Looking for natural help for allergies? Allergies can be simple, or they can be complicated. As with any dysfunction in the body, we want to see where the source of the problem lies, and not just treat the symptoms. Your overall level of health influences your allergies. And the amount of toxic load you carry makes a big difference too. Reducing inflammatory foods such as gluten, corn and sugars is a first step towards helping any health ... Keep Reading >
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What Should Children Drink?
Here's a topic with a bit of controversy! Intolerance to dairy, juice or sodas.... Even at a recent Paleo/Ancestral Foods Symposium, there was disagreement on the subject of milk. One thing we ALL agree on though is sodas! Men, women, children and babies should not drink soda. The phosphorus, the chemicals, the sweeteners ("natural" or otherwise), the colors, and the caffeine all make for a dangerous brew. On top of that, soda companies ... Keep Reading >
Testing and Treating Vitamin D Deficiency: PODCAST
Perhaps the most important of all vitamins is Vitamin D (actually it’s a hormone!). Testing and treating vitamin d deficiency is an essential element to everyone's health and is too often ignored. Here's a whole show with just Beverly, speaking on this amazing substance: how to test your levels, what forms to take and more. Vitmain D plays a huge role in the expression of genes. Help protect yourself and the family from cancer, ... Keep Reading >
Water, Water Everywhere: PODCAST
Most people are dehydrated but don’t actually realize what this means. Most importantly, dehydration and diet can affect every cell of the body. Water is the carrier for every molecule in the body. Our joints, colon, skin, brain, eyes, kidneys, bones, and more, depend on cellular water. When we are dehydrated, our cell membranes become brittle and are easier for viruses and other pathogens to invade. This podcast features just Beverly as ... Keep Reading >
The Amazing Impact of Dentistry on Your Health: PODCAST
I'm excited to interview world-class Biological Dentist Dr. Stuart Nunnally in the second half of the show today. After our weekly opening discussion on Food First, and incorporating healthy real foods to turn your life around, Dr. Nunnally will introduce you to a whole new way of thinking about your mouth. Choosing the right dentist makes all the difference. This doc will really turn your world upside down. In a good way... There's ... Keep Reading >
Help For Bladder Infections
Maybe you've never had one, or maybe you get them 5 or 6 times a year. No matter what, a bladder infection is a miserable experience. Natural help for bladder infections usually involves herbal therapies that do work well. 1). Here's more ideas.... You know to drink plenty of water once you have an infection, to literally flush the bacteria down the drain. That works pretty well in the early hours. But chronic dehydration is one reason ... Keep Reading >
Why High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol And Glucose May Be Normal
Before we had stores, cities and crops we had life in the wild. We hunted or we were hunted. We survived or perished. Cholesterol and glucose were still our friends. As long as hunters could bring in fish and game, we could gather plenty of weeds (vegetables), nuts, fruits, mushrooms, eggs, tubers, flowers etc. to go with the meat. We stayed close to fresh water. There was a rhythm to life that was not stressful unless something was chasing ... Keep Reading >
Reverse Cataracts
If you have been diagnosed with cataracts, you may be able to reverse them and avoid surgery. Cataract surgery is the most commonly performed surgery in America. While it is generally safe, approximately 30% to 50% of people will need additional work done within two years to treat new opacification on the lens. Can-C is an eye drop, formulated to dissolve the cloudy eye covering that causes cataracts. It is a specialized form of an ... Keep Reading >
The True Cause Of Ulcers
It used to be that ulcers were blamed on stress. We now know that stress is indeed one of the causes, but that a bacteria is really the cause. When we are stressed, worried, rushed and thinking fearful thoughts, our body goes into "fight or flight" mode. Adrenaline pumps, blood pressure increases, and a thousand other chemical changes occur in the body to prepare us to run or fight, or to stop bleeding from a wound. All these actions help ... Keep Reading >
Why Most Grains Are Bad For You, And What To Do About It
This is a topic that could fill four newsletters, but I want to mention some points about grains that I feel strongly about. First let's talk about gluten. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and spelt, and is a contaminant in most oats as they are often shipped or processed with wheat. Gluten-free diets are becoming well-known now, and many scientific studies are showing that gluten intolerance is much more common than ... Keep Reading >
Why Real Salt Is So Important
One of the diet rules we all "know" is that salt is bad for us. So why is real salt so important? Can it be a key to health recovery? Salt was one of the earliest trade items and helped establish trade routes and villages all over the world. It was often used as money. Salt was traditionally used to preserve food. It allowed meats and vegetables to be salted and stored for later consumption, a huge advantage over having to hunt and ... Keep Reading >