The “4-1-1” on Castor Oil Packs for Healing

What do you think of when you hear someone speak of “castor oil?” If you are like me, you might recall that this was your grandmother’s remedy for you when you were having trouble going “Number Two”! Am I right? Is that what you think of when you hear someone talk of castor oil? Castor…

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Are You Allowing Your Bugs to Destroy Your Health?

We need a healthy gastrointestinal (GI) system in order for our body to run smoothly. Our microbiome (the microorganisms or bugs in our GI tract) need to be in proper balance for our body to run effectively. It is called “dysbiosis” when the microbiome becomes imbalanced (more bad verses good bacteria), which leads to many…

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Your BUGS may be the cause of your Diabetes and Obesity

Michele G. Sullivan of “Clinical Endocrinology News” reported in its April 2015 issue, something that the “functional medicine” world has been talking about for years—-“How Your Microbiome (the genetic material of your gut bacteria) may be driving the course of diabetes and obesity.”  I recently touched on this in a February 2014 blog post. It’s…

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