Four ingredients for “cleaning house” Spring is less than a month away, and with the unusually warm weather we’ve been having it’s almost believable. Usually with spring you hear about things like “spring cleaning”. If you are familiar with the wholistic crowd you may also hear about doing spring cleanses, fasting, or “detoxifying”. After all, […]
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Adaptogens – What are they, and why should you care?
If you suffer from any kind of chronic health condition, if you are an athlete, if you are recovering from an illness or injury, if you do shift work, work long hours, or experience any others of a host of stressors… then you want to learn about Adaptogens! What is an Adaptogen? An easy way […]
Continue readingSpring Cleaning – The Health Effects of Fasting
Historically, fasting has been around for thousands of years. Many of the world’s religions have fasting as a component of a spiritual life. [17] While many have just finished their religious period of fasting, many others think of spring as the time to do a cleanse or fast for the benefit of their health, while […]
Continue readingCholesterol – the Rest of the Story
We hear it in the news, we hear it from our doctors, we hear about it from all kinds of sources – cholesterol needs to be lowered! It’s almost as though cholesterol were some evil entity that must be conquered at all costs, or shouldn’t be in your body at all. That is why I’m […]
Continue readingAutoimmune diseases
Not that long ago, you didn’t hear the term “autoimmune disease”. Now it seems to be a term that you hear frequently, but what does it mean? What is an autoimmune disease? Autoimmune disease occurs when the body has started to see some part of “self” as being foreign and needing to be eliminated. “Auto” […]
Continue readingFighting Colds & Flus
While Cold FX is still popular it isn’t a replacement for eating right. Besides, mother nature didn’t stop at American Ginseng (which Cold FX is derived from). Many herbs that live in the typical kitchen cupboard have their uses in fighting colds and flus. Of course they work best if they are of high quality […]
Continue readingHerbal Help for Headaches
For many people, headaches, especially chronic or reoccurring headaches, seem to be just another part of life, but it shouldn’t have to be. There are a myriad of things that can contribute to the occurrence of headaches. Some of these include stress, side-effects of medications, lack of sleep, food intolerances, allergies, eyestrain, poor digestion, PMS, […]
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