Natural Winter Skin Care
How “natural” are the contents of your makeup case? Recent tests suggest that, advertising often to the contrary, cosmetics are holdouts in the trend towards truly organic and toxin-free products. Over half of the lipsticks tested in an October 2007 study were found to contain [...]
Take Charge
This month I was going to tell you how to get excellent medical care. But something happened that made me decide to postpone writing about that topic until the next issue. What happened was that my car tires were slashed on two separate occasions. And [...]
Recipe – Raw Milk Yoghurt
Traditional yoghurt recipes call for the milk to be heated to 180 degrees Fahrenheit, however, this destroys the beneficial enzymes present in raw milk. Therefore, I prefer to not heat the milk beyond 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43°C). However, this usually results in a runny yoghurt [...]
The Raw Milk Cure
Raw milk (from cows, goats, yaks, horses, sheep) has historically been considered a superfood. It has been used both in the daily diet (often fermented) and by special groups with extra nutritional needs, like the elderly, pregnant or nursing women, warriors, and sick people. An [...]
Freedom from Chronic Pain: Getting to the Root Cause
Chronic pain is the body’s way of informing us that it is not at peace; it is dis-eased. It is also a guaranteed way of getting our attention. An enormously effective, safe and non-intrusive way we can respond to pain is by applying Emotional Freedom [...]
Bridging The Allopathic-Alternative Gap
After studying and writing about magnesium over the past 10 years, I’m prepared to say it is the most important mineral in our body. However, my clients still want to know two things: “How do I know I have magnesium deficiency, and what form of [...]
Be Good to Yourself
How to Always Get the Understanding and Compassion You Need Those of us with a serious chronic illness like inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome, often find ourselves needing understanding and compassion. Sometimes we can get it from spouses, friends, and others. But as [...]
Healing Journeys
It all began innocently enough – a couple of loose bowel movements. I wasn’t worried. I figured it was a 24-hour thing and that I’d soon be back to normal. So began my journey into the depths of Crohn’s Disease. Days slipped into weeks and [...]
Recipe – Mixed Grain Porridge Method
*Use organic grains whenever possible and always pre-soak them for 8-12 hours to facilitate optimal digestion and absorbability of nutrients. In the evening before bed, place 1 cup of grains in a saucepan. I use a mixture of steel cut and slow oats, a flaked [...]
As Nature Intended
Initiating a Deeper Connection with Your Food When consulting with clients on a regular basis I invariably come back to this piece of advice: Reconnect with your food! There has been such a ‘disconnect’ in our culture, from not only our food source, but the [...]
Is Raw Milk Safe
When the mass media attacks raw milk in favor of pasteurized milk it tends to focus primarily on one issue: that of pathogenic bacteria that potentially remain in raw milk because the pathogens have not been killed via pasteurization. It would take far more than [...]
Tooth Truth
Here are two more excellent reasons to have your mercury amalgam fillings properly removed and replaced with bio-compatible ones. Remember, do NOT go to just a ‘regular’ dentist for mercury amalgam filling removal – they are not trained in proper procedure and you will likely [...]
