Learn to Control Pain from Trigger Points
Chronic pain saps the joy from life, and working with trigger points is a proactive way to lessen pain. Trigger points (also known as trigger sites and muscle knots) are spots in muscle tissue that have become hyperirritable, and are associated with palpable nodules in taut bands of muscle fibers. In addition to pain relief, […]
Support Underactive Thyroid Naturally
Your food and lifestyle choices can go a long way to support an underactive thyroid, and some of them may surprise you. For example, the diet for cancer prevention calls for many brightly colored vegetables, dark greens, onions and garlic, and cruciferous vegetables. Members of the cruciferous vegetable family include Brussels sprouts, cabbage and broccoli. […]
Plan Your Garden with Seed Saving in Mind
Have seed saving in mind when you plant your garden this year! With many predicting a food shortage, the importance of having the ability to produce your own food from high quality, royalty-free seeds has never been more important. However, seeds will not keep forever, lasting between 2 and 5 years on average. This article […]
Butter is a Health Superfood
Think about pure delicious golden butter that comes from grass fed, pastured, contented cows. Beautiful deep yellow butter that can nourish and protect us from disease if we would only give it a chance! It’s too bad all we have today is attacked, maligned and mistreated butter. Butter has been the whipping child of the diet […]
Ten Easy Ways to Reduce Plastic Exposure
We are surrounded by plastic, but there are several ways to reduce plastic exposure. Even organic products are wrapped in plastic, which is made from the same petrochemicals used in the fertilizers and pesticides that most choose organic to avoid in the first place. Plastics contain powerful endocrine disruptors such as PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) and […]
Is Your Pain Caused by Scar Tissue?
Do you have pain caused by scar tissue? Most of us take scarring for granted, knowing it is the body’s way of repairing damaged tissues. However, there is a down side to scars. Scar tissue shortens muscle tissue, which shows up as immobility, irritability and pain syndrome. The pain caused by scar tissue can also […]
