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dehydrated lamb stew
Food & Recipes

Paleo Dehydrated Lamb Stew – Recipe for Backpacking & Camping

Paleo Trekker’s Favorite Dehydrated Lamb Stew Ever wish for home cooked nutrient-dense meals in the outdoors?  Want to avoid those expensive freeze-dried backpacking meals?  Prefer to eat Paleo on the trail, or facing food sensitivities? All you need is a little patience, a dehydrator and your favorite stew recipe.  We use one of our own favorite recipes to make dehydrated

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Immune Wellness
Acupuncture

Immune Wellness: Health Tips and Strategies

An Ounce of Prevention for Immune Wellness The cold and flu season is here!  The old adage, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” definitely applies to immune wellness.  The most important thing that you can do for immune wellness is to strengthen your body’s ability to respond to stress before you become ill. Healthy lifestyle habits are vital

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Earth element
Acupuncture

Center of Life: the Earth Element in Five Element Acupuncture

Nourishment, Vitality, Harmony Planet Earth feeds us and heals us.  The ancient Chinese understood that human beings are part of the web of life, and Earth is the source of all nourishment and vitality.   The Earth Element in Five Element acupuncture theory is regarded as the center of the Five Elements.  Everything is born from and returns to the

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Kids Jumping Lake
Acupuncture

Traveler’s Diarrhea: Natural Treatment and Prevention

Health Risks of Vacation Travel If you have been vacationing internationally, or even camping and backpacking this summer, beware of traveler’s diarrhea!  You may find yourself returning home from holiday with an unwanted companion in your digestive tract.   Traveler’s diarrhea afflicts 30% to 70% of international travelers.  It is a common symptom of infection with one of several intestinal

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healing the heart
Acupuncture

Healing the Heart in Five Element Acupuncture (Part II): the Fire Element

Healing the Heart: the Fire Element and Summer Part I of this article explained how the Heart in Five Element acupuncture is understood differently than in Western medicine, opening the door to new ways of caring for and healing the Heart.  Part II will delve more deeply into the connection of the Heart to the Fire Element, and will explain

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eating healthy
Food & Recipes

Nutrition for Menopause: Five Foods to Include and Three to Avoid

Prevention and Treatment with Nutrition for Menopause Menopause, the permanent end of menstruation, is a natural transition in every woman’s life.  Nutrition for menopause can help prepare the body for changes that come with age.  Better nutrition in the years leading up to menopause (called “peri-menopause”) can help every woman sail through this time of shifting hormones, both preventing problems

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Food & Recipes

Cancer Prevention and Nutrition: Five Key Health Tips

Cancer Prevention and Nutrition: Finding the Truth about Foods When it comes to cancer prevention and nutrition, don’t believe everything you hear. It’s easy to get lost in the woods of food advertising. Dozens of companies are vying for your attention, convincing you of the health benefits of the latest “superfood” product they sell. Cancer prevention and nutrition is not

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Acupuncture

Healing Thyroid Disorders: Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine for Thyroid (Part III)

Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine for Thyroid Health Using acupuncture and Chinese medicine for thyroid disorders is not a new idea. Although lab tests of thyroid function only go back a few decades, traditional Chinese physicians understood the signs and symptoms that we now know can be caused by thyroid disorders. For centuries, they used acupuncture and Chinese medicine for thyroid

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bison in winter
Acupuncture

Will Power: the Water Element in Five Element Acupuncture

The Will and Its Power: What the Water Element in Five Element Acupuncture Can Teach Us Most of us think of will power as something desirable. It’s a positive character attribute that we both admire in others and seek to strengthen in ourselves.  Will power gives us the determination to stick with our goals. But what is the will, and how

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Food & Recipes

Healing Thyroid Disorders: Four Key Nutrients for Thyroid Health (Part II)

Thyroid Health & Nutrition Part I of this article on healing thyroid disorders covered the basics of thyroid health and thyroid disorders.  It explained why autoimmune dysfunction is often a root cause of thyroid disorders.  And, it discussed how thyroid disorders can be prevented, and why nutrition, lifestyle and stress have such an impact on thyroid health.  Part II will

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