Confronting pain, strain, crud and bugs. Naturally.
Hopefully, you’re enjoying some great holiday food. But don’t overdo the sugar. I don’t want to be a killjoy (as I am writing this I’m eating a bag of nuts mixed with chocolate-covered raisins). However, processed sugar, as we all know, it is hard to avoid and if we could just get a handle on [...]
A recent article in a Canadian newspaper has some interesting immune health suggestions and pronouncements I had not seen before. The story talks about preparing your immune system for cold and flu season, as though your immune system is a downhill skier and needs to be exercising regularly, otherwise, the start of ski season and that [...]
When you walk into a wi-fi hotspot with your laptop or smartphone, these devices “remember” the wi-fi network and instantly access it, all because the network location…and even password…are stored in the cache from the first time you accessed that wireless network. Immune cells work the same way. They can “remember” viral and bacterial strains [...]
Many people think of colds, flu and similar health conditions when they think of the immune system. The basic thought process is, the immune system attacks viruses and bacteria when they enter the body, help the body to fend off sickness or heal after an illness. But immune health means so much more than that. [...]
I’ve had a few sneezes in the past several weeks. It’s not hard to see why. The pollen chart pictured here from The Weather Channel’s web site shows what’s been going on where I live: high grass and tree pollen counts for most every day of the past month. Thing is, after I rattle off [...]
My wife used to get cold sores semi-regularly. They’d come out of nowhere, sometimes during cold/flu season, other times during summer. And sometimes during stressful periods (sales quotas, recruiting marching band volunteer parents a day before a festival). The thing is, since my wife has been taking EpiCor, the cold sores have nearly become extinct. [...]
Well, my annual sojourn into the valley of the winter crud started yesterday. And, if all goes as it has in the past couple of years, it should pretty well be over by tonight. As I’ve written in the past, my winter crud experience has changed significantly since I began a daily EpiCor regimen. A [...]
Well, it had to happen sometime. One day last week it was 54 degrees here and life was beautiful. Then overnight, it dropped to 4 degrees with a nice blizzard thrown in. A few hours north, the MetroDome roof caved in. Winter is now officially a long-term, uninvited guest. When the cold weather sets in, [...]
I can’t imagine running a marathon. Twenty six miles of hell. The farthest I’ve ever tried running at one time was a 5K run in downtown Des Moines 25 years ago. I darn near died. When I was in college, a psychology professor would assign a class project to all of his students: at the [...]
When I was in college taking some training in “alcohol awareness” (even though I was already very aware of alcohol), one of the myths that our training material addressed was the old bromide that a little nip of hooch when you’re outside in the fall or winter (as in football games) will “warm you up.” [...]
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