Archives
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The Importance of Preconception Nutrition
If you are thinking of having a baby at any time, you start to feed your baby right two to three years before he or she is born.
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Dream Interpretation with Doris E. Cohen
In this episode of Flourish, Dr. Northrup’s favorite Dream teacher, Dr. Doris E. Cohen and I will show you how to remember your dreams, interpret your dreams, and get the most out of the messages that your soul provides for you each and every night.
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Why I Hate the Term Cougar
Why I hate the term cougar. Recently, I was having an e-mail discussion with my daughters and other friends, ranging in age from 26 to 61, and one of the 30-somethings sent a Newsweek link to a story about cougars, famous cougars, you know, Susan Sarandon, and we had Madonna, and we had, of course, the most famous cougar of all time, Demi Moore, and she was all over the term, and I hate it. I’ve always hated it. And she said, she didn’t see it as a put-down phrase.
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UTIs – Urinary Tract Infections
UTIs, urinary tract infections. God, what a pain, huh? Especially for those of you who have recurrent urinary tract infections. So what causes them?
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The Benefits of Walking
Today’s topic is walking. Is it still the best exercise for overall good health? Well, I think it is. It’s the easiest! The famous cardiologist, Dr. Paul Dudley White, who was responsible for those wonderful walking paths along the Charles River and also the inventor of the EKG, said, I have two physicians: my left leg and my right leg.
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Salt
Over the years, from the 1970s until now, processed food has had more and more sodium added to it and so our taste buds have become acclimated to fast food that’s really high in hidden sodium. So we have this preference for salty food.
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The Power of the Placebo Effect
I want to talk to you about how powerful placebos are, starting with a study from the British Medical Journal, called Prescribing Placebo Treatments: Results of the National Survey of U.S. Interests and Rheumatologists.
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Natural Hormones
Today’s topic is natural hormones versus synthetics. Now, this is an area of tremendous confusion, not only for the average person, but also for a lot of health care practitioners. People just don’t know the difference between a natural hormone and something that is not natural to the female human body. I’m going to give you the most common examples.
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Sex After STDs
Is there sex after herpes or human papillomavirus? I wish that the culture didn’t do what it does with these things because I want you to know HPV and herpes are not nearly as big a deal as you’ve been led to believe they are. I’ve had countless young women and also men in my office who felt as though they had a big scarlet letter on their head when they were diagnosed with herpes.
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PCOS – Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Polycystic ovary syndrome, have you heard of it? Well, if you’ve been diagnosed with it, I want to give you the way out of the syndrome.
