Health Tips
Below are recommendations for better health that benefits everyone. Individualized nutritional counseling is offered to anyone looking for a customized program to fit their individual lifestyle, goals and needs.
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Cold Cures and Flu Fixes
You’ve heard that old lie which says, "There is no cure for the common cold?" Well, of course there is a cure for the common cold! If there was no cure, then how did you recover from your last cold?
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Omega 3
Because cell membranes are made up of fat, the integrity and fluidity of our cell membranes is determined in large part by the type of fat we eat. Remember that saturated fats are solid at room temperature, while omega 3 fats are liquid at room temperature. Researchers believe that diets containing large amounts of saturated or hydrogenated fats produce cell membranes that are hard and lack fluidity. On the other hand, diets rich in omega 3 fats produce cell membranes with a high degree of fluidity.
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Curcumin and Cancer Research
More evidence that curcumin may have anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities has renewed scientific interest in its potential to prevent and treat disease. The ability of curcumin to induce apoptosis (cell death) in cultured cancer cells by several different mechanisms has generated scientific interest in the potential for curcumin to prevent some types of cancer. The results of animal studies are promising, particularly with respect to colorectal cancer.
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Black Cohosh for Women's Health
Black cohosh relieves menopause symptoms efficiently. It's amazingly effective in short-term treatments for alleviating menopausal symptoms, especially hot flashes. Black cohosh is a good alternative for HRT. Black cohosh can supply the needed hormones to avoid the estrogen loss in women. So, black cohosh has almost the same benefits as HRT but with significantly less expense.
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Alpha-Lipoic Acid: Quite Possibly the "Universal" Antioxidant
Alpha Lipoic Acid directly recycles and extends the metabolic life spans of vitamin C, glutathione, and coenzyme Q10, and it indirectly renews vitamin E.
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Time to Winterize Your Immune System
As Jack Frost brings cold days (and even colder nights) people start wearing warmer clothes, putting on snow tires and sealing cracks in their homes. The cold, damp days of winter also signal the start of cold and flu season, so it's also wise to take steps to winterize your immune system so you'll be prepared to resist whatever is going around.
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Mind Your Minerals for Better Health
When we think of health, we usually don’t think of dirt. But dirt, or soil, is the primary factor in maintaining our nutritional health...
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CBS Reporter Reveals Discrepancies Involving the Swine Flu, the CDC and the Media
Sharyl Attkisson is a CBS News correspondent and investigative reporter. She’s covered Capitol Hill since February 2006 and has been a Washington-based correspondent there since January 1995. She was also part of the CBS news team that received the Edward Murrow Award in 2005 for overall excellence. Additionally, she received an Outstanding Investigative Journalism Emmy in 2002 for a series on the Red Cross.
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Yoga Proven Effective in Complementary Cancer Care
...preliminary studies examining the effects of Yoga among cancer patients and survivors support the efficacy of Yoga within cancer treatment regimens...
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Alkaline Ionized Water
Ionized water has been shown to be more effective than ordinary water in removing acid wastes from your body, which cause Toxemia, the root cause of all degenerative diseases. It is up to six times more hydrating than ordinary water because...
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Vitamin D 3
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Swine Flu Update - both sides
“If you don’t take care of your body, where will you live?”
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Vaccine Action Letter
A Hard Look At Mandatory Live Vaccinations and ACTION STEPS". This letter delivers urgent notice that dozens of health experts, religious leaders, and world leading scientists are condemning governments worldwide for going along with pharmaceutical industry-influenced plans to inject people with poorly-tested toxic vaccines this flu season based on fears of pandemic swine flu.
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VITAMIN D 3- MOST CRITICAL SUPPLEMENT
There is more scientific proof of the efficacy of D 3 than for any drug. It is not only the single most important boost for immune function; it also protects against and assists in recovery from a variety of diseases.
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The vast importance of vitamin C
All animal species manufacture vitamin C in their bodies. All except man. The generally accepted theory of why man does not synthesize his own vitamin C is because of a mutation tens of millions of years ago.
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Co-Enzyme Q10
Mitochondria are organelles found within certain cells of the body. They produce ATP adenosine triphosphate which is the power behind the cell, used by enzymes to perform a wide range of cellular functions. We cannot survive, even for a moment, without a sufficient supply of ATP.
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Protection From Compulsory Vaccination, Drugging - Your Right to Self-Shield!
What You Can Do to Prevent Forced Mandatory Swine Flu Vaccinations. Demand Your Right to Self-Shield! You Could be Jailed for Refusing Swine Flu and Regular Flu Vaccinations No Drug Company Liability for Side Effects! What You Can Do NOW!!
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Gardasil Deaths Not Yet Enough To Ban This Vaccine
The source for all reported adverse effects linked to Gardasil is the American Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). But unfortunately, 32 is no longer the total number of deaths associated with Gardasil. According VAERS, that number has climbed to 47.
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The Key to the Fountain of Youth - Hyaluronic Acid (HA)
According to ABC news reporting, the people in a village in Japan live a long long time. An unusually long time. So much so that the attention of medical investigators was captured and after a careful analysis of every single detail of their lifestyle, it was determined that they are unusually long lived because of their diet which contains high amounts of hyaluronic acid from starchy root vegetables.
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The Immune System is the Real Hero by Steven Horne, RH(AHG)
The Immune System is the Real Hero: Vaccines Can Only Challenge Your Immune System, They Can't Actually Make You Immune
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Cholesterol Control through Red Yeast Rice
Up to 20% of the estimated 30 million people who take a statin drug (Crestor, Lipitor, Zocor, etc.) to control cholesterol have the side effect of muscle pain (myalgia). Highlighted in the news most recently was a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. This study demonstrated that for some people, a combination of the supplement RED YEAST RICE in combination with lifestyle changes can work as well in controlling high cholesterol without the side effect of muscle pain that forces patients to stop taking a statin
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Do You Feel Irritable, Frustrated or Angry? You May Have Constricted Liver Chi by Steven Horne, RH(AHG)
Depression is often seen as a health problem, requiring treatment with drugs and/or counseling. Doesn’t it make sense that excessive anger is also an issue?
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Herbal First Aid for Minor Injuries
Summer’s here, along with the all the minor injuries that go along with summer fun—sunburns, bug bites, skinned knees, cuts and scratches. Fortunately, our friends in the plant world are active at the same time and ready to come to our aid...
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Ayurvedic Remedies
The following remedies were given to me by Sonam in Rochester
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Creating an Herbal First Aid Kit for Illnesses and Emergencies
Everyone should have some basic first aid training and know how to handle common injuries. I also think that everyone should be able to handle common illnesses.
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Four Remedies Noone Should be Without
None of us want trouble in our lives, but accidents, illnesses and injuries happen to everyone now and then. Having the knowledge and skills to know how to handle emergencies and illness effectively brings confidence and peace of mind. So does having some basic remedies on hand to use in emergencies.
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Herbal First Aid Kit
...constructing and using an herbal first aid and emergency preparedness kit.
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Swine Flu Remedy from Dr. Gordon Pedersen
There is no reason to panic regarding this flu. Read on...
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Heal Inflammation to Relieve Pain
Pain is one of the four classic symptoms of inflammation...they are: heat, swelling, redness and pain.
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Pain Relief by Steven Horne
Most pain is due to inflammation
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Pain is a Lack of Oxygen by Steven Horne, RH(AHG)
Pain is a lack of oxygen at the cellular level
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Cellular Build Research Update
Nucleotides may work with STRESS and Candida, too!
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Burt's Bees, Tom's of Maine, Naked Juice: Your Favorite Brands? Take Another Look
Confident that you are buying good, socially conscious brands? Find out the real story behind all that marketing money and store visibility.
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Parasites, Worms, Giardia - How to be a Bad Host
Some parasites feeding off of you are not harmful, but most can affect your health with symptoms ranging from acne to brain tumors.
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HEALTH FREEDOM versus CODEX -The Fight For Your Life!
Read this article...it is about Codex, a law scheduled to go into effect in early 2010 that makes supplements illegal for therapeutic use, places restrictions on the use of supplementation by individuals, restricts your health care choices to pharmaceutical use only, limits your health options and strategies, rescinds your alternative health care choices. Codex is scheduled to become law unless we act by December 31, 2009.
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Xylitol - The Healthy, Good Sweetener
Xylitol is a naturally occurring sweetener extracted from fruits and vegetables including birch wood, corncobs, and plums. Xylitol is even found in the human body in small amounts. It is a safe and healthy product for people with diabetes.
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Vitamin D3
The body itself makes vitamin D when it is exposed to the sun
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Glyco Essentials
In 2003 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT ) published �The Ten Technologies that Will Change the World.�� ...the field called Glycomics ��the study of the roles of sugars and sugar-containing molecules in health and disease (2).�� This amazing field of study is the focus of Glyco Essentials.
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Take A.I.M (Alternative Integrative Medicine) At Cancer with the BioScience Research Institute
...even with the vast amounts of alternative health solutions available to us in this day and age, we are sometimes still left holding the short end of the stick. What I'am referring to is Cancer. About thirteen years ago I lost my mother to cancer...
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These Challenging (Opportunistic) Times
What long-time yoga practitioners have known, and science is affirming, is that...
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How Healing Became a Commodity - Part III
[The] losers are the future; the winners, the past. And it takes an extraordinarily perverse view of progress to think that protecting the past is the best path to the future.
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How Healing Became A Commodity - Part II
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Whoever coined that phrase didn't have healthcare in mind, but it certainly applies.
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146 Reasons Why Sugar is Ruining Your Health
Here are many reasons why sugar is detrimental to you. There is a Bibliography section at the end that contains the scientific study behind each statement.
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How Healing Became A Commodity - Part I: The Story of Soap
Health Care is the single largest sector of the US economy
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MRSA and Our Food
MRSA has Entered our Food Supply - Silver is Needed More Than Ever
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Baby-Cut Carrots
Baby-cut Carrots are Chlorinated.
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The Amazing Power of Algae
Microscopic Miracles...
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RG-Max
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Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Where do I start?
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CoEnzyme-Q10 - it's more than for the heart!
In this day and age of diseases with unknown origins to super-bugs that seem to be resistant to everything that modern medicine has to throw at them, it is imperative to look outside the western medicine box. There is a vast array of alternative therapies that are truly impacting disease processes where they start, the cellular level.
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Mirror mirror on the wall... What can you tell me of my health????
We can tell a lot about our health from a glance in the mirror. Do we
look tired, or are we full of youthful radiance? Is it a bad hair day
or is our hair turning gray? Puffy eyes, red eyes, lines or wrinkles,
we all study our faces in the mirror in hopes of finding out important
health information each day.
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