Best Life Herbals

Over the years, you’ve probably heard a lot of doctors tell you to stay out of the sun. “Exposure to the sun is dangerous,” they say. “Being in the sun causes irreversible damage to your skin.” If you’ve been reading the Journal for Healthy Living for a while, you’ve also heard me tell you this [...]

In our great-grandparent’s day, some nuts were widely available in season. Others were exotic treats reserved for special occasions. For many families, a bag of mixed nuts – in the shell – was a special holiday treat. But walk into any grocery store today, and you can buy all sorts of nuts… in the shell, [...]

It’s the classic question at Thanksgiving dinner: “Do you want white meat or dark?” And if University of Michigan researchers are right, it may also be the secret to better blood sugar control. Just like a turkey, you have light and dark muscle. And they’re a lot more different than color. They have different functions [...]

Use the “George Washington Trick” to Avoid Being Sick I don’t know if our first president ever heard the old cliché about an apple a day. But his adventure with the cherry tree could have helped keep the doctor away. You’ve probably heard it a hundred times… As a boy, the story goes; Washington chopped [...]

George Burns was one of the funniest men of the 20th century. He’s also remembered as a comic who never retired. As he got older, he simply turned his comedy to the problems – and blessings – of aging. Burns regularly floored audiences with quips like, “When I was a boy, the Dead Sea was [...]

Good Fat – Bad Fat: Which Fats You Need… and Which to Avoid Talk to many diet experts, and they’ll tell you to avoid fats like the plague. Fats are high in calories. So to stay trim, they tell you, stay away from all fats. But, as you probably know, not all fats are bad. [...]