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Stress plays an important role in the body’s immune system? When stress levels reach a tipping point, the body’s immune system fails. Chronic exposure to stress leads to anxiety, depression, and illness. However, not everyone with stress develops a disease. The degree to which our thoughts control the effect of life events on our well-being is . . . → Read More: Did you know that …

Chemicals that harm with pleasure: Meth

Methamphetamine is illegal, relatively cheap, easy to obtain, and highly addictive. It affects the central nervous system and causes structural, chemical, and metabolic brain changes. Stress increases neurotoxicity of meth. Addiction leads to reduced cognitive performance and verbal fluency, poor attention and memory.

Exposure to meth causes impairment to visual motor integration, sustained attention, and verbal . . . → Read More: Chemicals that harm with pleasure: Meth

Chemicals that harm with pleasure: Tobacco

Tobacco: is legal. 70% of people who try it become addicted. 20% of deaths each year are due to smoking. Smoking has a genetic effect. It causes nausea, cough, dizziness, chest pain, difficulty breathing, and compromises the immune system.

Smokers end up with panic attacks, cardiovascular disease, heart attack, stroke, pneumonia, bronchitis, . . . → Read More: Chemicals that harm with pleasure: Tobacco

Dads empower their kids

A colleague of mine and I were discussing the role of women in psychology, when out of the blue he surprised me with a question: “There was a lot that I took for granted until my wife had children. My wife and I have three daughters now, and I had to read up on literature on . . . → Read More: Dads empower their kids

Emerging Epidemic: Autism, ADD/ADHD, Dyslexia, Allergies, Eczema

In her fascinating and thought provoking book entitled Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS), Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride (UK) closely examines an emerging epidemic: autism, attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity and without it (ADHD/ADD), dyspraxia, dyslexia, various behavioral and learning problems, allergies, asthma, and eczema.

Research and vast clinical experience show one factor that . . . → Read More: Emerging Epidemic: Autism, ADD/ADHD, Dyslexia, Allergies, Eczema