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Examine.com – Science-based nutrition & supplement information

Examine.com simplifies nutrition and supplementation — through meticulous analysis of the latest scientific research — to help answer your questions on how to be healthier.



Go here for list of supplements, by name and by use (as gut health)

Go here for Top nutrition and supplement articles

Go here for Guides (sorry about that ad, $99.00 for all 17 guides – Yikes!)

This Web site was recommended to me by a physician.

August 19, 2020 Posted by | Nutrition | , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fighting injustice can trigger trauma — we need to learn how to process it and take healing action

From the August 28, 2020 blog item at Waging Nonviolence by Kazu Gaga

“Perhaps you have noticed signs of trauma playing out in your own life, in your relationships and in your household. Common responses to trauma can include anxiety, short tempers, hyper-vigilance, withdrawal, fatigue, cynicism, lack of empathy and restlessness, among countless others.”


“When trauma is triggered, we lack the ability to take in new information, to be creative, consider different perspectives or think about long-term consequences.”

How do we engage? Study trauma, move through trauma, slow down, and open up.

Read the entire article here.

August 19, 2020 Posted by | Psychology | , , | Leave a comment

   

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