Posted on: February 16, 2016 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Confessions of a bread addict

For years I was unable to eliminate the one food I suspected contributed greatly to my face rash (rosacea), seborrheic dermatitis (dandruff), and low back pain: bread and wheat-based foods. Whenever I would open the fridge or cupboard, there it would be calling me: breads, crackers, cookies, cold cereals, and pastas. Seems I simply could not live without it, despite its negative effects on me. However, I recently just decided…

Posted on: February 15, 2016 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

In the kitchen with Kelley: Healthy 4-ingredient pizza rolls

Claim your FREE copy of Doctor’s Inside Secrets for Natural Cleansing and Detoxification and your FREE subscription to Easy Health Digest™ when you sign up today! Somehow National Pizza Day came and went without me even noticing. Who knew? But I’m going to make up for it with this delicious homemade pizza roll recipe. My kids love  frozen pizza rolls as an after school snack. I am not crazy about…

Posted on: February 15, 2016 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

12 times you should pay attention to stomach pain

Pain unnerves us. Obviously it hurts — a little or a lot. And we want to know why. Some types of pain frighten us, like chest pain. Other types are more common and we tend to put off looking into their causes, at least until we are very uncomfortable. Abdominal pain often falls into that latter category. There are several organs and conditions that can cause abdominal pain, from the…

Posted on: February 15, 2016 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Some like it hot — and live longer

As you break out in a sweat and your tongue screams for mercy, you may regret that extra dash of hot sauce— but your body will thank you later. A growing body of research suggests that adding a little spice to your daily diet is one of the easiest things you can do to improve your health. The evidence of healthy heat from peppers is so powerful that researchers think…

Posted on: February 15, 2016 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

The supplement all statin users should take

When medical researchers performed a two-year study of people with heart failure, they found that one supplement can cut your risk of death in half. The powerful nutrient they studied was CoQ10 (Coenzyme Q10), a substance made naturally in the body from ubiquinol which helps the mitochondria in the cells produce energy. CoQ10 is also a powerful antioxidant that hundreds of scientists have proven is critical for generating energy in…

Posted on: February 13, 2016 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Time to put this cholesterol lie to bed

For years, doctors have been telling their patients to give up eggs because they contained cholesterol and were believed to contribute to coronary artery disease. If I could I would find my cheerleader megaphone, buried somewhere in my basement closet, climb to the highest hill in my neighborhood and yell at the top of my lungs: “Stop picking on the eggs!!! Eggs are safe! Eat your eggs!” But my neighbors…

Posted on: February 12, 2016 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Spices that heal [infographic]

Food, herbs and spices have been used for thousands of years for their powerful health building and curative effects. Traditional cultures the world over have well developed medical systems based on substances that appear in nature. Traditional Chinese medicine and Indian Ayurvedic medicine are among the oldest systems of medicine in the world, and they rely on herbals as a cornerstone of their practices. The use of spices for healing…

Posted on: February 12, 2016 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Are you still eating this proven cancer-causing food?

If you want to reduce your risk of developing breast cancer — and the risk of it metastasizing to your lungs — give up sugar. Now. It’s that plain and simple. But don’t take my word for it. Listen to the experts… “We found that sucrose intake in mice comparable to levels of Western diets led to increased tumor growth and metastasis, when compared to a non-sugar starch diet,” said…

Posted on: February 12, 2016 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Warm up like an inchworm to prevent injury

Even if you don’t have time, you must make time to warm up sufficiently before working out or exercising. You increase chances of a successful workout while decreasing chances of injury if you thoroughly warm-up your entire body first. Previously we began a series on dynamic warm-ups, with a beginner warm up and an intermediate warm up. Today, Tema from Potentia Personal Training is going to teach you an advanced…

Posted on: February 12, 2016 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Don’t fall for the Zika virus hoax

The scare du jour from the medical men and women in the higher echelons of the government/medical cartel is the Zika virus. Already there are calls to speed the development of a vaccine (naturally) for Zika and for greater use of pesticides to control mosquitoes (more on that later). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells us the Zika virus is spread to people through mosquito bites. From the…