Natural Health

Can a bar of soap actually bring relief from pain? “Yes,” say many believers. I first read of this in various articles about leg cramps. Many sufferers reported that a bar of soap placed under the sheet at the bottom of the bed would eliminate leg-muscle cramps. Recently I read that it can provide the [...]

Have you ever used coconut oil? I never had until a couple of weeks ago when I got a jar of Virgin coconut oil from Tropical Traditions. I’ll have to admit that the only thing I knew about it was that I had read that it would cure ringworm! Thus it took me a couple [...]

Have you heard of NAET? It’s short for Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Technique, and I personally think it’s a miracle. Although it can be combined with chiropractic and other forms of natural medicine, my experience with NAET was through acupuncture. The doctor inserts needles in the correct points while the patient holds the offending allergen. Less [...]

Children with ADHD are a trial to their parents, and to themselves. And when the problem carries into adulthood, it can be a serious barrier to financial and social success. Of course you can buy pills to tame it, but since those carry harmful side-effects, it’s a good idea to experiment with natural treatments that [...]

Today I decided t do a little more research on the health values of nuts – I’d written about them before, but something I heard made me curious. What I found is that one of them can actually promote weight loss. It seems that the chemicals found in Pine Nuts can suppress your appetite. After [...]

Because I just got my third bee sting of the year, it seemed like a good time to re-run an article from last year… Today I was working in the garden, trying to tie up some tomato plants that have grown wild and tangled. When I squatted down I caught a yellow jacket between my [...]

Healthy food choices can increase your chances of avoiding deadly diseases – including cancer.

Heartburn medication is one of the most popular pills in the pharmaceutical industry, with over 80 million prescriptions being filled annually. Perhaps now we know why. These powerful acid-suppressing drugs, known as proton pump inhibitors, are a staple for folks who eat on the run and too often eat fast foods. And while not technically [...]

If you’ve been to the doctor for tests and he or she never calls with results, you might be tempted to assume that means everything is fine. It turns out that could be a dangerous assumption. According to a report today in Parade Magazine, a study of 5400 patient records revealed that for one out [...]

Are you still buying water at the grocery store? You might want to think twice about that. Hearings are underway this week in Washington to examine the whole situation, because the FDA has not been properly regulating what goes into those bottles. Some of them contain toxic substances that you do not want you – [...]