Note from Kathleen: This is an excerpt from an excellent book I recently published, Echinacea: Nature’s Best Kept Secret Against for Stress and Anxiety by Gaetano Morello, N.D. I know it has provided help for several people I know who suffer from anxiety. Hopefully, it will help you and yours, too. About four years ago, … 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
Everyone suffers the occasional bout of anxiety, but for about 19 million of us – more women than men – it’s frequent enough to interfere with daily activities. Why are women more prone to anxiety? A study from the American Psychological Association suggests it’s because estrogen lowers the level of an enzyme believed to regulate … Read more
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
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
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
Note from Kathleen: This is a guest post from my dear friend, Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum. It’s clear that the evidence for non-psychoactive hemp oil and cannabis itself are powerful non-addictive tools against pain without side effects. What’s not to love? One third of Americans needlessly suffer with pain. 15,000 die every year from overdose of … Read more
I’ve long been a fan and practitioner of aromatherapy. Of course, I’m not being scientific here, but from practical experience, I know that lavender relaxes me, peppermint stimulates me and cures (yes, cures) headaches and lemon always energizes me. There is most likely a memory factor here. I’ll always link the scent of cloves to … Read more
Kathleen’s article on thyroid health appeared in Natural Awakenings magazine. It seems that a common mineral supplement that costs just pennies per day can stimulate an underactive thyroid, restore metabolism to normal levels, curb excess appetite, banish fatigue and generally improve everyone’s health. Mounting scientific evidence shows that iodine may be an answer to many … Read more