Your body usually gives you obvious signs to tell you what it needs. For example, when your body needs nutrients, you feel hunger. When it needs sleep, you feel tired. When you need to have a BM, well, you get the urge to go. But one area where your body is more vague in communicating its needs is with WATER. Specifically, dehydration. Here’s the scoop on this often overlooked but amazingly common health issue,...

  I’m sure you’ve noticed that in the world of advertising, sex sells.  Victoria’s Secret ads are a perfect example—it’s easy to sell a bunch of grossly overpriced bras by showing the “angels” modeling them. Knows what else sells? Fear! And when it comes to sunscreens, fear of skin cancer is the golden ticket. But I have a few questions here and you should too: Is the sun truly the evil, skin-cancer-creating monster it’s been...

  Although they can admittedly be a bit embarrassing, urinary problems are actually quite common and nothing to be ashamed of! Millions of people in the US report at least occasionally dealing with urinary symptoms including incontinence, urgency, dribbling and leaking, so if urinary problems have you “running,” you’re certainly not alone. Let’s look at the most common urinary problems, what may be causing them, and how you can get safe, natural relief. [[big4]]The most...

  If you’re one of the 60 million or so people in the US with acid reflux, you know all too well the misery it causes. This can go WAY beyond a 4-alarm fire in your chest and include: Regurgitation of food and stomach acid Chest pain Chronic cough; frequent throat-clearing Difficulty swallowing Bloating and gas Shortness of breath Sore throat   But there’s another consequence of acid reflux that is far worse than burping...

  Oftentimes someone who has been diagnosed with a disease will say that it “just appeared out of nowhere.” Trust me, nothing could be farther from the truth.  Disease is carefully C-R-E-A-T-E-D over time—it ain’t no accident and it doesn’t happen overnight.  And the single most significant factor that will determine whether your number will come up in the disease lottery is the health of your immune system! Trouble is, many of us are unknowingly...

  Here we go again.  A few hundred cases of measles have become a “public health emergency,” blasting the headlines everywhere, frightening the masses and inducing hysteria. And in this case also attempting to coerce people into vaccinating against measles by threatening fines and imprisonment in Rockland County, NY and in certain zip codes in Brooklyn, NY.  As usual, most of the government health authorities and the media are pointing at non-vaccinated individuals and claiming...