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Why you need your minerals

Why you need your minerals

Like vitamins, minerals are micronutrients, which our bodies require, in small but steady supplies. As micronutrients, the importance of minerals in our diet is far greater than the required amount indicates. Our material bodies are made up of more than… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
Vitamin sources and what they do

Vitamin sources and what they do

Vitamins are essential for the body to be able to put the nutrients in food to use. Because vitamins are not produced by the body, we have to get them through the food that we also eat! Our bodies only… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
A Dash of Cinnamon Could be The Secret to Weight Loss

A Dash of Cinnamon Could be The Secret to Weight Loss

There are many ingredients claimed to be helpful with losing extra weight. The bad thing is that your body is designed to start storing energy in the form of fat, as soon as possible. That was a good thing for… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Weight Loss
Taking Thyroid Hormones like Synthroid Causes Breast Cancer (The Reason Why May Surprise You)

Taking Thyroid Hormones like Synthroid Causes Breast Cancer (The Reason Why May Surprise You)

According to the American Thyroid Association, 20 million Americans suffer from some kind of thyroid condition, and close to 60% may not even be aware that they have one. Hashimoto’s, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism (also called Grave’s Disease), cancer of the thyroid… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Environment, Fluoride, Health, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals
Choose carbs, proteins and fats carefully

Choose carbs, proteins and fats carefully

An easily burnable form of energy comes to us in the form of sugar or starch. Carbohydrates have a very bad public image in that they are generally thought of as fattening. This is because most of the carbohydrate consumed… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
Autism and Alzheimer’s—the answer lies in the gut

Autism and Alzheimer’s—the answer lies in the gut

When autism was first formally identified as a special condition in the 1930’s, it was generally considered a mental health problem. At that time—there was no field connecting psychoneuroimmunology. The brain was treated separately from the body. There is no… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Health, Holistic Medicine, Medicine, Nutritional Medicine, Vaccines
How do nutrients become nutrients and what do they do?

How do nutrients become nutrients and what do they do?

Through the process of photosynthesis, plants convert the energy of the sun, carbon dioxide from the air, and minerals and water from the earth into atomic bonds that are solid enough for teeth to sink into. We can consume these… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
RV Water Tanks May Cause Avoidable Legionella Infections

RV Water Tanks May Cause Avoidable Legionella Infections

A study done by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on RVs showed that Legionella pneumophila was cultured from 24% (4 of 17) of RV faucets, 9% (1 of 11) of RV water tanks, and 20% (4 of 20) of… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Science, Travel, Water
Alpha Lipoic Acid:  The Miracle Molecule that Combats Chronic Diseases and Promotes a Healthy Lifespan.

Alpha Lipoic Acid: The Miracle Molecule that Combats Chronic Diseases and Promotes a Healthy Lifespan.

Alpha Lipoic Acid:  The Miracle Molecule that Combats Chronic Diseases and Promotes a Healthy Lifespan.   We usually think of miracle molecules as substances that we accidentally discovered to have potent drug properties that cured or greatly relieved individual suffering.  Penicillin,… 0 Shares | | Posted in Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Medicine, Nutritional Medicine
Leaky Gut and the Blood Brain Barrier (BBB)

Leaky Gut and the Blood Brain Barrier (BBB)

What Leaky Gut Is The terms “leaky gut” and increased intestinal permeability refer to the same thing, and the idea is this: the junctions in your small intestine ought to be tight enough that nothing can get in or out… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Health, Holistic Medicine, Medicine, Nutritional Medicine