Erin Schumacher, Guest Writer Waking Times It’s a challenging problem to have, especially when you’ve been condemned to quit eating fruit and sweets for the rest of your life! Think about it – eating fruit was NOT the cause of candida, how is it that removing fruits from the diet will get rid of candida? It doesn’t …
Dr. Colleen Huber, Guest Writer Waking Times Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food. ~Hippocrates We truly live at a strange crossroads in human history. Over the last few decades, the human species has been hypnotized by the temptations offered by the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The 1950s ushered in the “better living …
Becca Wolford, Contributing Writer Waking Times This is a toxic world that we are living in today. It seems like everything we eat, breathe, or touch has the capacity to add toxins to our bodies. There are toxins in our foods and water (pesticides, herbicides, chemicals in processed foods), toxins in the air (pollution and …
Dr. Ben Kim, Guest Writer Waking Times The purpose of this article is to outline 13 ways that you can decrease your risk of developing any type of cancer. The following 13 ways to prevent cancer are presented in no particular order: 1. If you are going to be sexually active, be in a mutually …
Margie King, Green Med Info Waking Times How many people do you know who are on a low-fat, high carbohydrate diet? How many people do you know who are on antidepressants? Is there a link? Julia Ross, a clinical psychologist and author of The Mood Cure, sees a connection between the skyrocketing rates of depression and …
Lisa Garber, Natural Society Waking Times The nutritional value of foods is at risk, with the amount of nutrients found in fruits and vegetables having diminished greatly over the years. One apple today may carry half the amount of nutrients as an apple produced 50 years ago. Although it is still very true that everybody …
Becca Wolford, Contributing Writer Waking Times Physical and emotional stress cause cortisol levels to rise in the body. It is an important hormone and helps regulate insulin, blood pressure, immune function, inflammatory responses, and glucose metabolism. Cortisol is a hormone secreted by the adrenal glands, and is often known as the ‘stress hormone.’ It is …
Becca Wolford, Contributing Writer Waking Times For the past few years I’ve had in the back of my mind the question of whether or not my thyroid function is healthy. No, I haven’t had it checked, but I have done the little self-tests that one can easily find online. The results are varied, of course. …
Prevent Disease Waking Times Some of the best healing remedies to overcome inflammation also taste fabulous which can’t really be stated about prescription medications. Moreover, foods won’t cause the nasty side effects common to most pain medications. Here are ten amazing foods that fight inflammation and pain. 1. Blueberries: Blueberries are excellent anti-inflammatory foods. They increase the …
Elizabeth Renter Waking Times Many of us welcome the summer with sun overexposure or a wicked sunburn. The sun is a beautiful thing, responsible for giving us Vitamin D and generally improving our moods. But for many of us, too much of this good thing can be bad. Sunburns aren’t only painful, they can lead …
Anna Hunt, Staff Writer Waking Times For those who are familiar with the Aloe Vera cactus you might find it surprising that the sticky, often bitter gel inside the leaves is remarkably beneficial to your health and can be a rather tasty raw food supplement. Aloe Vera, sometimes referred to as the miracle plant, has …
Sayer Ji Waking Times It may come as a surprise to some, especially those with conventional medical training, but the default state of the body is one of ceaseless regeneration. Without the flame-like process of continual cell turnover within the body – life and death ceaselessly intertwined – the miracle of the human body would …
Some of the most powerful medicines on the planet are masquerading around as foods and spices. While they do not lend themselves to being patented, nor will multi-billion dollar human clinical trials ever be funded to prove them efficacious, they have been used since time immemorial to both nourish our bodies, and to prevent and treat disease.
