I thought today I’d share my top 5 natural health reference books. Of course this is just a sampling of what is on my shelf, and I refer to a lot more than this; but these 5 will give you an idea of what to look for in several categories. Rosemary Gladstar’s Family Herbal This [...]
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Arsenic in apple juice—the breaking news of the past week. Started by Dr. Mehmet Oz, on his popular television program, this controversy has either raised fear and doubt in the minds of parents that regularly give apple juice to their children, or fueled the fire of scoffers who do not really care. When I was [...]
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Putting your well-being in danger before you even take that first sip of coffee in the morning? Is it even possible? Unfortunately, far too many of us are sleepy-eyed when it comes to splashing the water on our faces in the morning and filling our morning routines with a cluster of products that can be [...]
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In 2007, congress passed a new energy law that calls for incandescent bulbs to be phased out starting in 2012, and completely eliminated by 2014. Some people cheered congress’s move as a progressive, environmentally friendly decision. However, as a rule of thumb, many people don’t like change. When that change is initiated by the government, [...]
This article is written by Yamileth Medina from VitalOne Health Insurance Blog. Yamileth is an up-and-coming expert on health and helping people decide on a health insurance plan. She lives in Miami, FL. Advocates of alternative medicine and natural health care have long struggled to find health insurance coverage that includes their preferred treatments. Why [...]
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I have long known about the high levels of pesticides used on conventional pesticides – and in fact I remember one article that claimed that conventional strawberries had as much as 10x as many pesticides as some of the other fruit they were sharing shelf space with. A friend recently passed along an article to [...]
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There is a new study that was just released explaining that there could be some pretty solid benefits of doing Yoga for cancer patients. The study took a large group of cancer patients and had some regularly participate in yoga and others not – and it provided pretty conclusive evidence that yoga helps cancer patients [...]
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You probably have heard a little bit about the government’s plans to initiate mandatory vaccinations for the Swine Flu Virus. While it seems like something that can only happen in movies, it is very close to being executed…
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I found this 2 hour long documentary about Monsanto which is pretty scary. After watching some of this, you see a scary parallel to what was happening in the movie “Erin Brockovich”. Basically, Monsanto allegedly (or not) covered up a lot of polluting that they were doing in small towns that was the likely cause of dozens of terrible diseases and ultimately lives lost. I try to take documentaries like this with a grain of salt, since you never know who or what agenda may be behind it, but it is scary nonetheless.
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