The world, and particularly the US, is awash these days with fear over the Swine Flu, with people wandering the streets and stores wearing masks to protect themselves from this coming ‘pandemic’ (which simply means disease spread over a large geographic area). The Swine Influenza paid us a visit in the 1970s but this is […]

Deprivation of sleep is defined as a reduction or disruption in the number of hours of necessary sleep. The necessary amount of sleep can vary greatly from person to person; there is no standard number that can be applied to everyone. Generally, sleep deprivation is not considered harmful for a person if it does not […]

If your motivation to lose weight runs out long before the pounds fall off, then how about this as a motivation: youthing! Of course, it’s a generalization, but … generally … people who are thin and active are less likely to get sick or suffer with hideous diseases. The entire point of our health habits […]

Today we have an article from a guest writer, Dr. Douglas Husbands. His interesting subject concerns chronic disease treatment. I wanted to be certain that I understood exactly what was meant by "functional medicine" and here is the dictionary definition: Functional medicine is personalized medicine that deals with primary prevention and underlying causes, instead of […]

We’ve all been there: lying in bed, near tears because we just cannot fall asleep, no matter how hard we try. It’s 2 a.m., you have to get up for work in a few hours, and you are about to give up and take one of those stupid Tylenol P.M.’s or some other drug that […]

The Internet is wonderful! Yes, in spite of all the problems, it’s the most amazing communication tool in history, apart from language. It’s allowed all of us to have vast amounts of learning at our fingertips – including free online college classes! Stop aging of your mind by learning new things, acquiring new knowledge and […]

Much as I hate to face it, the hot weather is on its way to Atlanta. Groan. Still, it has its compensations and strawberry sorbet is one of them. I'm always searching for healthy vegetarian recipes that are also yummy and fruit sorbets definitely qualify. In fact, I'm really greedy for my sorbets in the […]

My breakfast this morning was a tortilla wrap. Actually, even though I only ate one, it's more accurate to call them tortilla wraps, plural, since it can be made in so many different ways that I rarely eat the same tortilla roll up twice. It's a collection of healthy goodies wrapped in a tortilla. My […]

A quote from a Rozeren user … "I went to bed at the same time as always, wearing my pink nightgown and fuzzy yellow socks. When I woke up three hours later, I was sitting by the side of the road, surrounded by policemen and paramedics. My car was wrecked. Apparently, about 2 hours after […]

Is there really an energy crisis in America? In fact, we read about "THE energy crisis" – but is it real at all? Yes and no. Yes, there is intense demand for currently produced resources. This is evident with $6+ gas around the globe. And no, there isn’t truly an energy crisis because there is […]