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If you’ve dabbled in essential oils or would like to start, check out Aura Cacia’s new iPhone and iPod app, which serves up all you need to know about aromatherapy. Live an Aromatic Life with Aura Cacia outlines the healing benefits of specific essential oils and shows you which ones work best in conjunction—super handy [...] The key to avoiding colds and the flu? Be a healthy person. According to Colorado-based naturopathic physician Lisa Amerine, keeping your body in optimal health will diminish your likelihood of getting sick. I recently attended Amerine’s talk, “When Pigs Flu,” where she offered safe and proven-effective homeopathic treatments to cure contagious disease. Why does it sometimes feel like life has sped up? Two plus years have passed since I turned 30, and yet, it seems like I just blew out those candles a week or two ago. Yesterday, my husband and I went to visit some friends who had just had a baby … but it seems [...] Loveologist Wendy Strgar, Natural Solutions' sexpert and founder of Good Clean Love How long has it been since your last orgasm? If it’s been a while, you’re not alone: Orgasm eludes millions of women. Many studies, including one conducted by Pfizer that looked at 27,000 participants in 30 countries, have shown that orgasmic dysfunction is [...] Nashville author Jenni Schaefer writes about eating disorders from experience; she suffered from an eating disorder (which she calls “Ed” for short) for years before penning her first self-help book in 2003. Last week, I saw her speak on the University of Colorado campus about her newest “Ed” book, Goodbye Ed, Hello Me: Recover From [...] My peeps and me in France It’s ski season in Natural Solutions‘ neighborhood (Boulder, Colorado), and a friend pointed out to me the other day that schussing down the slopes is a perfect way to leave seasonal stress behind. Just think about it: Not only do you benefit from being outdoors, which studies show boosts seratonin levels, [...] Here in Colorado, it is now illegal to text or email on your smartphone while driving. But there is another reason why your cell phone may not be as safe as you think: radiation. As we report in the January/February issue (on newsstands next week!), turns out cell phones emit varying degrees of radiation that [...] Vegetable Frittata After a glorious few days in the Colorado Rockies with my family, I’m back at work and suffering from a double whammy: A case of the Mondays and a Christmas and Hanukkah hangover. OK, I got out of the house a couple of times for toes-freezing hikes and skiing, but between the cheesy, [...] Mindful eating is a term that gets thrown around a lot here at Natural Solutions. Sure, I know that I shouldn’t inhale my pizza at warp speed or plop myself in front of the TV with a bag of chips. But as the holidays stress that comes with them) approach, my knowledge of mindful eating [...] Just yesterday the New York Times reported that the American Cancer Society is finally rethinking its position on cancer screenings—particularly mammograms and the PSA (prostate-specific antigen) test. Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the cancer society, told the Times, “The advantages to screening have been exaggerated.” A fact we’ve known at Natural Solutions for years. |
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