By Sherry Dell PhD, CN For acne, try these handy tips. Your mother probably already told you this: “Don’t touch!” Touching spreads breakouts. Squeezing causes inflammation and scarring. Try ice. As soon as you feel a pimple beginning, wrap an ice cube in saran wrap and hold it on the pimple for a few [...]
Contact: Barbara Haumann (413-376-1220) Organic Trade Association (OTA) hails panel for empowering consumers with ways to reduce their cancer risk GREENFIELD, Mass. (May 6, 2010)—. The President’s Cancer Panel Report released on May 6 exhorts consumers to choose food grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers , antibiotics, and growth hormones to help decrease their exposure [...]
Organic Trade Association (OTA) encourages consumers to choose organic fruits and vegetables By Barbara Haumann, 413-376-1220 Following closely on the heels of the President’s Cancer Panel Report exhorting consumers to choose food grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers , antibiotics, and growth hormones to help decrease their exposure to environmental chemicals that can increase their [...]
By Kurt Perkins I was asked to write a piece on keeping kids ‘prescription free’ for the summer. Before we talk about the logistics, I have to make 2 disclaimers. One, I’m not a parent. I’ve been married just over 2 years with kids being planned for the future. I do take care of and [...]
by Sherry Dell, PhD, CN Purple is my favorite color. This predisposes me to love all things purple. So when it comes to food, blueberries get my attention for several reasons. Besides their luscious color and their delicious taste, they are one of the most therapeutic plants on the planet. Purple and indigo colored food [...]
By Debra Frick Well, it’s that time again when we are all sitting cozy and warm, dreaming of the day when we can turn over the soil for the first time and get our vegetable gardens going. The catalogs are a steady stream in the mail and we can hardly wait to plant that new [...]
By Michelle Mukatis Culitvate Health I‘ll bet most of you haven’t eaten many turnips in your lives. They grow bitter as they mature and are not widely cultivated, so not highly available. Try a baby turnip, coming into season in early June, and you’ll be hooked. Sweet, juicy and crunchy, you don’t need to cook [...]
By Michele Mukatis, Cultivate Health There are studies proving that organic produce is more nutritious than conventional. Conversely, there are studies that prove the opposite. In light of that, here are other compelling reasons why you might want to switch to purchasing organic produce. #1 Organic produce does not use chemical pesticides. Truly, pesticides are [...]
Bjy Amy Cook- Porter Procter and Gamble announced on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 that they have signed a contract to buy Natura Pet Products Inc, a privately held pet food company based in Davis CA. Natura’s product line includes Innova Evo Healthwise Karma While P & G’s product line includes IAMs Eukanuba According to P [...]
Our readers know how I feel about vaccines. These are not the vaccines that Benjamin Franklin advocated more than two hundred years ago. These are not the vaccines that were created in the 50s and 60s. These are chemical cocktails that challenge our children’s health and immune system. They also challenge the health of adults [...]
