Addiction Treatment: One Step on the Road to Recovery

Addiction Treatment: One Step on the Road to Recovery

Diseases and Conditions >> Addiction

by Barb Rogers. Exhaustion was the catalyst that took me to a recovery program. I was just so tired — tired of…

What is a Toxin? Women & Cancer

What is a Toxin? Women & Cancer

Health >> Environmental

by Sondra Kornblatt. Women show more susceptibility to toxins. On one hand, women’s bodies have more fat, where toxins accumulate, so women are…

Sweet Basil: Things You Need to Know About This Herb

Sweet Basil: Things You Need to Know About This Herb

Home and Garden >> Gardening

by Thea Summer Deer. Sweet basil’s many herbal uses include culinary, landscaping, medicinal, and spiritual, and the essential oil can be found in fragrances and insect repellents. Cultivated largely as a culinary herb…

Taking a Stand Against S.A.D. (Standard American Diet)

Taking a Stand Against S.A.D. (Standard American Diet)

Health >> Research

by John Robbins. The U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on Nutrition and Health says that two-thirds of U.S. mortality is diet-related. At a certain point, one decides that the…

Growing Vegetables on the Sidewalk

Growing Vegetables on the Sidewalk

Social and Political >> Trends

A tempest in a tea pot? The English town of Todmorden mixes politics and growing lunch. Its guerrilla gardening group has reached a certain notoriety that transcends borders and continents.

Making Choices & Managing Pain

Making Choices & Managing Pain

Diseases and Conditions >> Addiction

by Chönyi Taylor. The mind of addiction goes like this: “So I need to stop…

Setting your Intention: Fasting

Setting your Intention: Fasting

Disciplines >> General

by Stasia Bliss. Think about how we normally consume. We usually choose to fill our shopping cart full of the foods we habitually buy. To choose new foods, even for a day, is to design a…

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Life After Toxics: Living in…

Life After Toxics: Living in a Toxic-Free World

by Debra Lynn Dadd. Life After Toxics. I know that sounds like there is some toxic-free land over the rainbow somewhere or a new era when toxics are a thing of... Read more

About Cannabis: Its Role in…

About Cannabis: Its Role in Herbal Medicine

by Julie Holland, M.D. The very basic idea of plant-as-medicine dates back to before recorded history. Cannabis has been a medicine since at least 2800 BCE, and until the 1940s, it... Read more

What is BPA? And Why…

What is BPA? And Why Should I Avoid BPA?

BPA is in many of the products we eat and drink regularly. It is so common that the CDC estimates that 93% of Americans have BPA in their bloodstream. One... Read more

Addiction Treatment: One Step on…

Addiction Treatment: One Step on the Road to Recovery

by Barb Rogers. Exhaustion was the catalyst that took me to a recovery program. I was just so tired — tired of being sad and lonely, tired of fighting everything and... Read more

What is a Toxin? Women…

What is a Toxin? Women & Cancer

by Sondra Kornblatt. Women show more susceptibility to toxins. On one hand, women’s bodies have more fat, where toxins accumulate, so women are four times more likely to exhibit symptoms of... Read more

Shame: It's Unhealthy, Self-Destructive &…

Shame: It's Unhealthy, Self-Destructive & Extremely Toxic

by Mary Hayes Grieco. Shame is an unhealthy and extremely toxic emotion that makes a person very sick inside. It plays out in families and in society in a self-destructive and... Read more

Taking a Stand Against S.A.D.…

Taking a Stand Against S.A.D. (Standard American Diet)

by John Robbins. The U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on Nutrition and Health says that two-thirds of U.S. mortality is diet-related. At a certain point, one decides that the evidence is sufficiently... Read more

Making Choices & Managing Pain

Making Choices & Managing Pain

by Chönyi Taylor. The mind of addiction goes like this: “So I need to stop playing computer games. I will take up marathon running instead.” Keeping away from the addiction does... Read more

Sweet Basil: Things You Need…

Sweet Basil: Things You Need to Know About This Herb

by Thea Summer Deer. Sweet basil’s many herbal uses include culinary, landscaping, medicinal, and spiritual, and the essential oil can be found in fragrances and insect repellents. Cultivated largely as a... Read more

To Carb or Not To…

To Carb or Not To Carb: Eleven Reasons to Cut the Carbs

adapted by Nora T. Gedgaudas. The following list of reasons to cut your carbs is adapted from The Carnitine Miracle: The Supernutrient Program That Promotes High Energy, Fat Burning, Heart Health,... Read more

Setting your Intention: Fasting

Setting your Intention: Fasting

by Stasia Bliss. Think about how we normally consume. We usually choose to fill our shopping cart full of the foods we habitually buy. To choose new foods, even for a... Read more

Is There Such A Thing…

Is There Such A Thing As Brain Food?

People who eat baked or broiled fish at least once a week may be protecting their brains from Alzheimer’s disease and other brain problems. Cyrus Raji of the University of Pittsburgh... Read more

Bathing in Ice Water Keeps…

Bathing in Ice Water Keeps Colds Away?

Bathing in ice water is good for you? OK, if you say so! There is an ongoing tradition of people bathing in the sea or ocean throughout the winter or... Read more

Cutting Mercury & Protecting America’s…

Cutting Mercury & Protecting America’s Children

Last week, the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards was finalized and will protect millions of families and, especially, children from air pollution. Before this rule, there were no national standards... Read more

Has the Cure for Cancer…

Has the Cure for Cancer Been Discovered?

by Marie T. Russell. Cancer, which has been around for a long time, has been increasing in recent decades. Even with the tons of money poured into research, the "cure" has... Read more

Accept Pain or Get Relief?

Accept Pain or Get Relief?

by Chönyi Taylor. When the pain is too much to handle, then some relief gives us space to rest and recuperate. But if we choose to numb our pain all the... Read more

Endorphins & Exercise: A Natural…

Endorphins & Exercise: A Natural & Healthy High

by Vijay Vad, M.D. Endorphins do make you feel good, no question about it. Narcotic drugs, including morphine, heroin, and cocaine, are classic endorphin releasers, but as we know, they can... Read more

Nine Keys to a Healthier,…

Nine Keys to a Healthier, Happier You

by Mark Allen & Brant Secunda. Are you stressed-out, overweight, overworked, uninspired, or plagued by negative emotions? Don't worry — anyone can achieve greater health and happiness by trying out... Read more

Beware of Honey Laundering

Beware of Honey Laundering

You would think that food safety would be a top priority since much of our food is grown somewhere else and most of us have to eat out of the... Read more

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