I believe fungal/yeast overgrowth is epidemic in our culture and honestly, how could it not be? We have millions of people that are deficient in good flora since the 60’s (you can thank western medicine and the soy industry for that), eating daily sugar and commercial food laden with derivatives from petroleum (over 80,000 of them that we know of to date) creating synthetic estrogenic activity that’s entering our body daily. Throw in antibiotics galore in the food supply and in scripts being written too…and you have the perfect recipe for yeast to happily grow and proliferate and because it’s a very opportunistic strain, we’re seeing it happily grow in most everyone these days that walks through our doors and in all ages. Here’s the thing…it makes the host crave more sugar to feed itself so it’s become a vicious cycle that many are caught in and feeling miserable because of it.

The thing about an overgrowth is that it has many different symptoms so here’s a few to mention…bloat, gas, brain fog, inability to focus, dandruff, eczema, psoriasis, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, mood swings, joint aches, digestive distress, athlete’s foot, jock itch and most itchy things, toe fungus, endometriosis, fibroids, hormonal imbalances (both female and male), blood sugar imbalances, fatty acid imbalances, kidney congestion, lymphatic congestion, headaches, asthmatic symptoms, chronic lung, ear, sinus, vaginal, urinary infections, thrush…just to name a few.

So the more each of us strive to balance our inner world, you just never know the impact it may have to help balance our outer world too. Peace on this beautiful day

Beautiful summer rain brings back great childhood memories of running around in the rain with my two older brothers and their buddies from the neighborhood…(yes, I was the pesky little sister hangin’ with the guys). Kids just having simple fun in the warm summer rain and playing in the creek that runs through the neighborhood. I was usually the one digging for the worms and my beautiful Mom…always a lady…wasn’t so thrilled about it. She understood even when I was a little kid, I had to touch the earth and at 64, I’m still playing in the dirt with the worms.

I was working out in the yard and garden this morning when the rain started and I thought, what the hell…it’s a beautiful warm rain so I’ll keep going…and I enjoyed it thoroughly! Not so sure our sweet pup enjoyed it as much, but he hung with his Mama, right at her side anyway. It’s amazing how a beautiful memory turned a bit of a dreary day into something warm and lovely! It’s all about the Loving memories that we create in Life so create a lot of beautiful memories for those you Love. Peace on this beautiful day.

Magnesium is a critically important mineral used in over 300 metabolic functions in the human body. Many Americans are very deficient in this necessary mineral due to industrial farming practices depleting the soil and when added in, most generally feel much better. Heart, kidneys, nerves, muscles, brain, cells all become much happier with magnesium.

There are different forms to consider and according to what they’re bound too, that’s what they target…glycinate targets the heart, malate targets the connective tissue (people with fibromyalgia love this form), citrate is an all-around magnesium generally considered to be the most usable, threonate helps calm the brain and oxide helps with constipation because it’s the least absorbed. There are others as well: asporotate, orotate, taurate and cell salt #8…all different forms to increase uptake in different ways. Adding in magnesium on a daily basis is a simple but powerful way to nourish ourselves and that includes children too! Nourishment will always be the answer for better health. Peace

Longevity in the business of health has allowed me to witness the unfortunate decline of the public’s health and most alarming, the increase in children being prescribed pharmaceuticals at younger and younger ages. Talk about tragic but a blatant example when it comes to creating new customers for more profit, pharma has no shame and knows no boundaries.

Yesterday another baby was brought to us that was prescribed antacids; she was only ten months old. This is the third baby in one month all under one year old…prescribed antacids. I respect the parents for seeking a safe approach that made sense to them other than insulting their children with a drug clearly known to have dangerous side effects. Thank goodness for mindful independent thinking people.

Millions of babies are suffering gut/brain/immune issues and when one understands that back in the 60’s, Moms were convinced not to nurse their babies (thanks western medicine) but rather give them soy formula, it’s easy to see why. It certainly was brilliant marketing for the soy industry but devastating for human health because without that precious flora being passed from Mother to child, every generation since has a decline in good bacteria and babies are now paying the price. Probiotics will always be the answer, simple, imperative and powerful for human health. One has to wonder how those of us in health food stores have understood this for decades but the “experts” can’t seem to figure it out. Nutrition first, drugs last should be the rule, especially when it comes to babies. God Bless the babies. Peace.

One of the most common statements we’ve heard from customers over the years when it comes to their health concerns is they were told only pharmaceuticals, aggressive surgeries and toxic treatments are the only choice and their only hope. Apparently nothing else on this planet will help…not even changing the diet and getting rid of all the crap.

One has to wonder though how all the thousands of herbs that have been documented to heal humankind for thousands of years have suddenly become useless and according to western medicine are dangerous, unapproved and unregulated…which of course is so far from the Truth it’s sad. Thank goodness more people are questioning this attitude and wondering…unapproved by whom and why?

It seems the answer is becoming increasingly clear to more Americans, especially when many are taking numerous expensive pharmaceuticals and feeling all the worse because of it. The Truth is…Nature’s pharmacy is the most complex, diverse and advanced pharmacy there is and I’m grateful to see more people learning about it, embracing it and healing themselves because of it. Truth is a beautiful thing! Peace.