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About Sarah

Homeopathic Herbalist and Natural Health Advocate, my name is Sarah and I have happily taken over writing the blog for HCBL. As of September 2011. We love and appreciate our clients and gladly take requests for blog topics you would like to read about. So feel free to email me! Graphics@HCBL.com *Disclaimer: This blog is only my opinion. It is not medical advice or diagnosis. Only opinions based upon our own personal experiences or information detailed in medical/academic journals or other publications is cited. WE DO NOT OFFER MEDICAL ADVICE or prescribe any treatments. Please consult with a medical professional before making any diet or nutrition changes. Sincerely, Sarah

Health is a Choice.

Health is a choice. You can choose to be healthy. You make micro choices every day that impact your health – what to eat, what to put on your body, what you will or will not be exposed to, the air you breathe, the thoughts you think, even the level of stress you deem acceptable. It all adds up to form your total health picture. Continue reading

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Fasting For Health & Healing!

Fasting to improve health is in no way a new fad and it certainly hasn’t made its way through the ages because it is making some diet guru wealthy. In fact, this is likely the least expensive and most effective health treatment there is. Continue reading

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Alternative Ideas to prevent and treat Cancer

Sitting there in the cold sterile environment of the medical office, the Dr. opens the door and enters carrying your lab results with a sad look on his face. Then he utters the words no one ever wants to hear “You have cancer”. Everything blanks out after that, as you get lost in your own fearful thoughts.

So what comes next? Chemotherapy – is likely what you are thinking as it has been the standard treatment for years now. But are there other healthier, and even more successful alternatives? And what exactly IS chemotherapy anyway?
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The Importance of Nutrition in Fighting Chronic Disease

Many people suffer from unfortunate chronic diseases and illnesses. These diseases vary in severity and effect. Heart murmurs, diabetes, cancer, mesothelioma and other chronic conditions can rob a person of the joy of life and even trim years off their lives if left untreated. One way that a person with these conditions can take their life into their own hands, altering such a drastic prognosis, is to adopt a healthier lifestyle. Good nutrition can help alleviate many of the symptoms of disease working in conjunction with medical and alternative treatments to help you regain health. Continue reading

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Stress and Your Immune System

In our daily lives we have both good and bad stresses. Good stress motivates us to get things done. Bad stress makes us feel isolated, tense and sometimes like we are crawling out of our skin. Like we, no matter how good the intent, just don’t have enough time, intelligence, drive or whatever is called for to get everything we feel that we have to accomplish done. In the end it makes us feel inadequate and often depressed. This leads to even more physical stress and strain on the body causing a further emotional and physical break down. Continue reading

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Alzheimer’s

Haven’t we had this conversation before? You look lovingly at your mother, father, grandmother, aunt, uncle, friend or neighbor – humoring them, not wanting to make them feel bad that once again they are repeating themselves.

Alzheimers is a disease as of 2011 effects approximately 1.5 million people per year here in the United States. Some times referred to as Senile Dementia, Alzheimer’s is a disease of the mind that gets progressively worse over time. It may start out as an occasional occurrence but can quickly become more and more frequent. This is a highly frustrating and saddening condition not only for the sufferer but for those loved ones around them as they get to watch as the person they once knew and loved slowly disappear becoming a shell of their former selves.
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Flush Kidney Stones – Naturally!

Kidney stones can be excruciatingly painful. A kidney stone is a solid mass made up of tiny crystals and proteins. One or more stones can be in the kidney or ureter at the same time. They can range in size … Continue reading

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Handwriting – The lost art form

Isn’t this a health blog? What does handwriting have to do with my health you may be asking yourself? Oddly, there is a link.

In the day and age where conversations and communications have switched mainly from paper to on screen based technology and our children in some schools are no longer even being taught the art of writing in cursive script. Text based conversations and a fast paced world are leading to more and more shortened and abbreviated terms to the point where your average adult cannot even understand readily what kids are talking about. And worse, not only are they typing these acronyms they are starting to speak in chat lingo. We are sliding backwards in our grasp of the English language and also in face-to-face communication ability. Handwriting quality, even for those of us who learned painstakingly how to write in cursive, is going massively down hill as most of our communication is now typed.
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Goodbye to Outdoor Allergies!

Environmental Allergies can wreak havoc on your health. You may be just fine one moment, and the next look like you are crying with uncontrollable watering eyes, headache, and pain in one side or area of the head, unbearable sinus pressure, and puffy redness around the eyes among other symptoms. You will do just about anything you can think up to get relief. After all, you can’t function like this – especially on a daily and ongoing basis. Allergies, when severe can inhibit your ability to function, ruin your mood, and just generally make you miserable. Continue reading

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An Apple (Cider Vinegar) A Day Keeps The Doctor Away!

Everyone has heard the old adage “An apple a day keeps the doctor away!” Apples are an amazing fruit and incredibly good for you. Sometimes overlooked with the recent popularity and media coverage of the newly deemed “Super Fruits” such as Acai, Black Currents, Blueberries and Pomegranates, which are known for the high antioxidant levels contained, Apples boast the ability to help with numerous aliments as well as maintain overall health.
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