Archive for the ‘health’ Category
An Introduction to Everything You Wanted to Know About Chocolate But Didn’t Know to Ask
by Carol Wiley For chocolate-lovers, the Northwest Chocolate Festival held September 29-30, 2012, in Seattle was an opportunity not only to taste a wide variety of artisan chocolate but also to attend educational talks about all aspects of chocolate. I attended the second day of the festival and here’s some of what I saw and learned. [...]
October 1, 2012
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Good Greens Review: A Really Nutritious Nutrition Bar
Recently, Good Greens sent me the six flavors (wildberry, chocolate peanut butter, chocolate coconut, chocolate chunk, chocolate raspberry, chocolate mint) of the company’s nutrition bar to try. The company bills the bars as highly nutritious and delicious. The bars are certainly nutritious. Here’s what you get in a Good Greens bar: 12 grams protein (dairy-free [...]
September 20, 2012
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Book Review: Stop Panic Attacks
by Carol Wiley The fastest and most complex reactions known in the human body result from a panic attack, according to Reid Wilson, Ph.D., author of Don’t Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks. This book shows you how you can stop panic attacks. During panic, many of the changes in your body are the same [...]
March 31, 2012
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Be Your Own Shaman – Book Review
If you are interested in energy medicine and learning to heal yourself, and perhaps learning to help others, you will  want to read Deborah King’s Be Your Own Shaman: Heal Yourself and Others with 21st-Century Energy Medicine. Physics tells us that everything is energy, so working with energy as part of the healing process can lead [...]
July 23, 2011
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Tags: be your own shaman, book review, deborah king · Posted in: books, health, skills and techniques
Is Coconut Oil Healthy?
Some sources, in particular Bruce Fife, N.D. and Joseph Mercola, D.O. promote coconut oil as the healthiest oil to use. Not everyone agrees. Dr. Andrew Weil believes coconut oil has no positive role in the diet, while Dr. Mehmet Oz believes coconut oil has some positive health benefits but shouldn’t be overused. According to the [...]
August 14, 2010
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Tags: benefits of coconut oil, coconut oil, tropical traditions · Posted in: health
