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The World Health Organization estimates that 80% of the world’s population uses herbal medicine for curing of their primary health.  With increasing concern about rising prescription costs, it only makes sense that more and more people are turning to natural and organic remedies for their healthcare.  Last week, we touched on bamboo charcoal and its [...]

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Salt has earned a bad reputation with us.  We hear constantly that it causes hypertension, heart disease, high blood pressure and weight gain (among other things).  However, the human body needs a certain amount of salt to survive.  The distinction between healthy and unhealthy lies in the amount of salt we ingest, and also what [...]

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In the Western world, the word charcoal conjures up images of coal briquettes and barbecues, but for centuries, people in the East have used a different type of charcoal for fuel and cleansing properties.  Bamboo charcoal is made by heating pieces of matured bamboo at heats as high as 800 degrees C., and as early [...]

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With rising food costs and tighter household budgets across the country, more and more Americans are looking to cut costs and one way to do that is to plant their own gardens.  According to the Garden Writers Association Foundation, vegetable gardening is a “significant new trend” in the United States, based on a national survey [...]

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Sleep and relaxation fall low on the list of American priorities these days.  America’s adults average 6.9 hours of sleep each night, slightly less than the range of seven to nine hours recommended by many sleep experts.  This affects our everyday life from driving safely to job performance to the quality of time spent with [...]

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When you think of wet smelly places, do your underarms and feet come to mind? They should. These parts of the body are sources of perspiration, odor and insecurity. What do you do?  Like most folks, you pull out the deodorants. Deodorant commercials tout their ability to keep you dry and odor free. Just spread [...]

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You check to see no one is watching; then, you slip off your shoes and press your toes against the leg of a chair or desk. Up down side to side, you rub your itching toes until the little buggers nearly drop off. But they still burn. Itch. Crack. Drive you nuts. Don’t worry there [...]

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