Gluten Free and Alternative Grains

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Living with celiac disease I know what a problem gluten can be. Gluten, a protein in wheat, barley and rye can also be difficult to digest for even the healthiest among us. Certain grains can be an issue for many of us whether we have: celiac disease allergies sensitivities Whole grains offer us many health [...]

Diagnose Your Symptoms: How Naming a Disease Can Cause You to Be Ill

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Diagnosis is “the art or act of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms.” It is our desire for understanding that causes us to want some explanation for our condition or pain that we are suffering from. As a society having the luxury of medical advancement and technological access, we have come to believe [...]

TCM Dampness – Treating Poor Digestion With Chinese Medicine

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Whenever I drive outside of the city where I live, I find it interesting to watch the nature of the landscape change. At first the city gives way to more remote neighborhoods and smaller towns. After a while, the landscape becomes large tracts of farmland. In this part of the upper midwest, those farms are [...]

The Truth About High Fructose Corn Syrup

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Is all sugar really the same? Have you seen the television ads from The Corn Refiner’s Association? Don’t Be Taken In! They have an attractive, healthy looking young woman telling us high fructose corn syrup and sugar are metabolized the same in our bodies — that sugar is sugar and your body can’t tell the [...]

Five Daily Health Tips to Complement your Massage Therapy Sessions

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In these challenging times we are all forced with difficult decisions. No one wants to give up their Massage Therapy sessions, but everyone wants to get the most for their dollar. In this article I will outline for you practical advice anyone can use to maintain your physical health in between Massage Therapy sessions. Five [...]

Flush Lymph Fluid from your Cells with Rebounding Exercise

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If you read my previous article about 7 Simple Ways To Get Hooked on the Benefits of Juicing, you’ll have read under the “Get Inspired” tip that Jason Vale, “The Juice Master” from TheJuiceMaster.com really inspires me when it comes to juicing. I love his energy. Well, he also inspires me to ‘rebound’ and has [...]

The Health Benefits of Soy

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Years ago I did a lot of my shopping at the health food store because it was the only place I could find what I needed. One day I observed another young woman filling her basket with what seemed like an overload of soy in one form or another: soy cheese, soy milk, soy burgers, [...]