by Dr Nicole Meier | Feb 16, 2010 | Health Hints
A couple of weeks ago, we posted The Dirty Dozen – 12 foods that are recognized by the Environmental Working Group as being heavily sprayed with Pesticides. One of our astute readers asked the obvious question – “what are the 12 that are least...
by Dr Nicole Meier | Jan 20, 2010 | Health Hints
The Environmental Working Group is a non-profit agency that funds research in environmental health. Every year it posts a list of 12 vegetables and fruit that have a very high pesticide load. This list can help health-conscious consumers choose food items carefully...
by Dr Nicole Meier | Nov 9, 2009 | Health Hints
Castor oil packs are a classic Naturopathic tool to increase circulation and lymphatic flow, while decreasing congestion in organs and tissue. To promote liver detoxification and bowel function use a castor oil pack over your entire abdomen nightly for at least 30...
by Dr Nicole Meier | Oct 18, 2009 | Health Hints
In our western culture, we eat primarily sweet and salty foods. For millenia, Chinese medicine has recommended balancing all of the tastes – sweet, salty, pungent, sour and bitter. Eating bitter or sour foods causes a completely different digestive enzyme...
by Dr Nicole Meier | Oct 8, 2009 | Health Hints
We’re launching a series of health tips that will teach you how to promote detoxification on a daily basis. Click on the Daily Detox tag at “What’s Inside the Website” on the main page for the link to the Daily Detox articles. Here’s the...
by Dr Nicole Meier | Oct 5, 2009 | Health Hints
Vitamin D is in the headlines frequently these days. Research over the last few decades has uncovered the critical role this vitamin plays in the prevention and treatment of many illnesses. From autism to depression, osteoporosis to cancer, vitamin D has created more...
