Ken L: For the last 30 years, I have had type diabetes. As a retirement gift, my wife offered to send me to the Wildwood Lifestyle program so that I could learn how to reverse my diabetes. The initial examination by the physician indicated more ailments than diabetes,...
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Ten Strategies to Reduce Your Stroke Risk
Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability and the third leading cause of death in the United States. In fact, stroke is responsible for one out of every 19 deaths in the US. So, what can you do about it besides a good lifestyle program of regular exercise,...
The New Silent Killer: Chronic Kidney Disease
One-third of people in USA are at risk for kidney disease. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects more than 1 in 7 U.S. adults—an estimated 37 million Americans. Chronic kidney disease involves a gradual loss of kidney function. Want to lower your risk for CKD? This...
Maximize Your Energy
Learn science-backed, natural strategies to increase your energy level production from mitochondria.
Could Vitamin D Protect You from Influenza?
Ideally, before the flu season begins, find out your vitamin D status. A study involving 18, 883 participants, 12 years and older, found that people with the lowest blood level of vitamin D reported having significantly more recent colds or flu. The analysis adjusted...
True or False? Low Carb Diets Are Good for You!
You have seen it on Facebook postings, read it on the internet, heard it on the news: “Carbs are bad for you if you are trying to lose weight.” Pundits advocating a low carbohydrate diet condemned the consumption of starches. They say that even whole grains sabotage...
Good Friends Improve Immune Efficiency
Psychological influences not only influence the effectiveness of the flu vaccine, but directly impact the immune system itself. For example, studies show that loneliness appears to have a significant impact on physical health, being linked detrimentally to worse sleep...
New Weapons to Combat Depression
Globally, the World Health Organization estimates that depression affects more than 100 million people. The use of antidepressants is only fully effective in about 30-40 % of depressed persons, initially. One-third of depressed individuals remain so, even after using...
Is Your Diet Making You Depressed?
Depression is a devastating disorder, afflicting up to 10% of the adult population in the United States and representing one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. Although effective treatments are available, approximately one third of all patients with...
Disguised? Or Kept in Reserve?
Do you find yourself without any seemingly real resources? Then you will want to read this powerful story and encouraging object lesson! As I look out of my window on this mid-April spring day, I see dead, brown, and blackened leaves, shriveled and curled, on many...