How to Eliminate PMS in 5 Easy Steps

Symptoms of PMS like mood swings, irritability, depression, anxiety, bloating, breast tenderness, sugar cravings, headaches, and sleep disturbances, affect 75% of women. But just because you’re a woman doesn’t mean you have to live with these symptoms. So what is the underlying cause of PMS? Hormones become unbalanced. Estrogen levels increase and progesterone levels decrease. There are many…

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Meditation for Beginners

I’m trying to revive my meditation practice, which over the years has been eeked away with the crunch of daily life. Ironically, I think my excuses for avoiding it are exactly the reasons I need to do it — stressed, tired, and racing mind full of lists of things I need to do. While it…

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Turmeric: Medicine in Your Pantry

This vibrant Indian spice is a major inflammation fighter, but are you using it? Many studies have proven that turmeric can decrease incidences of cancer, arthritis, Alzheimer’s, heart disease and can help ease digestive woes and lessen general pain in the body.  It’s been proven to be as effective as ibuprofen but without any of…

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Why Plants Are Better Than Drugs

In this great article by Dr. Weil, he argues that plants (as in herbs) are better than pharmaceutical drugs to treat illness. Western medicine holds that when a plant shows bioactivity in humans, we must attribute that single effect to a single compound in the plant. We label that the ”active principle”, isolate it, synthesize it, and…

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