I’ve just read about this plant, Triptergium wilfordii, for use in rheumatoid arthritis. It supposedly works as well as methotrexate without the side effects. If you suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, please ask your doctor if this might be worth a trial for you. Read more here.
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Exercise to Look Younger!!
As if we needed another reason to exercise, they now report that it can make our skin look younger!!! Let’s get moving!! 🙂
Relief for Fruit and Veggie Costs
I’ve attached a link to the Fresh Bucks Project–it is designed to help extend your grocery dollars at farmer’s markets. Please click here and see if this may help you include more fresh fruits and veggies in your diet!
Encouragement for Sisters in Chemo
Too many women are battling cancer these days and my prayers go to all those suffering (men, too!). I wanted to share Dr. Rothenberg’s article as she shares her experiences. May this be encouraging to you. Click here.
Eat Your Veggies!
Here’s another reason to include veggies in your children’s diet:Â less breast disease. Not that this info would be a real seller to your children, but the more they are offered (with avoidance of sweet treats), the more we tend to enjoy them. Read more here.
Hot Peppers for Cluster Headache Treatment??
This may be worth a read, and possibly a trial. During the process of studying the effects of topical hot peppers to the nose, medical students (yes, students) learned that the pain of the initial application decreased until they could feel nothing. Researchers took this further to determine whether the […]
Low Vitamin D Linked to Fatty Liver Disease
This is just another reason to have your Vitamin D levels checked: MON., APR. 14, 2014: JUST-RELEASED NATURAL HEALTH STUDY: LOW VITAMIN D LINKED TO FATTY LIVER DISEASE: A study has clarified a link between low vitamin D status and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in research on children and […]
ROUND-UP READY??
Guess what–that so-called “safe” herbicide Round-up (by non-other than Monsanto) is now being found at elevated levels in breast milk. This flies in the face of Monsanto’s report that glycophosphates do not accumulate in the body and are therefore safe. It appears that these chemicals do indeed accumulate and therefore […]
Secret Ingredients??
I’m not going to re-write this article, suffice it to say that there may be additives in our foods that do not have to be listed as ingredients AND that have not been proven safe for consumption. Sticking with whole foods remains our best protection. Read more here.
Exercise and Weight Loss to Prevent Complications of Pre-Diabetes
Here it is again–lifestyle changes may reduce the risk of advancing cardiovascular death in those with pre-diabetes. PLEASE, exercise daily, get some sun, and eat plenty of veggies daily (9 servings per day!). Read more here.
