Author Archives : Bel Marra Health

Despite growing interest in natural health remedies, the amount of people taking prescription drugs is on the rise, and Americans spend more than $250 billion dollars a year on prescription medications. Unfortunately, the cost of prescription drugs doesn’t stop at our wallets; prescription drugs can cause a slew of negative side-effects and often necessitate additional ...click here to read more

A fecal transplant is a procedure that involves infusing stool from a healthy human donor into the intestines of an ill patient in order to re-establish healthy micro-organisms in the patient’s gut. Healthy microbes work similar to antibiotic drugs, because they help to fight off harmful micro-organisms in the body. Fecal transplants have been used ...click here to read more

As concern increases around the world about the consumption of sugar and obesity, The World Health Organization (WHO) confirms that cutting sugar can lead to weight loss. Recently, the WHO has gone so far as to say that free sugars should be less than 10 percent of total energy intake in one’s diet (free sugars ...click here to read more

The rise in child obesity has been at the heat of controversy for many years now. Excess weight often results in elevated cholesterol levels and it predisposes our children to cardiovascular disease, which is affecting people at younger ages than ever before. Feeding our children a healthy food based diet is essential to keeping their ...click here to read more

If you suffer from arthritis, reaching for pain killers or anti-inflammatory medication may be the only thing on your mind when it comes to a pain or  inflammation flare-up. But what if you could access natural pain relief without any of the nasty side-effects of traditional pain killers?  New research is showing that ginger extract ...click here to read more

For many health reasons, we’ve been told not to sit out in the sun for too long. However, we don’t hear much about why the sun can be beneficial to our health as well. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh discovered how the incredible powers of the sun can cause our bodies to release critical ...click here to read more

The heated debate that makes all moms cringe with guilt continues: nature vs. nurture. Darwinistic versus Freudian theories have long been argued in trying to determine the true cause behind human psychology and behaviors. Could the way we behave be inherited (nature)? Or does our environment and life experiences make us who we are (nurture)? ...click here to read more

Orange you going to eat your daily dose of citrus fruit? You’ll definitely want to after discovering that these juicy balls of sweet ‘n sour goodness can provide you with far more life-saving nutrients than just a shot of vitamin C. Citrus fruits contain high levels of phytonutrients, which are plant-based nutrients with some powerful ...click here to read more