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New and Hot for the Week of October 11, 2008

Meal Planning: Grocery List and Shopping
Part 2 in our article series. This breaks down the grocery list and gives tips for efficient and budget shopping. Also see a recipe for healthy, semi-vegetarian red beans and rice.

Meal Planning: The Importance of Salads
Eating a large and diverse salad before dinner every night is critical for your long-term health. Check out one of my favorite salad recipes in this article.

Is Colon Cleansing Really Necessary?
Think of your body as a small community, and the colon as the sewer system carrying waste from your home to the waste treatment center of the community.

37 Natural Remedies to Beat the Cold or Flu
Everyone knows the cold or the flu is no fun. Many of us go to great lengths to avoid getting a cold or contracting a flu during flu season, such as injecting a "flu shot" into our bloodstream. Fortunately, there are natural alternatives for boosting your immune system or lessening the potency and duration of a nasty germ bug.

How to Deal with Dry Mouth
In this interesting article, Dr. Harold Katz discusses the causes of dry mouth and reveals what you can do to put an end to this annoying symptom.

Everything You Need to Know about Sprouting
You can save a ton of money and get wonderful food with very little work by sprouting. You can also spend more than five bucks learning how to do sprout successfully. Well, save the money by reading this how-to-sprout article by Tom Billings. He'll teach you everything you need to know.

Amazing Cookie Recipe of the Week
This week's recipe is for Terrific Trail Mix Cookies. You do not want to go hiking without taking a dozen of these fabulous cookies along. That's if the kids haven't gobbled them down before you lace up your hiking boots.

Crockpot Recipe of the Week
This week's featured crockpot recipe is for Sonya's Squash Blossom Soup. If you like traditional Mexican food as much as I do, you're going to love this delicious and healthy soup recipe.

Healthy Recipe of the Week
This week's healthy recipe is for Tibetan Steamed Dumplings (Momos). I've been told that the Dalai Lama himself would bless this recipe after slugging down some of these delicious dumplings. And I believe it because these momos are marvelous!

New and Hot for the Week of October 4, 2008

Secrets to Healthy Hair
Here are some simple and valuable secrets to having and maintaining beautiful, healthy hair.

Estrogen Dominance: Is It Affecting Your Health?
Estrogen dominance is a term that was coined by the late Dr. John Lee, and is defined as the state of having too much estrogen in one's body relative to progesterone.

Meal Planning for One Week
This is the first article in our five-part series. We discuss what all you'll need for your kitchen and how to make your plan last the entire week.

How to Brighten Up Your Bathroom
Brightening up your bathroom needn't be a time consuming or expensive business — with a little imagination and effort you can spruce up the most lackluster of rooms.

Symptoms of a Liver Problem
A liver problem may manifest itself in a variety of symptoms, and some of them seem to be completely disconnected from your liver.

New and Hot for the Week of September 26, 2008

In Uncertain Times, Seek Distractions for Stress Relief
It's a scary time in the United States right now. If you're as stressed as I am, you need to read this article and hear a couple tips on distracting yourself and de-stressing.

Pre-diabetes Information
Pre-diabetes is a condition millions of Americans have today. This term is often used in conjunction with another term known as insulin resistance.

How to Help Your Toddler Start Preschool
Josh Day writes, "Our son recently started preschool in the toddler class. Here are some tips from us that helped get us through the first difficult week."

Crohns Disease, and Similar Symptoms among Other GI Disorders
Crohns has very similar symptoms to irritable bowel syndrome and other digestive disorders. Because of this, it's very important to know what your medical condition or problem is before trying to treat it.

New and Hot for the Week of September 20, 2008

Health Benefits of Sesame Seeds
The humble sesame seed provides a variety of health benefits. Check out this article for some delicious recipes.

Seniors Can Stop Vision Loss
As you age, you can stop vision loss and keep your good vision by practicing daily eye exercises.

Heartburn Drugs Can Cause Hip Fractures
A recent AMA study indicates that taking heartburn drugs like Nexium, Prilosec, or Prevacid for one year or longer can significantly increase the risk of experiencing a hip fracture in people over 50 years of age.

Yeast Infection No More
In a detailed review, Leah Day takes a close and frank look at one of the Internet's most popular solutions to yeast infections and candida, Linda Allen's best-selling Yeast Infection No More.

Treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Naturally
As medical science has little to offer chronic fatigue sufferers, many have turned to natural remedies like herbs and supplements with varying results.

New and Hot for the Week of September 13, 2008

Protein for Breakfast Allays Appetites All Day
Try adding some protein to your breakfast, like salmon or eggs, and you may experience a diminished appetite for the rest of the day.

Crohns Disease and Candida
Understanding the relationship between candida fungus infections and Crohns disease may help you treat your condition better and offer lasting relief.

Symptoms of a Liver Problem
A liver problem may manifest itself in a variety of symptoms, and some of them seem to be completely disconnected from your liver.

Arthritis Pain Relief Ingredients
Learn about the ingredients that are providing pain relief for arthritis sufferers.

Ocean Away Stress Relief MP3
Ocean Away is our extremely effective 17-minute MP3 adventure in guided imagery that you can listen to whenever you want to dial your stress level right down to zero.

New and Hot for the Week of September 6, 2008

Listen to Maintainers, Not to Losers
Forget rapid body weight "losers," the people who only talk about losing "weight." Tom Venuto pays attention to what the “long term maintainers” have to say - those are the people who have maintained an ideal weight for over a year… preferably even 2-5 years or more.

Energy Bars Likely Cleverly Designed Junk Food
Don't let the wrappers or the hype fool you. The average energy or protein bar is the worst kind of junk food and the last thing you want to put into your body.

The Truth about Alkalizing Your Blood
Is it true that each food that you eat can cause your blood to become more alkaline or acidic? You hear this from vegan groups all the time. The truth may surprise you.

The LessStress System
If you're tired of hearing inflated promises and settling for lukewarm results with your attempts to reduce stress -- or if your results are good, but you'd like to improve them to "great" in record time -- then you need to get your hands on our very different, very comprehensive program.

Four Healthy Eating Tips
Here are four excellent tips for eating healthy to lose weight as well as to feel great.

Sixteen Ways to Teach Your Child not to Smoke
You're probably already doing most of these, but the few you may not be doing may be just the ticket for keeping your children smoke-free.

New and Hot for the Week of August 30, 2008

Chet's Honey Cashew Treat
Man oh man, in this blog entry, Chet's practically foaming at the mouth about a healthy snack he created. If you want a snack idea that won't pile on the calories, we have just the ticket for you.

New Foreclosure Articles
In the healthy finances section of our website, we've added a number of new articles that'll help you understand what happens when homes are foreclosed. This is important reading if there's even a possibility of foreclosure in your life.

Daily Moisturizers Shown to Cause Cancer
A team at Rutgers University led by Allen Conney found that skin cancer tumors increased up to 95% in high risk mice when treated 4 different daily moisturizers. Learn why this study was disturbing on so many counts in this article.

Five Steps to Personal Power
If you're tired of drifting unhappily through life like a rudderless ship, and if you could change that and wake up every morning happy and roaring to go – would you? Retired college professor Patrick J. Ryan has condensed everything he's learned during his 30+ years as a teacher and student of human psychology into a "how to" manual that you can use to dramatically improve the quality of your life.

Foods and the Glycemic Index Chart
Using the glycemic index, diabetics can get a general idea of how quickly their blood sugar levels might rise after eating certain foods. Because two methods are used, some GI charts will vary slightly based on which base food item was used for the computation.

Know Your Headache!
Headaches don't all come in the same package. To experience relief, it's best to understand the different types of headaches one can have.

New and Hot for the Week of August 23, 2008

How Aloe Jelly Made a Bad Oil Burn Disappear
My wife Leah experienced a pretty bad burn from splashing olive oil while sautéing onions. By liberally applying ice and aloe jelly, less than a day later there was no trace of the burn.

An Overview of How Your Body's Organs Work
If you want to be relatively free of the fear of not knowing enough about your health that you have to rely on others to make big decisions for you, it's critical that you take some time to learn about how your body works.

Marketing Tactics behind the Zostavax Shingles Vaccine
Merck came out with a 2006 vaccine against shingles for senior citizens. Read this article to see if the information they're using to peddle their product is true and accurate.

Colon Cleansing and Crohns Disease
As Crohns is an intestinal disorder, it stands to reason colon cleansing -- not necessarily employing enemas -- may help relieve some of the symptoms.

New and Hot for the Week of August 17, 2008

Size Does Matter
The size of your pores, that is. If you're a man, you definitely need to know what women are really seeing and thinking when they look closely at your face. This fascinating article reveals the truth that females have kept from males for centuries!

Brain Tumors, Cell Phones, and Children
Dr. Ben Kim writes about the growing number of brain tumors in children and how industry may be coloring the science of cell phone safety.

Some Eating Tips for the Glycemic Index
An article in two parts, this piece gives you a list of eating tips that will help you stay on the GI diet.

Crohns Disease and Candida
Understanding the relationship between candida fungus infections and Crohns disease may help you treat your condition better and offer lasting relief.

Aromatherapy for Stress
Did you know certain essential oils can be utilized to help the body and mind relieve stress?

New and Hot for the Week of August 10, 2008

Oil of Olay Changes Its Name
Oil of Olay recently changed its name to simply "Olay." And, yes, they did it because women are no longer falling for old school cosmetic baloney about oil being healthy for the skin. This is a "must read" article for those interested in having healthy, beautiful skin.

Herbs for Your Medicine Cabinet
If you're ready to fill the natural remedy side of your medicine cabinet, this article provides an excellent list of herbs to stock.

A New Way to Journal to Manage Stress
You may have heard of starting a journal to manage your stress. But you may not have heard of the next step -- adding visual aids to your journal to help your emotions stabilize over time.

Easy Water Workouts
Water workouts begin with simple water aerobics. Water aerobics are perfect for all ages and are useful for endurance training in other sports. It's also a lot of fun to do with the whole family. No class needed, really... you can make up your own course.

How to Stop Snoring WITHOUT Surgery
If snoring is turning your bedroom into a battle zone or worse, you'll want to learn about non-surgical techniques to reduce or altogether eliminate nose noise at night. Our inexpensive treasure chest of natural remedies and no-knife methods is a "must read" for those with annoying snoring problems.

Acid and Alkaline-Forming Effects of Food
There's so much baloney in the natural health world regarding acid and alkaline-forming foods and their supposed effects on the human body. This article is a must read for everyone who's measuring and/or obsessing about their pH.

Does Hoodia Really Work?
You've been spammed countless times for hoodia in your email inbox and have seen the ads all over the Internet. Is there something to the hype or is it all bull?

You'll Save Money by Eating Healthy
The title says it all. The secret's out: start buying fresh meats and produce, scrap the boxed and processed foods, and you'll save lots of money at the grocery store.

How to Stay on Your Diet while Eating Out with Friends
Believe it or not, you can have a fun time at a restaurant with friends and not break your diet.