This time of year we are busy putting winter away, and looking forward to the cleanliness that spring brings. Greenhouses and gardens are getting cleaned up in preparation for a new garden, yards are getting raked and cleaned of the rotting leaves, pine needles and other garbage accumulated during the …
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I am often asked what the symptoms are for thyroid disease. There are many. It is important to note that any of the symptoms we will discuss here can apply to more than one condition. Fatigue, for instance can mean anything from thyroid or adrenal deficiency to infection, cardiovascular disease, …
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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.
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Asthma is now said to affect nearly 25 million people in the U.S. alone (that's one in eight individuals), 300 million worldwide. It continues to increase annually. An estimated $48.6 billion are spent in medical bills, $6 billion in prescription drugs, and who knows how much in alternative treatments - …
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An all too common grievance I hear today has to do with mental clarity. Complaints about not being able to remember details, having difficulty concentrating, or just plain feeling like they're in a fog is more common than ever. So many turn to medications for "depression," "anxiety" or "ADD" as …
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (aka: Lupus or SLE), is an autoimmune disease that effects the body as a whole. It is a connective tissue/inflammatory disorder that can harm multiple systems such as the joints, muscles, digestion, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, skin, blood vessels, and nervous system. It is a condition of …
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As auto-immune diseases skyrocket today, we are being vigilant in the search for causative factors. One factor is the role of our environment. Typically, when we think of environment, we think dirt. We are ultra-conscious of minimizing our exposures in an attempt to prevent illness. However, many experts are now …
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It seems today that everything we do is based on research - our dietary decisions, our medical or health decisions, even the decisions about what we put on our skin is based on research. In fact, it seems research runs our lives. But what if that research is wrong?
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Being healthy means being energetic, alive and having a sparkle in our eyes. It is not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, but a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing. When we think of restoring health, we have to think back to what we used to feel …
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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, …
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Every day we throw garbage down the pipe. Occasionally, we throw too much down, things back up, get blocked and the results could be worse than awful! I know you think I'm talking about the kitchen sink, but actually, I'm talking about our bodies.
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As parents, we all want our kids to have the best life has to offer. We enroll them in sports, dance, music, martial arts and the like. Keeping up with the financial costs and toting kids around from one activity to the other is enough to take a toll on …
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As we are looking forward to the spring and summer months, we begin contemplating our gardens. We want beautiful gardens, but we want functional/edible gardens as well. Can we have both? We can!
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In the early stages of childhood we go through a stage of "Mine!" You want what you want. You've not yet learned you can't have everything you want, you've not yet learned to share, and you've not yet learned that just because you want something doesn't mean it's good for …
Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) affects between 3 and 8 million Americans. As the number of people diagnosed with fibromyalgia is skyrocketing, one has to wonder why.
Do you experience an afternoon slump at work (or an all-day slump)? How we eat makes a big difference in how we feel and how we perform during the day.
There are many health professionals that are quite concerned about the diet of most kids in the U.S. The incidence of childhood diseases such as obesity, diabetes, behavioral issues, etc. is escalating. According to Dr. David Katz of the Yale Preventive Medicine Research Center in New Haven, Conn., at a …
As we are realizing the deterioration of bone health is reaching epidemic levels in the U.S., we must look at what factors are involved that are within our control. In 2002 the National Osteoporosis Foundation reported that "by 2010, about 12 million people over the age of 50 were expected …
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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. So I began contemplating …
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Today's children are in a crisis! There are more industries targeting children now, than anytime in our history. Through the media they are targeted by the toy and game industries, the fast food industry and even the alcohol and cigarette industries. These companies know that if they can hook the …
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As parents, we all want our kids to have the best life has to offer. We enroll them in sports, dance, music, martial arts and the like. Keeping up with the financial costs and toting kids around from one activity to the other is enough to take a toll on …
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Have you ever watched the fog roll off a lake? It isn't clear one moment and thick the next. It comes in slowly, in little wisps. At first, vision is slightly hazy, but you can see for long distances. It gradually flows over you, just a little thicker, a little …
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How many times have you said in the last few weeks how bad your memory has become? If you are like most people, it is becoming more and more an issue. Why? It's not just about getting older. If that were the case, why are kids complaining of that too?
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When trying to achieve optimal health, a person naturally looks towards cleansing the body of accumulated waste, known as detoxifying. "Detox" is a process the body goes through every moment of every day, transforming toxic substances from our environment, diet, and even our bodies, into less health-threatening substances, then excreting …
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Too little attention is paid today to a couple of small glands called the "Adrenals." The adrenals are responsible for a multitude of critical functions in the body and when they are not working up to par, many systems are impaired. The adrenals are a part of a complex system …
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A couple of decades ago, it seemed only overweight women had thyroid disease. Boy has that changed. It is estimated that one in 13 people in the U.S. have thyroid disease and another one in 20 are undiagnosed. In 1924 we started putting iodine into our salt to combat thyroid …
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No matter what we do to combat it, stress exists. Frequently a cycle of stress, anxiety and depression engulfs us in what seems to be an impenetrable mire of mud, cutting off our very breath! How do we break loose and come out on top? How can we go through …
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'Tis the season for stress and its sister emotions - anxiety, depression and obsessiveness. While emotional stressors appear to accelerate during this time, there is a need to acknowledge the common denominators between the holidays and emotional upheavals. Although stress itself is a major culprit, more problematic are the choices …
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Headaches and migraines are so pervasive in society today that many people refer to headaches as a "normal headache." There is no such thing as a "normal headache." All headaches are red flags signaling that something is wrong. To ignore it or to take a medication for it is like …
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Headaches 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.
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There are few diseases we are winning the war on today. Most diseases are rising at an alarming rate, costing consumers billions of dollars annually. One of the worst is cardiovascular disease. The American Heart Association displays some pretty distressing statistics: Previous to 2003, three in 1,000 men between the …
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Deaths resulting from heart attacks have dropped thanks to progressive lifesaving medical techniques; however, the incidence is rising at alarming rates.
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Have you noticed how many auto-immune diseases exist today? Everything from Lupus, to Auto-Immune Thyroid disorders to Psoriasis to Rheumatoid Arthritis. In fact there are over 80 defined auto-immune disorders today. They are rampant.
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A large faction of the population suffers from fatigue. They may have felt tired for quite a long time - chronically - but that is not what Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is. It is a medical diagnosis used to describe an amalgamation of symptoms where no definitive test has been …
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Why is it that some people seem to get sick constantly and others don't? What makes us prone to get sick? We do. In order to stop doing those things that set the stage for illness to occur in our bodies, it's important to understand the factors that impact our …
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The abundance of toxins in our water, air, soil, foods, etc. is undeniable. Detoxification has been used for thousands of years, but only recently has there been an abundance of detox programs available. With some you feel great, others you can feel sick. Everyone professes to have the best, but …
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When was the last time you slept well? More than 80 million Americans suffer from lack of sleep. It is estimated that 50 percent of work related accidents and 25 perceny of household accidents are caused by fatigue due to lack of sleep and 100,000 auto accidents occur annually due …
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If you are having a difficult time sleeping, you are not alone. It is estimated that 80 million Americans suffer from insomnia. It can affect every aspect of your life from your job and relationships to your competency behind the wheel of a car. Some statistics say more than 100,000 …
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If you were to take a test and it asked, "what organ or gland is part of the sugar-control mechanism in the body, is responsible for the management of energy, blood pressure, eye sensitivity to light, the fight or flight response, inflammation, weight loss, sleep and sugar cravings," would you …
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Approximately 4 million people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with anxiety. The prevalence of anxiety in this society is definitely on the upswing. Anxiety is very real to those who experience it, ranging from mild and a simple annoyance to extreme. Symptoms include feelings of helplessness or hopelessness, vulnerability, …
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I have been asked to elaborate on whole food supplements versus mega dose vitamins. To me, it's like comparing an egg to a golf ball. They are both white and somewhat round, but that's where the similarities end. First, I have to ask one thing: "Why do we take vitamins?" …
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