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I recently traveled out of the country and spent time in a remote area of an island in Greece. When I packed for my trip I brought my minerals and my food based multiple vitamins, some arnica and grape fruit seed extract. I thought I was covered because basically I am a healthy woman. MyRead More

Many of us are at a point of saturation with the pace of life in general. Everything is speeding up from the traffic on the freeways to the action in movies. We are expected to stay calm when our adrenals are in overdrive trying to accomplish more in less time. I think those of usRead More

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO), wielded their influential might in creating fear in the populace again that there are now numerous new strains of bacteria which have been able to mutate around even our most effective antibiotics.  New antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria, which cause diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, gonorrhea and shigella, areRead More

We know vinegar has been around for thousands of years and there is documentation of its uses since the beginning of written history. In ancient Greece, around 400 BC, Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, prescribed apple cider vinegar mixed with honey for a variety of ills, including coughs and colds. It is even mentionedRead More

Iodine is a necessary component of thyroid health. Deficiency in this mineral is widespread today for a number of reasons.  Our natural reserves are being used to shield the body from the deleterious effects of mercury, lead, bromides, cadmium and fluoride leaving the thyroid gland vulnerable to radioactive iodine 131.  Making sure we have adequate amountsRead More

Consider the following dietary sources of calcium: * 1 cup milk 300 mg * 1 cup calcium fortified orange juice300 mg * 1 cup low fat yogurt345-400 mg * 1 ounce cheddar cheese has about 204 mg * 1 cup cottage cheese300 mg * ½ cup cooked beans45-113 mg * ½ cup cooked spinach115 mgRead More

I was reading an advertisement for a supplement the other day and the last thing they mentioned about the product was that it was patented.  Suddenly, this struck me as quite odd.  Why does any nutritional supplement need to be patented?  There are 2 reasons why this may seem to be an advantageous thing toRead More

The current Newsweek magazine reads “Brain Freeze, how the deluge of information paralyzes our ability to make good decisions.” This is the kind of everyday stress that is fast becoming the norm. The article was referring to the craze of twittering but could just as well be applied to most facets of life in theRead More

Honeybees are Modern-day Canaries in the Coal Mines Throughout the history of mankind, mining for metal ores has played an important role in our development, as it is the processing of these metal ores into useful items that has allowed us to develop as a society called the human race.  Funny, it is these sameRead More

The other day I received an inquiry from a young woman named Sandra asking how much iodine she should be taking to make a small lump in her breast go away.  In fact, the dis-ease of cancer or just tumor growth involves much more than just increasing ones intake of iodine.  First and formost, oneRead More