Inflammation is a two-edged sword. On one side, inflammation is a necessary part of the healing process, and therefore, good. On the other side, prolonged inflammation sets the stage for degenerative or auto-immune disorders, which, of course, is bad. As such, it is the most common link to nearly all diseases. If we could control […]
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Quick and easy. That’s what we all clamor for. We have “health” in a bottle, food in a box, and energy in a drink. But is it in our best interest? Our quick and easy lifestyle has made things, well, not so quick and easy. Because we want things so quick and easy, we have
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The digestive system is the root of health. The common philosophy amongst most “natural health” practitioners is that you are only as healthy as your digestive system is. This is because without proper nutrients no cell, organ, gland or system can do its job properly. It takes strong digestion to break down the essential fats,
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I have recently been on a new and interesting journey. Realizing that our commercial foods are so nutritionally depleted, and desiring to grow my own foods, I naturally contemplated methods of preserving foods. Not just preserving the foods, but preserving the nutritional density of the foods. Canning seemed to be the most logical for nuts
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There are many reasons for stress, anxiety and depression. What we eat and drink, or what we don’t consume can make the difference between a happy, healthy mental state or one where we just want to crawl in a hole and forget about life for awhile. “Every mental state is affected by brain chemistry, from
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For a hundred years now, we have been altering our foods to try to improve on Mother Nature. I don’t understand this. Why would we mere human beings believe that we know better than God? Why do we think He would mistakenly give us foods that would cause disease? Isn’t it more logical to think
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The liver is one of the most amazing organs. If you’ve ever seen or held a liver, it appears to be a pretty innocuous organ. It is plain, smooth, and appears to be quite uncomplicated. By contrast, the heart has an interesting array of chordae, vessels, chambers, and valves. Each part has a distinct function,
We have an amazing substance in our body, called hormones. Hormones are regulatory substances that cause specific cells or tissues to do a prescribed function in the body. Most people when they think of hormones, they think of sex hormones (such as estrogen, progesterone or testosterone), brain hormones that effect moods (such as serotonin, norepinephrine/noradrenaline,
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No one should have to live with headaches. Headaches come in all sizes and shapes, intensities and causes. They can be mild and tolerable without need for intervention, moderate, requiring some intervention, or severe, requiring more aggressive treatment. The causes and types are quite variable – from a tension or sinus headache, to a migraine
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In the previous article we discussed GERD in relation to acid-stopping medications, the incidences and a few of the causes. In this article we will discuss some remedies. To reiterate some, it is essential that other issues are ruled out and not ignored. It is not uncommon for someone to treat what they believe is
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