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Sacred Activism – a Spiritual Force for Healing the Planet
Sacred Activism is a transforming force of compassion-in-action that is born of a fusion of deep spiritual knowledge, courage, love, and passion, with wise radical...
Good Oral Health Can Reduce Your Risk of Cancer and Other Diseases
Oral health is often a neglected area of health care that if left unattended to, can contribute to disease in the body. General health and...
Treating Arthritis Naturally: from Osteo to Rheumatoid – Top 25 Remedies
Joint pain is a common complaint that shows up at the doctor’s office every day. Arthritis is a general term meaning inflammation in the...
Woodford Files: On Bolstering Our Immunity; Keeping Kidneys Strong & Healthy; Free Vit. D
The year 2020 has been a tough slog so far. And if epidemiologists are to be believed, there’s more pandemic pain to come in the...
SUCCESS STORY: Staying Healthy While Battling Lyme Disease with Supplements, Exercise, and Massage
(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...
Keep Your Kidneys Strong Healthy: How to Prevent and Treat CKD
Keeping your kidneys healthy is vital to your body’s well-being. Healthy kidneys ensure that your body can filter and expel waste efficiently, while producing hormones...
Humble Horseradish: Pungent Root Medicine
As a traditional herbalist and food writer, I have long been interested in the healing power of food and the benefits of plant medicine. Horseradish...
Fragrant Spices Bring Heat and Medicine to Winter Dining
(Updated November 23, 2020: Endorsed by the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition) The culinary and medicinal powers of spices have been known by herbalists, healers,...
COVID-19 How Can I Cure Thee? Let Me Count the Ways
While still unknown to most practitioners of traditional or ‘modern’ medicine, acute viral syndromes, COVID-19 included, can all be easily prevented most of the time....
Homeopathy for Ear Infections
It has been stated that up to 75% of all children have had an ear infection before the age of three. Ear infections can be...
Ask the Doctor – Arthritis, ADHD, and Truvada
Should Arthritis Sufferers Avoid Gluten and Citrus? (Re: September 2016 article Arthritis, Osteo versus Rheumatoid – and the Best Natural Treatments for Both) Dear Dr. Rona:...
Cooking with Cannabis: Strategies and Recipes by Pat Crocker
(Updated Nov. 16, 2020) It is a different experience ingesting Cannabis than smoking it, but certainly not a new one. Legend has it that the...
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
From the Vitality Food Feature ‘Meat-Free Protein‘. Adding the peppers to this traditional Middle East dip gives it a wonderful flavour and colour, but if...
Mujaddara Vegetarian Lentil Stew
From the Vitality Food Feature ‘Meat-Free Protein‘. One of the greatest examples of these dishes is mujaddara, made from lentils and bulgur or rice. It...
My Favourite Antioxidant Immune-Boosting Foods for Fall and Winter
(Updated October 29, 2020) If I gave you my best advice on eating healthy, it would incorporate a diet full of foods that would help...
Healthy, Eco-Friendly Holiday Toys and Gifts for Pets
If you like indulging your furry pals at holiday time but don’t have time to even think about shopping, no need to fret. I made...