Healing Inflammation By Cherie Calbom, MSN… Inside your body, where you can’t see the “smoke and fire,” there may be an internal slow simmer or a rolling boil at work called inflammation. It is the engine that drives the most feared illnesses of middle and old age. It is estimated that more than half of…
By Joy Stephenson-Laws, JD (Proactive Health Labs) Sweet potatoes, not to be confused with yams, have been cultivated for thousands of years. These root vegetables are believed to have originated in Central and South America. North Carolina, which is now the largest producer of sweet potatoes in the United States, claims the sweet potato as…
As an OB-GYN with a background in integrative and holistic medicine, I see many female patients wondering if they’ve got a hormone imbalance. That’s because as a woman heads into her 40s and 50s, estrogen and progesterone levels can change, causing weight gain that stubbornly sticks on, poor sleep, lackluster skin, and skipped periods. And that’s…
3 Anti-Inflammation Recipes from The Juice Lady’s Anti-Inflammation Diet… The link between chronic disease and inflammation based on a poor diet and sedentary lifestyle has been made clear by now, as outlined in an article from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The article explores how humankind uncovered the tools to overcome infectious disease with…