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A Brief Look at the Importance of Ensuring Adequate Vitamin D Status

I've been working to put together a comprehensive look at why ensuring that you're getting enough vitamin D is one of the most important ways you can prevent disease and increase your lifespan.

My full report should be ready in a few days, but until then, here's a look at a few essential details on vitamin D and some of what it does in your body: Read more

 

Adrenal Refresh: An Ayurvedic Remedy for Chronic Emotional Stress

If your system feels out of balance due to emotional stress and you haven't experienced improvement with meditation and relaxation sessions, you may find this professional grade botanical formula to be immensely helpful to your overall sense of well-being.

Adrenal Refresh is a whole food botanical formula that's specifically designed to correct imbalances created by stressed endocrine and nervous systems. Read more

 

Proteolytic Enzymes: A Clinical Strength Formula for Improving Blood Circulation and Reducing Chronic Inflammation

If you have a health challenge that is being caused by compromised blood circulation and/or chronic inflammation, I encourage you to remember the following point:

By consistently making healthy food and lifestyle choices, including the choice to get adequate physical and emotional rest, your body's self healing mechanisms stand a good chance of restoring your health.

 

How To Treat and Prevent Constipation Naturally

While some people can overcome constipation by eating large quantities of vegetables every day, simply eating more fiber is not a guaranteed solution for every person who suffers with chronic constipation.

What follows are several action steps that I have found to be helpful for most chronic cases of constipation: Read more

 

If I Had My Life to Live Over, by Erma Bombeck

Some thoughts from Erma Bombeck that never fail to inspire:

If I had my life to live over...

I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day. Read more

 

How to Make Healthy Oatmeal

If you don't have trouble digesting whole grains that contain naturally occurring gluten, oats make for a healthy and satisfying meal - a bowl of hot oatmeal is especially nice on cold fall and winter mornings.

Of the many varieties of oats on the market, your best choice is steel-cut oats, which are whole oat groats that have been cut into small pieces. Steel-cut oats are more nutritious than varieties like rolled or quick oats, which are somewhat nutrient-depleted due to heavier processing. Read more

 

The Real Secret

Originally published on January 9, 2009, updated on September 28, 2009

Over the past couple of years, I've had dozens of people recommend The Secret, a popular self-help book on the law of attraction. I have yet to read this book, but my understanding is that "the secret" boils down to this: we should continuously focus our thoughts on everything we want in life, as we tend to manifest what we regularly think about.

Most people would probably agree with the idea that visualizing a desired outcome is just one important step to manifesting that outcome. Visualizing all day long and not taking action to realize one's hopes just doesn't inspire confidence, at least not for the masses. Read more

 

Jap Chae Recipe - Korean Glass Noodles Recipe

This is a text-only version of my mom's famous healthy Jap Chae recipe. It's 100% vegan-friendly and the flavors and textures are through the roof.

To view this recipe in photos, please click here:

How to Make Jap Chae Read more

 

Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso

Just a brief post to share an exquisite cover of the love theme from Cinema Paradiso.

Many thanks to David Park of Incheon, South Korea, for recommending this movie to me many years ago. In my book, Cinema Paradiso is one of those once-in-a-lifetime films. Read more

 

Matt Harding Dances Around the Globe

Updated on August 30, 2009

Wouldn't it be amazingly fun to travel around the world and dance outdoors with happy people? I'm guessing that it would be really good for our health.

I hope you love the following video as much as I do - it's of a fellow named Matt Harding dancing outdoors with happy people all over the world. Read more

 

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