Living Naturally
Hot flash! It comes on suddenly, a sensation of heat rising up through the chest, neck, and face, sometimes accompanied by profuse sweating, and lasting from a few seconds to a few minutes.Women all over the world experience hot flashes before, during, and sometimes long after menopause. Whether you call them bouffées de chaleur, vampata di calore, or hitzewallung, hot flashes and the…
Raspberries are a delicious power food prized for the vitamins, fiber, and many health benefits they provide.
Why Raspberries Are Healthy
Traditional healers have used not only the berries, but all parts of the plant, including the bark, stems, flowers, leaves, and roots.
A few tempting facts about raspberries from modern research:
• One cup of…
Broccoli has many health benefits that make it really good for you and your family, so even if you didn’t like it as a child, you may want to reacquaint yourself with this princely vegetable. Why Broccoli is Good for YouBroccoli is SO nutritious that you just need to embrace it!By conventional nutritional standards, broccoli stands out. It’s low in calories, high in…
Aside from supplying conventional nutrients, all leafy greens (especially the deeply colored ones) are rich in phytonutrients, plant-manufactured compounds that deliver special health benefits.Leafy Greens Are Power FoodAll greens are low in calories. And a serving of just about any of the deeply colored ones contains your daily supply of vitamins K and A, most of your daily…
Ah, parsley. Its lovely green leaves dress up a plate but often return to the kitchen sink soggy. Too bad! A nutritional powerhouse used medicinally since ancient times, parsley is an herb you should get to know better.Here’s why you should actually eat that parsley:• Parsley is a rich source of vitamin K, which helps blood to clot, and a good source of vitamins C, A, and folate.•…
The humble beet, steamed, boiled, roasted, pickled, borscht’ed—but especially served raw—has emerged as a nutrient-dense food considered especially beneficial for health. If you’ve never considered beets for breakfast, snacks, or potluck food, these facts may spark your imagination:• Research has demonstrated that eating beets, especially raw, or drinking beet juice can lower blood pressure,…
I take it pretty much for granted that most people find it harder to keep up their motivation for exercise in winter. Much less light; shorter, colder days; dry, stuffy indoor air; slippery underfoot outside.
Yet with overwhelming evidence that regular exercise—the kind that leaves you huffing and puffing a bit or that builds stronger muscles—is the best medicine for physical, mental,…
My new favorite exercise tool: trekking poles. I’ve mentioned them briefly before, specifically in the context of winter exercise.I use my trekking poles when I’m walking for exercise and for snowshoeing to improve traction and balance . They help me navigate up, down, and across steep hills, as well as over fallen logs. They also come in handy for fording unfrozen seeps and for…
Is dark chocolate good for you? The news is never quite as good as you wish. However, research suggests that eating a little dark chocolate a few times a week may deliver a cascade of health benefits. Here’s the deal.Chocolate Health BenefitsThough most of the confirmed benefits are relatively modest, research shows chocolate may:Prevent or control obesity, diabetes, hypertension,…
Fartlek, a Swedish word meaning “speedplay,” is as much fun to do as it is to say.
Originally conceived in the late 1930s by a Swedish cross-country running coach, it’s a training technique that puts the body through its entire natural range of paces, from slow to gaspingly fast.
The idea: after a slow-to-moderate warmup, the runner (walker, cyclist, hiker,…
If you’re a family cook in a household that almost always eats in, you know you have days—maybe lots of days—when someone asks, “What’s for supper?” and the answer is “soup.”Sometimes, it’s the only answer. Here’s why:Soup is totally forgiving. It doesn’t need a recipe. A little of this, a little of that, a little liquid. Give it a name according to its main ingredient(s) and you…
Have you ever considered that you’re perhaps too frugal? Sometimes, these thoughts cross our minds…
Arriving for an out-of-town wedding a couple of weeks ago, I parked my car and stepped out to walk the short distance to the church.
But it felt as if I had something on the bottom of my shoe, and when I pulled it off to look, I saw that the rubber sole was badly…