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Acid Reflux

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Written By Shelby Molchan, Certified Colon Hydrotherapist | A common misconception is that acid reflux is caused by too much acid in the stomach. Actually, it can be because there is too little acid in the stomach. Most commonly, though, it is a result of a sluggish digestive tract. The food becomes over acidified and basically overflows back up the esophagus. Acid reducing drugs prevent this from happening, but as anyone who has acid reflux knows, they work only as long as they are taken … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Current Issue, Detoxification, Family Health Tagged With: cleanse, digestion, enzymes

Digestive Flow

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by Bonnie Rostan | Each year, colon cancer kills more than 50,000 people in the United States and costs billions of dollars to treat. Other health crises such as Crohn’s disease, diverticulitis, irritable bowel syndrome, parasites, polyps, and constipation also arise within the colon. Constipation alone leads to 2.5 million visits to physician’s offices and the expenditure of $725 million on laxatives, yearly. Laxative use can lead to dependence and a decrease in colon function. Many … [Read more...]

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DIGESTIVE ENZYMES: Link Between Health and Digestion

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Many people are being advised these days to consume various supplements, herbs, and vitamins as well as maintaining a healthy diet. What people are not being advised about is ensuring that those same supplements, herbs, vitamins and foods are being digested and absorbed by the body. Nutritional experts have long debated whether we digest completely and equally. Genetics, diet, lifestyle, processed foods and a toxic environment can all affect and compromise digestion. This can lead to a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Natural Health, Natural Solutions Tagged With: digestion, digestive diseases

Chewing Well: The Salivary Glands

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Partners for Life Written by Kelly Reith, BA, RHN | We all know how to chew our food well and that this simple act helps digestion. The liter or more of saliva that our mouths produce every day also aids digestion. But chewing our food well and allowing it to be coated with our mouths’ saliva can lead to digestive magic. The following words are just a reminder of what all that chewing, saliva, and chewing combined with saliva can do. Chewing Chewing your food, even without the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dental, Family Health Tagged With: dental health, digestion

DISCHARGING YOUR HUMAN BATTERY: The Aging Process

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Research scientists agree that our genetic biological clock is set for approximately 120 years. I know a lot of people will say...”who would want to live that long.” But, if you were healthy and active, why not? The Okinawans, Athabaskans, Hunzas, and other cultures have done it for centuries. When you are born, you are like a fully charged car battery. You were primed and ready to live for 120 years. However, life creates the many discharges that put a continuous drain on your life’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Natural Health, Natural Solutions, Nutrition Tagged With: anti-aging, digestion, healing

Peppermint

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By Erina Fischer | Candy canes, cookies, coffee, tea, peppermint liquor….during the Holiday Season, peppermint becomes a versatile tradition in our favorite foods. Perhaps it’s the sweet, refreshing aroma or the ability to comfort an aching tummy after eating too many rich holiday foods, which makes peppermint as common a tradition as Christmas trees, gingerbread houses and eggnog. Peppermint (mentha piperita) may be used most heavily in winter, but this perennial blooms tiny purple … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Herbs / Spices, Natural Solutions, Remedies Tagged With: digestion, herbs, natural remedy
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