I noticed that things are falling apart around me. A club that I enjoy has been losing members and pretty much has folded. Plants are dying in my gardens, not just going dormant. My car needed an expensive repair - but at 160,000 miles, it was bound to happen. ...
One September afternoon, I took my friend Kristy on the Black Canyon Trail in the Black Hills, which are the foothills of Mingus Mountain. The afternoon light sculpted the hills in dramatic splendor. We checked the view of the Verde Valley and the San Francisco...
If you were trying to lose weight, and you restricted your calories in what you ate throughout the day, sooner or later it would backfire. As every “Biggest Loser” winner has proven, you gain the weight back! This is because those winners have reduced their basal...
Ever walk by a patch of lavender and are stopped in your tracks with the aroma? Do you enjoy cold mint tea in the summer? Or hot peppermint tea when your tummy is upset? Have you enjoyed rosemary in a meal, perhaps on a roast, or in Thanksgiving stuffing? Have you...
Trouble losing weight? Tired but you don't know why? Gas & bloating the first few hours after eating? Energy swings before and after eating? Women diagnosed with high blood ferritin without an iron overload? Diagnosed with thyroid disease or diabetes? These...
"The pain stopped. After a couple of days practicing, the pain stopped. I was able to breathe for once. It was the light at the end of the tunnel. I began to be able to function on a day to day basis. I was able to get up in the morning because I had...
When is a potato no longer a potato? Does it make a difference whether you eat a potato chip or a boiled potato? Potato chips are highly processed with additional fat and salt. Potatoes, whether baked or boiled, are cooked, but unprocessed. The potato makes a great...
Ponce de Leon famously searched for the fountain of youth. Little did he know he was looking for the wrong thing. If we want to restore youth, we must know the effects of aging. Loss of muscle mass, loss of bone density, loss of cognitive function top the list of the...
How old were you in 1969? Or was that before your time? I was barely a teen when Woodstock took place 50 years ago this weekend. I was blissfully innocent at that time. Watching a PBS documentary today astounded me as to what happened that weekend and its...
to US Healthcare . . . Did you know that Homeopathy is a federally recognized form of medicine in the USA since the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938? Homeopathic remedies listed in the Homeopathic Pharmacopea of the United States are drugs under this act. Many...
