article was written by Joshua Graham, CNP, FRCms, CF-L2, who is a fitness trainer, Holistic Nutritionist, and owner of Cocoon Health & Fitness. You can find out more about Cocoon Health by checking out their website and following them on Facebook and Instagram. There is no doubt about it that military workouts are… View Article

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9 things you are doing that are killing your kidneys that you need to stop doing immediately

Pierre Van ZylBody, Detoxification

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You make healthy eating and lifestyle choices every day to help your digestive, heart and mental health, but how often do you consider your kidneys? Your everyday food and activity habits can lead to long-term damage and disease. Read on to find out how to maximize your kidney health. How Drink Choices Affect Kidney Health… View Article

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12 warning signs you need to take a nap immediately

Pierre Van ZylBody, Lifestyle, Sleep

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Getting the right amount of fats, carbs, and proteins might be easy for you, but what about getting the right amount of sleep? Sleep is just as important as eating right because of the health risks associated with sleep deprivation. When you sleep the cells in your body are working hard to recharge, reenergize, and… View Article

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The cheap and easy way to get rid of head lice almost instantly

Pierre Van ZylBody, Essential Oils, Family and Parenting, Hearty Alternatives, Hearty Lifestyle, Hearty Therapies, Home, Life & Spirituality, Lifestyle, Pets, Skin, Hair & Nails

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Everyone remembers the periodic head lice checks at school, and the tense days after when letters are sent out informing parents that “a student in your child’s class has lice”, or worse, you were the one with the nasty critters running around on your scalp. Though head lice are not dangerous, their bites are annoyingly itchy and… View Article

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The cheap and easy way to get rid of head lice almost instantly

Pierre Van ZylBody, Essential Oils, Family and Parenting, Hearty Alternatives, Hearty Lifestyle, Hearty Therapies, Home, Life & Spirituality, Lifestyle, Pets, Skin, Hair & Nails

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Everyone remembers the periodic head lice checks at school, and the tense days after when letters are sent out informing parents that “a student in your child’s class has lice”, or worse, you were the one with the nasty critters running around on your scalp. Though head lice are not dangerous, their bites are annoyingly itchy and… View Article

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Major study: thinking about working out may be as effective as actually working out!

Pierre Van ZylBody, Fitness, Life & Spirituality, Lifestyle

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Have you ever wanted the ability to move objects with the power of your mind? Researchers at the Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute (OMNI) have recently confirmed that this superhuman power is possible… okay, maybe not. But their report has very interesting things to say about the brain’s role in strength training. Strength Training With Your… View Article

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2 common habits that force inflammation to grow inside your body – do THIS to reverse it

Pierre Van ZylAlzheimer's, Body, Brands to Avoid, Depression, Food, Heart, Hormone, leaky gut, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Weight Loss

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It seems funny (not always) how the human body fights causes of pain with more pain. When you’re suffering through that bout of painful inflammation, it can seem like you’re the only one going through the pain. In one way, you are. But in another, you’re experiencing a response to acute or chronic inflammation that… View Article

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7 surprisingly effective yoga poses for beautiful breasts

Pierre Van ZylBody, Circulation, Fitness, Heart, Hearty Beauty, Hearty Body, Hearty Lifestyle, Life & Spirituality, Lifestyle, Migraines, Headaches, Muscle Pain, Nerve, Other

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As women, our boobs are a marker of womanhood. For most of us, our boobs are the first sign of the transition between childhood and becoming an adult, often long before our period crashes the party and makes us question if growing up is really for us. Many of us remember putting on our first… View Article

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UN experts are calling out big corporations on the lie that pesticides are essential to ‘feed the world’

Pierre Van ZylBody, Cancer, Food

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The United Nations proclaims their mission statement “to work for the protection of all human rights for all people; to help empower people to realize their rights; to assist those responsible for upholding such rights in ensuring that they are implemented.” Now, food experts are demanding that this mission includes the protection of all people from… View Article

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The gelatinous natural medicine that reduces inflammation and helps treat any gut problem that doctors are raving about

Pierre Van ZylBody, Digestion, Food, herbs, Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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When fighting digestion problems and other issues, we are eager to find the right remedy to relieve symptoms to get on with our lives. However, researching what you put in your body beforehand is important. “Slippery Elm Bark,” an ingredient used by Native Americans and considered medicine until the 1960s has re-emerged as a medicine…. View Article

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An ordinary mole can turn into skin cancer – here’s how to tell the difference

Pierre Van ZylBody, Cancer

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Whether you’ve had a mole since you can last remember or one is recently emerging, you’re always a little worried that it could be something worse. People worry that their moles might be a sign of skin cancer, and while it’s a sign that you are more susceptible to skin cancer, most moles are benign…. View Article

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10 simple and relaxing eye exercises you should do after looking at a screen

Pierre Van ZylBody, Hearty Alternatives, Hearty Body, Hearty Therapies, Lifestyle, Other, Technology, Vision

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It’s no secret that we love our technology. From computer screens to smart phones to television, Americans spend almost half of their day- 10 hours and 39 minutes, on average – staring at a screen. (5) It’s no surprise that these long hours of intense screen time are effecting our eye health, so much that… View Article

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8 unexpected foods that will start erasing dark spots when you rub them on your face

Pierre Van ZylBody, Hearty Alternatives, Hearty Beauty, My Body, My Food, My Lifestyle, Skin, Hair & Nails

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This fantastic article was written by Sophie Addison, a popular blogger and skincare expert. We encourage you to check her out on Facebook, and Pinterest. No one has perfect skin, as there are countless factors which affect its overall appearance, including prolonged exposure to the sun, the usage of low-quality cosmetics and associated medical conditions…. View Article

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8 unexpected foods that will start erasing dark spots when you rub them on your face

Pierre Van ZylBody, Hearty Alternatives, Hearty Beauty, My Body, My Food, My Lifestyle, Skin, Hair & Nails

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This fantastic article was written by Sophie Addison, a popular blogger and skincare expert. We encourage you to check her out on Facebook, and Pinterest. No one has perfect skin, as there are countless factors which affect its overall appearance, including prolonged exposure to the sun, the usage of low-quality cosmetics and associated medical conditions…. View Article

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Nobody told you about these simple soups that help prevent breast cancer and 8 other health conditions

Pierre Van ZylBody, Hearty Alternatives, Hearty Beauty, Hearty Body, Hearty Food, Hearty Lifestyle, My Body, My Food, Quick & Easy, Recipes, Specific Diet, Type, Weight Loss

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This fantastic article was written by Sarah Biren, a baker, cook, author, and blogger living in Toronto. We encourage you to check out her website here! It is astounding how much damage can be done by one minor hormone imbalance. The entire endocrine system works throughout your body coordinating the vital chemical messengers also known… View Article

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Doctors said he would be chained to his wheelchair forever – 10 years later he proves them all wrong

Pierre Van ZylBody, Bone & Joint, Hearty Alternatives, Hearty Body, Hearty Therapies, Lifestyle, Nerve

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In the summer of 2000, Dan Cummings was like any other 19-year old and went out to the lake with his friends. What seemed like a harmless dive off the boat, ended up being the one moment that would change the course of his entire life. When Dan didn’t come back out of the water,… View Article

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3 surprising ways to use ice that you had no idea about

Pierre Van ZylBody, Skin, Hair & Nails

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Often, the simplest things in life are the things we need to hold the closest, whether it’s the subtle gatherings with family and friends, or immersing ourselves in the basic tasks that bring us joy.  This rule of simplicity often applies to health as well. Why soak your pores in man-made chemicals when you can use… View Article

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5 plants that can humidify your home and create the indoor perfect climate

Pierre Van ZylBody, Gardening, Home, Lifestyle, Pets, Seasonal, Skin, Hair & Nails

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Can you relate to those times where you can’t seem to get comfortable inside your home? Maybe the air is too dry or overly humid, or maybe it feels like you’re surrounded by an old dust-filled air filter. In either case, the wrong kind of air (which may differ from person to person) can lead… View Article

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5 plants that can humidify your home and create the indoor perfect climate

Pierre Van ZylBody, Gardening, Home, Lifestyle, Pets, Seasonal, Skin, Hair & Nails

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Can you relate to those times where you can’t seem to get comfortable inside your home? Maybe the air is too dry or overly humid, or maybe it feels like you’re surrounded by an old dust-filled air filter. In either case, the wrong kind of air (which may differ from person to person) can lead… View Article

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Almost 40% of cancer patients are in remission after just one treatment of this gene therapy

Pierre Van ZylBody, Cancer

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Cancer research has made big strides in the past ten years, and many researchers believe gene therapy may be the key to a cancer-free future. Gene therapy cancer treatment is a new method of fighting cancer by helping the body’s healing properties to more effectively fight cancer cells. This experimental cancer therapy, developed by California-based… View Article

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The fat burning, inflammation fighting sweet potato fry recipe that will ruin regular fries for you forever

Pierre Van ZylBody, Hearty Body, Hearty Food, Recipes, Specific Diet

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This article amazing article was written by Nicole, a holistic nutritionist with a strong belief that it is possible for everyone to discover how good their body is designed to feel. Nicole works in partnership with her clients to achieve a lifestyle that is both balanced, fulfilling and nourishing. Go check out her fantastic blog… View Article

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