by guest blogger Josh Axe, DNM, DC, CNS Between demanding careers, kids, spouses and a non-stop, 24-hour society that demands we become real-life Energizer Bunnies, it’s no surprise that most of us don’t get enough sleep. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared insufficient sleep a public health problem, reporting that […]
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Detox Your Sleep
by guest blogger Cassidy Randall, marketing director of MADE SAFE If you’re going to choose one room in your house to detox, start with where you sleep. The body does important rejuvenation, repair and detoxification work when resting. But if the environment you sleep in is toxic, you’re adding unnecessary work to the load limiting […]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: 5 Tips for Better Summer Sleep
by Maria Luci, editor at Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen and Rodale’s Are you sure/That we are awake? It seems to me/That yet we sleep, we dream… — William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Unlike the spellbound, dozing characters in Shakespeare’s beloved comedy, many of us wish we could get in a few more hours of […]
8 Ways to Get Your Best Night’s Sleep This Winter
by Maria Luci, editor at Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen and Rodale’s Sleep is a beautiful thing. It’s healing and restful, and it’s the gateway to the magical world of dreams. And yet, while most of us know that sleep is vitally important and that sleep deprivation can cause everything from a weakened immune system to […]
While You Get Your Z’s, Your Brain’s Cleaning House
by guest blogger Pam Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, best-selling author and expert on health, fitness, and nutrition Are you one of the legions of z-less folks stumbling through the day, sleep deprived and constantly vowing that some day you’ll make up for lost pillow time? I speculate that for most of you, the usual motivations for […]
5 Simple (and Free!) Habits for Glowing Skin
by guest blogger Lisa Bronner, writer of the blog Going Green with a Bronner Mom Put that credit card away! Before you spend another dime on the latest and greatest beauty potions, strengthen the foundation of your skincare routine with these five free—or nearly free—practices for glowing skin. The truth is, if you don’t have these […]
The Healing Nature of Sleep
by guest blogger Isaac Eliaz, MD, MS, LAc, integrative medicine pioneer Why do we sleep? This is really a modern question. Few people wondered about sleep’s utility before Edison invented the electric light bulb. Freed to be productive through the night, we began to neglect rest, even treat it as a distraction. Imagine how much […]
What to Eat to Help You Sleep
by David Grotto, RD. Lack of sleep can be influenced by many factors, from medical illness to side effects of drugs to simply having a lot on your mind. Prescription and over-the- counter sleep aids unfortunately don’t address the root cause of sleep problems. They are a temporary fix until the driving force behind the problem can be addressed. In the meantime, there are diet and lifestyle changes you can make that will have a serious effect on how well you sleep.
Scratch
Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
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Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment.
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