The new year has rolled around again, and many of us, have made our New Year’s resolutions, and yet we know that we probably won’t stick with them. We will plan to loss weight, exercise more, eat better, and although we might make some...

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It seems that just sitting on your butt, either working on the computer or watching television isn’t good for you.  Now if you munch will you eat … that is deadly combination.

So, here’s an idea — cut your television and computer time.  Get out and...

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The human skin is amazing organ, it is known that there is amazing human response to being touched.  When we are touched it stimulates us, creates sense of well-being .  Even having a dog or cat to hug, and pet, is a form of touch...

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I came across a book “Teeth are our organs” by Dr. Kazumasa Muratsu. (2009)    The book is fairly unreadable as I believe it is a computer translation from Japanese to English.   It also tends to be bit sensational and at times not well documented...

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There is a huge supplement industry that sells all kinds of products and Uva ursi is one of those plants that are promoted. I haven’t personally tried this one, but it seems to me for quantities received it is a fairly expensive supplement....

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Asparagus is a fairly strong tasting food, not everyone finds it pleasant, but there are a variety of ways to cook it,  with the right steaming, spices and additions it actually great.    In some ways, asparagus is a wonderfood, it contains things that a lot...

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Nuts in general have health benefits we tend to overlook.  One example is Brazil nuts.  They happen to be very high in selenium, a compound that has health benefits.   There are even some hints that selenium may be a key to predicting and controlling high...

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Last post I was talking about Magnesium role in high blood pressure.  But in the list of links was a link about video of Functional Medicine at TED by Mark Hyman.   The thinking or position of functional medicine is that we have to move from...

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Apparently ,there are some common symptoms… headaches, high stress levels, sleep disturbances, that respond well to increase in magnesium in the diet.  Again, natural sources in diet are better than supplements, but supplements of right type and quantity can help.

Personally, I tried magnesium and noticed...

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63. Vitamin K and Spinach.

Apparently most of us are not deficient in vitamin K, but having some in your diet is important.  It is thought that vitamin K is a power heart disease fighter.  Green leafy vegetables such as spinach, are natural sources of the...

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