21-Day Purification: Week Two (Weak, Too)

Well, folks, this purification journey has marched and continues to march on! We’re on day 12 now, and while the sailing is continually smoother, I’d be lying if I said it’s been a total breeze to uphold our willpower in the midst of temptation. We’ve been plugging along, doing our best to spice up our […]
21-Day Purification: The Purge

“I feel healthier already!” Said Graham, who had just rolled out of bed on day 1 of our Standard Process 21-day Purification. Cut to a few moments later, when we at first eagerly, and then very hesitantly, poured water into our SP Complete Vanilla shake. “F*@&!” Said Graham, who forgot to close the lid on […]
21 Day Purification: From Detox to Retox

Well, here we are. We’ve seen the end of our purification! I can’t speak for Graham, but I think it went by rather quickly. Granted, we made it an 18-day purification due to our good friends getting married. We justify it by figuring that it was all in the name of love! Though, we’ve tried […]
Fibromyalgia and Neck Pain: Why Overlapping Symptoms Need a Closer Look

Who This Blog Is For: Living with fibromyalgia and neck pain can make it difficult to tell which symptoms belong to your established condition and which deserve a separate look. This guide is for people in Fairborn who have fibromyalgia but also experience persistent or distinctly localized neck symptoms they want to better understand. When […]
How To Eat Real Food on a Budget

In order to protect your health, I believe you should spend 90 percent of your food budget on whole foods, and only 10 percent on processed foods (unfortunately most Americans currently do the opposite). This requires three strategies, especially if you’re working with a tight budget: • Become resourceful: This is an area where your grandmother can […]
HFCS Exposed: One Change To Improve Your Health

Okay, my beautiful friends, I have a challenge for you. If I told you that you could eliminate one ingredient that would make a huge, impactful difference in your health, would you do it??? It’s an ingredient that represents nutritionally-vacuous, prepared foods. It’s usually used in combination with other poor quality ingredients like artificial flavors, […]
Helping or Harming: What’s IN Your Body

Continuing our cancer prevention and education campaign, let’s talk about how what we put in us, body, mind and spirit, either helps us or harms us…. Studies are proving that only 5-1 of breast cancer cases are genetic. That means that the other 90-95 is due to personal choices and environmental toxicities, which puts you […]
Healthy alternatives to flu vaccine

Garlic – As Good or Better Than Tamiflu? A recent article by PreventDisease.com highlighted the use of garlic, which has natural antiviral, antibiotic, and antifungal activity. “Forget the flu shot. A soup based on more than 50 cloves of garlic, onions, thyme and lemon will destroy almost any virus that enters its path including colds, flu […]
Healthier Alternatives to the Seasonal Flu Vaccine

February 04, 2013 | By Dr. MercolaThe cold and flu season got off to an early start this year in the US, and everywhere you turn, you’ve undoubtedly seen ads and media reports urging you to get the flu vaccine. Meanwhile, scientific reviews by the independent Cochrane Database 1.2 published last fall again refuted pervasive “expert” […]
Headaches

Headaches can be quite unforgiving and they tend to range from mild annoyance to tossing your cookies in a dark bathroom. Either way, they are no fun and often times affect how you go about your typical day. It has been estimated that roughly 57 billion dollars are spent annually in the U.S. managing headaches […]