About 20 years ago, I was in an Atlanta hospital for knee surgery. As I was lolling the bed, fairly buzzed with pain meds, my husband arrived for a visit carrying a McDonald’s bag. “Where did you get that?” I asked. “In the lobby.” “What??!!??” I asked, mercilessly jerked out of my reverie. Right. A … Read more
from What Doctors Fail to Tell You About Iodine and Your Thyroid By Robert Thompson, M.D. Americans are experiencing a dramatic drop in iodine levels and a corresponding deterioration in our collective health. Between the early 1970s and the early 1990s, we experienced an average drop in iodine levels of 50%. In just 20 years! … Read more
I’ve practiced yoga for nearly 45 years and taught it off and on for 40. I know, I’ve dated myself again, but it’s just a way of letting you know I am no spring chicken, but most of the time, I feel like one, thanks to yoga. I started yoga when I was in college … Read more
As I sit with a dear friend who is in her last days, perhaps her last hours, with colon cancer, so many thoughts run through my head. “What did I do wrong?” she asked me when the outcome became apparent. “You did nothing wrong,” I replied. “You lived, you loved and you gave yourself to … Read more
No doubt you’ve heard by now that green tea is packed with health benefits. I’m here today to tell you the whys and the hows: Boosts metabolism: Green tea is our best source of metabolism-boosting EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate) and the mild stimulant effects of its low levels of caffeine (24-40 mg per cup compared to … Read more
Note: I wrote this article for Natural Awakenings magazine a few months back. It seems very appropriate in view of the deaths that many have so painfully suffered in recent months. Grief can come suddenly as the result of an unexpected death, the loss of a job or a serious illness. Or grief can be … Read more
The majority of Americans have shortfalls in iodine levels, which can lead to a host of problems, including thyroid disease, fibrocystic breast disease, breast cancer, mental retardation and more. Are YOU iodine deficient? CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE QUIZ to determine if you might need more iodine. What can you do about it if you need more … Read more
And it’s worse than ever. The U.S. House of Representatives voted this week to approve a bill that gives Monsanto and its GMO frankenfoods an unbreakable grip on the U.S. food industry that will jeopardize the health of every living being on the planet. The bill – being called Monsanto’s Poison Pill by the Food … Read more
We can live for weeks without food and days without water, but we can only live for a few minutes without air. Breath is the stuff of life. But the air we breathe goes far beyond the scientific composition of air, the nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and other elements. The power of prana In the practice … Read more
Excerpt from from Food Is Medicine: 101 Prescriptions from the Garden By Kathleen Barnes JOINT PAIN Your Garden Rx: chili peppers, oregano, spinach, cantaloupe, broccoli Joint pain is almost always caused by some sort of inflammation of the joints, usually due to wear and tear over the years that causes deterioration of the cartilage, a soft … Read more