Health & Wellness
10 Surprising Ways to Use Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple Cider Vinegar, also known as ACV, is a long-time staple of healthy and natural living enthusiasts.
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): What You Need to Know
Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a type of virus that causes diseases of varying severity, ranging from the common cold to a more serious respiratory disease.
6 Tips to End Meditation Intimidation
When you think of meditation, what’s the first thing that pops into your head? Is it a highly enlightened being sitting on a white pillow with their legs crossed and a bright light all around them as they achieve nirvana?
Eating the Rainbow: How Natural Phytochemicals can Optimize our Health
Presented by Carmela Wolf, M.S.O.M., L.Ac.
7 Healthy Habits for Back to School
Parents often pass down more than genes to children – habits are usually picked up too! Keep reading for some healthy habits you can cultivate in your kids just in time for going back to school.
Summer Grilling for a Healthy Heart
Grilling is a great way to cook delicious, heart-healthy food without added fat, and without losing an ounce of flavor. Grilling brings out and intensifies the flavor of tofu, tempeh, veggie burgers, vegetables – and even fruit – by offering a smoky and robust flavor, along with a hearty texture from the grill.
Treat Yo’ Self
March is Women’s History Month, nationally highlighting the contributions of women to events in history and society.
Living a sustainable lifestyle
Living a sustainable lifestyle has always been a part of me, especially because of having grown up in Santa Cruz, California. I grew up being told that sustainability is so important because every action we make affects our future… and I couldn’t agree more.
Do we really have to choose between health and a healthy economy?
You may have noticed an article floating around the web recently with the provocative headline “Eat a Carrot, Hurt the Economy? Sometimes.” Reporter Maria Cheng went on to describe a recent study apparently demonstrating that a global initiative to promote a healthy diet could result in dramatic losses for the economies of meat-exporting countries like Brazil.
Prepare for Summer Sun
When I was young, I remember tracing a scar on my mom’s leg that extended a hand's length across her upper thigh, like a gouge in clay. She had skin cancer, and the scar was from a tumor she had removed in her thirties, around the time I was born. As I grew up, I remember her always checking the moles on her arms and back, worried if they were black or irregularly shaped. Maybe because she’d had it as long as I’d been alive, it never occurred to me to be really worried. It was just always there, like an eerie hum in the background of our lives.