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
Updated: November 10, 2017 – This article originally appeared in Natural Awakenings Magazine. In case you haven’t noticed, food prices are climbing steadily. I get sticker shock every week at my local supermarket. We’re all been financially squeezed from time to time and some of us have really been rocked by the economic downturn, perhaps … Read more
True confession: I am a catalog addict. I’ll read any catalog, even if it’s for farm equipment or shipping materials, in which I have zero interest. Mind you, I rarely order anything from these catalogs. I just like to look at them. So when the latest catalog came from a national bedding store, I naturally … Read more
My regular readers know that I have particular concerns about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia since they run in my family. All of us are concerned about retaining memory and cognitive function as we age and most of us know that dementia is not a normal part of the aging process. Here are some excellent natural … Read more
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
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
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
(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
Brain health is on my mind lately, as it should be on yours if you want to keep your brain healthy and your mind clear. My mother and grandmother both died from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. I don’t want to know if I have the APOE gene that predisposes one to Alzheimer’s, simply because I … Read more