Gluten-Free Valentine Gift Baskets With Gluten-Free Chocolates

~ By Lynne D. Garrett ~ Finding a suitable Valentine’s Day gift can be challenging if your sweetie is gluten intolerant. A gift basket with gluten-free foods can be a sweet, healthy and unique gift idea. Of course, the traditional gift for Valentine’s Day is chocolates. Wei of Chocolate out of Phoenix Arizona is making inspiring chocolates that are... Read More

What Is Naturopathy? Why Should You Consider and Try Naturopathy

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” Thomas A. Edison US inventor (1847 – 1931) Thomas Edison, a man who most American’s hold in high regard answers this question with his words above. He understood in his... Read More

New Year’s Resolution: Creating a Health Plan for 2012

by Dr. Marianna Fisher, ND/via Holistic Healing News~ Here we are, welcoming the new year again.  How quickly time flies.  We’ve made it through another busy, perhaps stressful, holiday season, and after several weeks of over-indulging ourselves during family festivities, gatherings with friends and office parties, we may now be looking in the mirror and seriously... Read More

Cultivating Cannabis: Why the Hemp Not?

by Snowden Bishop ~   In the Beginning, There Was Hemp. Humans began using hemp more than 12,000 years ago.  Evidence of the first human industry exists in a piece of hemp fiber dating back to 4,000 B.C. Since then, hemp, a versatile, non-psychotropic strain of the infamous cannabis plant, has been one of history’s most widely used plants with diverse applications... Read More

The Metaphysical Properties of Garnet

by Shakti Carola Navran! We Live in a Beautiful Vibrational Universe It is now universally accepted and confirmed by science that we live in a universe made of energy vibrating at different frequencies. Every bit of seemingly solid matter is just a swirling microcosmic world of vibrating, energized particles creating form as we know it. There is great beauty in the... Read More

Feng Shui For the New Year

by Susan Tartaglino While I am not one for establishing New Year’s resolutions per se, I do firmly believe in making commitments that result in self improvement. Energetically, the fresh start of a new year does lend itself as an opportune time for retrospection, re-evaluation and change. Feng shui teaches us that to make changes in our lives, we can start... Read More

Going Green in the New Year

by Amelia Yap ~Your New Years resolutions should include at least one green features for the coming year. 2009 is the year to go green — It’s never been easier. With more and more people improving their habits, it’s become more appealing than ever to implement an environmentally friendly lifestyle. Green solutions don’t have to mean expensive... Read More

Green Mama by Tracey Bianchi – Earthly Book Review

By Timothy Zaun~ Compassion Fatigue, Eco-Language and Eco-Snobs Going green encompasses many different aspects. Included are companies that want to cash in on the eco-friendly movement. They advertise that their products are environmentally sound, when in fact they’re not (Greenwashing). Going green involves its own language as well as different perceptions... Read More

Health Benefits of Pumpkin Seeds

by Andrea Ervin – HHN ~ After carving that perfect Jack-O-Lantern this Halloween, don’t forget to save those pumpkin seeds. Roasted pumpkin seeds are a delicious and nutritious snack, and they also have many health benefits. Also known as pepitas, pumpkin seeds are full of valuable nutrients. They contain manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, tryptophan, iron, copper,... Read More

Harvesting Gratitude: A True Story of Thanksgiving

For centuries, a bountiful harvest has been celebrated with gratitude in nearly every culture of the world.  Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday by President Abraham Lincoln more than 200 years after the infamous feast occurred at Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts.  Popular American folklore traces the origin of the Thanksgiving tradition to 1621, when... Read More