I love my coffee. Like most Americans, the day just doesn’t start without a couple of cups. Once I thought of it as a guilty pleasure, but a growing body of research is now showing us that coffee has a wide variety of health benefits backed by new studies, including an impressive antioxidant profile. Believe me, … Read more
My grandma was a practical soul. Aside from her decades-long addiction to the soap opera, As The World Turns, Grandma was a product of the early part of the 20th century, when life was simple and when people learned to “make-do” as she’d always say. In addition to her incomparable strawberry jam and the tiny … Read more
If you’re on the fence about taking vitamin D supplements here’s another nudge to get you off that fence and taking a high quality vitamin D supplement every day. Groundbreaking Indian research shows that more than 95% of breast cancer patients studied are vitamin D deficient. The study, published in the May 2012 issue of … Read more
The disturbing breaking news this week: Bee-killing pesticide giant Bayer is seeking to buy Monsanto, Frankenfood father of GMOs and RoundUp, among others. It’s a marriage made in hell. In fact, I can’t even conceive of a merger of two companies that would be more damaging to the health of our planet and our individual … Read more
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