Continuum Wellness News

Chances are you’ve seen or heard of this pesticide list, which ranks common foods by the amount of pesticide residue. The folks over at the Environmental Working Group (as far as I know), produce this guide. It is updated yearly. Print a copy and take it with you when grocery shopping.
The need [...]

Is this enough to motivate one to take care and to work toward healing? You can heal yourself. One can have normal blood pressure.
What is your view of health? Has it come to this where you have to implant a device into your tissues to monitor your blood pressure? Instead of [...]

Tags: blood pressure monitoring, hi tech blood pressure monitoring

Sour Economy Sweetens Americans on Herbal Meds
The choice between $75 prescription sleeping pills or a $5 herbal alternative is a no-brainer for Cathy and Bernard Birleffi, whose insurance costs have skyrocketed along with the nation’s financial woes.
The Calistoga, Calif., couple seem to reflect a trend. With many Americans putting off routine doctor visits [...]

There is a “new” way to remove facial hair without chemicals or wax, ouch. This is genius. All you need is thread! I am just an all-around natural gal, so this just resonated with me. I intend to give it a try.
The first video demonstrates the method. And for those [...]

Tags: alternative hair removal, beauty, culture, ethnic, eyebrow threading, natural hair removal, non chemical hair removal, remove facial hair, self-care

I posted a government survey here on this blog which concluded that 38 percent of American adults and 12 percent of American children use complementary and alternative medicine (here). The Washington Post did an article on this topic too (here)
Critics of these health care approaches are up in arms, claiming that acupuncture is a [...]

Tags: benefits of alternative medicine, who uses alternative medicine

If you are keeping up with the news of the American financial crisis, the sheer magnitude of the events and ill governance it should cause you to pause. What is going on? What is money? Where does money come from? This fascinating, simple and well done video will provide answers. [...]

Tags: banking system, banks, credit, debt, debt as money, economy, financial meltdown, financial slavery, money creation, sustainable economics, usury, what is debt, what is money

Tags: environment, have's have not's, rainwater, recycle, sharing, society, water rights

This interesting, insightful article came my way. Have a read…
Sometimes politics has the uncanny effect of mirroring the national psyche even when nobody intended to do that. This is perfectly illustrated by the rousing effect that Gov. Sarah Palin had on the Republican convention in Minneapolis this week. On the surface, she outdoes former [...]

Tags: American psyche, election psychology, family values, Obama, Palin, presidental election, shadow, small town values

The gun lobby popularized the statement, “guns don’t kill people, people do.” And while I am not for gun toting citizenry what happened in Japan shows that until people clean themselves up on the inside any thing could be used to cause harm to another. Gun control is strict in Japan. But [...]

Tags: Japanese stabbing, violence

The article below is from the American Heart Association. While there is a place for modern medicine, it seems practically every day there is a warning or a recall over drug safety or a therapeutic approach gone sour.
It seems evident that there should be options for those who want to explore and use [...]