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
I’ve written a lot lately about our toxic world, about contaminants in our food, water and nearly everything that surrounds us. In fact, I’ve even written a book about surviving in a toxic world. But it was just this week, when I was talking with a group of nurses that I realized an important element … Read more
Updated October 20, 2017 Note from Kathleen: Our little North Carolina mountain town of Brevard, (population 7,822) had the wisdom and foresight to remove fluoride from the municipal water more than 10 years ago. A few years ago, uninformed dentists attempted to have fluoride reinserted into the water supply based on no scientific evidence, but … Read more
Note from Kathleen: This is an excerpt from my latest book, Our Toxic World: A Survivor’s Guide . An important puzzle piece links GMOs (genetically modified organisms) found in a vast array of food products and gluten sensitivity. If you’ve dismissed friends who engage in the current “fad” of gluten intolerance, you may change your … Read more
Free Chapter From My New Book: Our Toxic World: A Survivor’s Guide CHAPTER 1 We live in a toxic world. There is no way around it. The air we breathe is polluted. Outdoor air is polluted by industrial waste, dirty power plants, cars and trucks, industrial fumes and automotive exhausts. Automotive fumes and industrial waste … Read more
Vitamin D is a miracle nutrient. I can say that without any hesitation. A century ago, I might have been accused of peddling snake oil when we say that keeping your vitamin D levels optimal can: Prevent at least 16 kinds of cancer Protect your brain from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia Protect your … Read more
Our drinking water is full of scary stuff, not the least of which is prescription drugs that make their way from human bodies though the sewage system, filtration and arrive back in our taps more or less intact. Yuck, you say? Yes, yuck. You see, we’re a nation of prescription drug junkies. It (almost) goes … Read more
Organic food is good for you and good for the planet. Most of my readers would agree on that point. In the U.S., organic foods are subject to federal regulations that govern how the foods can be grown, raised and processed. Definition of organic foods In general, organic foods and livestock must be grown without … Read more
Are you getting enough of the sunshine vitamin? It may not surprise you to learn that most of us are not. In fact, prominent vitamin D researchers like Michael Holick, M.D., Ph.D. of Boston University, estimates that 95% of us are deficient in the winter. The number doesn’t change substantially in summer, when we’re out … Read more
It’s that time of year . . . when the trees and grasses are blooming. For many of us, it can be a time of miserable head congestion, sinus headaches, sneezing and coughing. These excerpts from my book, Food Is Medicine: 101 Prescriptions from the Garden offer some food-based ways to prevent and treat springtime allergies … Read more