The Many Miracles of Raw Organic Honey
Raw organic honey can provide you with numerous excellent health benefits, in addition to supporting organic cultivation of honey bees in your region. Immune System Booster One of the substantial benefits to raw organic honey from your area is that it contains immune stimulating properties from the area where the bees collected pollen. If you are new to an area, eating...
Lose The Energy Drinks! Opt For Coffee or Tea
The Energizer Bunny keeps going and going - and many of you who don't run on batteries seem to think that powering up with a super-stoked energy drink will give you that kind of get-up-and-go. But these beverages may end up flipping your turn-off switch instead. The Food and Drug Administration has five unconfirmed reports of death from the drinks,...
The Magic of Olives: Packed with Phytonutrients, Antioxidants and Good Fats!
A popular food for thousands of years, olives pack a powerful nutritional punch along with their rich flavor. THE FOLKLORE One of the oldest cultivated trees, the olive tree, along with its branches, fruit, and oil--permeates legend, history, and palates around the world. A universal symbol of peace, glory, and abundance, the olive, native to Asia Minor, was first cultivated in...
6 Tips for Splitting Fingernails
Q: I'm 70-year-old woman, and for the last two or three years my fingernails have begun to split in a lateral manner. I take calcium, so I'm wondering what's causing this. Can you help? A: There are a number of reasons why nails may peel, such as: - Vitamin deficiencies - Having hands in water often - Fungal infections - Habits such as rubbing...
The Failure of American Health Care: This Isn’t About Insurance
The United States has the best acute care and disease management system in the world. Do you realize how bad our health is in the U.S.? We are getting ill far earlier and living far longer with compromised health. You are at losing odds with your health if you have American Health Care. The U.S. is ranked last in the...
Just One Fast Food Meal Damages Your Arteries
In "Super Size Me," Morgan Spurlock proved that eating nothing but fast food for a month is disheartening (he became despondent, his cholesterol rose 65 points and he had heart palpitations) and inflating (he gained 24 pounds). What he didn't know was that even one fast-food meal - just ONE - damages your arteries. If you slam a sausage, egg...
American Pain Society: Yoga, Not Meds May be the Best Treatment for Neck Pain
“The mainstay of conservative treatment for neck pain is non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication and the evidence of its effectiveness is contradictory, while side effects such as nausea and dizziness are well known.” This is a telling and disturbing statement from a study out of Germany regarding the treatment of neck pain recently published in the Journal of Pain. In this study,...
Exercise Boosts Gray Matter to Help Fight Off Brain Disorders
While we might not think about the health of our brain and mind when we are exercising, recent research reveals that regular physical activity plays a significant role in preventing dementia and other central nervous system disorders. Working Out Pumps Oxygen to the Brain In one study from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, researchers found that individuals with Parkinson’s disease...
Getting the Winter Doldrums? How About a Negative Fast!
You've probably heard the saying, "You are what you eat," meaning your diet dictates how you look and feel. But what about the words you speak? Is there any possible way that the words you're constantly saying don't affect your health whatsoever? In my experience with clients, the words they speak about themselves and the state and their lives has...
Winter Allergy Time: Boost Your Folate Intake
Q: Leaves are gone, there are no flowers, but my allergies just keep going. What is it that gets me sneezing and congested during the winter? - Penelope P., Zanesville, Ohio A: Mold spores and dust mites are the usual suspects when it comes to identifying winter allergies. Mold spores can lurk in piles of rotting autumn leaves; in soil...
