Did you get a chance to listen to my third interview with long-time herbalist Brigitte Mars? We had a very interesting conversation about natural remedies for emotional disorders. If you’re interested in how to use diet, herbs, and other natural remedies to improve your health, it’s hard to beat Brigitte Mars’ know-how!
Last week during my interview with Bruce Fife, author of “The Coconut Oil Miracle,” we talked about how coconut oil has suffered from a bad reputation for a number of years.
Can Saturated fat be good for you? Yes! Natural coconut oil- as opposed to the hydrogenated version often found in processed foods-is a saturated fat, but not the kind your doctor has warned you about. Studies have shown that this uniquely curative oil actually has innumerable health benefits, ranging from disease prevention to anti-aging.
Each new year comes with resolutions, and the majority of these seem to address weight and diet. But statistics show that only 46% of people who make New Year’s resolutions stick to them for more than six months. (I think this number is actually Lower; otherwise, there would be many more thin and rich people around! )
“We eat approximately seventy tons of food in our lifetime. The quality of that food will be the greatest determining factor in the quality of our lives “- Fit for Life by Harvey Diamond
If you missed the interview I did with John Gray, all I can say is wow, what an interview! John talked about the latest research on the brain and hormonal differences between men and women, and particularly how men and women cope differently with stress.
Last week I interviewed Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Toxic Hunger: Overfed, Yet Malnourished: Here’s an excerpt of what he talked about:
In his last 20 years He discovered something new in the field of nutritional science that explains that the amount of food you desire and your desire to eat and overeat is dependent on the type of nutrients and nutritional quality of what you eat.
It’s not just how much you eat. When you diet and your micro-nutrient needs aren’t properly met, you build up more toxic waste products in your tissues, like free radicals and advanced glycation end products and lipofuscin.
Do we need to take magnesium? The answer is YES. According to Dr. Norman Shealy, every known
illness is associated with a magnesium deficiency and low levels of the hormone DHEA.
DHEA is the health and youth hormone. If DHEA is low, magnesium is low. They go together.
Even a 10% increase in magnesium and DHEA levels is associated with a 48% decrease in death from cardiovascular disease and a 36% decrease in mortality – from all causes. READ MORE
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