Now that much-anticipated beach vacations, gardening, outdoor sports and other outside summer activities are on our calendars, it’s time to practice ways to protect skin from sun damage. The medical profession has reported loud and clear that too much exposure causes dryness, wrinkling, premature aging and even skin cancer. Yet, many people don’t understand that … Read more
Spring is here and along with it, for many of us, the misery of allergy season has begun. As grass grows and trees begin to bloom, the celebration of spring is doused by a deluge of pollens accompanying the misery of a stuffy head, drippy nose and sinus headaches. An additional and unwelcome element: It … Read more
This is a rant. If you’re not up to it, I won’t be offended. I just have to get this off my chest. I have been an advocate of natural health since I was in my 20s. That’s more than 50 years. I have always done deep research for my own health and even more … Read more
Let’s take a little mental journey in preparation for a physical one: It’s a bright summer morning. The air is fresh. You lace up your sneakers and embark on a mindful walk, through your neighborhood, a nearby park or, if you’re as lucky as I am, through the woods where you live. At first, you … Read more
If a pounding headache frequently puts a crimp in your lifestyle or makes you sick to your stomach or super-sensitive to light, it’s almost a sure bet that you’re suffering from a migraine, not just a run-of-the-mill headache. At least 70% of America’s 28 million migraine sufferers are women, which means that some migraines are … Read more
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
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: 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