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DHEA Benefits, Uses and Side Effects

What Is DHEA and What Is It Used For?

If your goal is to look younger, feel better, and improve your body composition, read on! The “youth hormone” DHEA has many potential benefits but does also have some noted contraindications so read the following thoroughly, consult with a healthcare practitioner and do your own due diligence. What is DHEA? DHEA, dehydroepiandrosterone, is an adrenal [...]

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Act Happy & You'll Be Happy!

Act Happy And You’ll Be Happy

Take a second and think back to when you were just a kid. Life was so easy, you were innocent and there were so many things to be happy and laugh about. My 2 year old, Max is overcome by joy from the littlest things. Like his daddy’s mean air guitar skills, making the dog bark until [...]

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Nutrition to Support Hormones & Weight Loss

  Sadly, weight loss is not as simple as  increased activity + decreased calorie intake =  weight loss.  If it were that simple, I do believe more people would be successful at maintaining a healthy weight or losing weight.  When we are younger, our bodies are more forgiving. We can apply the above equation and usually [...]

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What Chemicals Is Your Body Absorbing

What Toxic Chemicals Is Your Body Absorbing-Infographic

  I have 2 sweet little boys (Max who’s nearly 3 and Milo who recently turned 1), so it truly disturbs me to learn about the harmful ingredients in popular everyday products and what they are capable of doing!  The Campaign For Safe Cosmetics Report done by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) in 2009, points out that 61% [...]

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Natural Ways To Treat ADD and ADHD

The worst thing about taking a prescription drug to treat a disorder is the unnecessary side effects that go along with it!  Sure, you can try to help ADHD symptoms with stimulant drugs like Adderall (amphetamine-dextroamphetamine), Ritalin (methylphenidate) and Strattera (atomoxetine hydrochloride), but you might end up with painful headaches, insomnia and maybe even depression too, [...]

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The Dirty Dozen Plus Two

The Dirty Dozen Plus Two

You’ve probably heard of the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) Dirty Dozen™ and Clean 15™ guide for buying produce. The Dirty Dozen are fruits and vegetables that have the highest amount of pesticide residues. The clean 15 are those fruits and veggies that have the lowest amount of pesticides. (In case you are unsure, farmers use chemical pesticides [...]

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Sleep Disorder

Kavinace, the Natural “Sleeping Pill”

Finally he sleeps! Human sleep is probably one of the least understood physiological processes. Sleep is impacted by, and impacts, our state of health, our age, our stress levels, our individual chemistry, and hormones. Insomnia is defined as the inability to fall asleep or stay asleep or both. Chronic insomnia affects about 40% of the [...]

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