Well, maybe. Since writing about the anti-cancer benefits of flaxseed on Eat and Beat Cancer,™ I’ve decided to indulge–been taking 2 Tablespoons ground flax/day for 5 days now. Holy moly! Continue reading
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Holistic Health Tip: Ergonomic Elimination
You’ve got to be kidding. Just when you thought you had been doing it right since the age of two, along comes a better way of sitting on the can: Continue reading
Holistic Health Tip: How to Cool Off your Hot Body
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Short of diving in the lake, here’s a surefire way to bring your body temperature down, down, down: Continue reading
Cheap Holistic Thrills

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Check out these bongers. (No, I didn’t say “bongs.”) They’re simple tools for giving yourself a massage–especially in places you can’t easily reach.
Bong away those knots in your traps. Bong the bottoms of your feet to stimulate circulation. Bong along the front and back meridians of your body–or even of your dog.
And no batteries needed. They’re powered solely by your own hands.
Who wants to give it a try and see if you can break up cellulite? If you’ll show me yours, I’ll show you mine.
Essential Life Props: A Loofa
Your skin’s gotta breathe. It’s your largest organ. It lets sweat out, keeps germs from getting in and activates Vitamin D. Continue reading
Headache, Get out of my Life

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Like many of you, I suffer.
Got worse when I hit perimenopause, got hooked on biking, stuck behind a computer.
But hey, in the past few months, here’s how I’ve found relief:
Natural Help for Bug Bites
Next time you’re walking about and a bug gets you… Continue reading
Bladder Matters
Pardon me for being so blunt, but have you any problems with leaks, spills or chronic infections? Continue reading
Hot Flush, Cold Press
Sometimes we women just have to put up with the crap—whether it’s our teens raging, perfectly normal, or our bodies going through normal transitions, enveloped by boisterous waves of heat and sweat.
So what’s a lady to do? Continue reading
Down Dog Physio
What’s so good about downward dog? Here’s physical therapist Shelley Alper’s long list of how this yoga position helps. Next, you’ll want to Continue reading