Too funny - A new study from Boston University has found a correlation between people who use non-stick (T-Fal, Teflon, etc.) cookware and higher levels of "bad" HDL cholesterol. So, ironically, a major promotion tactic of non-stick cookware has been that if you use them, you can use less butter, oil, etc. and thereby reduce [...]
I've never met a parent (including myself) who wouldn't love a "magic formula" to get our kids to sleep through the night - so we could too. The main technique most mothers around me tend to use is some version of the Ferber Method, also referred to as "controlled crying." This is the same technique [...]
How Did We Reach the Decision for a Vasectomy? After a very lengthy process of weighing up the pros and cons of getting a vasectomy - which principally boiled down to potential immune consequences vs. strength of desire not to have another baby - my husband Ian decided to go ahead and have a vasectomy. [...]
Constipation in babies or young children is absolutely heart-rending to watch. My new book on natural healing for constipation goes into effective protocols for both adults and children. But for a baby under the age of two, the following comprehensive protocol may be all you need to resolve their constipation. It has worked very quickly [...]
APRIL 2020 UPDATE - 5 YEARS DECAY-FREE! I'm SO thrilled to report we have finally cracked this case - click here for all the details of my TOOTH DECAY HEALING PROTOCOL! *** Oh this is my most frustrating topic to date - I've done two teleseminars with leaders in holistic dentistry: one with Dr. Hal [...]
Things are really heating up in the vaccine arena. Pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutically-funded organizations (like FDA, CDC, WHO) are really racheting up the pressure on citizens to get vaccinated against flu bugs. They have leveraged all the fear and hype (created by THEIR advertising, PR, control of media, etc.) around the swine flu to actually try [...]
Here are some stats showing the correlation between bras and breast cancer: * Wearing a bra over 12 hours daily dramatically increases breast cancer incidence. * Bra-free women have about the same incidence of breast cancer as men. * Those who wear a bra 18-24 hours daily have over 100 times greater incidence of breast [...]
I recently came across an article by Jonathan V. Wright MD about male circumcision. It surprised me in that it pointed out things I hadn’t known (having birthed two boys, I had researched this). So in case you’re at all considering circumcision, or know someone [...]
Those of you who have read my book, Listen To Your Gut or my article, Should I Vaccinate My Child? know that I extensively researched this issue when my first child was born and based on the evidence, decided not to vaccinate any of my three children. This 90 minute video also provides a great [...]
I just finished reading through a bunch of Frank McKinney's websites launching his 3 new books ( biz book, spiritual book, kids book). Then I watched his video compilation of all the tv shows he's been on and his many successes in real estate. And I find myself wondering yet again: How do these people [...]
I have an entire chapter (Ch.4) in Listen To Your Gut devoted to guiding you through your whole house, clothes, eating, etc. showing you how to remove all those “hidden” toxins that are sabotaging your health and making it harder to heal. [...]
Change.org is a private website that has a section of their website devoted to voting for the top ten ideas for change, that they will then be presenting to President Obama. VOTE TO LEGALIZE RAW MILK I was one of the thousands who voted [...]
Having just spent 6 weeks in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico - 1 month in a rented villa and 2 weeks in an all-inclusive resort - I have to say that my ideal vacation would be a perfect combination of the two: Spacious, QUIET (soundproof) accomodation with laundry facilities - available in two or three bdrm [...]
Following on from my search for utopia post: If we stay year-round in White Rock, then my hubby would like to add an indoor pool to our house. An excellent idea since he and the kids swim every day when we’re near a pool or ocean. We [...]
FROM THE MOUTH OF BABES: 'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.' Rebecca - age 8 'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You [...]
A recent Sorry game - note the smaller box Okay, time for a quick little rant here: How many of you still have your favorite board games from when you were a kid? We have Monopoly, Sorry and Stock Ticker - all now over 30 years old and our kids play them over at [...]
Many of you may have already heard about the problems associated with salmon farms located in the ocean itself. First of all, a really disgusting fact is that salmon raised in these conditions are not pink or red - their flesh is grey. But who would eat grey salmon right? So they feed them food [...]
Many of you may have already heard about the problems associated with salmon farms located in the ocean itself. First of all, a really disgusting fact is that salmon raised in these conditions are not pink or red - their flesh is grey. But who would eat grey salmon right? So they feed them food [...]
Those of you who have Listen To Your Gut know that I strongly advise against using the contraceptive pill, or patch, or implant. Because not only do these drugs mess up your hormones and increase your cancer risk, but they also alter the pH in your GI tract and make it very difficult (if not [...]
My husband sent me a link to this article - he was astute enough to label it "how to use the media to spread fear": http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/hl_nm/measles_usa_dc The article is supposedly letting us know that we're in serious danger of a catastrophic measles outbreak now that many are choosing not to vaccinate their children. HOWEVER, the [...]
My eight year old son, Oscar, recently decided he just HAD to join an American Football team. So we contacted our local football league. I took him round the fieldhouse to give the deposit cheque and get him kitted out. Concerns About Helmet Weight When they gave me his helmet, I was gobsmacked by how [...]
It's a common stance that parents should limit the number of hours per day, or per week, that their children are allowed to stay sedentary and "zoned out" playing electronic games. However, after reading this very fascinating blog post written by a teenager himself, I must admit I'm reconsidering the whole issue (the response from [...]
Did you know that brain tumours are now the leading cause of cancer deaths in children? The Toronto Dept of Public Health is finally acting on reams of research and has issued a warning to restrict cell phone usage for children. In the US, child brain tumor rates have increased 35% in the last 20 [...]
The Toronto Dept of Public Health is finally acting on reams of research and has issued a warning to children not to use cell phones. However, what most people don't know is that CORDLESS phones (in your house) carry the same radiation load as a cell phone. So don't let your kids (or yourself) use [...]
This reporter in England, Chris Jeavans, has committed to going a full month without buying anything plastic - this means nothing wrapped or packaged in plastic either. She also has a toddler still in diapers. So their household is probably pretty typical of what most of us go through and our needs. This, of course, [...]
I often get emails from my readers who are vegetarian or vegan and struggling to heal. Much as I respect the ideological and environmental motivators for veggie diets, in physical terms, they are simply not good for the human body. Dr. Weston A. Price was a dentist in the 1920's who spent 10 years of [...]
I often get emails from my readers who are vegetarian or vegan and struggling to heal. Much as I respect the ideological and environmental motivators for veggie diets, in physical terms, they are simply not good (long-term) for the human body. Vegetarian diets can be very useful short-term for healing from certain types of cancers, [...]
My 3 Sunscreen-Free Kids in Puerto Vallarta Hopefully, many of you have already heard about why putting sunscreen on your skin - or children's skin - is actually damaging it. Sunscreen may reduce the outward appearance of damage (i.e. it takes longer for your kids skin to look and feel sunburned), but what you're not [...]
An article in the British newspaper this week, The Observer, highlights some sobering reasons why we need to eat locally and support our local farmers as much as we can. Buying food from small, family-owned farms (hopefully organic, or, no spray) tends to [...]
Many of you are already familiar with certain concepts of holistic dentistry, such as: mercury is poisonous, root canals promote ongoing infection, flouride is toxic, etc. Since that information is widely available and there is LOTS of documentation on it, I wanted this teleseminar to be more advanced and specific. Left-click on the link to [...]
We had a fantastic teleseminar with Dr. Hal Huggins and MANY crucial questions were answered. We went WAY beyond the classic “mercury is poisonous, root canals promote infection” tenets of holistic dentistry. If you missed it, I strongly urge you to [...]
Many of you are already familiar with certain concepts of holistic dentistry, such as: mercury is poisonous, root canals promote ongoing infection, flouride is toxic, etc. Since that information is widely available and there is LOTS of documentation on it, I wanted this teleseminar to be more advanced and specific.
Geez, sure wish I’d known/thought about this before birthing mine! Here’s one of the many birth stories shared on this natural birthing site. Go have a look at the short video on the site too, they’ve even got the famous Dr. Christiane Northrup on [...]
