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Up North and Off the Grid: Edible Weeds – Lamb’s Quarters and more

July 1, 2007

If you have an immaculate weed-free garden, you are missing out on some of the best vegetables ever grown! If you are relaxed enough to...

News Briefs – July 2007

July 1, 2007

A ‘GROWING’ RISK FROM CHINA – AND WAL-MART? China is rapidly becoming the world’s greatest exporter of vegetables, other foods, medicines, food additives, pet foods...

Sleep Better – TCM for Insomnia

June 1, 2007

Insomnia can be described as: difficulty or inability to fall asleep, waking throughout the night, restless sleep, waking in the early hours of morning with...

Nutrition & Homeopathy For Inflammatory Bowel Disease

June 1, 2007

There are a variety of inflammatory disorders that affect the intestinal tract such as irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Causes of these...

News Briefs – June 2007

June 1, 2007

PRENATAL LINK TO IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION Two researchers have conducted the first comprehensive review of the various later-life diseases that develop specifically in people who were...

The Art of Flower Cuisine: Colourful Picks for Your Summer Table

June 1, 2007

Grandma used to say that the next best thing to admiring flowers while  strolling around the backyard or  summer woodlands was picking a handful to...

Vitamin E – Nature’s Powerful Antioxidant

June 1, 2007

Vitamin E is not a single nutrient but exists in nature as a family of eight different antioxidants.  Some vitamin E supplements sold in health...

Red Raspberry: Herbal Ally Strengthens and Tones the Heart, Respiratory Tract and Reproductive System

June 1, 2007

June is an amazing month in Ontario. It tends to be the time of year when everything is incredibly lush and at its greenest. Life...

Summer First Aid: Herbal Essentials for Outdoor Living

May 1, 2007

Now that the warm weather is here most of us will be spending more time outdoors, playing, working or just hanging around. All of this...

News Briefs – May 2007

May 1, 2007

DAIRY­-PARKINSON’S LINK? According to a new study, there appears to be a relationship between consuming large amounts of dairy products and an increase in the...

The Hurt Child — Played Out in the Adult Life

April 1, 2007

When we are having difficulty in adult relationships it is often because we are approaching them from the perspective of the ‘hurt child.’ This is...

News Briefs – April 2007

April 1, 2007

POSSIBLE TREE BARK CANCER CURE Writing in the March 15, 2007 issue of the journal Eye, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, reported...

Ask the Doctor – Vitamin C Myths and more

March 1, 2007

Dear Dr. Rona: I recently had a check up at my family doctor and asked him how much vitamin C I should take to prevent...

Medicine of the Ancient Maya

February 1, 2007

The knock on the door came at midnight. The old man got out of his hammock and opened the door to a woman with a...

Homeopathic Medicine for Loss of Balance

February 1, 2007

What is the meaning of my life? Many of us have been confronted with this great existential question which tends to surface when we’re feeling...

News Briefs – February 2007

February 1, 2007

FOLATE AND ALZHEIMER’S Higher intake of the nutrient folate may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, but vitamin B12 and vitamin B6 did not...

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