Study Shows Veggies, Meditation & Yoga Slow Aging
A new study published in the Lancet Medical Journal demonstrated for the first time that dietary and lifestyle changes can increase the length of telomeres, the ends of chromosomes, that are linked to aging. It's been know for some time that stress can shorten...
Surgical Anesthesia … How to Protect Yourself
In this post I'll share how general anesthesia poses risks to us and what to do to minimize those risks. Did you know that anesthesia greatly increases your risk of cognitive decline ... including dementia? When it comes to surgical anesthesia our immediate concern is...
Gluten Free News
The FDA has just released new guidelines on gluten free product labeling. Even with better or more accurate labeling practices it can be very difficult to avoid gluten completely. Here are a few ideas to protect yourself or your child from the deleterious effects of...
A Moving and Informative Look at Childhood Vaccines
Here's the true story of Alan Yurko, a father convicted of killing his infant son. The characters include Alan himself, and a host of parents of autistic children, doctors for the CDC, wholistic doctors, researchers, and attorneys. The title of this documentary by...
A New Study Linking Carbs to Food Addiction
A new study is showing that eating carbohydrates can lead to food addictions and cravings. High glycemic index foods, like wheat and sugar for example, stimulate some of the same brain regions that are involved with drug addiction. Follow this link to see the full...
GMO’s Modify Your Microflora and More
In a human study it's been found that the modified genes in soy can take residence in our own gut microflora. Since the genes from the microbiome (gut flora) interact with the genes in our own cells, we now become the terrain for 'unknown science', despite the...
GMO’s & the U.S. CONGRE$$$$$$
Here's a sweet little ditty detailing the cash ... 30 Million ... that's spent each year to support/guarantee lobbying interests for the GMO industry. Meanwhile, buy certified organic whole foods to empower and protect yourself as best as possible....
Garlic Out Performs Antibiotics … New WSU Study
Here's a link to a new Washington State University study detailing how garlic was 100 times more effective ... and more rapid that the popular antibiotics cipro and erythromycin when treating one of the most common causes of intestinal illness. Since intestinal...
Energy Psychology for Self-Healing
Acupuncture point tapping techniques are growing in popularity, primarily because they're effective and easy to learn. They offer a home based, Energy Medicine approach for dealing with the emotional stress and life energy imbalances that are at the root of much...
Wheat Belly … and More of Wheat’s Toxic Effects!
I thought you might be interested to know more about the wheat we eat ... and how it adversely affects your health. What's interesting is that for many of us simply eliminating wheat provides benefits that nothing else ... no drug, vitamin, or herb ... will provide...
Ear Acupuncture … With or Without Needles!
There are over one hundred acupuncture points on the outer surface of your ear. So, the next time you scratch your ear you're very likely stimulating an organ, gland, or a specific part of your brain. The surface of the ear is one of the micro acupuncture systems...
Control Your Breath, Control Your Health
Slowing down your breathing is one of the most important things you can do to positively influence your physical and emotional health. It's amazing that we can influence our biology so profoundly with something that's free ... as well as, side-effect free. New science...
Your Heart is More than a Pump!
Did you know that your heart is more than a pump and in fact has its very own 'brain'? Your heart consists of about 70% neurological tissue and has a profound influence on your entire biochemistry and even influences how you heal physically as well as emotionally. The...
Do Your Own Stem Cell Research … Pronto!
It's becoming more and more obvious that the 'stem cell' debate is really about our willingness, or resistance, to learn how to activate our own stem cells. Remember that stem cells are those undifferentiated cells in our bodies that have the potential to become...
Iodine for Thyroid Health & More
Iodine deficiency is very likely a significant reason for the epidemic numbers of low thyroid individuals. Iodine is essential for the production of thyroid hormoes, and it's estimated that 96% of the American population is deficient in this crucial element....
When Intellect Isn’t Enough
Intellect isn't enough when it dominates, and interferes with, heart-based intelligence. Heart-based intelligence has been most thoroughly studied at the HeartMath Institute (HeartMath.org). Their research shows that through a combination of attention placed on the...
Love … The Last Frontier
Did you know that Darwin, of the 'survival of the fittest' fame, ultimately wrote that the "higher agencies" of love and altruism were the guiding forces of evolution? I find it fascinating that Darwin's, The Descent of Man, which he wrote in his more mature years,...
Invisible Emotional Triggers
Memories, especially unconscious memories, can trigger stress related illness as surely as a real event. Mosquitoes. In our house in Florida mosquitoes are a common ... and unwelcome experience. My wife Eileen and I, who are usually calm, sedate, peaceful recyclers,...
Allergies … A Novel Perspective
Have you ever considered that illness, and allergy in particular, was a meaningful biological event? I'll provide a concrete example of what I'm suggesting, that's based on the research of the German physician, Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer. The premise of his work is that...
We Are All Connected … Through Our Hearts
There's a wealth of new science that's suggesting the reality of an invisible web of energy that's connecting all of existence. This invisible, omnipresent connecting medium has been described by a variety of names, including: Zero Point Field, Divine Matrix, Holy...