Maria Sykes Profile Overview

Maria Sykes

Maria Sykes

The Hearty Soul Team

Marie Sykes is an Ontario based writer with a background in research and a love for holistic wellness. She's especially interested in boosting awareness for women's health issues. Once a shunner of gyms, Marie has found an appreciation for weight training and HIIT circuits. She enjoys trying cuisine from all over the world, and she also enjoys not caring two cents what other people think her body should look like.
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Is Alcohol Actually The Scariest Gateway Drug to Watch Out For?

While it’s been embedded in many brains, and is often taught in our school system that marijuanna is a gateway drug, the next step toward using substances such as cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin or prescription opioids. While many may see marijuana this way,  is it the only substance guiding users down a dark and dangerous road?  […]

Maria Sykes

Maria Sykes

The Hearty Soul Team

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Is My Family Safe in Long Term Care Facilities?

The sands of time have been kicked in our faces. More American families than ever find themselves struggling to balance the needs of three or more generations all at once. The average person can expect to live decades longer than previous generations, according to the CDC. (1) Baby Boomers are finding themselves redefining what it […]

Maria Sykes

Maria Sykes

The Hearty Soul Team

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Is There a Link Between Medication Use During Infancy and Allergies in Early Childhood?

This article was originally published in May 2018 and has since been updated. As we all know, allergic diseases, particularly in childhood, are becoming more and more common. It’s not just that we are becoming more aware of allergic diseases, think of the frequent announcements on airplanes about peanut allergies, or food allergy questions by […]

Maria Sykes

Maria Sykes

The Hearty Soul Team

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6 hidden causes of foot pain and how to get relief fast

Some common causes of foot pain are fractures, tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, Morton’s neuroma, heel spurs, gout, and neuropathy. Your first step is to get your problem accurately diagnosed so it may be cared for properly, and then you may try some common natural solutions for different foot pain. 6 Causes Of Foot Pain And How […]

Maria Sykes

Maria Sykes

The Hearty Soul Team

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How Smoking Cigarettes Can Lead To An Aneurysm

People have been aware of the negative effects of smoking cigarettes for several decades now. But even with the decline of smoking that has followed since, there are still many people who choose to smoke. In 2016, 15.5% of adults in the U.S. smoked, which is an estimated 37.8 million people (1). It is common […]

Maria Sykes

Maria Sykes

The Hearty Soul Team

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Smartphones, Tablets Causing Mental Health Issues in Kids as Young as Two

We’ve reached a strange point in history in which an entire generation of people has never lived without incredibly modern technology like the internet, smartphones, and social media. You’re as likely to see a toddler with a tablet as a toddler with a stuffed teddy. Perhaps you’re a parent of young children yourself, and someway […]

Maria Sykes

Maria Sykes

The Hearty Soul Team

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If You Get Your Tubes Tied You Can Still Get Pregnant

Katherine made plans to spend a special spring break with her two-daughters at Disney World while leaving her husband and 5-month old at home. Little did Katherine know, she was in for the ride of her lifetime. On the second day of her trip with her daughters, the family had lunch in a cafe on […]

Maria Sykes

Maria Sykes

The Hearty Soul Team

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What are Tree Resins and Do They Have Health Benefits?

Tree resin from coniferous trees has deep roots in traditional medicine for healing burns and wounds. Tree resins have made appearances in cultures all over the world, from Ayurvedic medicine and ancient Egyptian healing to Traditional Chinese Medicine and Aboriginal medicine of Australia. (1, 2) You probably know more about tree resins than you might […]

Maria Sykes

Maria Sykes

The Hearty Soul Team

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How One Father Responded to His Son’s Down Syndrome Diagnosis

Many families learn they are expecting a child with Down syndrome before they’re born. Prenatal screening like ultrasounds, maternal serum tests, and blood tests can give a fairly accurate prediction (about 80% or more, depending on the test), while diagnostic tests such as amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling can provide a nearly 100% accurate prediction […]

Maria Sykes

Maria Sykes

The Hearty Soul Team

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Botched Microblading Procedure Leaves Woman with Four Eyebrows

Long gone are the days of over-tweezing, waxing, and threading. It’s the late 2010’s, baby, and having your eyebrows on fleek means keeping them full and well-shaped. While many women opt to color in their brows with eyebrow pencils on a daily basis, microblading is also a popular choice. But as one Kansas City woman […]

Maria Sykes

Maria Sykes

The Hearty Soul Team

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Study Shows That Spanking Leads to Long-Term Harm on Children

The appropriateness of spanking as a parental disciplinary technique arouses passionate debate. But a new meta-analysis of five decades of research suggests that, in addition to the psychological effects on children, there may be a large price to pay for the parents. Measuring the effects of spanking has proven difficult, not only because so many people […]

Maria Sykes

Maria Sykes

The Hearty Soul Team