Total Health articles from June 1994

Total Health archives from June 1994

Contact (the loving touch). (Editorial)
June 1, 1994... "You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. Touch! It's the most marvelous thing that was ever invented. Touch is a myriad of body, mind and spirit sensations. It is warm...

Spot exercise for trouble areas. (includes related information)
June 1, 1994... Millions of American women and men are fighting a seemingly endless battle against weight gain. Most are dieting (with little success), some are exercising (enjoying a bit more success), while a minority are combining the best of both...

Are you parenting material?
June 1, 1994... Anyone who has watched Oprah or Sally on the televesion knows that child rearing is not a natural, easy, fun job that is done with a minimum of effort. It is a full commitment. It is a backbreaking, 24 hour effort, full of anxieties and...

Skin care and aloe vera.
June 1, 1994... One could almost equate aloe vera to a "good fairy" among all the natural ingredients we find in skin care products today. The aloe plant with its fleshy leaves belongs to the lily family (Liliaceae) despite the fact that it looks much...

Vitality: how to get all the energy you need.
June 1, 1994... If there's one thing we could all use more of, it's personal energy--the stamina to tackle the varied and demanding jobs we face every day. Wouldn't it be great to have more vitality for working at our jobs, playing with our kids, doing...

The Book of Regional American Cooking: Heartland.
June 1, 1994... Mention Midwestern cuisine to anyone and visions of hearty dishes laden with meat and potatoes, corn on the cob, freshly baked bread smothered with homemade jellies dance appetizing in our minds. A simple, sticks-to-your-ribs, no-nonsense...

Nutrients for kidney health.
June 1, 1994... Your kidneys are very efficient filtration organs. They are working sokently for you, but without their continuous cleansing function, your blood would become so toxic you would die in a matter of days. Improper diet and fluid intake can...

The headache alternative: 15 natural pain-pain-go-away solutions.
June 1, 1994... According to the International Association for the Study of Pain, we spend over $500 billion annually-largely on OTC remedies--to put pain--everything from migraine and lower back pain to menstrual cramps--in its place. The pain-pain-go-away...

The golden oil of Malaysia. (palm oil)
June 1, 1994... You've read the praises of a variety of oils for healthy cooking including olive, canola, soy but there's is new praise for an orange colored oil that comes from fig-sized fruits whch grow in clusters on he oil palm. Oil palm trees only grow...

Art of successful weight management.
June 1, 1994... So you've got a few bulges that won't budge, a waist that wanders and some pudgy pounds in the wrong places. You want to fight the fat, but what's the best way? While there's not a magic diet, pill, wrap or machine that will make your body...

Herb of the month: garlic.
June 1, 1994... I know people who eat garlic every day as a direct access to its medicinal benefits. When my wife and I, and some friends, started the whole Earth Restaurant at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1970, I had the presence of...

Skin care the natural way. (includes recipes for skin creams)
June 1, 1994... Long before the cosmetic industry, there was skin care--sensible, natural skin care that has survived the centuries and is no less effective than the scientifically devised concoctions of today. And more and more women are returning to...

Lowering cholesterol with psyllium.
June 1, 1994... Psyllium, the active ingredient in several over-the-counter fiber-type laxatives, lowers cholesterol, say leading university researchers. Their report in the Annals of Internal Medicine says psyllium produces moderate but significant...

The benefits of fasting.
June 1, 1994... Fasting has some very great potential benefits. In America we diet, but in biblical times fasting for spiritual development, changing your life and changing the course of your behavior was typical. Today a revolution in America dieting was...

The herbs of Ayurvedic medicine.
June 1, 1994... What comes to mind when you think of India? The Taj Mahal? The Ganges? Meditation. The philosophies of India, though rooted in ancient tradition have meaningful application in today's society. For example, Ayurvedic mecidine brings the...

Food pyramid: a guide for vegetarians. (Illustration)
June 1, 1994... A food guide pyramid that conveys all the essentials of a vegetarian diet has been devised by Dr. Arlene Spark, clinical associate professor of nutrition at New York Medical College. Modeled after the pyramid of six food groups that recently...