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Amazing Superfood: Why Black Garlic Is Becoming the New White Garlic

Garlic has been used for ages to flavor different meals, from meats and soups. It has also been used for its health benefits and medicinal purposes. The use of garlic can be dated back to ancient India, China, Greece, Rome, and Egypt.  Over time, a trending variation of white garlic has emerged, boasting robust health ...

Nathan Machoka

Black garlic.

The Health Benefits of Black Fungus: Nature’s Aspirin

With the serious environmental pollution in modern society, detoxification has become a hot topic in health care. Notably, black fungus (also known as wood ear or cloud ear fungus) stands out for its remarkable health benefits. Renowned as the “aspirin of the food world,” it boasts a variety of advantages, including beautifying the skin, detoxifying ...

Mikel Davis

Black fungus salad with soy sauce and horseradish.

5 Bad Habits That Are Secretly Stealing Your Vascular Health

Healthy blood vessels are flexible and efficiently deliver blood and nutrients throughout the body. As they age, blood vessels become hard and brittle, susceptible to rupture or clot formation, threatening your vascular health. In this article, we will explore five bad habits that may be stealthily shortening the lifespan of your blood vessels.  The dangers ...

Max Lu

Young bearded man sitting at a desk piled up with books, lost in thought.

The Secret to Longevity: Less Anger for Better Health

Everyone is concerned about staying healthy, but why is it said that the best way to cherish life is not just to focus on physical health? Traditional Chinese medicine believes that various diseases are closely related to negative emotions, and modern medicine is increasingly proving this to be true. Bad emotions can lower the body’s ...

Emma Lu

A smiling man lounging in the sun.

4 Benefits of Green Tea

Some people really like to drink tea and enjoy the ritual of preparing a cup of green tea. Some people have heard that tea provides many benefits to the body, so they insist on drinking it. Is there any advantage to drinking green tea every day? Is it good to drink green tea at all? ...

Helen London

Ancient Chinese building on the edge of a pond.

Simple Exercises to Nurture Your ‘Second Heart’

In order to live a long and healthy life, it is therefore important to regularly exercise your legs and nurture your ‘Second Heart’. Seventy percent of our blood is pumped back to the heart by the calf. So in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the lower leg is called the “second heart.” Why? The ...

Raven Montmorency

A broken heart.