Herbal Balm for the Body and Soul: Ten Healthy Teas by Valerie B. Lull… Valerie B. Lull’s introduction to the adventure of tea is a primer to the pleasures of tea and an informative overview of the benefits to the body and  he soul of a perfect cup of tea, quietly sipped, by oneself or with family and friends.

Author and herbalist Valerie B. Lull announces the release of Ten Healthy Teas. Lull’s simple introduction to ten tantalizing teas and simple recipes from them is a perfect guide to people on the go who want to reap the benefits to their health and to gain the instant, calming peace of mind that these teas can provide.

“If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty.” So says an anonymous Japanese proverb, and it seems true, too, that the man with no tea in him will also have more colds, a weaker heart and a little more nervousness than is comfortable while getting through his day.

Lull’s introduction to these ten easy-to-find and easy-to-brew teas remedies those things. The author covers such conventional brews as green tea and black tea as well as the generally familiar chamomile and peppermint herbal teas, and she lists the potential health benefits to each, some of which are known, some of which are surprises.

Lull also covers the advantages of less familiar herbal drinks such as garlic tea, which was called “Russian penicillin” in World Wars I and II because of its apparent prevention of gangrene. Goldenseal tea is another new recommendation for most people. It was a favorite tea of the Iroquois and Cherokee, among whom it achieved a reputation for stellar antibiotic properties.

The author herself learned of the pleasures of tea time when as a young child she visited relatives in Canada who celebrated the leafy brew. Later on she and her mother would put a kettle on the old wood stove in their Vermont country home and sip tea through an afternoon of Scrabble or checkers. Now Lull is studying to be a Master Herbalist, but the information she provides in this concise volume is more than sufficient for anyone who wishes to simply enjoy a cup of hot, healthy tea.

You may be worried about catching the dreaded cold or flu… Every year, there are over one billion colds in the United States and more than 200 different viruses are known to cause the signs and symptoms of the common cold. We all know the common wisdom to get rid of a cold: rest, drink fluids and wash your hands. However, there are other innovative ways to ease your discomfort and relieve the symptoms of the common cold!

Here a few tips to win the cold war:

• Take Your Stuffy Nose Outside: Breathing cold dry air helps reduce nasal congestion than breathing normal room air
• Pump Up The Probiotic: 42% fewer people caught a cold after consuming any amount of probiotic
• Hit The Gym: Exercise sparks a temporary rise in immune cells
• Practice Crowd Control: Protect yourself by not touching your nose and eyes while in transit and washing your hands immediately afterward
• Make Some Music: Vibrations from humming open the sinuses to clear congestion

Dr. Yael Halaas, ear, nose and throat doctor. She’s been featured on round up/lifestyle and breaking news segments on The Doctors, FOX News and ABC New York. Dr. Halaas has extensive knowledge on the common cold and has been a guest on Inside Edition, The Doctors and ABC in New York. She has been quoted in US Weekly, Men’s Fitness & Fitness Magazine. 

Sweet Acceptance Versus Bitter Resistance (Booklocker) is revolutionary book for people who suffer from addiction, contend with bad habits, possess negative thinking patterns, or are held captive by an addictive personality. Author Dr. Peter Andrew Sacco can help readers transform their lives with his practical and theoretical knowledge for overcoming addictions, along with a revolutionary 3-tier approach of psychology, spiritualism and law of attraction.  This book teaches that addictions do not discriminate, but people do!

Once the principles in Sweet Acceptance Versus Bitter Resistance are applied, readers will definitely be on the road to recovery and find the self that they had been seeking.  Using cognitive behavioral therapy techniques along with the 8 Beatitudes from the Holy Bible, this book breaks new ground in combining psychology with spirituality for overcoming addiction.  Furthermore, it employs the principles from the law of attraction, teaching individuals how to become what they most want to be, as well as showing them how to receive what they want.

Sacco is an author, psychology professor, and former private practitioner/Hypnotherapist.  He is the author of many international popular selling books.  He is also former Editor-in-Chief of Vices: The Magazine for Addictions, Habits and Well-Being, and author of more than 400 magazine articles.  Sacco lectures at universities in the USA and Canada.  He specializes in relationships, criminal psychology, addictions, sports psychology, and mental health.  He has received the Award of Excellence in Teaching.  He is also a regular resident expert on several television programs and has hosted the show Mental Health Matters for 2 years.  He calls home one of the most picturesque regions of the world, Niagara Falls, Canada.

Sweet Acceptance Versus Bitter Resistance will be available in bookstores in the USA and the United Kingdom, as well as online at the first of the year.  Learn more about this inspiring figure athttp://www.petersacco.com.

Secrets to Staying Young… A few simple tips!

mn8 by Ladycare, a natural therapeutic remedy launched in the US that will help millions of American women who suffer from menstrual cramps and other symptoms associated with their monthly period. mn8 uses patented therapeutic technology that has already changed the lives of millions of women in Europe, Canada, Australia and Israel and offers a reliable alternative to OTC drugs. This simple, easy-to-use magnetic devise has undergone rigorous, medically-supervised consumer surveys and clinical trials and is doctor approved.

What drug companies may not want you to know!

• 7 out of 10 women are affected by pain during or before their monthly period
• 40% of adult women have menstrual pain
• Of which 10% are incapacitated for 1-3 days each month, and may result in absence from school or work
• mn8 is a non-invasive patented remedy for menstrual pain and menopause. It comes in a simple, discreet magnetic devise that effectively works to balance a woman’s autonomic nervous system (ANS).

Price: $49.95

mn8 is now available online via www.ladycareusa.com

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law that bans the toxic chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, from baby bottles and sippy cups, making California the eleventh state to restrict BPA in infant feeding products. The new law represents yet another step in the governmental and market movement away from this synthetic estrogen linked to breast cancer and other serious health problems.

“Getting BPA out of baby bottles and sippy cups is an important first step in removing this toxic chemical from our food packaging,” said Gretchen Lee Salter, policy manager at the Breast Cancer Fund.

The bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman Betsy Butler, D-Torrance, and Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Santa Monica, was modeled on similar BPA bills that the legislature failed to pass in 2008, 2009 and 2010, and that have been supported by the Breast Cancer Fund, Environmental Working Group, Physicians for Social Responsibility-L.A. and Consumers’ Union. The legislation is a response to mounting scientific evidence that exposure to even extremely low levels of BPA can negatively impact health. More than 200 scientific studies show that BPA exposure is associated with a wide range of adverse health effects, including breast and prostate cancer, birth defects, infertility in men, early puberty in girls, diabetes and obesity. The primary route of exposure is through the leaching of BPA from food and beverage containers. Once in food, BPA moves quickly into the body.

“BPA has no place in baby bottles, and it also doesn’t belong in any of our food containers,” said Salter. “We need to demand that manufacturers get BPA out of food cans. That’s the goal of the Breast Cancer Fund’s Cans Not Cancer campaign.” Learn more about the campaign at www.breastcancerfund.org/cansnotcancer.

Never Fear Cancer Again, a groundbreaking book on preventing and reversing cancer, has just been published by Health Communications, Inc.  The author, Raymond Francis, M.Sc., says that despite the billions of dollars spent on cancer research, the War on Cancer has been a colossal failure, with cancer rates soaring and survival rates showing no real improvement since 1950.

Francis, the author of two other alternative health best sellers, says that conventional medicine has been looking at cancer from the wrong perspective and as a result has been asking the wrong questions.

“Conventional medicine views cancer as a tumor,” Francis says, “and they ask how can it be killed or removed. But cancer isn’t something that can be cut, poisoned or burned out of the body. It is a biological process that needs to be shut down.”

Francis says removing or killing tumors does not address the cause, and therefore the cancer will most often come back because the process is still operating.

“Cure is defined in cancer treatment as ‘alive 5 years after diagnosis.’ Do you consider that a cure? I sure don’t. Cure means the cancer doesn’t return, ever!”

Harvey Diamond, coauthor of the #1 New York Times best seller Fit for Life, writes in the foreword:  “While the knowledge to end this epidemic already exists, the problem is that it is not being assembled and packaged into something we can use. In this eye-opening book, that’s what Francis so eloquently succeeds in doing.”

The breakthrough idea in Never Fear Cancer Again is thinking about cancer in a new way—as a process. Once you understand this process, you can see how to turn it off, just like turning off a lamp in your living room.

“Once you learn what to do to turn off the process and keep it turned off, the cancer will not return,” Francis says. “Now that’s what I call a cure!”

We are all at risk. According to the American Cancer Society almost half of all Americans will get cancer during their lifetimes. That’s up from three percent of the population in 1900.

“A lot has changed since then,” says Francis. “Junk food diets, living in a sea of manmade toxins, exposure to a profusion of electromagnetic fields, high-stress lifestyles, lack of exercise and sleep, and health-damaging medical treatments all present the human organism with unprecedented challenges.”

Francis, an M.I.T.-trained scientist, nearly died 26 years ago from medically-induced liver failure at the height of an international consulting career. He brought himself back to health using his knowledge of biochemistry and the principles he explains in his first book, Never Be Sick Again. Since then, he has been disseminating the message that health is a choice, and he has taught thousands how to choose it.

Russell Blaylock, M.D., a retired neurosurgeon and author of Natural Strategies for Cancer Patients, says, “Never Fear Cancer Again can only be described as a masterpiece.”

Ronald Greene, M.D., a pediatrician who met Francis after being sent home to die with stage 4 kidney cancer, followed Raymond’s program, restored his health and has now returned to his practice. “Never Fear Cancer Again could save your life!” says Dr. Greene.

Never Fear Cancer Again available online at Amazon.com

Believe it or not but cold and flu season is right around the corner which means NOW is the time to boost your immune system to prevent using up all of your sick days come November!  Instead of feeding your body medicine and pills that contain questionable ingredients, here are 5 natural ways to boost your immune system this year!

Load up on foods that contain tons of vitamin D!

New research shows that vitamin D rich foods instantly give your immune system the boost it needs! At your local grocery store, fill up on green leafy vegetables like Kale, Collards, Spinach, Turnip greens, Beet greens, Mustard greens, Brussels sprouts, Broccoli and Onions .

Don’t wait for the weekend to catch up on your Zzzs!
If you think getting 5 hours of sleep per day and loading up on coffee will do the trick – think again! Sleep depredation not only makes you more prone to catching colds and the flu but it also plays a role on your body’s ability to fight illnesses! Try to plan each night for 7 or 8 hours of sleep.

Sweet Poison!
That sliver of chocolate cake or extra can of fizzy sugary soda could not only add inches to your love handles, but sugar actually lowers your immune system. The refined sugar found in dessert treats lacks minerals and vitamins and actually paralyzes the immune system by destroying the white blood cells, reduces production of antibodies and interferes with the transport of Vitamin C.

Powerful Vitamin C!
One of the most important immune system booster and the tastiest is Vitamin C! This powerful vitamin increases the production of infection-fighting white blood cells, increases level of interferon and prevents viruses from entering your body. And as an added perk, it’s super easy to stock your body up! Fill your fridge with strawberries, oranges, tomatoes, bell peppers and grapefruits! Getting your vitamin fix never tasted this good.

Natural Syrup Inspired by Mother Nature!
Sometimes it’s too late and the cold has embedded itself onto your weekend plans. For quick remedy relief, try Maty’s All Natural Cough Syrup that is loaded with simple ingredients like buckwheat honey, apple cider vinegar and cinnamon this syrup has been proven to kill colds quickly.

Carolyn Harrington is the founder of Maty’s Healthy Products and a Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, trained in many aspects of natural medication, including Nutrition, Herbs and various mind/body therapies. She has studied the art of the hands-on-healing technique of Quantum Touch Healing and is currently studying for her certification as an Applied Kinesiology Healing Practitioner, a natural healing technique that uses muscle testing to analyze overall health of an individual and recommend lifestyle changes based on results.

A new report released today by the Breast Cancer Fund documents the presence of the toxic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in canned foods marketed to children. Every food sample tested positive for the chemical, with Campbell’s Disney Princess and Toy Story soups testing the highest.

Exposure to BPA, used to make the epoxy-resin linings of metal food cans, has been linked in lab studies to breast and prostate cancer, infertility, early puberty in girls, type-2 diabetes, obesity and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Childhood exposure is of concern because this endocrine-disrupting chemical can affect children’s hormonal systems during development and set the stage for later?life diseases.

“There should be no place for toxic chemicals linked to breast cancer and other serious health problems in our children’s food,” said Jeanne Rizzo, president and CEO of the Breast Cancer Fund.  “We hope this report will shine a spotlight on this issue and encourage companies to seek safer alternatives to BPA.”

The new report, “BPA in Kids’ Canned Food,” found BPA in the following canned food products (levels measured in parts per billion, or ppb, average of two samples):

• Campbell’s Disney Princess Cool Shapes, Shaped Pasta with Chicken in Chicken Broth, 114 ppb
• Campbell’s Toy Story Fun Shapes, Shaped Pasta with Chicken in Chicken Broth, 81 ppb
• Earth’s Best Organic Elmo Noodlemania Soup, USDA Organic, 38 ppb
• Annie’s Homegrown Cheesy Ravioli, USDA Organic, 31 ppb
• Chef Boyardee Whole Grain Pasta, Mini ABC’s & 123′s with Meatballs, 20 ppb
• Campbell’s Spaghettios with Meatballs, 13 ppb

“In all of these products—but particularly in the Campbell’s Disney Princess and Toy Story soups—a child-sized serving could result in BPA exposure at a level of concern,” said Gretchen Lee Salter, Policy Manager at the Breast Cancer Fund. “Consider the number of servings of canned foods—soups, pastas, vegetables, fruits—that a child eats in a week, in a year, and then throughout her developing years, and you start to see the urgency of getting BPA out of food cans.”

“This report shows the that we’re all part of a big experiment to see what BPA will do to our kids and us,” said William Goodson, M.D., a breast cancer surgeon and Senior Clinical Research Scientists at California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, who just last week published a study showing that BPA causes non-cancerous cells to grow and survive like cancer cells. “We weren’t given any choice about being in this experiment, and it’s time for that to change.”

Research has also uncovered a relationship between household income and BPA exposure, showing that people with the highest BPA exposure are from the lowest income groups. This data may be attributed to the fact that canned foods are usually cheaper, last longer and are more readily available in low-income neighborhoods than fresh foods.

In response to these findings, the Breast Cancer Fund is launching a “Cans Not Cancer” campaign, urging manufacturers to replace BPA with safer alternatives. Sample consumer letters to Campbell’s and other companies highlighted in this report can be found at www.breastcancerfund.org/cansnotcancer.

“Every day, children are being exposed to BPA through canned foods marketed to them using slick advertising and their favorite characters,” said Salter. “The Breast Cancer Fund’s Cans Not Cancer campaign is about our health, our children’s health, and a safer future where breast cancer rates have dropped because we’ve reduced our exposure to toxic chemicals.”

Some canned food companies are already switching to a BPA-free can liner or changing their food packaging altogether. Eden Foods, for example, uses an oleoresinous c-enamel, which is a mixture of an oil and a resin extracted from plants, for some of its canned foods. While some other companies say they are using BPA alternatives, they are not transparent about the alternatives they are using.

At the public policy level, 10 states have restricted BPA in infant food containers. While these laws do not cover the kinds of canned foods tested in this study, they send a strong signal to the marketplace that states are taking action to protect children from harmful chemicals in food packaging. In addition the Breast Cancer Fund is supporting pending federal legislation authored by Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., that would ban BPA from all food and beverage containers.

The “BPA in Kids’ Canned Food” report also lists a number of convenient alternatives parents can use in place of canned food including dry or frozen pasta, boxed macaroni and cheese, soups in Tetra Paks (70 percent paperboard combined with thin layers of low density polyethylene and aluminum foil) and frozen or fresh fruits.

The report can be downloaded at www.breastcancerfund.org/bpakids.