I’ve written some nasty, awful, and downright mean blog posts about doctors… And deleted them the next day. You’ll never read them. They came from a place of hurt and pain. They weren’t’ going to serve anyone when written from that place. They were...
Peppermint Cheesecake Dip Servings: 4-5 Prep Time: 5 min Cook Time: 5 min Difficulty: Easy Ingredients: 1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened ½ cup powdered sugar or powdered xylitol 4–5 drops Peppermint essential oil 8 oz container Cool Whip 1...
Lady Gaga swears by them and so does our editor - but is sweating it out - and searing off up to 700 calories in a session - actually healthy? She’s been making headlines over the last few weeks but Lady Gaga’s views on love and relationships – or...
Addiction and compulsive behavior can ruin lives but they can be overcome, explains Marysia Kratimenos... To most people the word “addict” conjures up images of a down and out, lying semi-conscious in rat infested squalor, surrounded by filthy...
Washington is the first U.S. state to file a lawsuit against Monsanto. The suit is for damages related to the company's production of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Monsanto was the only U.S. company to produce the toxic industrial chemicals...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is coming after the centuries’ old natural medicine system known as homeopathy that confers healing without side effects. In a notice filed in November 2016, the FTC stated that in order for homeopathic...
Lights flashing at a precise frequency might hold promise as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and published in the journal Nature. Significantly, the...
By WellnessMama - I’ve talked before about the link between nutrition and oral health and the ability of teeth to remineralize and regenerate and shared my own experience with reversing a cavity. The approach I used was two-part: addressing...
Polluted drinking water has been making headlines lately. The lead poisoning due to known but ignored faulty filtration from the water works in Flint, Michigan. Even high level state officials had been attempting to cover-up the damage to children...
Oh, the theory of vaccines sounds great. Inject a tiny bit of the live virus into your blood so you can build antibodies and thus immunity against the “real deal” later. If that’s all there was to it, it could actually work. Then there’s the fear...
An Australian philanthropist has donated $3 million to fund medical marijuana research at the Lambert Center for the Study of Medicinal Cannabis and Hemp at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 70-year-old Barry Lambert...
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is often called a "silent killer" because many have it for years without realizing. However, all along damage is silently being done to the brain, the heart and the kidneys Types of hypertension Primary...
How are we doing today when it comes to our health and fashion?In 1881, the Rational Dress Society challenged the fashion industry of its day. The Society protested against dress that “either deforms the figure, impedes the movements of...
The answer has less to do with pesticide exposure at home than ag chemicals polluting waterways where trees are grown. I was on a bright, brisk winter walk recently in my Brooklyn neighborhood when I saw a folksy hand-painted sign lashed to a...
This is by far the most used tincture in my homemade herbal remedy cabinet. It is simple to make, but very effective against early pregnancy nausea, motion sickness, and tummy aches that happen when the kids eat unhealthy food when we are not at...