Feature: The Most Essential Nutrient: Are you getting enough?

No vitamin C? Scurvy in three months. No vitamin D? Osteoporosis in three decades. No oxygen? Death or brain damage in three to ten minutes. Sounds like oxygen’s the winner for the body’s most essential nutrient.

Nutrients like vitamins C and D are easily supplied to the body through specific foods and/or in supplement form. How, though, can you increase the availability of oxygen?…

Feature: Mercury and Your Mouth

The Internet can be a wonderful tool for patients who want be proactive participants in their healthcare. Unfortunately, it can be difficult in this capacity to distinguish between passionate opinions that have little or no scientific merit and that persist based solely on tradition and strong scientific evidence founded on reproducible research. The purpose of this article is to shine some light on old traditions that persist in modern dentistry and …

Feature: Rituals for Rejuvenation

You know what they say: “Imitation is the highest form of flattery,” meaning the writers of the popular sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live understood the power of personal introspection on the path toward wellness when they created their recurring character Stuart Smalley. Even if you’ve never watched the program, …

Breathe-In: The Inner Smile: A Simple Way to Peace and Happiness

I am sometimes asked, “Why is the simple Inner Smile a foundation practice of cultivating Tao, the Natural Way of balance and harmony? How does the act of smiling relate to the energy arts of qigong (chi kung), tai chi and higher levels of Taoist meditation, known as internal alchemy?” …

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