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Is there any time of year more glorious than spring? From the fresh scent in the air to the brilliantly-coloured flowers bursting into bloom, spring awakens the senses. There’s also an abundance of healing herbs growing in gardens, lawns, or forests ready to be harvested for food and their health benefits. Here are seven of my favourite super-healing spring herbs:
Chives: When most people think of chives they think of …
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“I have measured out my life with coffee spoons” wrote the poet T. S. Eliot in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” While he obviously intended a different meaning, it turns out that the brew itself may play a role in the longevity of a person’s life, or at least a person’s cancer risk.
According to research published in the medical journal Scientific Reports, your daily cup of joe may significantly reduce your cancer risk. The researchers…
If you pay attention to the news, television, radio, or even conversations, you are most likely inundated with messages of fear and dread when it comes to cancer. But, that’s not the whole story.
The Effects of a Media Imbalance
As someone who spent decades researching and writing about food, herbs, and other natural remedies, I know too well that there are thousands of studies on their healing properties, including their anticancer effects. While these studies could offer hope to the millions…
I'm thrilled to launch my new book THE CANCER FILES: Discover Powerful Anticancer Foods, Herbs, Nutrients & Strategies that Heal.
Most people have been affected by cancer, either personally or through witnessing its effects on a loved one. I, too, am no different. That’s why I created The Cancer Files. It began as a labor of love as I sifted through over 2000 articles I wrote over the years to find those I had written on cancer.
When I realized that I had written more extensively o…
You may have heard that green tea is a fantastic addition to your diet, especially for its anticancer effects. But, there is a little-known trick that research shows can multiply the beverage’s cancer-fighting ability by 100 TIMES. That’s 10,000 percent.
Green tea is well-known for its anti-cancer compounds like epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) but according to research in the Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, you can boost its cancer-fighting ability by 100 times with the addition of just…
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Did you set any resolutions for the year ahead? If you’re like most people, you set goals to lose weight, quit smoking, stop eating sweets, or some other similar goal. But, what if instead of cutting things out of your life or creating a restrictive regimen that only causes you to feel like a failure in a few weeks or months, you opted to find ways to bring more joy into your life?
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The first fire of the season is always my favourite. Regardless what the calendar might say, it marks the official end of summer for me. By then, I have picked and processed most of my garden and orchard produce (although there are still tomatoes on my dining room table, apples in my fridge, and pumpkins and squashes in a bin in my foyer ready to be turned into delicious foods).
It’s the first real moment of rest after a busy season of rushing from task to task: mowing, tend…
Solstice is the longest day of the year with the sun at its peak. Or, in the winter, the solstice is the shortest day of the year, with the darkness at its peak. Not just another day on the calendar, it represents the balance between light and darkness, a reflection of our own duality.
The sun is at its peak and there is a renewal of hope after the long winter’s darkness. It’s also a reminder of our cosmic connection which seems so strained in the hustle culture of our modern world, where…
Discover strategies to restore adrenal gland health in my new book Essential Oils for Women: Boost Your Energy, Lose Weight, Improve Your Sleep, Beat Brain Fog, and More. Now available in print and ebook options.
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Most people know about the heart-healing benefits of eating more nuts, seeds, beans, and colorful vegetables, but there are three more heart-healing foods to consider:
Sauerkraut
Most people think of sauerkraut as a gut healer, which, of course, it is. But, this superfood is also great for the heart and blood vessels. In a study published in Food and Function, researchers found this probiotic-rich food reduced triglycerides and cholest…
Hi. I'm Michelle. You may know me as the best-selling & award-winning author of 25 books on food, health, and herbs but I'm also a homesteader and wild food forager. I practice what I preach and I'm happy to share my adventures and insights in my blog "The Art of Simply Living."
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