It's summer! More access to the great outdoors! . . . and the sun . . . and swimming . . . and sports . . . and sprains, bug bites, sunburn, headache, earache . . . What to do? Of course, practicing prevention comes first. Cover up, use nontoxic sunscreen, use...
Seasonal Wellness
Summer Adventures, part 4
Like the latest summer blockbuster sequel, this adventure has one more part! Your hypothetical friends Harriet and Harvey are at it again! But this time, you join them on their outing to be instructive and supply natural first aid if needed. The adventure this time is...
Summer Adventures, part 3
Your hypothetical friends Harvey and Harriet have been on a summertime adventure, and here we explore what precautions they should take next time to avoid their present predicament. This story of mis-adventure shows how you can get into trouble with your health in the...
Summer Adventures, part 2
Your hypothetical friends Harvey and Harriet have been on a summertime mis-adventure, and now we focus on Harriet. This story shows how you can get into trouble with your health in the summer in Arizona and what can be done about it. Remember, this is not medical...
Summer Adventures, part 1
Your hypothetical friends Harvey and Harriet have been on a summertime adventure, but it has been more of a mis-adventure! This story of mis-adventure shows how you can get into trouble with your health in the summer in Arizona and what can be done about it. Remember,...
Healthy Holiday Baking
Dr. Soma of Total Life Concept (TLC) and Lauren talked about how to turn baking into a fun and nourishing experience = Healthy Holiday Baking. They go through common ingredients used in baking and what healthier alternatives can be used as substitutes. Lauren shares...
Good Night Darkness
Darkness is among the many things we have lost gradually, without mourning. Paul Bogard offers a brilliantly illuminating history and a badly needed reminder that we have been blind to the death of night. I love the stars; watching the sky is a magical experience. Yet...
International Coffee Day
In our culture, we often self-medicate without being aware of exactly how we are impacting our long-term health. From my perspective, coffee is a medicine, and is commonly used to self-medicate. I have written in other blogs about coffee's effects on our alertness and...
Flu? What to do?
Flu? If we but knew The cause of flu And whence it comes and what to do. I think that you And we folks, too Would hardly get in such a stew. Do you? -The Illinois Health News , 1918 What worked in the 1918 outbreak? Do we know now much more than in 1918? That was...