Men's Health

The Directory is Done. What to do Next?

January 27th, 2012

I choose a modality for releasing that I’m more than comfortable with. It’s breathwork. I’ve been a breath work fan for 20 years. Breathwork utilizes the power of our own breathing to energize the body; and allows the body to make choices separate from the over-protective ego.

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It’s Time for a Little Healing

January 24th, 2012

Now that our health, healing and wellness directory, Terra Essentials has been birthed, I have time. It’s time for a little healing for my body. While the last month has been hectic and not that stressful, it did take a toll on my physical body. It’s time for me.

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Let’s Drink to the CDC

January 12th, 2012

More than 38 million US adults binge drink, about 4 times a month, and the largest number of drinks per binge is on average 8

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Top 10 Health-Related News Events in Colorado Springs

December 31st, 2011

Everyone has their top 10 favorite events.  What are yours? These are Terra Essentials, the good, the bad and what needs to be  remembered in alternative and holistic health for the year 2011. Regional Planning When does emphasis on planning take precedence over actually making change?  These are 3 examples of on-going regional plans.  It’s [...]

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Teen Birth Rate Hit Record Low in 2010

November 19th, 2011

Courtesy of the CDC Having just seen the new movie, GrowthBusters, I was intrigued by the CDC update.  If we’re concerned about overpopulation, this was good news. And there’s more declining population data in their pupdate than what the headline suggests.  According to their report released November 17 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, [...]

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Fully Fertile ~ The Review

November 9th, 2011

That’s where Tami Quinn, Beth Heller & Jeanie Lee Bussell’s book Fully Fertile comes in. My friends’ stories are their stories of getting and staying pregnant. They answer the how and why questions. Their solutions are not the traditional medical solutions of thermometers, charts and drugs.

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Do I Really Want to Eat?

October 2nd, 2011

Here are the food recalls send out by the FDA on Sunday, October 2.  It makes me worried about what I eat. Publix Recalls Spinach Dip Due To Possible Health Risk 09/27/2011 03:45 PM EDT Publix Super Markets is issuing a voluntary recall for spinach dip because it may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes. The [...]

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National Organic Program and the NOSB at Work

October 1st, 2011

It appears that fruit can be sprayed with Tetracycline and still be considered organic and the general public doesn’t have to be notified. What if someone is allergic to Tetracycline? They can’t ask their grocer, “Do you know if these apples or pears come from a fire blighted area and were sprayed with Tetracycline?”

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“High School Students Don’t Get Enough Sleep” says the CDC

September 30th, 2011

On Monday, September 26,  the Centers for Disease Control (our health care gurus) posted this media alert: Insufficient sleep among high school students associated with a variety of health-risk behaviors I had to smile.  Every parent knows this.  And, had to wonder how much money was spent to taken this from anecdotal to case study [...]

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2011 All Pikes Peak Reads selections

September 13th, 2011

Pikes Peak Library District announced the 2011 selections for the All Pikes Peak Reads (APPR) earlier this year. The titles are: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, The Shallows by Nicholas Carr, and The Pioneer Photographer by William Henry Jackson and Howard Driggs. The selection for elementary school students is The Landry News by Andrew [...]

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