The Dangers Of Fragrances and Chemicals Whether it’s everyday cleaning supplies, air fresheners, laundry detergents, or expensive perfumes and lotions, artificial fragrance and the chemicals that go into some of these products can be very damaging to not only our environment, but our health as well. Even products that are […]
General Health
Curcumin May Support Healthy Bone Density
We all are aware of the benefits of adequate calcium, magnesium, Vit. D, and Vit. K for healthy bones. But did you know that curcumin also seems to support healthy bone density. Check out this article. And check with your health care provider to see if supplementing curcumin is right […]
Goat Yoga
I just learned about this new “twist” on yoga to further its therapeutic benefits: Goat Yoga!! Unfortunately for us Portland-Vancouver folks, the locations would be a bit of a commute. Hoping that closer options will become available. Check out their website at http://www.goatyoga.net/goat-therapy/
Great Foods to Include in Your Cooking
Here is a great article summarizing some powerfully healthy foods to include in your cooking. Enjoy!! To your health!!
Some Friday Humor–sort of . . .
Sleep–There’s No Substitute!
This gym has started offering, you guessed it, SLEEP. There are some stretches but then a 45-minute nap! Brilliant!! Sign me up 🙂
Help for Pharmaceutical Costs
While treatments focus on helping individuals achieve their health goals without the need for pharmaceutical medications, sometimes pharmaceuticals are indicated and needed. Washington State offers a prescription assistance program which can help, especially if you have no insurance or high deductables. If you take a pharmaceutical medication, check and see […]
Sugar Also Reduces Absorption of Nutrients
Please read the attached article regarding sugar and how it reduces our ability to absorb certain nutrients. This is just another reason of many to avoid sugar consumption–like we need more reasons! I will never forget skimming some eclectic nutrition books when I was in medical school–I ran across a […]
Eat More Vegetables–Yes, Research is Supporting This!!
Not that we need more research to know that we need to eat our vegetables, but just in case you want some encouragement, please read the attached article! 🙂
Lyme Disease On the Rise
Increasingly, we are hearing more about Lyme disease–in particular, the chronic effects of Lyme infection. Here is a recent article about the increase in Michigan as well as a link to reducing your risk of a tick bite. Unfortunately, we often are never even aware of getting a tick bite […]
