Ecinacea and Philosophy (sort of)

Subsequent to my acquisition of a nasty cold/cough last week, I observed a direct correlation between the amount of time I spend with certain people and the intensity of the illness they received from me. With a rather guilty conscience, I decided to offer a few tips on boosting the immune system, recently impressed upon [...]

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Surgared Out

About two months ago, after my mother paid a visit to the nutritionist, she made a noble effort to completely banish sugar (in any processed form) from our house. White sugar, brown sugar, raw sugar, candy, cookies, whipped cream and even maple syrup were tossed. Those with a powerful sweet-tooth bit their tongues, hoping this [...]

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On Health

I have decided to open a new category, under the title of Health. Our bodies have already been hardwired with intricate mechanisms to destroy invading attacks from viruses, harmful substances and bacteria. For example, when a harmful virus enters a body, searching for a host cell to invade (I find this occurrence particularly horrid. The [...]

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