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While green, renewable energy ideas and technologies are not new, their growing popularity with main stream America is astounding and for good reason!  Going green has minimal negative consequences, it does not deplete natural resources, it meets present and future energy needs, it protects our air, land, and water, it has little or no gas emissions, it is safe, and it is cost effective in the long term.

Few would argue that "green" is a far better choice compared to non-renewable energy sources such as fossil fuels.

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100 years ago, our meat, egg, and dairy products came from local family farms.  Today, the majority of our animal products come from industrialized factory farms.  While mass production, preservation techniques, and mass transport has made it possible to purchase animal products anywhere at any time, big farming, arguably, has sacrificed quality and safety for profit.

While packaging can be mis-leading and only tell a half truth about the quality of a product, the following list are words you should look for when purchasing your meat, eggs,...

The dairy industry has perhaps lead the most successful food marketing campaign of all time.  After all, who doesn't know that "Milk does a body good"?  The milk that most consumers purchase, however, can hardly be considered real food, let alone a beneficial one.  The truth is that the milk found on most store shelves is a highly manufactured, processed product.

In fact, there is only one rule you need to know when it comes to purchasing, preparing, and consuming food, milk included.  It is this, the closer a food is to nature, the better...

Do you make the same resolution to improve your health every year and, come December, find yourself in the same position as you were 1 year before?  While nearly everyone makes a commitment to improve their health in January, few people follow through with the promises they make.

Improving health is ALL about two things:  breaking unhealthy habits and developing healthy habits.



The 21 day rule says that it takes 21 days to make (or break) a habit if you do (or don't do) that thing consecutively for 21 days.  For example, most people would agree that to benefit from exercise you must exercise 3-5 times a week for 30-60 minutes.  But, have you ever started a similar exercise program just to fall off the band wagon several months later?  The reason you did not follow through with the regimen is because you never made a habit of exercising.  To make a habit of exercising, according to the 21 day rule, you must exercise for 21 consecutive days.  Once exercise becomes a habit, it will become something that you'll WANT to do versus something you feel you HAVE to do.

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Face it.  Improving your health probably does not top your priority list during the hustle and bustle of the holidays.  For those of you who do start a health routine this month, I congratulate you.  For those of you who have to wait until January, here are some tips to help you through the holiday season. 

1. Get a small amount of exercise everyday, even while on your holiday break.  As little as 5 minutes of blood pumping movement has been shown to improve health and increase metabolism.

2. Make produce and lean cuts of meat the...

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Inflammation is at the heart of all sickness, illness, and disease and results in redness, swelling, heat, pain, and loss of function.  Research links inflammation to allergies, arthritis, asthma, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, diabetes, digestive disorders, heart disease, hormonal imbalances, and osteoporosis. 

There are 3 causes of inflammation in the body:  poor nutrition, unmanaged stress, and physical injury.  To get inflammation under control, all three causes need to be addressed.

1.  Nutrition.  Avoid pro-inflammatory foods including...

Stress is a heightened response to routine and out of the ordinary conditions and events in which there are three stages:  alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.  Exhaustion can occur from a prolonged upsetting experience, lowered body resistance, or some form of body malfunction. In this final stage, the body overreacts by continuously reacting as if it has to run away or fight.

In the exhaustion stage, the adrenal glands secrete hormones including cortisol, adrenaline, epinephrine, and DHEA. Continuous secretion of these hormones lead to serious health problems such as digestive problems, sinus and allergy problems, lowered immunity, trouble sleeping, fatigue, abnormal blood sugar levels, heart disease, high blood pressure, increased weight, and abnormal levels of the sex hormones.  

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Many people think of Chiropractic as a back pain specialty and, indeed, there is a lot of research that proves the effectiveness of chiropractic in this area.  Many people do not realize, however, that chiropractic is also a good choice for a variety of ailments that occur from the neck up.  These include neck pain, headaches, sinus and allergies problems, ringing in the ears, and many others. 

Here's how it works:  The nervous system, composed of the brain, spine, and nerves, control all the tissues, organs, and systems of the body.  When...