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Weight loss isn’t easy. Leading a healthy lifestyle and being accountable for your choices is just the beginning. In this second segment of a multi-part series, Dave Foreman, The Herbal Pharmacist, shares how to lose weight naturally. Learn the KISS method of eating nutritiously, discover the truth about whether grapefruit deserves to top the list of diet foods, and much more!

Sushi, saunas, raw cheese, microwaves, herbal medicines, alcohol - for pregnant women the list of things to avoid can seem especially long. But there is a healing modality that is not only acceptable to receive during pregnancy (in the final two trimesters) but is also designed to alleviate many of the discomforts that come up during those nine months.

As with any form of medicine, aromatherapy should be approached with caution preferably with the guidance of an experienced aromatherapist. Essential oils should not be used during the first trimester and the many oils (basil, cedarwood, cinnamon, clary sage, clove, cypress, fennel, hyssop, jasmine, juniper, lemongrass, myrrh, parsley, pennyroyal, peppermint, rosemary, sweet marjoram, and thyme) should be avoided throughout the entire pregnancy

 

A grapefruit a day keeps cholesterol at bay? So suggests a new study, and the news is sweet to me, being the grapefruit-loving, borderline-high cholesterol type. Finally, something I love loves me back (not counting Matt, my cat, and dark chocolate)!

 

 

I'm not sure how significant a study that only involved 57 patients can be, but the results were pretty dramatic. The patients were divided into three groups: one group who ate a red grapefruit each day; another group who ate white grapefruit; and a third group who ate no grapefruit. After thirty days, the grapefruit-eating groups showed significant decreases in blood lipid levels, whereas the non-grapefruit contingent experienced no change at all.