Spring has sprung and it seems to me there is no lack of people with allergies, and even those of us who never had them before are starting to get them! Don’t run to buy pharmaceuticals – in this article I outline some natural allergy home remedies that you can use to help yourself. Diet and other lifestyle modifications can go a long way towards easing your symptoms and should be your first course of action. By the way, this advice can also help asthmatics. Read More
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Recent Articles
- Natural Allergy Home Remedies
- PSA-based Prostate Cancer Screening
- Benefits of Eating Seaweed
- Healthy Gut Flora Compromise and Fungal Overgrowth
- Margarine is Poison
- Goji Berry (Gou Qi Zi) in Chinese Medicine
- Effective Cancer Treatment But Folks Aren’t Amused
- Avoiding Toxic Plastics
- Protein Powder Drinks Can Be A Health Hazard
- Dysmenorrhea and Diet
- What to Eat and Not Eat to Support Healthy Menstruation
- Acupuncture helped Mariah Carey with Infertility
- Avoiding Toxic Ingredients in Personal Products, Part 2
- Avoiding Toxic Ingredients in Beauty Products, part 1
- Treat Constipation Naturally
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Contrary to mainstream practice and thinking, prostate-specific antigen, or PSA-based Prostate Cancer Screening is no longer recommended. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, or USPSTF, published their results in late 2011 which show: moderate or high certainty that the service has no net benefit or that the harms outweigh the benefits! They discourage use of the service.
The benefits of eating seaweed are many. Seaweeds are highly nutritious and have a variety of useful properties: from treating all sorts of swellings and lumps, to coughs,
This is part one of a series of articles on healthy gut flora, fungal overgrowth, its connection to Candida Albicans / yeast overgrowth, and the ensuing host of health problems that affect so many of us without knowing it. Bad breath, mood swings, all sorts of digestive issue, asthma, breast cancer and more can be a result. In this part, I go over what can trigger or cause the compromise of healthy gut flora, and what can happen with the ensuing proliferation of bad bacteria in the digestive tract.
People who eat mostly polyunsaturated oils, especially margarine and shortening, have a greater risk of heart attack and cancer. A lot of people, based on popular opinion, decided some years ago that butter was an enemy. The reasoning is that since its high in animal fat, switching to using refined vegetable oils and margarine, free of cholesterol and saturated fat will save them from clogged arteries and heart attacks. Studies show otherwise: they show that margarine is poison. 

There are a lot of drinks out these days with protein powder in it, and its become a popular product just by itself. Advertised as something of a super food, they can actually be harmful instead. Aside from the digestive issues, Consumer Reports Magazine reports that of 15 protein drinks tested, they found some could expose users to potentially harmful levels of heavy metals!
Healthy habits are key to prevention of pain and cramping at any point in the menstrual cycle. Regular light exercise, good diet, and a tempered emotional life are important but sometimes hard to maintain in the real world. In this article, I talk about how you can help dysmenorrhea, painful periods, with diet.
Nick Cannon and Wife Mariah Carey announced that the couple are finally pregnant after many nights of crying themselves to sleep because of infertility issues. Cannon told US Magazine that after trying IVF and progesterone, Mariah decided to try acupuncture – and it worked! 


It has been well over ten years since news of harmful bacteria in store bought chicken became mainstream knowledge. Earlier this year I wrote an
Many chemical additives in plastics have negative health effects on humans and the environment. In general, the endocrine system is disrupted, which can lead to immune system problems, cancers, birth defects, and developmental problems in children. Specifically Lead, cadmium, and mercury are directly toxic, and Diethyl Hexylphosphate (DEHP) is a known carcinogen. How can you and the ones you love avoid hazardous plastics? One thing you should know is how to identify the known hazardous plastics.
I hadn’t heard about this movie until Hulu all of a sudden decided to showcase it. I thought it was new but it looks like it came out in 2008. Anyhow, this kung-fu documentary provides accounts of what happened to martial artists who, for political reasons, had to flee China and struggle to survive, and somehow keep their art alive in the ensuing decades. I really enjoyed watching it!
Here is the name of the gong-fu/kung-fu documentary and brief description:
I’ve never been a fan of insects or insecticides in the house. Still, I’m content dealing with the occasional spider in the bathroom, but I never want to deal with pesticides ever again – I know too much about what they can do!!! Sometimes though, when you’re over-run by an ant army taking over your kitchen, or the whole house is being taken over by fleas, its temping to reach for some poison. Don’t do it! In this article I’ll share non-toxic pest control secrets.
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