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How a Plant-Based Diet Can Speed Up the Recovery Process

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Recovery from addiction isn’t just about abstaining from substances—it’s about rebuilding the mind, body, and spirit from the ground up. While therapy, support groups, and structured routines are central to recovery programs, nutrition often remains an overlooked pillar. But emerging evidence suggests that what we eat plays a profound role in how well—and how quickly—we heal. A plant-based diet, rich in whole foods, fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, nuts, and seeds, offers a natural and powerful way to support the physical and emotional recovery process. Here’s how shifting to plant-powered nutrition can accelerate healing and restore balance in a body … Continue reading →

The Gut-Brain Connection: Can a Whole Foods Diet Improve Mental Health in Rehab?

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Did you know that ancient sub-continental apothecaries used to determine the root cause of every illness by analyzing the diet of a person? As medical science is advancing, scientists have begun to study how foods may impact mental health in individuals. We all have heard how sugar can energize people and make them hyper-active. There are several studies to back the theory that digestion does not happen in the gut alone. The gut-brain axis is what helps scientists understand how gut health can impact mental health. For all those in rehabilitation, food choices have become more important ever since these … Continue reading →

How Indoor Plants Improve Mood and Air Quality in Treatment Facilities

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Indoor plants are considered an aesthetic fix for any kind of home. Whether you have a rustic cottage look, a high-end apartment or a penthouse, the use of plants can liven up any space! These plants do more than just look good, as they can uplift your health in many ways. The environment plays a crucial role in our well-being. Whether you adorn your living space with plants or you have a green and happy garden where you spend some time every evening, greenery always has a refreshing effect. We will discuss how indoor plants can be beneficial for treatment … Continue reading →

How Caring for the Environment Can Reinforce Self-Worth in Recovery

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Different kinds of addictions, mental stresses or conditions not only make a person feel less useful, but these conditions can also make people feel as if they do not have any purpose in life. As hopelessness seeps in, depressed or anxious people combating substance abuse can become vulnerable to circumstances. However, did you know that caring for our environment and people around us can make us feel a lot more worthy of appreciation? Why not try this from today? We will discuss how people in addiction recovery can feel better about their self-worth if they care for the environment. Environmental … Continue reading →

The Spiritual Benefits of Ramadan Fasting

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Our environment is more than trees, water, land, and air. It is a sense of peace, an understanding of our place in our society. It sustains our satisfaction in life and our interest in caring for the life around us. Recognizing the sustaining forces that make up our environment sometimes requires a time of deep introspection. Few practices in the human repertoire can guide us to deep introspection like the profound practice of fasting in the holy month of Ramadan. For one full month in every year, fasting is required for Muslims all over the world. The day-long fasting process in … Continue reading →

Why Sustainable Weight Loss Matters

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In a world that’s always running on caffeine and shortcuts, weight loss gets sold like some magic hack. Lol. “Just follow this trendy diet, pop that miracle pill, or push yourself through extreme workouts, and boom! You’ll wake up looking like a fitness influencer.” But let’s be real, that never happens. Instead, you end up exhausted, frustrated, and right back where you started, maybe even worse off. And here’s the part no one talks about: these so-called “solutions” aren’t just bad for you, they’re bad for the planet too. Think about it, fad diets push unsustainable food trends, weight-loss products … Continue reading →

How Cleanliness is Next to Greenliness

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There are usually many objectives of cleaning a home or office and the things in it. One of them is to achieve a certain level comfort and freshness while the other is to maintain the aesthetic appeal of the space around. However, when it comes to choosing the right cleaning products and technologies, it is important and beneficial to go the eco-friendly way. Many manufacturers, in a bid to reduce their carbon footprint, are striving to come up with cleaning products that are made from environmentally-friendly ingredients. Such products are not only safer or less toxic to use, but also … Continue reading →

Climate Change Impacts on Public Health: Perspectives for Arab World

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Climate change is not only affecting the economies of Arab world but also having detrimental impacts on the very fabric of society, through threats to public health and livelihoods. Climate change in the Arab world is also exacerbating social inequalities, hitting the rural poor the hardest. This is not a reason for complacency amongst the wealthy urban classes. Basic humanitarianism aside, history suggests that physical hardships can breed wider unrest: a body of evidence suggests that poor harvests caused by a major Icelandic volcanic ash cloud in 1783 triggered no less an event that the French Revolution. Extreme weather events … Continue reading →

الصحة المناخية – مصطلح جديد وضرورة

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لا ادري ان يصح إطلاق تعبير ” الصحة المناخية” لكنني استوحيته من دراستي الجامعية حيث تخصصت بالصحة البيئية ومن بعدها ماجستير العلوم البيئية. فكما ترتكز الصحة البيئية على دراسة تأثير البيئة على صحة الإنسان وتأثير الإنسان على البيئة. فإن ايضا الصحة المناخية أعني بها تأثير التغير المناخي على صحة الإنسان وعلاقة الإنسان بتغير المناخ. يؤثر تغير المناخ على نوعية مياه الشرب والمأوى الآمن وكمية الغذاء ونقاوة الهواء وفي نفس الوقت إن زيادة تلوث الهواء يؤدي إلى زيادة حدة تغير المناخ. وتأثير المناخ على الصحة يختلف بين البلدان والبلدان النامية والجزر هم الأكثر تأثرا والأقل قدرة على الاحتمال. حسب منظمة الصحة … Continue reading →

Environmental and Health Impacts of Asbestos

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Asbestos is an infamous building and construction material that gained popularity in the 20th century due to its fire-resistant properties. Asbestos’ first commercial mine was opened in 1879 in Quebec province, Canada. It took several years of production and consumption of this material in several parts of the world before its health and environmental hazards were discovered. Australia was one of the heaviest global consumers of asbestos in the 1980s with most of the materials being imported into the country from Canada and South Africa. The use of the material didn’t stop until a national ban was announced on December … Continue reading →

4 Factors On How You Can Select The Best Health Insurance

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Having health insurance coverage is non-negotiable in a post-Covid world. The rising cost of healthcare is a reality that we can’t ignore anymore and health coverage is essentially a safeguard to ensure that we have access to the best of medical care at all times, no matter the cost. The best health insurance policies are designed to offer you more than basic health coverage and give you access to much more in terms of overall benefits at an affordable premium. In this article, we will look at a few pointers that should help you select the best health coverage and also … Continue reading →

The Essentials for Every Pathology Lab You Must Know

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Pathology is a specialized area of medicine that is concerned with the origins and causes of disease. If you are considering opening up a pathology lab, you will need the right equipment. Without high-quality medical machinery, you risk getting inaccurate and unreliable results. Error-ridden results can be detrimental in a pathology lab. It could lead to the wrong diagnosis and, therefore, the wrong treatments being administered. Of course, you’ll also need a great team of staff, but that’s a subject for another article! Here, we’re going to the key pieces of equipment that you’ll need for your pathology lab. 1. … Continue reading →