(Originally written in 2010; Updated Dec. 9, 2020) In many ways, I'm a typical Lyme disease patient.  Like so many before me, it took a long time for doctors to put a name on the mysterious illness that was slowly destroying my health – and when the diagnosis finally came, it was far too late […]

Article endorsed by Canadian School of Natural Nutrition (Updated October 1st, 2019) This is a topic that’s close to my heart in more ways than one because I’m a two-time breast cancer survivor. Over the past several years, I have effectively overcome my adversities through knowledge and acceptance. In the wise words of Eckhart Tolle, […]

Shocking Links Between Dementia, Hypothyroidism, B12 Deficiency, and Lyme Disease Revealed Losing one’s mind is a horrible experience. The irony is that you need some of your mind still available to recognize that you are losing it, so you can stop the loss. This is my story of a sudden, unexpected descent into a black […]

  HOW I OVERCAME THIS PAINFUL CONDITION WITH A HOLISTIC APPROACH When I first noticed the small red bumps on my neck, I thought they were bug bites. After all, I had just returned from the cottage where the mosquitos were hungry.  The next day I felt more bumps on the back of my neck. Although […]

 What is Margarete Jentschura’s Secret? (Editor’s note: We were amazed when we heard that Margarete Jentschura still visits her family-owned health food store in Muenster, Germany every day – at 103 years old! So we asked her grandson, Roland Jentschura (MSc), how she manages this.) Vitality: Hello Roland, by now your grandmother is over 103 […]

How I Healed My Thyroid by Taking Charge of My Health Every challenge creates an opportunity for growth and transformation. At the age of 31, I was diagnosed with thyroid disease while expecting my second child.  Although my beliefs were such that the conventional medical approach did not completely resonate with me, awareness helped create […]

And My Amazon Journey To Restored Health Nothing can convert you into an environmentalist and champion of alternative medicine faster than your own brush with severe illness. In my case, a journey that began with working in a mercury-contaminated area of the Amazon has taught me a lot about the connection between human health and […]

How I Learned to Undiet My Life

I was never a cook. It just didn’t matter to me. That is, it didn’t matter until it had to – until my health, and the direction of my life, depended on it.

During my years of homeopathic practice I have heard many patients complain about experiencing numbness in some form, although in most cases numbness was not the primary reason for their visit to my office. Rather, it was revealed during my inquiries about their sleep, exertion, joint health, or some other bodily function. While most people […]

“The first thing I felt was tingling and itching on the left side of my scalp. I then discovered a blister when I looked in the mirror. Luckily I was able to cover this thing with my hair. I tried not to scratch it and put some lotion to soothe the itch. I went to […]

Kyle’s parents were disturbed by their son’s behaviour at school. The 11-year-old was often in trouble for pulling other students’ hair, then laughing about it. It started happening sporadically when Kyle was nine, but escalated in frequency and severity over time. Around the time of the onset of this behaviour, Kyle was diagnosed with ADHD […]

With our hectic modern lifestyles, increased environmental toxicity, and gradual disconnect from nature's cycles, it is no wonder that Sepia Officinalis is often called upon by the homeopathic practitioner. Derived from cuttlefish ink, Sepia has a broad range of action over the female organism, and is one of Samuel Hahnemann's greatest contributions to the homeopathic […]