Choosing Your Chicken: Organic, Air-Chilled or…Aged?

If you’re buying your chicken based on cost alone, there are many factors that you may be overlooking. First and foremost, cheaper is almost always not best; often the bargain priced poultry has come from a battery-caged producer whose best interest is not in the health or treatment of their birds, let alone the consequences […]

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Got Muscle Pain? Get A Move On!

I was rather intrigued to see a headline in a recent issue of one of the scientific journals I receive entitled “Exercise  Your Pain Away”. Some interesting facts were included in the beginning: Up to 50% of adults are affected by various acute pain conditions (ranging from everyday aches and pains to serious injuries)  Roughly […]

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Look at the Source

As a rule of thumb, that is.   A regular blog reader forwarded me a link to an article in the paper in her hometown that she labeled, ‘Comic relief for the evening’, and yes, it was laughable but not actually so funny. The title of the article was “The Health Benefits of Legumes” and […]

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The Importance of a Good Massage

I’m not talking fluffy spa massage. I’m talking real, get the out all the tweaks and twinges type of bodywork.  If your massage therapist isn’t doing that, it may be time to look elsewhere. While many may view massage and bodywork in general as a luxury, it’s really not.  It’s no less important that sleeping […]

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