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June 19, 2024 - Category: Articles, Miscellany, Resources
According to conventional (allopathic) thinking, hay fever happens when the body is under attack by harmful foreign substances or allergens (e.g. pollens, dust mites, molds, animal dander, etc.), causing distressing reactions like hives, rash, sneezing, runny nose, itchy eyes, sinus pressure. “Experts” recommend taking preparations to block the annoying symptoms — usually antihistamines in the…The Joy of Hay Fever
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March 19, 2024 - Category: Detoxification
Is fasting the new big thing? This practice, the deliberate abstention from food for a specified period of time, has been around for millennia, but it’s been gaining significant popularity in recent years for its potential health benefits. However, not so fast: there are important things to consider — positive and negative — before you…Fasting: Pros and Cons
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June 14, 2023 - Category: Adjunctive Therapies
The LDN story begins with Naltrexone (not low dose), a drug first developed in the 1960s as a strategy for reducing addiction to narcotics and alcohol. It is an opiate receptor blocking agent so that, when taken orally in 50 mg. doses a day, drugs like heroin cannot be absorbed into the body and, because…Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) – A Game Changer
...September 11, 2021 - Category: Miscellany
Fifty years ago it was perfectly respectable to light up a cigarette in a doctor’s office or most any place else — a behavior that today would be considered outrageous, the height of impropriety! But mores change as we acquire more information, which begs the question: are there current behaviors that demand a rethinking of…Being Smart With Your Smart Phone
...September 11, 2021 - Category: Detoxification
What’s old is new again. In ancient times cultures around the world benefitted from the internal and external healing properties of a type of a highly absorbent, mineral-rich clay, derived from volcanic ash deposited in seawater 150 million years ago. In the early 20th Century the clay was used by the British Army in India…Bentonite Clay — The Gentle Cleanse
...September 11, 2021 - Category: Desserts & Snacks
1. Add to a food processor and process until just smooth:4 pastured eggs1 ripe avocado1/4 cup raw cashews or almond butter1/3 cup raw cacao powder1 banana4 dates1/8 tsp. unrefined sea salt1/2 tsp. vanilla1 tsp. baking powderOpt. : 1/2 - 1 tablespoon raw honey, if you like a sweeter taste2. Spread mixture into a glass baking…A Really Good Brownie
...April 12, 2021 - Category: Desserts & Snacks
Arrowroot flour is a very versatile, gluten- and grain-free powder. Extracted in traditional ways — no high heat or chemicals — from the tropical plant known as Maranta arundinacea, similar to cassava, yucca or kudzu, it can be used as a thickener or mixed with almond, coconut or tapioca flours for bread and dessert recipes.…Healthy Ginger Snaps Recipe
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April 12, 2021 - Category: Food as Medicine
Stop the Celery Powder Con! Newsflash: everything found in health food stores is not necessarily good for your health. Case in point: celery powder. Perhaps you’ve noted it on the ingredients list of foods like organic “uncured” or “no nitrate” bacon, hot dogs, salami and such. Perhaps you’ve even thrilled at the idea that these…Stop the Celery Powder Con!
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April 12, 2021 - Category: Emotional Healing, Uncategorized
We live in a fast-paced, hi-stress world where people are too often working long hours, suffering from exhaustion, anxiety and burnout. To counter this, medical professionals in the Netherlands have been prescribing a strategy called niksen — a word that literally means “to do nothing, to be idle or doing something without any use.” In…Niksen — The Dutch Art of Doing Nothing
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April 12, 2021 - Category: Understanding Body Function
The heart is considered by medical standards the most important organ of the body because if it stops beating, we die. But the liver is the real workhorse. It has about 300 tasks to take care of and, when it’s working properly, our overall health is enhanced most efficiently. Nearly every human ailment relates directly…Be Kind to Your Liver — The Body’s Real Workhorse By Ruth Sackman, Founder and Former president of F.A.C.T.
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