What Are The Health Benefits Of Cabbage?...

Cabbage is a strong and sturdy vegetable that is abundant in almost all cultures and countries. Unfortunately, many American families don’t buy cabbage. The only form of this vegetable they eat is coleslaw. Coleslaw is loaded with high fat ingredients such as mayonnaise. The only other dish that cabbage normally appears in American household meals is corn beef and cabbage, which is usually eaten on Saint...

My “Spring Health Kick”– the pro...

I have a confession, I’ve never felt the most unhealthiest than I do now. I believe in a little help from our super food friends and keeping our nutrition in balance, but let’s face it– life is stressful and it’s easy to fall off the wagon and drink 3 cups of coffee and one alcoholic beverage daily! Perhaps from this nasty habit, is why my body is feeling achy and inflamed. It’s very hard...

Is your Mineral Makeup as Pure as it Promises? Thi...

I’m not going to name names here, but I was using a very large well known national mineral makeup brand. I loved the coverage of their mineral makeup and it was the most natural, easy to wear, easy to put on no-brainer makeup I ever found! I was generously applying to my problem acne areas and so pleased with the results I was ignoring how itchy and uncomfortable it actually was on my sensitive neck and chin area....

The Sprained Wrist...

It had been a very satisfying day. I worked for the first time in five weeks; a sprained wrist had been preventing me. Still the wrist had not fully healed, there was pain. I was very careful of the way I used that hand when I gave my two clients their massages that day. I do mostly deep tissue therapeutic work, which is taxing enough on a healthy therapist’s body. So I had to find a way to work without re-injuring my...

Endive Quinoa Recipe...

The Endive/Quinoa Recipe Today, I decided to do something a little different with the endives. I lined my dish with them in a pretty circular pattern (they are so beautifully shaped too! And fun to peel away!) making my dish look like an open flower. I think decorating (with) your food is very important. It makes it taste 10 times better, let’s you work up an appetite, and those who think they don’t like eating...

How Not to Get Sick when Flying...

Photo by Pensiero Don’t you hate getting sick from long flights? Feeling completely helpless and unprotected as those around you cough and sneeze knowing you are breathing that? Next holiday season, be prepared! I’ve developed a system that kept me healthy from a grueling trip spanning over 20 hrs flying and 3 climate zones while all those around me were sick and I thought I’d share my secret. What you...

The Unquenchable Thirst...

When summer is upon us one thing is certain, we need water. I don’t know about you, but water alone just doesn’t quench that thirst. When I’m feeling dehydrated, groggy and tired I need something more! Expensive enhanced waters seem to do the trick but the cost adds up and so do the calories due to the higher amounts of sugar! Watermelon offers a replenishing feeling, but not always the most...

Using Alternative and Complementary Treatments for...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blaiq/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 While there are a number of conventional treatments for asbestos-related diseases like asbestosis and malignant pleural mesothelioma that have been proven to be effective, some of these treatments can cause unwanted side effects like pain and nausea. But there are a number of complementary therapies that can help ease these side effects, as well as mesothelioma symptoms...

Thoughts, Opinions and Facts on Swine Flu...

photo by ** Maurice ** The breaking news about the Swine Flu Virus at first glance instilled much fear into me. It feels close to me as I recently had the flu and was home sick for 4 days eating the BRAT diet. I fell sick just two days after attending a Bar-B-Q where I couldn’t finish eating a chicken leg because I felt it wasn’t cooked properly. I re-thought my omnivore diet, felt disgusted with how poorly...

Alternative Antibiotics that Leave no “Super...

Without sounding too much like a broken record, I will briefly mention that antibiotics kill both good and bad bacteria. Then when we killed off all our good bacteria we have to work to repopulate them. Even worse than this though is the fact that antibiotics don’t always kill ALL bad bacteria. What ever wasn’t killed is immune to antibiotics and then a great environment for an overpopulation of bad resistant...