From Kathleen’s book Our Toxic World: A Survivor’s Guide. Eeek! You’re Putting What? Where?? While we’re on the subject of what’s touching your body, and especially your sensitive parts, consider feminine hygiene products, my sisters. Skin is the body’s biggest organ. We have 16 to 21 square feet of skin. And it’s very absorbent. Consider the … Read more
Note from Kathleen: It seems that everyone I know, myself included, is under great stress right now for a wide variety of reasons. This is an excerpt from my book, 10 Best Ways to Manage Stress. I hope it will help you recognize the causes and effects of unrelieved stress and offers way to find … Read more
This is an excerpt from Kathleen’s book, Our Toxic World: A Survivor’s Guide We live in a toxic world. Toxic exposure is inevitable unless we can learn to live without breathing, eating or interacting with any substances around us. If you’ve figured out how to do any of those, please let me know your secret! … Read more
by Robert Thompson, M.D. and Kathleen Barnes Authors of The Calcium Lie 2: What Your Doctor Still Doesn’t Know Do you regularly take Vitamin C? Just for starters, please take a look at the label on your bottle. I’m willing to bet it says you are getting Vitamin C as ascorbic acid. Am I right? If … Read more
Note from Kathleen: This is the final entry in the stress management month series, based on my book, Ten Best Ways to Manage Stress but it is far from the last we will be talking about stress, since stress is unquestionably the greatest threat to health. Stress is almost always related to time pressure. You’ve … Read more
This is an excerpt from my book, 10 Best Ways to Manage Stress. It’s good to remember these skills in stressful times! Breath is life. Quite literally without breath, life ends in just a few minutes. Some Eastern traditions believe that we are born with a finite numbers of breaths allotted to us, so the more … Read more
Note from Kathleen: It’s that time of year to give and give back. This chapter from my book, 10 Best Ways to Manage Stress, is my gift to you. I hope it will spark some thought for you and maybe give you some ideas to pay it forward. The virus has gotten us all … Read more
There is a certain romance to growing your own food. Whether it comes from a solitary basil plant on a window ledge, a potted tomato on an urban balcony, a small plot in a community garden or a well-manicured full-scale spread, we humans take pride in growing our own food, feeding ourselves and relishing the … 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
This Post has been updated for 2017! Excerpt from Dr. Robert Thompson, The Calcium Lie II: What Your Doctor Still Doesn’t Know (Take Charge Books, 2013) <– Add this to your library by clicking the cover image. Visit the website to learn more: http://www.calciumlie.com From Kathleen 2017: When Dr. Thompson and I wrote the second … Read more