What is intermittent fasting (IF) and why would you do it?  Intermittent fasting is an eating style, a pattern of eating and a lifestyle choice. With intermittent fasting you cycle your periods of eating and not eating. This means you eat all of your meals within a specific time frame. The remainder of the time you fast. In other words IF doesn't change what you eat, it changes when you eat. Intermittent fasting is not a diet or calorie restricted program. Rather, it’s a way of scheduling your meals so that you get the most nutritional benefits out of the foods you eat. Research is showing definitively that when you opt for intermittent fasting as a lifestyle choice, you can reap incredible benefits. While...

Lately, I’ve been pondering the future of aromatherapy, humanity and the planet. Each is inextricably linked to the other. When, Shanti Dechen, a fellow Director of the National Association of Aromatherapy (NAHA) from Colorado, asked me to contribute my thoughts on the topic for an article she was writing this article was born. A 2017 report of the Business and Sustainable Development Commission reported that nature-based solutions to environmental problems is a growing $12 trillion market. Essential oils have dominated the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Global Market since 2016, and this trend is projected to continue through 2025. There’s an incredibly fast growing interest in the use of medicinal and aromatic plants worldwide. I was astonished to discover that there have...

Osteoporosis is a bone disease in which the bone mineral density (BMD) is significantly reduced. This reduction in bone density results in loss of structural integrity and support from the body’s skeletal system.Bones have many functions besides support. They protect your vital organs, and allow you to move. Your bone marrow is where blood cells are produced and also the storage area for minerals, most especially calcium. When the quantity of your bone mineral is reduced your bones become weak, porous and thin and more likely to fracture. Bone fractures not only cause distress and structural changes, but significantly increase the chances of declining health, illness and even death. Osteoporosis poses an increasing public health problem. It affects millions of people...

You may spend a lot of time, energy and money on buying only the healthiest, highest quality, fresh, local and organically grown foods, yet be missing out on the nutrition equation. How much of the nutrients in the food you eat do you actually absorb into your cells? Digestion starts in your mouth where your food is mixed with the enzyme amylase to begin the digestive process. Most digested molecules of food, as well as water and minerals, are absorbed through the small intestines. Turns out the research shows that one of the best ways to not only increase your absorption of nutrients, prolong your life and reduce the age related diseases is ‘eating less.’ In fact, since the 1930s studies...

Can Grounding aka Earthing (the direct contact of the human body with the earth) provide you with a current of life sustaining energy and replenish your supply of electrons?Electricity is EverywhereMost importantly electricity is what drives your human body. You have to have electrons to conduct electricity. Electrons are the negatively charged particles of an atom. Together, all of the electrons of an atom create a negative charge that balances the positive charge of the protons in the atomic nucleus.Our cells are specialized to conduct electrical currents. The elements in our bodies, like sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium, have a specific electrical charge. Almost all of our cells can use these charged elements, called ions, to generate electricity. Cell membranes, made up of lipids, generate electrical currents in the body. The inside...