Bestways articles

Recent articles from Bestways

Environmental illness: when everything around you makes you sick. (includes related information)
April 1, 1990... Environmental ILLNESS WHEN EVERYTHING AROUND YOU MAKES YOU SICK Flashback--April, 1988. I am 25, driving down a Tennessee highway, desperately struggling to keep from passing out. No alcohol or drugs are in my body. What is making me almost lose consciousness is a gas leak--a very...

Lomatium: the herb of tomorrow? (for beating viral illnesses) (column)
April 1, 1990... LOMATIUM THE HERB OF TOMORROW? THIS RARE HERB MAY SOON BEAT VIRAL ILLNESSES In mid-January I came down with the flu that everyone had been warning me about: Terrible aches all over the body, pain in my head and eyes, a cough, and a desire to crawl into bed and never get out. I'd...

Couscous elegance made easy: modern American uses for a traditional African grain. (recipes) (column)
April 1, 1990... COUSCOUS ELEGANCE MADE EASY MODERN AMERICAN USES FOR A TRADITIONAL AFRICAN GRAIN Once when I was shopping at my favorite natural-food store, an exotic-looking gentleman slipped past me and snapped two boxes of couscous from the shelf. "Have your ever tried this?" he asked. "It's...

You make me wanna sprout! Recipes to highlight your home-grown sprouts. (column)
April 1, 1990... YOU MAKE ME WANNA SPROUT! RECIPES TO HIGHLIGHT YOUR HOME-GROWN SPROUTS I'm a cook, not a gardener. I don't have the time or patience for tilling soil and sowing seed. But there's one cooking ingredient I do grow -- sprouts. Growing my own sprouts is tremendously satisfying, not to...

Earth Day 1990: resolve to make a difference. (editorial)
April 1, 1990... EARTH DAY 1990: Resolve to Make a Difference This month, Earth Day marks its 20th anniversary. Things have changed since April 22, 1970, when the environment was one of so many important causes and there was every reason to hope we could clean up our act. Now the movement has taken on a...