PLASTICS: which ones to avoid, and why!
You’re likely aware that plastics are harmful to your health. They have phenomenally long half-lives, and don’t break down in the body, causing ongoing damage. Look on the bottom of your bottle, and see the number in the little triangle. Look carefully at this graphic, because the numbers aren’t consecutive. The worst grades of plastic [...]
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Thyroid—you might have a problem and not know it
All estimates I’ve read are that 25 to 50 percent or more of American women have significant thyroid issues. Possibly over half of women over 40. Most of these women are undiagnosed. If you have low thyroid, which is the most common thyroid problem, symptoms may be low energy, slow metabolism / weight gain, dry [...]
20 Comments • Continue Reading →Seven reasons not to drink soda, part 2 of 2
Here are seven kicks in the pants, to help you quit the soda habit: 1. SODA BRAIN! Brominated vegetable oil, or BVO, is added to soft drinks. It’s an industrial chemical used in plastics as a flame retardant. (It’s also in sports drinks.) It is known to cause nerve disorders and memory loss. It builds [...]
22 Comments • Continue Reading →natural infertility treatments
One of my first blog entries when I put this site up two years ago was about my infertility story. I forget about it sometimes, since I have four wonderful children ages 9 to 16 and that trial is behind me. But what a hard time that was. All the infertility treatments and drugs are [...]
4 Comments • Continue Reading →the data on benefits of RAW FOOD . . . part 1 of 3
In the next few blogs, I’ll review for you research on the benefits of raw plant food I found in various sources. Unfortunately, science isn’t too interested in studying the effects of people eating raw food. Who would fund large-scale prevention studies to document what happens when we don’t tax our enzyme production [...]
11 Comments • Continue Reading →relieving constipation . . . part 3 of 9 on ELIMINATION
When I was 25, I was in the middle of a period of having left behind the solid nutritional education and background I’d come from. I was at work one winter day, and I was totally sick. I was 20 lbs. over my current weight (at age 41), lacking energy every day, unable [...]
6 Comments • Continue Reading →Good nutrition reversing degenerative disease
The medical industry has us thinking “cures” are in pills and surgeries. My studies lead me to believe, however, that cancer, for instance, will NEVER be cured (and certainly never prevented) with a chemical. I should post the standard disclaimer that I am not a medical professional and what follows is not advice—you should [...]
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