Digestive Health, Healthy Lifestyle, Immunity, Inflammation
Fall leaf color is something so many of us in Virginia anticipate, and thoroughly enjoy, for the brief, but (usually) spectacular, period before the trees retreat for their winter dormancy. When I glimpse an exceptionally vivid tree glowing yellow, orange or red, it...
Aging, Brain Health, Healthy Lifestyle
Living longer and healthier is dependent on many factors that are out of our control, but there are a few of these factors that we do have control over and, with a little time and effort, can improve our chances of having quality of life as we age. The physical...
Detoxification, Healthy Lifestyle
I am writing this during a record-breaking heat wave that is affecting at least two-thirds of the country. Probably not the best time to be promoting the beneficial effects of sweating! However, it IS a good time to mention that if you are out in severe heat and you...
Healthy Lifestyle, Inflammation
Pain is a very interesting phenomenon. Pain signals from the body to the brain are vitally important in protecting us from life-threatening injury, and they are also the after-effect of tissue damage, whether minor or life-endangering. Pain serves as more than a...
Aging, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition Information
Life began in water. Water covers 71% of our planet’s surface. Our bodies are composed of about 60% water. We sweat it out, pee it out, poop it out and even breathe it out, so we have a constant demand to replenish water. Depending on conditions, we can survive...