Friday, May 15, 2009

Hawthorn Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

Ask any American herbalist or any European doctor, pharmacist or staff member of any natural food store what single herb is most recommended to help make a healthy heart and all will answer the same--Hawthorn! Throughout the ages hawthorn has been considered a magical herb for protecting one against evil or pernicious influences, but in the last several hundred years it has taken its place as the...

Magnesium: The Stress Reliever

Magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral in your body, a necessary co-factor for hundreds of enzymes, and the most critical mineral of all for coping with stress. Stress-related diseases which run rampant through modern society, like heart attacks and high blood pressure, are often accompanied by magnesium deficiency. Unfortunately, most Americans consume diets that fail to meet the government's...