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8 Signs That Your Body Isn’t Getting Enough Potassium

Pierre Van Zyl26th February 2024Digestion, eat, Heal, Health Awareness, Healthy Aging + General Wellness, Learn

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Potassium is an essential mineral and electrolyte that plays a vital role in maintaining optimal health. It is necessary for the proper functioning of various bodily systems, including nerve and muscle function, cardiovascular health, and maintaining t…

Fabric Side Effects: 4 Clothing Fabrics That Should Never Touch Your Skin

Pierre Van Zyl26th February 2024Heal, Health Awareness

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Why are some fabrics damaging?In order to have a healthier lifestyle we pay attention to our diet, strive to sleep better, and exercise every day. One thing we never take into consideration is the clothes we wear. No, this isn’t about the price of clot…

9 Foods That May Help to Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk

Pierre Van Zyl25th February 2024Cancer, Heal, Men’s Health

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Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer among men. While there is no guaranteed way to prevent prostate cancer, adopting a healthy diet and lifestyle can help reduce the risk. This is the important connection between diet and prostate…

Natural Treatment for Frozen Shoulder and Be Healed Within Days!

Pierre Van Zyl25th February 2024Heal, Pain Management

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Frozen shoulder is a common condition in which the shoulder stiffens, reducing its mobility. It is also known as adhesive capsulitis. The term “frozen shoulder” is often used incorrectly for arthritis, but these two conditions are unrelated…

Bruise easily? Itchy skin? 5 signs you have liver damage without even knowing it

Pierre Van Zyl25th February 2024Heal, Health Awareness, Healthy Aging + General Wellness

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When a liver is working well, it cleans the blood, helps digest food and fights infection. It is also a bit of a bodily superhero — much like Wolverine and Deadpool, it has the power to regenerate when it has been damaged, replacing old tissu…

10 Natural Ways to Overcome Anxiety That Don’t Include Meditation or Yoga

Pierre Van Zyl25th February 2024Heal, Mental Health

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“Stress” has become a bit of buzzword, wouldn’t you agree? It seems that wherever you go and whoever you speak to, everybody’s got some form of stress in their lives. Our constant exposure to stress has really taken the spotlight as a modern-day health…

There’s One Way To Check For Ovarian Cancer That Nobody Talks About – Here’s Why

Pierre Van Zyl25th February 2024Cancer, Heal, Women’s Health

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Ovarian cancer is the foremost cause of gynecological cancer death. It’s also extremely difficult to screen for and to diagnose at an early stage. However, a controversial blood test exists that can measure the cancer antigen 125 (CA125) that can poten…

How Does Ashwagandha Help With Brain Health?

Pierre Van Zyl23rd February 2024Heal, Healthy Aging + General Wellness, Mental Health

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In recent years, there has been growing interest in the use of natural supplements to promote brain health and cognitive function. One such supplement that has gained popularity is Ashwagandha. Derived from the root of the Withania somnifera plant, Ash…

A Man Lost His Arms and Legs After a Dog Lick

Pierre Van Zyl23rd February 2024Heal, Health Awareness

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A recent story out of Wisconsin has shed light on the dangers lurking in a seemingly innocent gesture: a dog lick. Greg Manteufel, a once healthy man, experienced a rapid and devastating decline after being infected with Capnocytophaga Canimorsus, a ba…

Is Your Bladder Pain a UTI or Bladder Cancer? Look for THESE Warning Signs

Pierre Van Zyl22nd February 2024Cancer, Heal, Health Awareness, Healthy Aging + General Wellness

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Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common health problem for many women. They are usually caused by bacteria entering the urethra and infecting the bladder. However, sometimes bladder pain can be a sign of a more serious condition like bladder cance…

How to Do a Self Breast Exam At Home: Signs of Breast Cancer

Pierre Van Zyl22nd February 2024Cancer, Heal, Health Awareness, Healthy Aging + General Wellness, Learn, Women’s Health

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The reality is that breast cancer is on the rise, in fact one in eight women who live to the age of 85 will develop breast cancer over her lifetime. Another interesting fact is that about 80% of women diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history…

Why Pancreatic Cancer Is On the Rise

Pierre Van Zyl22nd February 2024Cancer, Heal, Learn, News + Discoveries

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Many of us likely don’t give much thought to our pancreas. What even is it, anyway? The pancreas has to do with the stomach—it’s vital to your digestion. The pancreas produces digestive enzymes and releases hormones (including insulin) to help control …

If You Notice Any of These 7 Signs, Don’t Ignore Them- They Could Be Early Signs of Breast Cancer

Pierre Van Zyl22nd February 2024Cancer, Heal, Women’s Health

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Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. It accounts for about 30% of yearly new cancer cases in the United States and approximately 12.5% of annual cancer cases globally. It is vital to understand the early signs of breast cancer…

10 Signs You’re Eating Too Much Sugar

Pierre Van Zyl21st February 2024Heal, Healthy Aging + General Wellness, Weight Loss

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Sugar often gets a bad rap, yet despite the negative press and consistent studies bashing it, it remains a fundamental source of energy for our bodies. While natural sugars found in fruits and dairy products are less concerning due to the accompanying …

15 Signs Your Body Has Too Much Estrogen and What to Do About It

Pierre Van Zyl20th February 2024Heal, Healthy Aging + General Wellness, Women’s Health

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Estrogen is a crucial hormone that plays a significant role in the health of both women and men. While it is commonly known as the “female” hormone, men also have estrogen in their bodies, although in smaller amounts. Imbalances in estrogen…

10 Signs You Should Pay More Attention To Your Thyroid Health

Pierre Van Zyl20th February 2024Heal, Healthy Aging + General Wellness, Mental Health, Pain Management

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The thyroid gland is a small, butterfly-shaped gland located in the neck, but its impact on our overall well-being is far from small. The thyroid plays a crucial role in regulating numerous bodily functions, including metabolism, energy production, and…

Board Accredited Dentist Reveals Real Truth About Root Canals

Pierre Van Zyl18th February 2024Heal, Health Awareness, Healthy Aging + General Wellness

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‘You need root canal treatment.’ Could there be a more dreaded sentence? If you’ve been in that situation, you probably remember that feeling walking out of the dental surgery. All you’ve heard are bad things. Your tooth had been hurting and you had a …

Brushing And Flossing Your Teeth Could Be Useless If You Have This Vitamin Deficiency

Pierre Van Zyl18th February 2024Heal, Healthy Aging + General Wellness

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We’ve all experienced those stressful moments before our dental check-up. You were told at your last appointment that you should floss (daily!) and brush better. But as life tends to do, things get busy, and your oral hygiene regime slipped off your ra…

14 Signs You Have High Functioning Depression, Because It Can Look Different To How You’d Imagine

Pierre Van Zyl18th February 2024Heal, Mental Health

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When many people think of depression, they think of individuals too sad to get out of bed or other popular images touted by Hollywood. Unfortunately, despite being widely discussed, depression’s stigma lingers. It’s difficult for those suffering from i…

In World First, Teenage Boy is Cured of Lethal Brain Cancer

Pierre Van Zyl18th February 2024Cancer, Heal

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At the tender age of six, Lucas received a devastating diagnosis: a rare form of brain tumor. At that moment, the prognosis seemed grim. Recalling the heart-wrenching conversation with Lucas’s parents, French doctor Jacques Grill still feels the …

How To Prevent A Stroke Before It’s Too Late

Pierre Van Zyl17th February 2024Heal, Health Awareness

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Strokes, which are medical emergencies caused by lack of blood flow to the brain, are the 5th leading cause of death in the United States. Every forty seconds, someone has a stroke. Every four minutes, someone dies of one. Each year, more women than me…

10 of the Most Gorgeous Body-Positive ‘Plus Size’ Models

Pierre Van Zyl16th February 2024Heal, Learn, Move, Personal Growth + Development, Weight Loss, Women’s Health

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The fashion industry isn’t the most body-positive industry out there; they aren’t really generous to anyone over a size 2. In fact, several brands use the term ‘plus-size’ to describe anyone over a size 6, which seems ridiculous…

Stop using ‘non-stick’ Teflon pans! This is what happens to your risk of cancer, liver and kidney disease

Pierre Van Zyl15th February 2024Heal, Health Awareness

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Editor’s Note: A recent news report has shed more light on the issue of non-stick cookware. The Hearty Soul team thought it imperative to provide the most up to date information to our readers on the subject:  CNBC Reports: “Now two ne…

37-Year-Old Mom Shares Uncommon Early-Warning Sign for Breast Cancer

Pierre Van Zyl14th February 2024Cancer, Heal

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In the fight against breast cancer, early detection is crucial. When diagnosed in the early stages, breast cancer patients have a significantly higher chance of survival and recovery than those whose cancer goes undetected for long periods of time. The…

10 Things You Can Do Right Now to Potentially Cut Your Breast Cancer Risk

Pierre Van Zyl14th February 2024Cancer, Heal, Health Awareness

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We’ve all heard the statistics that one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer.  But did you know that in 2012, nearly 1.7 million new cases of breast cancer were diagnosed worldwide, making up one-quarter of new cancer cases in women…

Mom Survives Rare Form of Melanoma, Warns to ‘Stop Frying Your Skin’

Pierre Van Zyl14th February 2024Cancer, Heal

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In recent months, it seems like there have been countless close calls with people and melanoma. This was the case for 39-year-old Texan mother Bethany Greenway, too, but the call was a bit too close. What started out as a simple liver spot was differen…

12 Symptoms of Lung Cancer That Everyone Should Know

Pierre Van Zyl14th February 2024Cancer, Heal

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If there’s one activity the entire human race does most frequently, it’s breathing. And yet, we do it subconsciously and rarely ever stop to think about the quality of air we are consuming or the effect it can have on our lungs. More specifically, do a…

Body Signals: 9 Signs That Your Body is Crying for Help

Pierre Van Zyl14th February 2024Heal, Healthy Aging + General Wellness

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We may never understand it all, but our bodies have been perfectly and intricately designed. In fact, it even seems to talk to us sometimes – that is, if we choose to listen. For example, our body has mechanisms to warn us when we’re falling ill such a…

What Does Skin Cancer Look Like? Watch Out For These 7 Symptoms

Pierre Van Zyl14th February 2024Cancer, Heal

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Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States. It is estimated that one in five Americans will develop this disease at some point. Even worse, several common causes of this cancer are due to bad habits that could potentially be avoided. It…

How this Woman’s “Green House” Nearly Killed Her

Pierre Van Zyl14th February 2024Heal, Health Awareness, Learn, News + Discoveries

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New York Times’ bestselling author, Elena Amsterdam was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2006, but was able to manage her condition and live well for a number of years- that is, until she moved into a newly renovated house in 2014. Within a y…

A Neuroscientist Reveals the Most Important Choice You Can Make in Life

Pierre Van Zyl13th February 2024Heal, Mental Health

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We all have different ideas about where our happiness comes from. For some, it comes from a happy childhood, others feel their happiness comes from their relationship or lack thereof. Your career, hobbies, how you spend your money, all of these could b…

4 Severe Signs of Cervical Cancer You Should Never Ignore, But Many Women Do

Pierre Van Zyl13th February 2024Heal, Women’s Health

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If you’re a woman reading this, you’re probably aware of the signs and symptoms of breast cancer; however, most women have far less knowledge about cervical cancer, the second most common cancer in women worldwide.(9) Currently, the number of new cases…

Scalp Eczema: 8 Natural Remedies for Red, Flaky, or Itchy Scalps

Pierre Van Zyl13th February 2024Heal, Health Awareness, Pain Management

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If you’re seeing white skin flakes come off your head, there’s a good chance it’s probably scalp eczema. It is a stubborn condition that persists for years, and can come and go without warning. Symptoms of scalp eczema can be effectiv…

4 Ways to Fix Your Leaky Gut and Alleviate Rheumatoid Arthritis

Pierre Van Zyl13th February 2024Digestion, Heal, Learn, Pain Management

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Recent research has come to the attention of the scientific community linking Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) to the type of bacteria that exists in your gut. What Your Gut Has to Do With Rheumatoid Arthritis RA is an autoimmune condition that is more common…

Miracle Medicinal Plant: 17 Ways to Use Aloe Vera for Health and Beauty

Pierre Van Zyl13th February 2024Heal, Healthy Aging + General Wellness

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Many people are familiar with aloe plants and have likely used it to relieve the pain of burns or to cool a sunburn. However, the benefits of aloe vera go far beyond just these remedies. In fact aloe has commonly been used throughout history for its be…

How to Help Relieve Any Headache in 10 Minutes Without Pills

Pierre Van Zyl11th February 2024Heal, Pain Management

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Headaches always seem to strike when it’s least convenient. The morning of an important presentation at work, in the middle of your family vacation, or just when you are about to head out to celebrate running your first half marathon. No matter w…

Fluoroquinolones Come With Loss of Muscles and Other Side Effects

Pierre Van Zyl11th February 2024Heal, Health Awareness, Learn, News + Discoveries

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In our pursuit of better health, we often rely on doctors to make critical decisions. Yet, there are instances when this trust is misplaced, leading to severe consequences for patients. One such case is that of Amy Moser, whose experience with fluoroqu…

Stressed? This is how it physically damages your body and causes back pain

Pierre Van Zyl11th February 2024Heal, Mental Health, Pain Management

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Every single day I encounter patients who are suffering from some form of stress-related illness.  They have typically been feeling this way for an extended period and have realized that it is not normal to feel tired, lethargic, moody, anxious an…

7 symptoms of B12 deficiency that you should never ignore

Pierre Van Zyl11th February 2024Heal, Healthy Aging + General Wellness

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In a world where there is food available on almost every corner, vitamin deficiency is still a major factor of poor health in developed countries. While some say changes in our soil are to blame for nutrient deficiencies, there are many reasons why in …

9 Habits You Should Start Today for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Prevention

Pierre Van Zyl11th February 2024Heal, Healthy Aging + General Wellness, Learn, Mental Health, Move, Personal Growth + Development

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Most of us probably know or have known at least one person with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Considering there are 47.5 million people suffering from dementia worldwide, chances are you know more than one. (1)Perhaps you lost a grandparent, p…