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"Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food. But to eat when you are sick, is to feed your sickness" 
 
-Hippocrates
 Greek physician
 (460 BC - 377 BC)
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Entries by Suzan Macco, R.N. (15)

Wednesday
25Jun

Probiotics, The Mini Miracle

Okay, I realise it's not the type of subject you might discuss around the dinner table but how much do you know about bacteria?  Not a lot I'll bet.  I didn't either until recently.

I always thought they were dirty nasty things you didn't want.  After all I was always reading anti-bacterial this and that or receiving antibiotics for bacterial infections. I just hadn't realised there were two types  – the good ones (probiotics) and the bad ones (pathogens).  Now I know better.

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Tuesday
17Jun

Natural Progesterone For Better Bones And Health

These days you hear a lot about hormones and estrogen in particular especially when it comes to the effects of women aging.  Recently we've been hearing that hormone replacement therapy may not be the great answer we once thought it was and can, in fact, be dangerous.   
 
But estrogen is not the only hormone in your body and in fact, progesterone is just as important and as much a part of the aging process as estrogen.

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Wednesday
28May

Adrenal Fatigue and How to Beat It

Article describes adrenal fatigue, reviews it's causes, diagnostic testing, treatment, and helpful lifestyle changes. Discusses the impact impaired adrenal functioning can have on health and well-being.

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Wednesday
28May

The Anti-Aging Secret Exposed

Author: Danette Hibberd

Imagine discovering the secret weapon to fight the aging process. A weapon that is virtually free, yet priceless. A product that is readily available to the entire population and yet, many don't even know it.

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Wednesday
28May

Does Your Body Need More Oxygen?

Updated on Monday, June 16, 2008 by Registered CommenterSuzan Macco, R.N.

There is not as much oxygen in our environment today as there was hundreds of years ago. At one time the oxygen level was at 38%, now it is at 21%, and in some cities, even as low as 18%. Thus in our present environment, we have only about half the oxygen that our bodies were designed to run on in order to be in good health.

 

Without adequate oxygen, our body fluids and blood can become dirty and toxic.

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