Alternative Health on Shine

How To Fight PMS All Day Long

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If you're the type to eat yourself silly when your hormones are raging pre-cycle, you can use food as a weapon against PMS. You just need to strategize by eating right and making sure your meals contain vitamins and nutrients to alleviate the symptoms.

Breakfast High in Vitamin…

The Healing Power of Flowers

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The beauty of flowers brightens our hearts and makes us smile but did you know that flowers were once considered more for their healing properties and as herbal remedies for what ailed the body and many parts of the plant were ate or drank for such. Let's explore the wonderful effects of healing from flowers.

Can Organic Detox Foot Pads Really Make You Feel Better?

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URTH Guy was sent a sample kit the other day from Global Healing Center, an informational website and online retailer of natural products based on non-GMO, organically certified, wildcrafted ingredients.

My favorite sample so far is the appropriately named Fresh Mouth, which is a delightful mouth refresher, packed with 38 ingredients to fight bad breath and promote good oral hygiene. It includes coenzyme Q-10, xylitol, colloidal silver, aloe, tea tree oil, green tea extract, propolis, eucalyptus oil, menthol, folic acid and more, and does seem to work well for me. Maybe I should get some for my sister…

I also got a DVD on colon health, which I admit I haven't had time to watch yet, a book on the same and some interesting looking colon cleansing powder, Oxy-Powder, which sells for $44.95. The vegetarian capsules are said to use the power of oxygen to safely aid the body in relieving irritation associated with constipation symptoms. Since I do tend to have that problem while traveling, I'll have to give it a try.

The item that most caught my attention, however, is Dr. Group's Organic Foot Pads, since I've been hearing about Kinoki foot pads from friends and in the media. According to Global Healing Center (GHC), Dr. Group's pads are designed to aid the body in removing harmful chemicals and heavy metal toxins. And they are the first such pads made with genuine organic ingredients. A pack of 10 patches, said to be enough for a 5-day cleanse, go for $34.95.

I don't just write about periods. No, sometimes I write about PMS: How do you ease your premenstrual symptoms?

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I am at the point where a good rant is in order. It has been one of those weeks of soreness and cramps and bloated,...

3 Natural Ways to Stop Worrying

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By Sara Altshul

Rubbed the Wrong Way: Massages That Go Too Far

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Sexual assault and misconduct claims in the massage room have dramatically increased. Tamara Friedman, the owner of Tamara Spa in Farmington Hills,...

I am officially one of those neti pot nut jobs

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<img alt="" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/shine/health/netipot.jpg" align="left" width="411" height="336">I woke up this morning to the bright sunshine and whir of the heater running. I pulled myself out of bed, yawned, stretched and sniffled. It's prime cold season here and I know that by the runny nose and slips of paper begging families to wash hands frequently that my son brings home from preschool. I'm trying to combat six months of congestion and a Costco investment in lotion-laced Kleenex with a vitamin C commitment, drinking more water, getting more sleep and holding my breath as I walk though the adorable germ infestation that is my son's classroom. But this morning, I didn't need any of that. I was barely awake, I was sniffly and I was jonesing for <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.oprah.com/slideshow/oprahshow/slideshow1_ss_oz_20070426/6">my neti pot.</a> Yeah, I said jonesing.