Some New Found Benefits of Drinking Water

Drinking adequate amounts of water is what many experts recommend for optimum wellness.  And in my earlier post:  Body Wellness:  Our Bodies Need Water we talked about just how much water we need to be consuming daily and about some of the benefits of drinking water. In the hot days of summer, it’s relatively easy [...]

Tomorrow’s Cancer Cures TODAY

I’m all about natural solutions to support our health and wellness and in some cases, to cure disease. So when I picked up a copy of The Health Sciences Institute Tomorrow’s Cancer Cures TODAY I was fascinated. It boasts “25 secret cancer therapies from around the world.” Now cancer is no laughing matter. And I [...]

Should You Test Your Home For Radon Gas?

Did you know that radon gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States and according to the National Cancer institute radon gas is associated with close to 20,000 lung cancer deaths each year. Radon is an odorless gas which is produced by the normal decay of uranium in rocks and [...]

Body Wellness: MSG Health Concerns and Obesity

We already know that MSG is everywhere in many common processed and prepared foods. It is also often found in Chinese food. But despite having FDA approval, many are suspicious about the safety of MSG. There are many health concerns and according to Dr. Russell Blaylock, MSG may be closely linked to chronic degenerative disease [...]

Body Wellness: MSG – it’s in everything!

This post was inspired by last night’s dinner. A meal shared with friends at a popular restaurant that was, well, delicious. But I left the table with a runny nose and feeling not quite myself. I’ve been around long enough to know that I was having a reaction to something in the food and that [...]

Montreal – A City That Supports Healthy Lifestyles

The city of Montreal has got to be one of my favorite destinations. I guess I may be slightly biased because my daughter goes to university in Montreal. But there really are a lot of things that make this city so appealing. One of my favorites is the way that Montreal makes use of active [...]

Body Wellness: The anit-obesity drug is here

When I wrote my Obesity is Here to Stay post in March I could not conceive that my predictions would come true. But there it was in black and white – the first anti-obesity drug had been launched in the United Kingdom on June 1st. Well how do you like that? If you missed out [...]

Body Wellness: Pedicure anyone?

I think we all go through different phases when it comes to caring for our tender tootsies. As a young woman in my teens and twenties, I gave myself a bi-monthly pedicure. I took pride in having my feet look great and well cared for. For me, this was an extension of my overall body [...]

Nutrition: The signature of whole foods

There is a doctrine in Feng Shui known as the signature of whole foods. Basically this doctrine says that when a food resembles a body part, then the nutrition in that food is specifically designed to nourish, strengthen and heal that part of the body. Let’s look at a few examples of the some common [...]

Nature’s link with mind wellness

We all know that being in nature is an energizing and invigorating experience. There is, after all, a strong bond between humans and nature. Nature has often been described as being the soul’s fuel. And that means that nature provides us with a much welcomed boost to our mind wellness. In fact there is a [...]

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