Gentle Reader, Is eggplant bad for arthritis? Those of us who suffer the pain of arthritis, especially osteoarthritis, have the uneasy belief that night shade plants including eggplant, tomatoes, potatoes, and peppers make the pain worse. This article came across my desk thanks to Kate McCoy, LMT and friend. I was delighted to see how many …
Monthly Archives: August 2014
reduce medication
Gentle Reader, The recent Global Conference in Long Beach held by the company whose products I rely on to support my optimal health, reflected some big picture changes in our world’s approach to health. Perhaps it would be more correct to say, big picture trends in our world’s health challenges and a call to …
100 years of innovation
Gentle Readers, Celebrating 100 years of product innovation, on the eve of our 100th anniversary of uniting science & nature, Shaklee introduces 4 newproducts. I am writing from the annual Global Conference in Long Beach, CA, where Shaklee begins the celebration. Ninety-nine years ago, Dr. Forest C. Shaklee recognized the degredation of American foods and the increasing inability …
avoid mosquito bites
Gentle Reader, Since this is the season when mosquitoes terrorize our back yard suppers, I want to offer some suggestions for how to avoid mosquito bites without resorting to DEET and other highly toxic preventative applications. For people who suffer from Rheumatoid Arthritis, even a mosquito bite can produce a flare-up. Luckily, I have not …
First Aid Kit for kids
Back to school and all-year-round First Aid Kit No home with children would be complete without a proper first aid kit to tend to the scrapes, cuts and bruises of childhood. Keeping children healthy takes much more than a band-aid. To treat their bodies… Shaklee kids Incredivites and Meal Shakes. They will give your …
Antibiotics
Gentle Reader, Seventy years ago when I turned 7, an add in Life Magazine read “Thanks to penicillin…he will come home.” Antibiotics dramatically lowered the incidence of death on the battlefields of WWII from infection. The miracle created by chemist, Alexander Fleming and the mass production of drugs reversed certain death to probably life. My parents …