by Elaine Haynik — Editor’s Note: Check with your health care provider before taking any new remedies or supplements. The first ingredient in the recipe for a healthy life is a happy, grateful mindset. Rather than focusing on unsatisfying relationships or your disappointments and problems, try simply moving on. Set your mind and thoughts to […]
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Is an acidic pH impacting your health?
February 28, 2012
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by Brenda Haas-Krieger — The pH of your food matters. If you rely on a diet high in acidic foods, it is like you have received an engraved invitation to the Chronic Disease Ball. Excess acidity weakens all of the body’s systems because it forces it to borrow minerals — including calcium, sodium, potassium and […]
The lovely lemon
February 27, 2012
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by Karen Langston — Do you ever marvel at the lemon trees growing all across the Valley? Do people pick the lemons and eat them or curse them for making a mess on the ground? Do some ever follow the old adage and make lemonade? Most importantly, do people know the true power of the […]
Your incredible lymph system
February 26, 2012
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by Brenda Haas-Krieger — A doctor can routinely test your blood, but not your lymph system, the extensive drainage network that manages the body’s waste. Dead blood cells, heavy metals, bacteria, yeast — much of the body’s pollution — is escorted out the door by the lymph system. The lymph is a system unto itself. […]
Reverse aging with lymphatic detoxification
February 24, 2012
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by John Ossipinsky — Slowing or reversing aging is a hot topic among baby boomers. We all want to look better, have more energy, experience less pain and sleep more soundly, just as when we were younger. In his book, Reverse Aging published in 1990, Zang Whang writes that accumulated acid waste is what ages […]
Salt room for Valley’s summer air
February 24, 2012
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by Pavel Gershkovich — The American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air Report ranked metro Phoenix as having the second dirtiest air quality in the nation. Phoenix also received a failing grade for ozone — formed when heat and sunlight react with nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The most common VOC sources […]
Detox tips for health, vitality, longevity and fat loss
February 23, 2012
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by Paula Owens — The average American has 116 synthetic compounds in his body, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We are exposed to toxins from various sources such as food additives and preservatives, dry cleaners, digestive distress, nonorganic foods, the environment, poor quality supplements, pesticides, chemicals, xenoestrogens and so much more. […]
Using far infrared for detoxification
February 23, 2012
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by Victoria Bowmann, Ph.D. — The sun naturally produces far infrared rays. As well as emitting the visible rays with which we discriminate colors in the spectrum, the sun also emits invisible rays. One of the invisible rays is the far infrared ray, which is beyond red in the spectrum. These rays have attracted the […]
Escaping the fibromyalgia maze
February 23, 2012
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by Betsy Timmerman — Most people who suffer from fibromyalgia (FM) never find their true path to recovery. They often spend year after year trying new treatments, techniques, doctors, medications and supplements but never really improve enough to say they are living a full life with little or no pain. FM is a complex syndrome […]
A surprising detox method
February 23, 2012
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by Pavel Gershkovich — Leeches — ugh, gross. With that out of the way, let us look at what may be one of the best detoxification methods you will ever run across. Medicinal leeches, Hirudo Medicinalis, have had a place in the doctor’s medical kit for centuries because they have proved themselves to be a […]
Beating Brain Fog
February 22, 2012
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by Larry Wilson, M.D. — Brain fog is a health condition that is often characterized by a lack of mental clarity and mild memory loss. Other symptoms include confusion, mental sluggishness and often an inability to perform basic mental tasks properly, such as mathematical calculations. Brain fog is not recognized as a clinical diagnosis. I think […]
March 1, 2012
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