Nov 01
American consumers spent an estimated $34 billion on alternative medicine in 2007. In fact, alternative medicine accounts for over 11 percent of out-of-pocket spending on health care in the United States. This surprising information comes from the first national estimate of dollars spent on alternative medicine in over ten years. The last government estimate of spending on alternative medicine was reported based on a 1997 survey that found spending to be at about $27 billion. Continue reading »
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Nov 01
During the summer when kids would rather chase the ice cream man down the street than eat the GoGurt (portable squeezable yogurt) that they may be used to in their lunch bags, there may be a new reason to keep yogurt on the menu…even during the summer months. It seems that probiotics—the healthy bacteria found in food and dairy products like yogurt—may be able to prevent the flu. Continue reading »
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Nov 01
Almost every breakfast I have ever had outside my kitchen comes with a clump of parsley—although I have never seen anyone eat the lonely sprig, I have long wondered if it was one of the original “green” recycled items in many eateries—but this is not how we should think of herbs. Continue reading »
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Nov 01
Medical astrology—the practice of an astrological sign ruling over a specific body part—may be keeping you healthy. Adapted from the book by Stephanie Gailing, Planetary Apothecary: An Astrological Approach to Health and Wellness, check out which regions of the body are taken over by your sign and which foods will support your health: Continue reading »
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Nov 01
Free radicals have been in the news the last few years. These tiny cells float around your body and fuse with healthy cells, eventually killing them as well as decreasing our energy, damaging systems of cells, and possibly to decrease the brain’s mental abilities. With energy drinks, supplements, and pills all designed to get your energy to stay at its peak when you need it the most; a company in California has a new idea to fuse energy with a positive spin on free radicals. Continue reading »
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