As aging sets in, women begin to experience a noticeable waning of their interest in sexual activity. Most of this phenomenon is due to a decline in hormones such as estrogen and testosterone; contributing factors may include stress, poor self image, fatigue and an aging partner. To preserve and enhance the hormonal aspect of libido, [...]
Its no wonder that more and more people are turning to alternative practices such as food vitamins, herbs, holistic practitioners, massage and acupuncture, just to name a few. One study shows that the side effects of pharmaceutical drugs kill some 140,000 people in the United States each year and cost the country over $136 billion [...]
No one can live long without the will to go on, and mood swings can sometimes make us feel that life is too much for us. These episodes are often due to inner imbalances or even nutrient deficiencies. The Europeans use supplements of a natural compound found in human cells to regulate mood and restore [...]
The average American consumes nearly 240 pounds of sugar per year! Most of the excess sugar is stored as fat in your body, which elevates cancer risk and suppresses your immune function. When study subjects were given sugar, their white blood cell count decreased significantly for several hours afterwards. This held true for a several [...]
Conventional meat, poultry, and dairy products contain high amounts of pesticides, hormones, and antibiotic drugs that are harmful to your health. Add the risk that your meat comes from diseased animals raised in stressful, inhumane conditions, and you have a good case for converting to vegetarianism. Commercial feed for animals is full of growth-stimulating hormones, [...]
Yelp, that's right! Do you realize that our life expectancy is directly proportional to our lung capacity? For the majority of people living in or near metropolitan areas, traffic and secondhand smoke vastly accelerate loss of breathing capacity and increase the incidence of lung cancer. However, antioxidant rich vegetables and fruits such as broccoli and [...]
I speak to almost everyone I work with regarding massage therapy, as Western medicine focuses so intensely on the blood that patients often know little about lymph, another vital bodily fluid. Lymph is a clear liquid that drains impurities and cell waste for elimination. The fluid runs in the space between cells, but has no [...]
The winter season is the sleep of nature. Days are short and nights are long. Humans long ago stopped hibernating like their ancestral cousins, but our bodies still experience the slowing of natural processes in winter. According to Chinese medicine, the winter season is linked to the kidneys, the adrenal glands and the bladder. Toxins [...]
Autumn marks the turning point between the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter. The cooling weather ushers in the harvest and heralds the dying cycle in nature. The seasonal change also causes the respiratory system to constrict, leading to cough, asthma, bronchitis, and even pneumonia. Chinese medicine has always associated autumn [...]
S.A.Wilsons All the coffee used for our coffee blend is 100% certified organic. It is also bird friendly and shade grown. Purchased from small independent farmer co-operatives, the beans have been hand picked and the farmers have been paid far more for their product than they would have been paid if sold to the local [...]
