Health Concerns
Natural Tooth Care: Can You Heal Cavities and Regrow Teeth?
You can’t help but notice that pothole forming in the back of your mouth. You shouldn’t be so surprised--you’ve forgotten to floss for the last two months and you love to snack on Jolly Ranchers just before bed, but even still, the idea of going under the drill just isn’t...
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Are Your Vitamin Supplements More Harmful Than Healthful?
In my family, supplements serve as an insurance plan. We eat a balanced diet loaded with organic fruits and vegetables. But I still believe we need added nutrients, especially during the winter months when I can't grow my own organic fruits and vegetables. For those ...
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How to Cure Poison Ivy: 5 Natural Remedies
If you’ve ever had the misfortune, you know how unbearably uncomfortable it can be, let alone the difficulty in how to cure poison ivy. According to the Mayo Clinic, at least 50 percent of people who come into contact with the plant’s oil—urushiol--contract the rash assoc...
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Human Genes are Not an Invention, But GMO Seeds Are (According to the Supreme Court)
Rendering a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that human genes may not be patented, delivering a blow to Myriad Genetics, the Utah-based company seeking a patent on a gene that corresponds to detecting an increased risk of hereditary breast and ovari...
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Reduce the Risk of Heart Disease with 5 Foods & Supplements
In a previous article, we spoke about the importance of preventing atherosclerosis, which involves the buildup of plaque blocking your arteries. While we talked about the many lifestyle changes you can make to offset the risk of heart disease, there are certainly other wa...
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7 Tips For Following An Ayurvedic Diet
Ayurveda is a science that balances the body's life energies known in the practice as doshas called Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. Rather than focusing on individual symptoms, by eating a diet tied to your particular dosha or doshas, you can keep your body and mind healthy ...
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HPV: What You Need To Know
There is nothing more exciting than new romance. That 'walking on a cloud' euphoria of knowing someone you are attracted to also finds you appealing. Long nervous phone conversations (no matter how old you are you are not immune to a bout of nerves), spending ...
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Is There a Link Between Watching TV and Lung Cancer?
Could there be a link between the amount of time you spend in front of the TV and a risk of developing lung cancer? While it’s known that sedentary lifestyles can lead to increased risks of heart disease and diabetes, there has been little evidence that long periods of in...
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Prevent Yeast Infections Naturally
Only a woman who has experienced a vaginal yeast infection knows the value in trying to prevent them from EVER happening again. We may not be able to stop them entirely, but we can certainly take steps to reduce the risks. If you are among the unfortunate group with frequ...
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What Is Your Tongue Trying to Tell You About Your Health?
The tongue contributes a lot to the functioning of the human body including the ability to taste food and to speak clearly. Without the tongue we wouldn’t enjoy the many flavors of our cuisine, including sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami (savory) tastes. When the tongu...
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Know the Symptoms of Lyme Disease to Avoid Its Long-Term Effects
Lyme disease is becoming an increasingly prevalent diagnosis and is a major concern in many parts of the country, and particularly in the northeast where it was first discovered. It is a bacterial disease contracted via deer ticks, which can be so miniscule that they aren...
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Middle Aged Men Can Fight Cancer by Staying Fit
The health and wellness spectrum is expanding daily with more research and studies available than ever about the reasons you should take care of yourself. New research has now also indicated that middle aged men who are fit may have a lowered risk of developing certain ca...
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ADHD in Childhood May Lead to Adult Obesity
There may be a link between childhood attention hyperactivity/attention deficit disorder (ADHD) symptoms and adulthood obesity. A study by researchers at the Child Study Center at New York University Langone Medical Center found that men who were diagnosed as children wit...
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Having a Stroke? Look for These Simple Signs
A stroke can happen to anyone at any time (regardless of age, race or sex) and 4 out of 5 families will be affected by stroke during their lifetimes. Stroke is the third leading cause of death - right behind heart disease and cancer, and the leading cause of disabi...
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease Connected with Skin Cancer Risk
Inflammatory Bowel Disease can be a painful and debilitating condition. According to the Mayo Clinic, IBD "involves the chronic inflammation of all or part of your digestive tract. IBD primarily includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. IBD can be painful...
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Natural Treatments For Crohn’s Disease
It’s a painful ailment that comes in agonizing bouts, but through proper management, Crohn’s disease symptoms can be controlled and even minimized. Crohn’s disease is an inflammation of the intestines that impacts the digestive system causing abdominal pain, diarrhea, lac...
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Are GMOs Hiding in Your Body Care Products?
Even though they're not labeled, you look for them in the foods you buy. You've gotten good at weeding out suspects: soy, corn or canola oil, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, maltodextrin, beet sugar…but where else are those unwelcome GMO ingredients hidin...
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Researchers Link Sunlight Exposure to Lower Blood Pressure
University of Edinburgh researchers found that exposing skin to sunlight may help reduce blood pressure, cut the risk of heart attack and stroke, and maybe even extend someone's life. The study showed that when skin is exposed to sunlight, a compound is released in b...
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5 Ways to Prevent Constipation
Most of us know the discomfort of occasional constipation, defined as difficulty or straining while having a bowel movement, or going more than three days without any bowel movements. According to Dr. Mercola (an osteopathic physician and advocate for holistic health), yo...
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Top 10 Places Gluten May be Hiding in Your Gluten-Free Diet
Whether a celiac sufferer or just observing a gluten-free diet, there are many places where gluten can be hiding in plain sight.Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder which affects approximately 1 in 133 people in Canada. It occurs when the body is unable to break ...
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5 Ways to Stay Hydrated Besides Water
Do you drink enough water? Some people forget to drink it, are too busy, or just don’t like the taste. You might want to rethink this if you feel tired, lightheaded and experience headaches throughout the day. You might be dehydrated.Why is dehydration something to a...
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5 Surprising Signs of Breast Cancer
When we think about the discovery process of breast cancer, we often think about finding a lump or getting a “call-back” after a mammogram. But breast cancer can present itself in other ways. When it does, it can confuse, and cause us to delay diagnosis and treatment. Her...
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Omega-3s Could Help Fight Cancer
It’s becoming increasingly clear about the benefits that omega-3 fatty acids can provide. Foods rich in the omega-3s, like salmon, sardines and nuts, can protect against osteoporosis, inflammation, and cardiovascular threats like heart disease. You can also find ome...
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Can Food Really Be Addictive?
We've all done it (ahem) at least once: eaten a whole bag of chips or polished off an entire pint of ice cream—even the organic "good for you" kind. We'd hardly think twice about whether or not we ate a full head of broccoli in one sitting because we k...
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Lead in Baby Food Investigation Leads to Lawsuit
The Oakland, California based Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) conducted an investigation into baby food, packaged fruit and juice. A total of 1,500 samples were tested, and many had levels of lead above the limit that California's Proposition 65 law requires for a...
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Should Children Take Multivitamins?
A lot of different opinions are circulating in the health and wellness world about the necessity of consuming multivitamins. There doesn’t seem to be one conclusive or definitive answer, as most individuals tend to go their own route depending on either their current diet...
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Stroke Risks Increasing Among the Young
We tend to associate strokes with the elderly, a crippling illness that afflicts those with heart disease risk factors. But strokes are increasing among individuals in their 30s, 40s, and 50s. Those that escape their first stroke without disability have a one in fiv...
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What Are Obesogens?
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could blame excess body weight—or at least, some of it—on something other than yourself, say like the environment? If the obesogens hypothesis is correct, perhaps you can. Over the past decade, research has found that exposure to natural and syn...
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Thyroid Diseases and Your Health
As we age we realize how much we took our healthy youth for granted. No longer can we stay up all night and work all day. Making it through the late night news is an achievement - but once we are in bed sleep eludes us. Sinful indulgences (once enjoyed without gaining a p...
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Tamara Rubin Interview
When I bought my house a year and a half ago, I had it tested for many things, including EMFs, dirty electricity, radon, VOCs and mold. At the time, I never even thought of testing it for what I have since learned is the primary environmental toxin that poisons children i...
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Why Phthalates Are Dangerous Chemicals
Phthalates are a group of industrial chemicals that make plastics flexible or resilient. They are in many everyday products, including personal care products. A recently published study in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives linked high levels of phthalates to obesit...
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Natural Menopause Remedies
Being a woman is not easy and going through menopause is challenging even for the best of us. Embracing the change enables you to get in front of it and do something about it. This is the beginning of an inevitable journey for women, but learning about the ways in which y...
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Heart Health & Diabetes
Being diagnosed with diabetes can be a scary thing.Statistically, people with diabetes are at an increased risk for many different complications. Looking at just the numbers, its normal to be alarmed whether you have had diabetes for many years or youve recently being dia...
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Six Common Sense Ways To Prevent Insomnia
Is “toss and turn” your middle name? Then you know that insomnia effects daytime functioning significantly. According to a study in the Sleep journal, poor sleep can lead to low self-esteem, impaired efficiency and poor job satisfaction compared to good sleepers. Science has p...
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5 Steps To Prevent Atherosclerosis
The word strikes fear in the hearts of men and women. It is defined as the hardening and clogging of arteries, leading to cardiovascular disease, meaning bad news for you and your heart. Healthy arteries are flexible and elastic blood vessels that carry oxygen and nutrien...
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An Integrated Approach To Treating ADHD
Many families bring their child to see a homeopath for the symptoms of ADHD because they are philosophically uncomfortable with using medication to treat their child. However, I have treated many children who have come to me already on conventional stimulant medication. Initia...
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The Importance Of Eye Care For Diabetics
January is national eye care month, so there’s no better time to talk about eye care tips and how to protect your eyes from diseases and declining eyesight. People with diabetes are at an increased risk of developing eye diseases such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and c...
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What Is A Bio-Film?
The Acne-Bio-Film Connection: What the dermatologist did not tell meGrowing up, I had a terrible case of acne. I tried all the creams, lotions, scrubs and prescriptions I could get my hands on, but nothing seemed to work. Worst of all, my embarrassing condition serio...
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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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4 Diabetes Symptoms to Watch Out For
Some people will not recognize any symptoms before being diagnosed with diabetes. That’s why it’s so important to take care of your health before being diagnosed with a condition. It’s much easier to prevent something then to heal it, but definitely not impossible.The sym...
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