Health & Wellness

Osteoporosis Drugs CAUSE Fractures of the Hip

The front page of the USA Today, March 11, 2010 issue brought to light some eye-opening effects of osteoporosis drugs known as biphosphonates.  At last week’s conference of the American Academy of Orthopedic  Surgeons, research was presented to show that long term use (greater than 4 years) of biphosphonates  by post menopausal women actually increased the incidence of hip fractures. The Drugs... [Read more]

Broken Resolutions? 3 Steps to Get Back on Track

Now that we are a little over 2 months into the New Year, many of us find ourselves slacking on our New Years Resolutions, cutting corners on our diets, or skipping workouts in our new fitness routine. It’s such a vicious cycle!  We get a little off track, and we start to judge ourselves. We feel embarrassed that we didn’t stick with it, we feel like a failure, and with all that pressure we... [Read more]

Cheap & Easy Do-It-Yourself Dental Care

Recently we talked about 4 Cheap and Easy Skin Treatments You Can Eat, citing the importance of not putting toxic chemicals on your skin that were readily absorbed through the skin and into the bloodstream. That got me to thinking about the caustic ingredients we put in our mouth to “clean” our teeth and gums. It strikes me as slightly ironic that many of us are moving away from the more harsh... [Read more]

Laughter (+Yoga) Is The Best Medicine

How long has it been since you really laughed? I’m talking about a full out, bust a gut, almost pee your pants belly laugh? For me it had been awhile. I tend to be bit serious. I do have a sense of humor, but it is a little dry and mostly elicits small chuckles here or there when I’m really on a roll. So when I received an invitation from “Miss Lafalot” to join her new show on Blog Talk... [Read more]

First Graders Can’t Identify Common Vegetables

Perhaps you've read the statistics on childhood obesity, seen the growing size of our nation's school-age kids, but what might obesity sound like in a first grade class? Right "from the mouths of babes" comes yet another symptom of the health crisis in this country. Food ignorance. In a clip from the upcoming series, Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, the British celebrity chef visits a first grade... [Read more]

The Detox Manifesto, Your Invitation

The Environmental Working Group gathered data showing that in the umbilical cord blood of newborns there were 287 synthetic chemicals. Happy Birthday! Now drink this synthetic formula from this plastic bottle while I wipe your bottom with this specially formulated moist wipe that has a dozen chemical compounds in it.  Dr. Greene of Stanford University comments that of these 287 chemicals, 217 are... [Read more]