Do we really need vitamins to be healthy?

Posted by on Feb 24, 2014 in Blog | Comments Off on Do we really need vitamins to be healthy? I remember when I was little, my mother forced me to take a spoonful of cod liver oil every morning to help my dry skin and other health problems I was facing.  Though it was not a vitamin pill, it was supposed to contain some necessary nutrients that were good for the human body and for a well nourished complexion.  I don’t remember when she stopped this practice.  But I do remember that it...
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When heart is more than the sum of its parts!

Posted by on Feb 17, 2014 in Blog | Comments Off on When heart is more than the sum of its parts! This blog is by Pamela Savage, a valued member of Kate’s blog team.  Enjoy! It used to be we all paid attention to February because, it was “heart” month-meaning we prepared ourselves for Valentine’s Day.  But for those suffering from heart disease, attention to the heart has taken on a different meaning. During this month, the American Heart Association asks us to pay special attention...
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What to believe (or not) about our health

Posted by on Feb 4, 2014 in Blog | Comments Off on What to believe (or not) about our health I welcome this blog written by a member of my blog team, spiritual thinker and seeker, Kim Wiklund. Coca-Cola can cure morphine addiction, dyspepsia, neurasthenia (nerve weakness), headache and impotence!  That was the claim made in 1886 by the manufacturers of this new patent “medicine” that was being sold at soda fountains for 5 cents a glass.  What is well known today (but wasn’t then)...
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