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We live in a world of microbes: bacteria, viruses, fungi and a plethora of pathogens that can make us sick. Most of the time, our immune systems are able to fight off microbial attacks, but we all know there are times when an infection, whether internal or external, knocks us down. There’s no time more … Read more
How can I tell if a multi-vitamin is a good one or not? I hear this question often and I wish I could give you a simple answer. This is going to require some digging on your part and will depend on many factors, not the least of which are your age and gender. 1. … Read more
Note from Kathleen: I live in the South. It’s pollen time and allergy and asthma time. This us a timely excerpt from my book, Food Is Medicine: 101 Prescriptions from the Garden. Allergies Your Garden RX: garlic, onions, apples, chamomile Allergies are your body’s response to what it perceives as an invader. With allergies, your … Read more
Note from Kathleen: It seems that I am in the midst of another spate of friends and friends of friends being diagnosed with cancer. It breaks may heart. Yet I have seen the benefits of curcumin, even in the cases of several friends with advanced stage cancer. Yet many think that turmeric is as effective … Read more
Heart disease is the Number 1 killer of men and women in the Western world. Most people think that heart disease is male territory, but nothing could be further from the truth. Heart disease kills more than 400,000 women a year. One in every three female deaths is from heart disease. That’s ten times the … Read more
Join the sisterhood for a longer, better and wiser life. Make time for friends—real life ones, not the ones on Facebook or Instagram. More and more, science is proving what we women have known forever: Close friendships can help you live longer, better and wiser. In fact, some recent research suggests that building and maintaining … Read more
Mother Nature’s most potent healing herbs are already on most spice racks or growing right outside the front door. Herbs have been respected for their healing properties for thousands of years. Traditional healers have used their medicinal properties with great success. Now solid science backs them up. Pharmaceutical companies have extracted active ingredients from herbs … Read more
By Ralf Llanasas Cannabis Express, Australia Note from Kathleen: We’re hearing more and more about the beneficial effects of marijuana in treating a wide variety of health concerns. In the interest of presenting a balanced view of the pros and cons of marijuana use to address depression. I’m publishing this piece by Ralf Llanasas of … Read more
Full disclosure: Six weeks ago, I had a stem cell transplant on my left shoulder to address several small tears in my rotator cuff. The tears were the results of several mishaps that involved horses, falls on the ice and finally, a trip over a dog in a dark hallway that left me in tears … Read more
I recently had lunch at a lovely food truck with wonderful farm fresh food, all organic and delicious. Imagine my shock when my food was delivered in a styrofoam container. And my drink in a styrofoam cup with a plastic lid and a plastic straw! Four pieces of plastic into the trash from one meal. … Read more