Healthier you, greener planet
From the category archives:
These days, it seems that everyone is talking about how to reduce stress. But what if you enjoy living with the flight-or-fight response? What would be the most effective ways to keep your adrenaline flowing 24/7? If you’re serious about taking a decade or two off your lifespan, here are the top ten ways to [...]
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Have you ever heard of coriander essential oil? If you cook your own food (which, of course, is one of the key habits of the healthiest people), you have probably used coriander as a spice. You may have even used cilantro – the fresh herbal form – in salads or salsa. But were you aware [...]
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If you’re like me, you wish you had more energy. A lot more energy. Now, I do have considerably more energy than when I was eating the Standard American Diet and before I started taking high-quality, whole-food supplements. The problem is, when you first start to take a good supplement or begin eating more fruits [...]
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Did you go grocery shopping in the early afternoon of Friday, June 25, 2010? If so, this letter is for you. If not, read it anyway. It’s message is still for you. Dear Fellow Shopper: While you were entering or leaving the store, did you notice me? I was the one sitting next to a [...]
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For me, one of the most vital themes of John Robbins’ book Healthy at 100 is the effects of stress on health and longevity. After finishing that book about six weeks ago, I began living without a watch. Let me explain. For most of my teenage and all of my adult life, I have worn [...]
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What is the importance of love as it relates to your health and personal freedom? Is it possible to live up to your full potential and experience optimum health if you live in isolation, or use the people in your life only as stepping stones to get what you want? When I began reading John [...]
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Do you take as much time to make yourself beautiful inside as you do on the outside? Many natural-living sites have articles or blog posts that teach you about chemical-free beauty products. (Even me: see this article and this blog post.) But if you look like Miss America but act like Atilla the Hun, you [...]
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Laughter may truly be the best medicine. So in the spirit of living in abundant health, I’d like to give you the gift of humor and laughter this Christmas. Here’s a joke from a site I just discovered, cleanjoke.com. A site I will begin visiting with some regularity, I think. Little Johnnie desperately wanted a [...]
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Tomorrow will be Thanksgiving for us U.S. citizens. It’s the day we’re supposed to focus on being grateful for our many blessings in life, to express gratitude to God and to our loved ones for all the good things we have. But if you choose to walk in an “attitude of gratitude” only one day [...]
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Dealing with PMS mood swings has been the bane of my (and in recent years, my husband’s) existence. Despite eating all the right foods, avoiding the wrong foods, etc., I still experience an emotional rollercoaster ride several days each month. And it always hits without warning. I thought I would have to endure mood swings [...]
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