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Chronic Dehydration Part 10 – It Triggers Breathing Problems

Asthma, Allergies, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Bronchitis, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia… [read more]

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Reversing Toxic Heavy Metal Poisoning

By Michael Gerber, MD, HMD | Every week we discover toxic heavy metals in our patients.  By using… [read more]

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PROCRASTINATION: A Tried and True Recipe for Stress and Frustration

Written by June Milligan, M.Ed., CCHt | Procrastination is defined as needless voluntary delay. If… [read more]

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Nurture: Post-natal Fitness

Written by Allison Prater | Just as maintaining a fitness routine is helpful in supporting a healthy,… [read more]

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Adventure and Tranquility… A Special Retreat

My family and I look forward to our annual Granlibakken retreat. Granlibakken resort offers something… [read more]

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June Issue

Featured Articles

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Natural Flea and Tick Collars for Our Pets

We love our furry friends and this is the time of year that they are inundated with pesky fleas and ticks. Not only are ticks and fleas a nuisance for our dogs and cats, ticks also carry lyme … [Read More...]

Book Reviews

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KNOCK OUT DIETING: Create Peace Between You, Your Body And Your Food

By Signe Darpinian Reviewed for Healthy Beginnings by June Milligan, M.Ed., CCHt | This is a highly informative workbook written by a woman who draws on years of experience as a marriage and … [Read More...]

Our Popular Articles

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Plastic Bottle Scare

Written by Champ Clark A lot of energy and resources are used to bring you bottled water. The quality of that water isn’t monitored or regulated much more than what comes out of your tap at home. Cost-wise, 16 ounces of bottled water costs the equivalent of $7 a gallon. By getting a reusable water [...]

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Truth or No Truth: You Be The Judge

Written by Mike Adams MASSIVE MEDICAL FRAUD EXPOSED Here’s a must-read article for anyone interested in learning how the pharmaceutical industry really operates. It’s a case of aggressive marketing gone bad, with a mixture of corrupt physicians, underhanded payola and a near-total disregard for patient health. And yet it’s business as usual in the pharmaceutical [...]

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What is HypnoCoaching?

A Path to Self-Actualization By Virginia Parsons, MS, CCHT, CTLC I… such a small word, and yet so big. Universal questions spring from this word. Who am I? What am I? Where am I going in life? It is natural to contemplate these questions…to look for meaning in your life and to strive to become [...]

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CHRONIC DEHYDRATION Part 4: Choices that lead us astray

Written By JeanAnn Fitzgerald | Avoiding Salt  Headline hype persuades us that salt is a demon. Believing this is another of the lifestyle choices that can lead to dehydration. The Department of Agriculture dietary guidelines consider salt to be Public Enemy number one, coming before fats, sugars and alcohol. The director of the Centers for Disease [...]

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Cover Story: Starfruit

If you sat under an Averrhoa carambola tree, you would happen upon an interesting fruit. Carambola, or starfruit, is an edible fruit that generally has five ridges running down its side; and from the cross-section view, it resembles a star. This tree of stars is native to Asia; and as its popularity grew, it now [...]

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Cover Story – Sunflower

Written by Erina Fischer | The sunflower was chosen for the cover of the premiere edition of Healthy Beginnings to signify health, beauty, value and the coming of autumn. As autumn is the time of year when the sunflower is at its most dramatic beauty and yields its prized seeds. The sunflower (Helianthus Annuus) is [...]

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Summer Survival Guide

Written by Mirit Sloves  M.S.C., MFTI, EMDR |  This month, most school-age children begin two-and-a-half months of carefree summer. This is good for them, but for working parents summer often means dealing with the stress of finding temporary childcare. For parents who stay at home, there is suddenly a house full of kids who need [...]

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Inside Mrs. Ehler’s Kitchen

Recipe: Bread Pudding Ingredients: 2 cups liqueur Cream (see Liqueur Cream Recipe Below) 3 eggs, beaten ¾ cup organic cane sugar 1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 2/3 cup chopped pecans 3/4cup raisins 1 large loaf Italian or French bread; one day old, cut or torn into chunks (1 [...]

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Tested by Time, the Snowshoe Plods On

by Sean Block | Roughly 6,000 years ago, the largest pocket of the human population was located near present-day Central Asia. Around that time, the first primitive snowshoe, a crudely bound mishmash of leaves, leather and branches began to emerge, making migration to the snowy North much easier. Some migrated to what is now Northern [...]

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Cheese And Onion Pie

Kate’s Kichen | This “pie” has been a favourite of all my kids for about 25 years. A dear friend of mine from Germany shared this with me many years ago, and when we get together for a special meal, this is the taste treat we all look forward to….excellent hot or as a cold [...]