Cynthia, Five days a week I start my morning with a 2 mile run outdoors. Recently, I’ve been feeling bloated and some cramping in my lower abdomen afterwards. Is this normal? Could running be causing some damage? ~Lindsay (more…)

“Always be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.”
~Judy Garland

The most effective way to halt cravings for sugar is to eat meat and fat when a craving comes on instead of a carbohydrate. (more…)

Well, it’s summertime in my neck of the woods and we are enduring our annual round of weather in the hundreds. This always fills my body with the need for something cool and refreshing, while I kick back and watch a good movie, because it’s literally too hot to do anything else. (more…)

“Sometimes you just have to take the leap and build your wings on the way down.”
~Kobi Yamada

I saw an appalling segment on the news recently promoting surgery as a cure for sinusitis. (more…)

It’s that time of year again when you see all those ridiculous commercials and service announcements on the news to spray yourself down with mosquito repellent. I urge you to do otherwise. (more…)

This post was first published almost  two years ago, but I’m reposting  it now as it is that time of year again when you should be aware of these kinds of issues.

I recently had an interaction with Vector control that compelled me to write a post about mosquito fogging. I live in the high desert in Southern California and we don’t have any mosquito fogging in my city because we rarely get any mosquitoes, which is one of the main reasons I live here. I can’t and won’t be exposed to toxic pesticides. However, I must do my grocery shopping in the Palm Springs area, and because they have so many golf courses, and try to make grass grow in a climate where it isn’t supposed to grow, the entire city uses sprinkling systems on their lawns consistently, which results in more humidity and dampness and thus mosquitoes.

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