When you think of fresh cilantro, what comes to mind? Is it guacamole, tacos or other Mexican cuisine? You may be surprised but cilantro can be used in everything. It’s a delicious herb with medicinal
Our gut takes a beating over a lifetime, and while it’s not my favorite subject (because it reminds me of my brother’s colon cancer), I feel that the intestines are the place to focus if
The worldwide struggles with infection have caused enormous public health problems and substantial mortality, so it is important that vulnerable groups of people know the information that I’m sharing today. If you’ve followed my life’s
We as humans make our own collagen naturally by utilizing amino acids. Those amino acids (aka peptides) are the smaller particles that come from protein we eat. We then string together all kinds of proteins
It’s summer and people that I know are still battling some type of anxiety, whether it’s from travel stress, flying, the idea of the delta strain, or something stressful going on with your family. Whatever
Recently, I was headed to meet a friend for lunch, and she texted me last minute she had a migraine. I turned the car around, went home, grabbed a copy of my Headache Free book
Thyroid hormone is not always understood, so I’ll tell you that it is a fat-burning switch. If the hormone swings low, you gain weight, if it’s elevated you may not be able to gain weight.
Lately, I’ve been working on my herbal garden and just planted some rosemary and lavender. I saw dill plants available for purchase, but those won’t grow as a perennial in my Colorado area because the
Many people already know that iodine deficiency is one reason for insufficient thyroid hormone, but you may not realize that much more is at play when it comes to total thyroid gland health. There are
If you’ve ever had your your bronchial tube go into a spasm, you know how scary it is! A bronchospasm occurs when the breathing airways suddenly contract, making it hard to breathe and causing that
Your body is amazingly skilled at maintaining homeostasis and equilibrium of your ‘electric’ minerals. The minerals most important to your muscle and heart function include magnesium and calcium. Today’s focus is on calcium. It’s kind
N acetyl cysteine (NAC) is an amino acid that is useful to you to make glutathione in your body. The glutathione is a potent liver antioxidant. If you’d like to read my article on Glutathione,
Everyone has some baking soda in the house, and if not, you should get some. Aside from baking with it, I also use it in my garbage disposal, do laundry and clean the shower floor.
What if you were taking an over-the-counter med for something simple, and it was stripping you of an important antioxidant? Would you want to know? What if I told you the antioxidant in question was glutathione, which
An experiment has taken place where researchers just created an embryo that is half human and half monkey. They allowed the living thing to grow for 20 days, and then it was destroyed. This experiment
Do you ever get a little twitch near your eye, or on your ankle or calf? How about your finger or near your elbow? Almost everyone gets an occasional twitch and you feel it for
Many seniors experience dysphagia, which is the term for people who have difficulty swallowing their food or pills. Difficulty can be defined in many ways, but it usually means extra time and effort transferring the
Calcium channel blockers are a broad category of prescription medications used for their ability to help with cardiovascular disease. And they do help people, however, like every medication, there is a risk to benefit ratio that
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