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Overcoming Anorexia—My Personal Story
I didn’t always have a passion for food and its ability to prevent or heal disease. When I was 13 I began suffering from anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder characterized by low body weight, a distorted body image, and an intense fear of gaining weight. Food, or the lack of it, was not the pr…
My Story of How PAIN ERASERS Came to Be
I know pain. I know the aching, throbbing, arthritic kind. I’m familiar with the bruised and burning, torn muscles variety. I know the shooting, knifing, excruciating pain of migraines, nerve damage, and body injuries. Whatever pain’s expression, I’m familiar with its work. I suffered a severe c…
Top 12 Foods that Fight Inflammation and Pain
The following article is an excerpt from my new book, PAIN ERASERS: The Complete Natural Medicine Guide to Safe, Drug-Free Relief, available in bookstores everywhere or online.
Some of the best healing remedies to overcome inflammation also taste fabulous—I can’t say that about any prescripti…
The Embrace--A Lifeline Between Worlds
Walking through the Lost Orchard, I can’t help but stop to admire the apple tree known as The Embrace. When I gaze upon this tree or stand in its space, I feel transported to a different time, to the Victorian-era in which this tree was planted. My mind relaxes, my breath deepens, my heart remem…
12 Signs You May Be Suffering from Narcissistic Abuse
I tend to be someone that people confide in. Even strangers often tell me the stories of their suffering, and of course, in my practice it has always been important to me to address healing from a body, mind, and spirit approach. That often means that people have shared their stories of abusive rela…
World's Easiest Yogurt (Recipe)
Delicious and Simple-to-Make Plant-Based Yogurt. Photo copyright Michelle Schoffro Cook.
One day while I was busy straining whey from a batch of homemade dairy-free yogurt, and waiting for what seemed like way too much time, I said to myself “there must be a better way.” I knew that yogurt had be…
Why Vitamin D is More Important than Ever…and Useless Without This Nutrient
Spending Time Outdoors, Such as Growing These Sunchokes Helps Your Skin Absorb Vitamin D. Photo Copyright Michelle Schoffro Cook.
An exciting study in the medical journal PLOSOne found that correcting a vitamin D deficiency could help protect you against viral threats. The preliminary study f…
Research Shows Compound in Turmeric May Boost Brain Stem Cells
Most people are concerned about the health of their brain these days. And, for good reason: brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease are rapidly rising. According to some estimates, 35.8% of people 85 or older have some form of moderate to severe memory impairment. Fortunately, there …
Are You Suffering from an Oxygen Deficiency?
Did you know that 90 percent of our nutritional energy comes from oxygen and only 10 percent is derived from the food we ingest? Oxygen is fundamental. Colorless, tasteless and odorless, oxygen is the supreme element—a primary nutrient without which life would not exist. We can live without food for…
There is Always Hope
“I’m sorry. There is no hope,” the doctor ended his words with an emphatic sigh. I was only nineteen when I heard the four words that, looking back, have shaped my entire life afterward. The words reverberated in what felt like my hollow being. In that moment, my life force deserted my body. Sho…
Give the Gift of Health—Dr. Cook's Holiday Gift Guide
Make this holiday season a healthy one with gifts that will inspire joy and health for everyone on your list. Here are some of my favorite gift ideas:
Elate Cosmetics for Looking as Great as You Feel
After searching and experimenting for many years with a huge variety of so-called “natur…
The Holiday Cookie Ingredient that Prevents Weight Gain
‘Tis the season to be jolly, and to enjoy holiday parties, give gifts, and share celebratory meals with loved ones. The flip side is that it is also a time of seemingly endless rich foods and overeating. From egg nog to turkey dinners, holiday cookies and pastries, let’s face it: most of us eat too …
7 Little-Known Health Benefits of Avocadoes
Who doesn’t love guacamole or avocado toast? Not only are avocadoes delicious with just about everything, they offer a wide variety of health benefits. While most people are already aware that avocadoes help boost skin health thanks to their healthy fat content, here are some of my favorite le…
New E-BOOK: FOOD FIX: The Most Powerful Healing Foods and How to Use Them to Overcome Disease
Whenever someone tells me that they looked up their health problem on the internet, I cringe. That’s because I know from experience that the internet is full of more junk and ridiculous claims than actual fact. Instead, I prefer to showcase the research to dispel the myths from facts. The reality is…
Cow's, Almond, Coconut, Hemp, Oat, or Soy Milk--Which One is Healthiest?
More and more people are turning their backs on cow’s milk, and for good reason: it isn’t a sustainable product for the environment, it takes a whopping 1950 gallons of water to create one gallon of milk, it has been linked to many health problems including prostate cancer, and the poor tr…
10 Reasons to Start Using Copaiba Essential Oil
The vast jungles of the Amazon rainforest house some of the greatest diversity on the planet including: the 3000 species of fish, 1300 species of birds, 430 species of amphibians, 380 species of reptiles, and the astonishing 40,000 species of plants. Because of the incredibly abundant life it …
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