Chocolate:  Friend or Foe?

Chocolate: Friend or Foe?

Chocolate is said to be a woman’s best friend.  You probably love receiving chocolates and giving them as gifts as well. You have probably read of health benefits of chocolate.  Are they true?  Well, maybe; maybe not.  Let me put it this way:  there are many...
5 Steps to Take When You Get the Flu

5 Steps to Take When You Get the Flu

  Flu season is here, and it’s not letting up any time soon.  To make matters worse, the flu vaccine is only 10% effective this year.  Schools are shutting down, and hospitals are filling up fast. If you have not gotten the dreaded flu, the easiest way to...
3 Reasons to Organize after the Holidays

3 Reasons to Organize after the Holidays

“Don’t own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.” — Wendell Berry In just a short time, we had Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year–along with flu season, of course.  You have probably traveled and/or had...
How to Combat Your Dry Winter Skin

How to Combat Your Dry Winter Skin

Winter is here in full-force by now if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, and your skin may be suffering terribly unless you took the steps outlined in “Preparing Your Skin for Winter.” The results are less than desirable and can mean red, chapped,...
9 Benefits of Starting the New Year with a Cleanse

9 Benefits of Starting the New Year with a Cleanse

Another New Year is almost here. How well did you do on your health and wellness goals for this past year? If your progress was less than desirable, think about it this way.  If you owned a car for five years and never changed the oil or the oil filters and never...