Health Journal

Let's Talk! Share Your Natural Tips for Beautiful Hair
What's your secret to keeping your hair looking and feeling beautiful? Do you slather on mayonnaise to maintain its glossy sheen, or swear by "100 brush strokes every night"? Or maybe you rinse with chamomile to keep your locks golden? Join...
Pomegranate Pleasures
Within its beautiful, crimson skin are hidden hundreds of ruby gems, bursting with delicious, nutritious antioxidant-rich juice. Pomegranate juice has been shown to help lower blood pressure and improve blood flow to the heart, and may even slow the progression...
Life, Lived Well!
Joy, health, harmony, beauty, simplicity, relationships, caring, nature... This article captures the essence of life, well-lived. Well worth a read - best done with a big mug of herb tea! Enjoy! (Click on pic to read article)
Oregano Oil - Have Today’s Superbugs Met their Superhero Match?
Superbugs - increasingly antibiotic-resistant and multi-drug resistant bacteria and other germs - have been growing steadily over the last two decades, notably as a result of overuse and misuse of antibiotics. Some include the now-familiar MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staph. aureus), drug-resistant...
Herbal Tonics - What are They?
Unlike a herbal “medicine,” which is usually taken to address a specific health concern and for a particular length of time, “herbal tonics” can be taken on a long-term basis, often for months or even years. Their primary strength lies...
DIY Hair Care: Winterize Your Hair with Coconut Oil
With colder winter weather threatening our tresses, what's your best option for protecting your locks? Coconut oil is my top go-to! Coconut oil is able to penetrate the hair shaft to provide deep moisturizing protection. Other oils, including olive oil,...
A Simple Way to Help Protect Your Bones and Prevent Osteoporosis?
As this article reveals, it may just be, more vitamin C! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/14/vitamin-c-bone-loss-density-osteoporosis_n_1955461.html?utm_hp_ref=healthy-living#slide=more222927 Related Product: High-potency Vitamin C 1000 mg with Rosehips from Natural Wellbeing  
Building Healthy Bones - 10 Tips
10 Tips for Building Healthy Bones (exercise is one of 'em!): Read all 10 tips here: http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/09/10-ways-to-build-healthy-bones-and-keep-them-strong/?xid=newsletter-healthland
The Wild Cabbage Family Reunion
What do broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collards, kale and kohlrabi have in common?   - photo credit David Cavagnaro - poster Van Dusen Botanical Garden
Happy Natural Wellbeing Customer
Great little video clip from a happy Natural Wellbeing Customer (which makes us happy!)  
Chamomile
Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla, Chamomilla recutita) This lovely, daisy-like flower is most often associated with children, as it has long-been used to help soothe upset tummies and relieve painful gas and colic. Chamomile is a gentle, calming sedative to the nervous system...
Hibiscus for Natural Health & Beauty
Renowned for their colorful tropical beauty, Hibiscus flowers also impart skin-softening properties when ground into a fine powder and mixed with a little water to make a paste. The paste is applied onto the skin and can also be used...
Dandelion: Nature's Wonder Weed
photo credit: ednl What more familiar sight is there, than that of the common Dandelion spotting a lawn or growing by the roadside, or a child blowing its seeds to the wind? Dandelion is notable not only for its ubiquitous...
Spice Up Your Life with Turmeric
photo credit: mlinksva With its distinctive flavor and beautiful color, Turmeric has long been recognized as one of nature’s most powerful “foods as medicine.” In Indonesia, Turmeric is known as the “Queen of All Herbs,” and in the Ayurvedic healing...
The Maidenhair Tree
photo credit: ginkgocz   The Ginkgo tree is one of the oldest living species of trees on the planet - it has been around for over 300 million years, earning itself the nickname “living fossil." The Maidenhair Tree, as Ginkgo...
More to Hops than Beer
photo credit: jessicareeder Yesterday we looked at some common plants from the pea family (Fabaceae) that are fairly well-recognized sources of phytoestrogens: Soy, Red Clover, and Kudzu. Licorice and Wild Indigo are from the same family and, not surprisingly, also...
The Pea Family & Phytoestrogens
photo credit: timsackton Several plants in the legume family (Fabaceae, or pea family) contain compounds called isoflavones. These are actually part of a larger group called phytoestrogens: plant-based compounds that mimic estrogen in our body (though to a notably lesser...
Tips for Beautiful Hair
Some helpful tips here for beautiful hair!   photo credit: girish_suryawanshi   Tips for getting silky hair :All women and young girls love having silky hair. Having smooth and silky hair is one of the attributes of beauty. Silky long...
Hmm, Remind You of Anyone...?!
What was it that I came in here for? (leave room, return; ah, now I remember!) • Did you see where I put my glasses? • I can’t find my keys (again)! If this sounds familiar, maybe you need a...
Bursting with Natural Goodness!
Ever notice how Nature’s best antioxidants are often dark-colored fruits and berries? That’s because they’re rich in bioflavonoids (water-soluble) or carotenoids (fat-soluble), colorful plant pigments that offer powerful natural protection against free-radicals. And 4 of Nature’s most colorful include Acai...
Should you take Vitamin C Everyday?
Many recognize the value of vitamin C in helping to maintain a healthy immune system and fend off the common cold, right? But did you know that humans are one of only a very few mammals that are unable to...