4 Toxic Body Signals You Should Never Ignore
Have you ever wondered if the pains we feel on a regular basis are really “normal”? Is it normal to get frequent headaches? To have aches and pains all over or to gain weight? Is it normal to be forgetful or to walk around in a fog, to feel tired and energy-less? Is it normal to get food cravings...
Would You Eat 10 Teaspoons of Sugar Right Now?
Remember the movie “Super Size Me”? One message in this movie was if we think the key is to stop eating the burgers, think again. The bigger issue for a heart-healthy and obesity-reducing America is to stop drinking the soft drinks (aka high fructose corn syrup drinks) and eating the fries (aka insulin spike sticks). Can you imagine what...
Boost Bone Health With These Non-dairy Calcium Alternatives
After her debut at the 1939 World's Fair, Elsie the Cow became so famous (the inspiration of the Borden Milk Company), she toured the country in her own railcar fitted with a four-poster, canopied bed. Well, MOOOve over, Elsie. While dairy can deliver a lot of calcium, there are other ways to get your daily dose. And that's especially important...
From a Diet & Health Perspective, Should We Avoid Red Meat?
Red meat isn't just a type of food--it's a deep-rooted part of our culture. Many of us were raised at a time when no dinner was complete without a hearty portion of meat and potatoes. Every July 4th, we fill our grills with hot dogs and hamburgers, and from November through New Year's, meat is often the centerpiece of...
3 Ways to Naturally Boost Dopamine – Plus 3 Ways You Lower It
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays a major role in mental health. It is naturally produced in your brain and adrenal glands and is the chemical that signals feelings of pleasure. Dopamine has been linked to cognition, voluntary movement, motivation, punishment and reward, sleep, mood, attention, inhibition of prolactin production (involved in lactation and sexual gratification), working memory and...
Have You Ever Had a Ghost Poop?
The Ghostbusters were out to vanquish green goop; but if you have ghost poop (we're not kidding), it takes more than an ectoplasmic slime-buster to get your bowels moving smoothly.
I Didn’t Know That Was Made with BPA
BPA (bisphenol A) – an organic compound that is used to make plastics, is considered an estrogen mimicker and has been identified as a significant risk for children by the FDA – even to the point that they recently banned BPA from baby bottles and children’s cups. But BPA is really a health problem for all of us. In 2010, Canada...
Spirulina and Chlorella: Nature’s Perfect Food
Spirulina and Chlorella are two of the world’s most perfect foods - tiny, ancient and unbelievably powerful. These two foods can supercharge your health; providing incredible levels of nutrients while helping prevent a number of common ailments. Spirulina and chlorella are one-celled micro-algae, 2-10 microns in size - about the size of a human blood cell. They are ancient in...
Have You Met These 4 Difficult People?
The walk-in medical clinic was about to close for the day when Susan Biali got a call from one of her longtime patients. Could she please hang in a bit longer? The caller was feeling very ill and needed to see her immediately. An exhausted Biali waited for the patient to arrive. When the woman sauntered in she was...
Tomatoes Lower Risk of All Arterial Diseases
"Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" may have spun a healthy yarn about the virtues of stubborn independence, but as far as tomato recipes, that's not one we'd recommend. But we do love to cook with juicy, ripe, red tomatoes, and our menu suggestion for today is tomato surprise. What's the surprise? Well, for a long time we've told...
