How to Not Get Sick While Traveling
Want to know how to not get sick while traveling? I have been in 10 cities and 5 countries in the last two weeks and of course there is exposure to all kinds of things that could make me sick! How do I stay healthy while traveling? The thing to realize is traveling also takes […]
What is Vitamin D?
What is Vitamin D? It is unique compared to other vitamins because when your body gets it, it turns it into a hormone. This hormone is sometimes called “activated vitamin D” or “calcitriol.” When you get vitamin D in your skin from sunlight and the vitamin from supplements, is has to be changed by your […]
Dr Karen’s Top Ten Tips to Keep Your Lungs Healthy
Do you ever think about keeping your lungs healthy? “The lungs are very durable if they’re not attacked from the outside,” says Norman H. Edelman, M.D., chief medical officer of the American Lung Association (ALA). With a few exceptions, your lungs don’t get into trouble unless you get them into trouble, he says. That is […]
Sugar is the New Fat
For so long we were brainwashed to think fat was bad and we have been on a fat free binge. Guess what? We are getting fatter and sicker! All this time we were increasing our consumption of sugar and not realizing that sugar in all its forms is the root cause of most of the […]
Got Vitamin D?
I was having my annual physical yesterday and I asked to have my vitamin D level taken. It had been 6 months since I had the blood test, so I want to see where it is at. It will take a few days to get the result. The blood test you need is called a […]
Paws for Wellness
“Paws for Wellness” because it reminds me not to forget the smaller animals in our home that also need preventive health care. The dosages below are provided by Pet Tech whose mission is “Improving the Quality of Pets’ Lives, One Pet Owner, One Click & One App at a Time.”™ Visit them at PetTech.net USANA Product Up to 25 lbs […]
Can we Trust What is in that bottle?
Can we trust what is in that bottle? In February this year, a study was published by Kaiser Permanente in the Journal of the American Medical Association:Internal Medicine investigating the contents of vitamin D supplements. Researchers performed an independent analysis of several over-the-counter vitamin D supplements, and the results were stunning: the contents of the vitamin […]
Brenda Began with the Sugar Buster Jumpstart
Brenda Began with the Sugar Buster Jumpstart. Brenda’s story is so powerful and I share it with you here. I woke up on the last Tuesday morning in April and said to myself I was either going to accept where I was and know that I would probably die an obese person going […]
When NOT to take a multivitamin
If you take a one-a-day multivitamin, most likely you are cheating yourself out of complete nutrition. “One-Pill Wonders” typically don’t contain nearly enough essential minerals to make a difference in your health. Don’t shortchange yourself. Invest in your health today for boosted health tomorrow.* Dr Mercola There are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of […]