Why A Prolon Fasting Mimicking Diet?

How you can benefit from a Prolon Fasting Mimicking Diet. With Valentine’s Day just passing, the day of loving each other, I want to suggest we be sure and love ourselves! The month of February and onward! Be sure to build relationships, protect your sleep, be active...

Plastic Water Bottles = Plastic Ingested

USE METAL. OR GLASS. NOT PLASTIC (for water)!  Water is the main reason this headline popped back into my mind recently. I’ve been telling friends and family to stop buying water bottle in plastic bottles for years now. Not only for the plastic pollution problem that...

DOES GINKGO BILOBA HELP WITH LIBIDO?

What is Ginkgo Biloba ? Also known as Ginkgoaceae contain a number of identified flavonol, glycosides, terpene lactones, and bilobalide which are associated with perceived health benefits (Rimmer 2007; Meton 2008). It has been shown to facilitate peripheral blood flow...

Conscious Clothing

The recent Bangladesh garment factory tragedy reminded me once again how much our lives impact the lives of others thousands of miles away.  In our daily lives, we simply walk in a store and purchase items at low cost without any thought to the cost imposed on...

Menopause – Alternatives

...to hormone replacement therapy and anti-depressants Exploring our local health food store yesterday, Van's, reminded me to complete and post this article I've been working on way too long.  It also reminded me how many "natural" products are out there that tout...

Fluoride for a 3-year old?

Yes or No? (as my son often says) Due to indecisiveness, we have both a fluoride and non-fluoride toothpaste. As San Jose begins to add fluoride to the drinking water my husband and I have been wavering about whether or not to provide fluoride to our son.  In fact, he...

Thanks Alameda County!

...for joining others in banning plastic bags! Happy New Year! On January 1, 2013, the county that I live in, Alameda County, will ban plastic bags and will require a minimum 10-cent charge on paper and reusable bags.  The cost could go up to a minimum of 25-cents in...

Chasteberry and fertility

An added bonus for those trying to conceive While reading about chasteberry for other gynecologic issues, one of the review papers mentioned a secondary effect of influencing both follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone, both hormones important in...

Solar Is ON!

FINALLY! Trying to make the commitment to greening our life, meant thinking of ways we could reduce our carbon footprint.  One of those ways we thought to reduce our use and may be a worthwhile investment was to add solar panels to our house and our back rental unit. ...

Mercury Amalgam Dental Fillings

Should I take them out? My husband went to the dentist the other day for a regular check up and came home asking about replacing his mercury fillings.  Almost every tooth in my mouth with a spot for a filling contains that dull silver color.  I began to wonder what...

2012 California Environmental Laws

Protecting the Environment ~ and you Of the 745 new California laws that begun at the start of the year, 16 are directed at environmental protection laws. If you are looking for a list of all California laws with all the legal-ese you can stand, there is a pdf...

Science of Yoga

for practitioners - it’s self-evident Having just completed my first full year of regular yoga practice, I decided to celebrate by reading the book “The Science of Yoga” by William Broad. Prior to reading the book, I can tell you that yoga has made a huge difference...