Sleep issues plague millions of Americans resulting in financial complications, lack of productivity, relationship stressors and more. Add to this the stress of all that is going on in the world today and we just keep looping through sleeplessness and being in our head. How do we sleep during times like this? First of all, […]
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I like being the one in control of my health. I choose the foods I eat, the exercise I employ, the remedies I use. I am in my early sixties and take no medications. I haven’t had an antibiotic since I was 16, and I enjoy good health. I am an avid student, studying and
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Headaches (all types) plague more people in the United States than perhaps any single symptom (except fatigue). Headaches can be simply an annoyance, or severe, such as a migraine – incapacitating the person for up to several days at a time. As with all of the many symptoms a person can have, headaches are the
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The truth about fats has been muddled in poor research, special interests, and now more than half a century later, an embarrassing conclusion to the human experiment we have been. In the late 1950’s Ancel Keys theorized, based on some questionable research, that saturated fats may have a leading role in heart disease. Then Nathan
Most people today answer weary more than cheery. Fatigue, brain fog, lack of mental clarity, depression, weight gain and other complaints far outweigh cheeriness, happiness, confidence, and a general satisfaction with life. Although many have a life that isn’t what they would have wished for, there is something we can do about the effects. The
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This time of year, people are running to the pharmacies and acupuncturists looking for ways to offset the miserable effects of allergies. Right now, we are vacillating between wind-blown pollens that trigger allergies, and the persistent rains that create mold-related allergies. Either way, it is distressing. Before grabbing for a bottle of medications, you may
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Over the last decade, there have been waves of excitement regarding the “Brain Gut”. Scientists have found that the gut is truly a brain in of itself, referred to as the “Enteric Nervous System”. It turns out that the notion of “gut instinct” or “gut feelings” have actual merit. However, it goes much deeper than
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Our homes are being flooded with pharmaceutical propaganda, encouraging the listener, viewer or reader to buy these drugs. With images of joyful, skinny, perfect people with lives full of laughter and a spring in their step, they lure us into believing if we take their medications that our lives will also be perfect and nothing
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I frequently am asked – “what diet do you recommend?” I think about all of the diets so popular right now – South Beach, Paleo, Atkins, Mediterranean, Eat Right For Your Blood Type, Zone diet, etc. It’s dizzying! My answer is always simple – whole foods. Real food, like naturally raised meats, vegetables grown in
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The light went on. Is it 3,000 miles already? Seems like I just changed the oil in my car, how can it be time to change it again already? How many filters are in a car? We have a fuel filter, an oil filter, and on older cars, a carburetor filter. Why so many filters?
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