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This phytochemical found in the Curcuma longa or turmeric root is responsible for curry's bright color. Used for centuries in Ayurvedic medicine...

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Curcumin

This phytochemical found in the Curcuma longa or turmeric root is responsible for curry's bright color. Used for centuries in Ayurvedic medicine...

How to Use Essential Oils

The right mix of pure essential oils can help you relax, recharge, or melt away fatigue, stress, and depression. Derived from plant secretions, the oils...

How to Use Essential Oils in the Air

Their germ-fighting abilities make essential oils superb natural household cleansers. “The easiest way to mix them is to add essential oils to a spray bottle filled with water...

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This 3,500-year-old practice uses Chinese herbs, Oriental bodywork, and acupuncture to balance your body’s energy currents, treat blood deficiencies, and restore the natural rhythms of the mind and spirit...

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Fever. Sore throat. Runny nose. Fatigue. Muscle aches. The flu strikes up to one-fifth of Americans each year, according to the National Institutes of...

Omega-3s 101

Omega-3 fatty acids Some fats are bad for your heart, but not omega-3s. These essential fatty acids keep cholesterol levels low, decrease blood pressure,...

Healthy living 101: Vitamin C

Abundant in many fruits and vegetables, vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is a potent antioxidant that helps heal wounds; boosts the immune system; and is crucial...

Organic dairy 101

Milk does a body good, but organic milk might do it better. In addition to coming from happier cows (they're given access to fresh air and pastures),...

Yoga 101: What To Wear

Yoga 101: What To Wear Finally, after years of contemplation, you've signed up for yoga. But what to wear? The Lycra tights from your aerobics days or...

Vitamin & Mineral Glossary

Micronutrients are the nutrients needed by the body in small amounts as compared with macronutrients (proteins, carbohydrates and fats). They include...

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