Stanly Wellness Center

03/02/2026

Are you stuck in your healing? I like his closing remarks - “Do what you can, and let God do what you can’t”. Keeping in mind, you are first required to do everything you can do.

You know mental healing is possible—but something keeps getting in the way. The path forward doesn't have to stay out of reach. God wants to help you move pa...

03/01/2026

Eating nutritious food is only half the equation; how you prepare it determines how much your body actually absorbs.

I always use olive oil as a dressing on my vegetables or I use ghee if I am preparing them for a higher temperature preparation.

Scientists found that kale’s prized nutrients are hard for the body to absorb unless they’re eaten with oil. Cooking doesn’t improve absorption, but adding oil-based dressings—or even more advanced nanoemulsion sauces—does. These combinations dramatically increase access to kale’s carote...

02/26/2026

When it comes to knowing your Vitamin D status, stop guessing your dose and start testing. Get your 25(OH)D measured, identify where you actually fall, account for your individual factors, and retest after making changes. A number on a supplement bottle is not a substitute for knowing what your levels actually are.

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble nutrient essential for calcium homeostasis and bone metabolism. Deficiency of this beneficial substance can lead to nutritional rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. In the 1930s, North America began fortifying milk with vitamin D to eradicate dietary rickets in....

02/24/2026

It should be known that your first meal of the day should always be heavy in protein and or fiber. Meals that are heavy in carbohydrates stimulate your body to crave more carbohydrates throughout the day which leads to spikes in blood sugar and insulin leading to energy crashes. Your first meal should also be your largest meal, your last meal should be your smallest meal.

Eating almost half of your daily calories at breakfast time may aid weight loss, a large study has found.

02/23/2026

Ashwagandha is well known as a stress and sleep herb. However this study found that participants taking 300 mg of ashwagandha root extract twice daily lost an average of 8.46 kg (18.6lbs) compared to just 2.41 kg (5.3lbs) in the placebo group.

The relationship between excess body weight and stress significantly impacts overall health. The current study evaluated the efficacy and safety of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) root extract (ARE) in altering stress biomarkers and its role in ...

02/21/2026

Why do healthcare practitioners study auto mechanics?

02/19/2026

According to studies, more people are training/exercising to carry groceries, be able to garden, play with grandchildren, and maintain independence, not just to look good.

As little as 90 minutes of strength training per week is associated with 3.9 years of reduced biological aging, and that strength training can reduce cardiovascular disease risk by 30% in women.

Telomere length is an index of biological aging. As humans age, their telomeres become progressively shorter. Additionally, healthy lifestyle practices are associated with longer telomeres and unhealthy habits predict shorter telomeres. PURPOSE: This study evaluated the association between weekly ti...

02/18/2026

God’s Perfect Will is Not to Heal You; His Perfect Will is That You Do Not Get Sick.

Dr. Henry Wright

02/17/2026

If you suffer from an autoimmune condition, and you have gone to every specialist without quality answers - this is probably what you have been missing all along.

The majority of dis-ease states begin with an imbalance within our emotional being.

The Be In Health Team is gearing up for the "Real Solutions to Autoimmune Disease" conference on August 25th. Today we will go behind the scenes where we dis...

02/16/2026

Coffee and Tea Intake, Dementia Risk, and Cognitive Function

Coffee's neuroprotective effects likely stem from polyphenols and caffeine reducing inflammation and cellular damage in the brain.

Caffeinated tea also found to slow cognitive decline in study.

02/13/2026

02/12/2026

Here is some sound advice if your considering pain injections.

Your steroid injection success depends more on what you do AFTER the procedure than the injection itself. In this comprehensive guide, I break down the criti...