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Melatonin does more than help you sleep

Most of us have probably taken melatonin to help us sleep after a stressful day or to get sleep patterns back in sync after an international flight. Now new research shows that melatonin has other important benefits outside of its ability to regulate sleep rhythms. In fact without the brain’s ability to manufacture the hormone … Read more

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What’s Wrong With Soy?

I get this question all the time: Isn’t soy a health food? The answer, in a nutshell is: No! Unfermented soy is about as far from a health food as you can get. I’ll get into fermented soy products in a moment. Soy dangers Over the years, solid research has linked soy to: breast cancer … Read more

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Cancer Survivor Secrets

Too many of us think a diagnosis of cancer is a death sentence. The truth is that more and more people are surviving cancer. There are 14.5 million cancer survivors in the U.S. today, according to the American Cancer Society. In this column, I won’t go into the minutiae of the types of diagnoses and … Read more

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Meditate to Manage Stress

(from 10 Best Ways to Manage Stress by Kathleen Barnes) Meditation isn’t complicated or particularly esoteric. Meditation is simply stilling your mind. Since we know the mind and body and spirit are all interwoven, stilling the mind will heal body and spirit as well. Meditation has been practiced for thousands of years, but modern science … Read more

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Save Your Smile

Nowadays, everyone wants super bright pearly whites. But if you want your smile to last a lifetime, you need to be just as concerned about fighting gum disease, which affects almost 90% of all of us over the age 20. Gingivitis is a mild form of gum disease that can easily be reversed; with regular … Read more

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Comfrey For Healing

Last Updated: June 28, 2019 From The Healing Power of Trauma Comfrey by Holly Lucille, ND, RN It’s that time of year—for bumps, bruises, sprains and all of the not–so-fun adjuncts to an active outdoor life. If you’ve ever had a sprained ankle, a black-and-blue bruise or an aching back – and who hasn’t? — … Read more

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Looking for the Fountain of Youth? This could be it!

Imagine a substance so powerful that it swiftly moves through your body, soothing inflammation, repairing cell damage and pumping up your immune system, maybe even reversing the hands of time. Let me introduce you to alpha lipoic acid (ALA), which researchers at the University of California-Berkeley have discovered its antioxidant power is 400 times greater … Read more

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Iodine and Fibrocystic Breasts and Breast Cancer

From What Your Doctor Fails to Tell You About Iodine and Your Thyroid by Robert Thompson, M.D. I’m going to make a bold statement here: Iodine shortfalls coupled with bromine and other toxic halogens cause fibrocystic breast disease and breast cancer. Breast tissue contains the body’s third highest concentrations of this essential mineral, so shortfalls … Read more