Around one in three adults report having some degree of insomnia. A new study shows that putting these two powerful sleep herbs together can help. Having trouble sleeping can be an annoying problem even if you don’t suffer from full blown, chronic insomnia. This double-blind study looked at a combination of two sleep herbs on 40 people who had sleep problems one or two weeks a night and who had poor sleep quality that fell short of the diagnostic criteria for actual insomnia. The herbs were...

Migraine headaches are ridiculously common. They can cause intense, throbbing pain; nausea; vomiting and sensitivity to light and sound that can seriously affect your quality of life. This new study suggests that getting more of one simple vitamin could help. This study compared levels of vitamin B12 in people who suffered from migraines to the levels in people who didn’t. The migraine group was further divided into people who suffered chronic migraine and people whose migraines were...

A promising new study provides evidence that spirulina can improve symptoms and quality of life in people with irritable bowel syndrome. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects 5-10% of all people. It affects women more than men. Because of the pain, and because 38% of people with IBS experience depression and 40% experience anxiety, IBS can seriously affect quality of life. Recent research is expanding our knowledge of IBS. It appears that gut permeability allows immune cells to pass into the...