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