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    Stop Nosebleeds with Bacon!

    When my Dad called to tell me he was headed to the hospital for a nosebleed, I didn’t think much of it at the time. But, now after two emergency room visits, an ambulance ride and a three day hospital stay, I am convinced…nosebleeds can mean trouble! Fortunately for my Dad, one of the most [...]

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    7 Practices of Mindful Eating

    Mindful eating can help us take a small break from the rapid pace of our lives while fulfilling a very basic need. Take a mini vacation each time you eat, or consider it a time of meditation…       Honor the food. Engage all your senses…look, smell, listen…taste the food, enjoying the flavors. Be [...]

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    Sugar Should Be Regulated!

    Sugar Should Be Regulated Like Alcohol And Tobacco Say Scientists. Finally scientists have the research to prove sugar is deadly. Robert Lustig, director of the Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health (WATCH) Program at UCSF, and his co-authors Laura Schmidt and Claire Brindis, have published a report in the Current issue of Nature that [...]

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Adaptogenic Herbs: Nature’s Solution To Stress

Thanks to the Nutrition Science News for the use of this article!   By Edward C. Wallace, N.D., D.C.   Impatience, anxiety, irritability. Maybe you’ve seen the effects of stress in your customers’ behavior, or maybe they’ve come to you looking for suggestions on how to calm their nerves and reduce the impacts of stress [...]

Millions of Americans Have Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure

Millions of Americans Have Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure: CDC High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) Slideshow Take the Salt Quiz! Lowering Blood Pressure Exercise Tips Pictures By Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter Latest High Blood Pressure News 2 Common Blood Pressure Meds Equal in Prevention Blacks More Prone to Hypertension After Strokes Blood Pressure Drugs Linked to Lip [...]

5 Life Lessons I Learned in Army Boot Camp

It wasn’t until a computer at the Veterans Administration in Washington, D.C. was stolen a few years back, that I realized I was a Veteran! Joining at a time when the Military was politically unpopular, I rarely spoke of my experience in the Army Reserve and hardly paid attention to the life habits I learned in [...]

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Warning: Dr. Mehmet Oz Is Not A Trustworthy Source Of Health Information

This excellant article was originally published at Betterhealth.com April 12th, 2011 by Dr. Val Jones When I was in medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. Mehmet Oz had the reputation of being a competent and caring cardiothoracic surgeon whose research interest was reducing preoperative stress. I remember hearing about a music study [...]

Advocates Demand End to Fed Attacks on Marijuana Dispensaries

Advocates Rally at Obama Fundraiser, Demand End to Federal Attacks President Obama was greeted at a California fundraiser by more than 300 medical cannabis patients and advocates protesting federal attacks on local dispensaries. The peaceful rally across the street from a fundraiser for the President’s re-election campaign was in response to recent federal actions that [...]

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High Fructose Corn Syrup is Toxic to Our Livers and Our Land!

My new favorite Scientist, UCSF pediatric endocrinologist Robert Lustig, MD, argues the obesity epidemic is, “due to the wide use of fructose by food manufacturers, creating a toxic environment in the Western diet” Over the past 30 years, total calorie intake of Americans has increased by an average of 150 to 300 calories per day!  In 1970, [...]