General Health
Can Stress Be Inherited?
Trying to understand the complexity of human genetics is nothing short of nerve-wracking…but try to avoid any stress over it, especially if youre considering starting a family. New research shows a propensity for certain factors—including stress—to be passed down through ...
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Fighting Back Against The Flu
Winter has arrived for some and unfortunately it’s brought along some familiar and unpleasant friends. If you’re one of the unlucky ones, you’ve already been struck by an infection - a cold or even worse, the flu. Symptoms of the flu include a high fever, coughing, congestion,...
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8 Immune Boosting Foods
In our efforts to go a whole cold and flu season without succumbing to the illnesses that can leave us listless and miserable for weeks, many of us will go to great lengths to avoid getting ill. Well boost up our vitamin intake, wash hands obsessively, and we may even get a fl...
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Vitamin E May Decrease Liver Cancer Risk
Recent research published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggests a strong link may exist between increasing vitamin E intake—either as a supplement or directly through diet—and a reduced risk of developing liver cancer.Vitamin E has long been known for i...
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How To Prevent High Blood Pressure
For many people who work full time, healthy living requires effort. Sitting at a desk all day is not conducive to a healthy lifestyle and when your workday is done, you go home to make dinner, do laundry, clean the house, run errands... you get the idea. I recently had a reali...
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Psi Bands Give Cancer Patients the Gift of Relief
When undergoing chemotherapy, it can be even the smallest things – like wearing a functional yet fashionable wrist band to ease your nausea – that can make a large difference. That is why cancer patients and those who love them prefer Psi Bands, a product that gives the...
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Fitness Over 60 And Counting
Becky Neumann sits perched on her instructor’s bike at the front of her full Saturday morning Spinning class. She has her trademark cowboy bandana tied around her closely cropped dark hair, her form-fitting tank-top shows off her muscular arms, and her skin is glistening from ...
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All About Osteoarthritis
Have you ever had one of those days where your whole body seems to ache and you know how the Tin Man felt after a rain? If only squirting your joints with an oil can would make you good again! Unfortunately we dont live in a land where all the streets are paved w...
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Cell Phones and Cancer
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) recently classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B). This decision mirrors the 2001 IARC finding that extremely low frequen...
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Root Canals, Breast Cancer & Your Health
For years, a debate has brewed between those who are proponents of root canals, and those who see root canals as a potential health threat. Current convention is to save a tooth at any cost. It does not, however, consider the logic of leaving a dead, filled tooth inside ...
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Nervous System Function: Balance
Previously, I discussed the fascinating nervous system and how great people are at learning things. Hopefully you tried my exercise, and we are all smiling a little more and enjoying our days. The next step in the path to mastery of our nervous system is to understand the sim...
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Nervous System Function: Learning
The first thing to develop in a human being while in the womb is the nervous system. The nervous system is the most important system—it controls every cell, organ and function in your body. It is your body’s computer, fully equipped with its own wiring system. It sends and re...
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Sexual Health For Seniors
Many articles are written on various aspects of aging but one big issue is often overlooked. Call it what you will—the horizontal mambo, extra-curricular activity, getting busy, or playing bouncy-bouncy—sex is an important part of a healthy relationship. Aging pres...
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Lack Of Sleep Pulls The Plug On Energy
High performance is one sign of a successful business professional. Peak performance requires a high level of energy, and few things drain energy quicker than a lack of sleep. As much as you wish for more hours in the day, there is no getting around yo...
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Better Bladder Health In Just A Few Weeks
Healthy bladders are often compromised by extended sitting and poor bathroom facilities (in both quality and quantity)—both common aspects in our nation’s schools and workplaces. These conditions often account for the retraining of the bladder to store a larger volume of...
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Relief For Everyday Aches and Pains
With hectic lives filled with so many ups and downs, successes and disappointments, we often find ourselves faced with health related challenges that don’t necessarily require a visit to the doctor but do require options for relief. You know what I am referring to: simpl...
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Dangers Of Ozone In The Office
Being in the natural health industry has yet again helped me out immensely and today I can share another personal health story with you. This time it has to do with ozone.At my office we were preparing large packages of printed material for a big mail out. We decided to d...
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Stimulate Your Senses For Vitality
Do you feel your life has hit a physical or emotional plateau? Change things up by stimulating your senses.Feeling alive and being active is easy, as long as you know how to mix things up and get out of your comfort zone. By trying new activities, you will challenge your ...
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Is Technology Preventing Your Healthy Sleep?
You can’t see or smell them, but they are all around us. EMFs (Electromagnetic fields) are invisible lines of force that emit from electrical power lines and electrical and electronic devices. A different type of EMF (Radio Frequency) is emitted by wireless technology such as ...
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Our Natural Medicine Cabinet
Wild plants and herbs have been used as medicine for thousands of years. Many wild plant species are edible or can be used medicinally, including various mushrooms, berries, and herbs; in fact, the majority of today’s anti-cancer medicines are of natural origin. Since ma...
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Love Your Liver: Natural Liver Support
Did you know the liver is the king of the glands? It is the largest gland in the body and is the largest and most complex organ, having over 500 functions. It weighs just over 1 kilogram and is situated under the rib cage on the right. It contains about a quarter of all blood ...
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Fruit and Vegetables: Americans Fall Short
Science continues to unveil the health benefits of following a whole foods diet that includes more fruits and vegetables. Indeed, it seems as if we are always reading or hearing about a new study that links the reduction of certain health risks, such as heart disease and cance...
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5 Ways to Boost Your Immune System
For many, heading into this time of the year is exciting as it promises a well needed reprieve from the scorching heat. As summer begins to come to a close, we get to experience all the beautiful changing colors, the smell of fall in the air, and cooler temperatures. Despite all...
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Reducing Hospital Acquired Infections
I have not worked in a hospital setting for years now, but when I did I always worried about carrying germs from the hospital to my home. I took great care to ensure that whatever was on my clothing or shoes never made it into the front door of my home. My nursing shoes were...
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Natural Solutions for Insomnia
There’s nothing worse than not being able to fall sleep. Insomnia is a common concern among pre-menopause and menopausal women, affecting up to 56 percent of women. Difficulty falling asleep, waking up too early, awakening during the night, or waking feeling tired are the...
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Heart Irregularities Linked to Cordless Phones
For the first time the health effects from exposure to microwave radiation has been documented scientifically in a well-conducted, double blind study. The research, carried out by Magda Havas, professor of Environmental and Resource Studies at Trent University in Canada, confi...
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Ease and Heal Sunburns Naturally
Summer and sunburns seem to go hand-in-hand. Maybe your sunscreen didnt work, or you just forgot to apply or re-apply it, but either way, the end result is painful sun damage that can have a lasting effect. There are two problems you need to tackle when you get a sunburn: the ...
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Living with Urinary Incontinence
Affecting 200 million people worldwide, urinary incontinence can greatly influence an individual’s quality of life, including the social, interpersonal and professional aspects. In the United States, it is estimated that 25 million adult Americans experience chronic or tempora...
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Support Your Liver with the Right Foods
Cleansing the liver is a good idea in the spring or early summer, but its also important to eat to support your liver all throughout the year. Here are some of the nutrient-rich foods that help support a healthy liver—and a healthy you. Fresh Vegetable Juices: A good comb...
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Cleanse Your Liver for Good Health
Our bodies are an amazing tool. Even while were sleeping, theyre rebuilding themselves. New blood cells. New bone cells. New tissue cells. New brain cells. Its truly out with the old and in with the new each year. Of course, some tissue takes longer to replace than others. The...
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Coping with Seasonal Allergies
Sunny days are back at last! With warmer temperatures, everywhere you look the grass, trees and flowers are springing back to life. Everyone is aching to go outside to enjoy outdoor activities. Yet these activities can be a living nightmare for people with seasonal allergies. ...
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Healthy Aging & Boomeritis
Boomeritis is a term used to describe the veritable explosion of tendonitis, bursitis, arthritis, sprains, strains and stress fractures from sports-related injuries among the baby boom generation, coined by a US orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Nicholas DiNubile. Talking ‘bou...
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Alternative Cancer Treatments
Knowing the risks of treatments like radiation or chemotherapy is vital to choosing your best defense against cancer, especially when according to a report on the Caring 4 Cancer website, “radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery all may cause problems that dont show up until...
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How to Detoxify your Body
Spring is here and our thoughts turn to sprucing up the yard, cleaning up the house and clearing out the garage. But what about our own bodies? Our internal organs are likely just as ‘dirty’ and it is equally important to clean out the toxins that accumulate over time.Loo...
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Live Healthier with Moleskine's Wellness Journal
Fans of Moleskine journals—used by artists and writers such as Van Gogh and Hemingway—dont need a reason to drool over the companys classic notebooks. But if youve been struggling with that faint recollection of a New Years resolution to be healthier, the company might just ha...
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Wellness: Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids
Omega-3 or alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), is an essential fatty acid commonly found in fatty fish. ALA is partially converted into eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) respectively. When combined with Omega-6 (linoleic acid) the two act as a pump that regulat...
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Fish Oil is Key for Matters of the Heart
With the departure of February, Cupid’s arrows are tucked safely away and lovers must wait another year until Valentine’s Day. But as we turn our backs to winter and gear up for a (hopefully!) early spring season, let’s not forget to carry the spirit of February with us all th...
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A Healthy Bowel is Key to Overall Good Health
It is estimated that a poorly functioning bowel, namely constipation, is an issue in 80 to 90 percent of health conditions. Dr. Bernard Jensen, Dr. Norman Walker, Brian Clement of the Hippocrates Health Institute, and many other health professionals, feel that proper bowel functi...
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Detoxification Trends
Long before Dr. Ho’s Digestive Detox kits appeared on late night infomercials, various methods of internal cleansing, from fasting to purgative herbs, had been practiced. It’s no secret that toxins are all around us. The Environmental Working Group’s Cosmetic Safety Database sta...
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Four Ways to Stay Young & Age Gracefully
Now that I’m in my 30s, I realize that beauty cannot be achieved with botox or going under the knife, at least for not for me. And it’s not about defying age either. What’s really important is to age gracefully. What you eat and drink will be directly reflected through your sk...
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