Healing Tea for Cold & Flu Season

Healing Tea for Cold & Flu Season

This fall, use your tea breaks to bolster immunity! Herbal teas can have a beneficial impact on both acute and chronic health problems. Studies indicate drinking tea may have a profound effect on...
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In Search of Lost Sleep

It provides energetic recovery and repair from the day's activities and metabolic detoxification from the chemicals to which we are exposed. If you are one of the more than 70 million Americans who...
Herbal relief for allergies

Herbal Relief for Allergies

Allergies plague many of us. It's easier to prevent flare-ups than to stop full-blown symptoms. Natural remedies can reduce or eliminate them.
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Healing Spices: Protect Health Year-round

Powerful plant compounds in these seasonings help fight cancer, diabetes, and heart disease, while working to relieve pain and the discomforts associated with seasonal bouts of colds and flu. That's...
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Reduce Anxiety in Depression

Rubbing lavender cream onto the legs before bedtime significantly reduced anxiety, stress, and depression in pregnant women, according to a 2015 study. The women applied the cream for 10 to 20...
Gym Bag Goodies

Gym Bag Goodies

There has always been a love-hate relationship with exercise: We know it's good for us but have trouble sticking to it. To make your relationship with working out a long-lasting one, it is important...
Probiotic benefits

Why You Need Probiotics

You've already been adding fruits and vegetables to your children's lunchboxes to keep them healthy. You may want to add containers of yogurt too. With more than 100 trillion microbes found in the...
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Why Cayenne Is Cool

Chile peppers, aka cayenne, are full of contradictions. They're hot enough to hurt--yet they can relieve pain, improve circulation, stimulate the appetite, and cool you down in hot weather. Popular...
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Why Buy Fair Trade?

The fair trade logo signifies a way to shop for a better world. By buying products bearing the Fair Trade Certified label when possible, you're voting with your dollars to help improve lives for...
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Going Gluten Free

Gluten-free foods are generating a lot of buzz. Here are several frequently asked questions. What is gluten? Gluten is a general term used for one of the proteins found in wheat, rye, and barley as...