A beginner’s first steps to choosing the best essential oils. Aromatherapy is no longer relegated to incense-laden mall shops from the 1990s. It’s a thriving subset of mainstream herbal medicine in which DIY essential oil recipes online and on social media help to drive up the stock of familiar scents like lavender, lemon and peppermint
Stress is inevitable. Getting sick from it is not. The term “stressor,” a word coined no earlier than 1956, is now a catchall for feeling nervous, tense, anxious, bugged, worried, panicky, sick to your stomach. It’s a natural response to unnatural conditions. It’s how we know that the world is headed in a direction we
How excessive sugar consumption disrupts a healthy balance of microbiota for gut health. Several years ago, I was diagnosed with Lyme disease. Searing pain and joints so stiff I had to crawl up the stairs preceded the doctor’s blood diagnostics. When I returned home with a stash of instructions and medicines, namely antibiotics, there