Aug 23, 2012 | Heal Naturally, Health Risks
Today I spoke with a young woman (early 30s) who proceeded to list about 15 conditions that she deals with and 9 or so prescription drugs that she was taking. I spoke with her for a while to try to get an idea of the order of events and I asked her what her initial...
Jul 31, 2012 | Eat Naturally, Food/Health Connections, Heal Naturally, Health Risks, Holistic Health, Products & Programs
Going through the motions: I just had someone ask me about lowering cholesterol with diet and exercise. For sure, diet and exercise are keys to any good health regimen but if you have been eating a not-so-healthy diet for a long time, trying to get healthy without...
Jul 12, 2012 | Eat Naturally, Food/Health Connections, Health Risks, Holistic Health
One of the biggest concerns for horse owners is colic. We know that if our horse hasn’t pooped, it’s a serious problem and we take steps to correct the situation immediately. We may turn to mineral oil or a bran mash, essential oils, or pharmaceuticals; whatever we...
May 18, 2012 | Health Risks, Live Naturally
WHAT IS SHINGLES? Shingles is an extremely painful disease where the herpes zoster (or varicella zoster) virus replicates in the nerves. I know how painful it is because I had shingles in my 30’s during a very stressful period in my life and before I converted...
Dec 3, 2011 | Heal Naturally, Health Risks, Live Naturally
No doubt you would be horrified by the thought of giving a premature infant a psychotropic drug like Prozac, Xanax, Ativan, or Ritalin. You know that can’t be good for a tiny, fragile, developing brain. Nor would you think it makes sense to give them birth control...
Oct 2, 2011 | Food/Health Connections, Health Risks, Holistic Health, Products & Programs
Cancer, Heart Disease & Diabetes run in families. Do you know what else runs in families?… Recipes! Over the years I have found that my clients do very well in my coaching programs. They often lose weight, gain energy, sleep better, and have less pain....
Aug 25, 2011 | Food Science, Food/Health Connections, Health Risks
As a follow-up to my Healthy is a Big Fat Lie article, I wanted to give you some specifics about a random product that people tend to think it healthy and I don’t consider it to be food at all. Nutri-Grain bars sound like they are good for you, right? After all they...
Dec 23, 2010 | Health Risks, Holistic Health
In a crisis, when something breaks, we often reach for duct tape to temporarily mend the problem. Duct tape might hold things together, and things might seem perfectly fine on the surface but deep down, something is seriously wrong; something is still broken. We...