by Laura | Oct 12, 2009 | Cultivate Your Wellness
The following article was posted on today’s LA Time’s website. It reminds me of the important point that eating right and exercising are not always about being thin. It’s about feeling good and being healthy. Do extra pounds always equal extra...
by Laura | Oct 9, 2009 | Food, Home
I love to cook. The kitchen is by far my favorite room in the house and I wouldn’t mind spending all day there, most of the time. There are those nights, especially after a long day at work, when I’d much rather be veggin’ out on the couch than...
by Laura | Oct 6, 2009 | Cultivate Your Wellness
The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has declared this week, October 5 – 11, 2009, Get Smart about Antibiotics Week. Their efforts originate from the need to educate the population about antibiotic resistance and the importance of appropriate...
by Laura | Oct 5, 2009 | Cultivate Your Wellness
In today’s L.A. Times online, there was a short article entitled A Stretch to Keep Your Hips Flexible. The author recommends a quick and very effective exercise for opening the hips but the pose may be somewhat advanced for the average person just starting out...
by Laura | Oct 2, 2009 | Cultivate Your Wellness
The following article is from the Acupuncture.com Newsletter Points, October issue, author unknown. Halting the Sugar Roller-Coaster The media frequently reports on childhood obesity, naming three major culprits: sugar, fats and salt. Let’s focus on sugar. The...
by Laura | Oct 1, 2009 | Cultivate Your Wellness, Earth and Air Wellness
Article published September 22, 2008 on NY Times Well Blog by Tara Parker-Pope Treatments for breast cancer can lead to unpleasant side effects for most women, including hot flashes, sweating and lack of energy. Now, new research suggests relief can come from an...
by Laura | Sep 30, 2009 | Cultivate Your Wellness
So despite your greatest effects, you’ve found yourself sick. Maybe you’ve got strep throat or that sinus infection that just won’t quick. In order to blast out those crappy germs, your family doctor has prescribed you an antibiotic. Now what,...
by Laura | Sep 28, 2009 | Food
I love squash. I could eat them with every meal. Tonight I’m adding it to a fan favorite, my Grandma’s Sunday sauce. Ingredients: one onion – chopped 3 cloves of garlic – sliced 1 zucchini – quartered 1 summer squash – quartered 2...
by Laura | Sep 26, 2009 | Food
I make this soup whenever my hunny has a cold. It’s packed full of nutrients to help his immune system fight the germs and it’s comfort food to make him feel warm and loved. Ingredients: 2 skinless chicken breasts – on the bone 1 large onion 3...
by Laura | Sep 24, 2009 | Cultivate Your Wellness
One of the advantages I have being an Alternative Health-care professional are the tools of the trade that I’ve picked up along the way. My medicine cabinet is filled with herbal remedies for anything from PMS to fullness after meals. One of my favorites and...
