Fast Weight Loss

By Deborah Franklin

Research shows that regular contact with nature boosts physical and mental health as well as productivity; with a little imagination, even people who are stuck inside can reap these benefits

AFTER ENDURING one of the wettest winters in Seattle history, Judith Heerwagen, an environmental psychologist and a great believer in the power of nature to restore a weary soul, had to admit last February that 33 straight days of rain had been enough to swamp even her enthusiasm for the great outdoors.

“It got to be pretty grim,” Heerwagen recalls. Day after day, her usually splendid window views of trees and a leafy garden were a soupy, storm-battered mess.

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HEADACHE? EAT FISH - Eat plenty of fish. Fish Oil helps prevent headaches. So does ginger, which reduces inflammation and pain.

Meditation is one of the top-10 alternative therapies used by the U. S. population.

Gardening is in the air. Even those of us lacking a single green thumb can grow a handful of tasty and restorative Herbs. They’re that easy.

Gnats and Midges Bites

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Bedbugs and Flea Bites

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Five easy lifestyle tips to keep your liver healthy.

By H.K.

More than 170 million people throughout the world suffer from Diabetes and the number continues to climb. Could it be that many of these people could benefit from an easily accessible product such as Cinnamon?

This spice, which most of us have in our kitchen, has been shown to have the power to cut blood Sugar Levels nearly as much as statin drugs!

The magic ingredient in Cinnamon is believed to be a substance called MHCP. The MHCP is thought to be the reason Cinnamon reignites the ability of fat cells in diabetics to respond to Insulin and dramatically increase glucose removal.

A mail carrier told a friend that the US Postal service sent out a message to all letter carriers to put a sheet of Bounce in their uniform pockets to keep yellow-jackets away. Use them all the time when playing baseball and soccer. I use it when I am working outside.