Bestways articles from February 1989

Bestways archives from February 1989

Age Wave.
February 1, 1989... HERE COMES TOMORROW Whatever your age, Age Wave(*) has something to say about your future. SEVENTY-SIX MILLION AMERICANS, one-third of our present population, were born in the eighteen year period between 1946 and 1964. They are...

Trace mineral nutrition: lithium & boron.
February 1, 1989... TRACE MINERAL NUTRITION: LITHIUM & BORON About two dozen trace minerals have been studied in the last decade. Some of these are turning out to be essential to the body in microscopic amounts. In fact, they are beginning to help and heal...

Chair-obics - sitting pretty.
February 1, 1989... CHAIR-OBICS--SITTING PRETTY A Beverly Hills fitness consultant who has coached celebrities on their way to stardom now has an even tougher assignment -- helping inactive people exercise with chair aerobics. KEN ALAN, now an exercise...

Savory seitan. (includes recipes) (column)
February 1, 1989... SAVORY SEITAN If, in the past decade or so, you -- like millions of other health-minded Americans -- have incorporated an assortment of "new" foods, such as tofu, tempeh, kelp, miso and hijiki into your diet, you might well be wondering "What...

Foods that can lower cholesterol. (includes recipes) (column)
February 1, 1989... FOODS THAT CAN LOWER CHOLESTEROL Why not give your heart a gift on Valentine's Day? YOU CAN DO JUST THAT by beginning to include in your diet some special foods that recent studies show to be effective in lowering cholesterol levels...

Sweeten your life with vinegar. (includes recipes)
February 1, 1989... Sweeten YOUR LIFE WITH VINEGAR When I was a child, my mother always insisted that I add a little vinegar to the rinse water when I washed my hair. A strange idea? Not necessarily. Vinegar, a mild acid, helped cut any excess suds and left my...

Tips for preventing exercise injury. (column)
February 1, 1989... TIPS for Preventing Exercise Injury You can walk 20 miles a day as your only exercise, then get down on the floor to do a sit-up and strain your unprepared back muscles. Rushing into any exercise or sport activity haphazardly can result in...

Breathing the yoga way.
February 1, 1989... BREATHING THE YOGA WAY We know that when we are angry or upset, breath becomes short, shallow and rapid. When we are calm and relaxed, our breath is smooth and deep. Control and regulation of the breath leads to control of the mind and a...

Great cooking from the American Southwest. (includes recipes)
February 1, 1989... GREAT COOKING FROM THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST The cuisine of the American Southwest is influenced by both the corn, bean, and squash diet of Native Americans and many traditional Mexican dishes of Hispanic settlers. THE FOODS grown and used in...

Cooking with speed & style. (pressure cookers)
February 1, 1989... COOKING WITH SPEED & STYLE Pressure cookers have been around for a long time, and with good reason. They save time -- lots of time -- and energy, too. THE FIRST "pressure cooker" was a heavy rock on a lidded pot which enabled the water to...

Valerian: Europe's sleeping pill. (column)
February 1, 1989... Valerian EUROPE'S SLEEPING PILL Few herbs have such a well-establihsed history of medicinal use in cultures throughout the world as valerian. In different parts of the world including India, Korea, China, Europe, and North America, native...

Light up your life & get rid of the winter blahs & blues. (seasonal affective disorder)
February 1, 1989... LIGHT UP YOUR LIFE & GET RID OF THE WINTER BLAHS & BLUES The winter blahs have become so common that they now have a scientific name -- seasonal affective disorder. The initials spell SAD and describe the problem. THE CAUSE of the...

The skin's role in immunity. (column)
February 1, 1989... THE SKIN'S ROLE IN IMMUNITY By now, you probably think you know enough about the immune system to open your own medical practice. Every magazine, every newspaper, every nightly news program broadcasts an ongoing crash course in the field of...

Herbs for our animals. (column)
February 1, 1989... HERBS FOR OUR ANIMALS GENTIAN (Gentiana pestris. G. Lutea and Enythroea centaurium. Gentianaceae). The gentians most used for medicine, human or veterinary, are blue capestris, yellow lutea, and the most common species the pink centaury....

Radon in homes - a real danger? (column)
February 1, 1989... RADON IN HOMES--A REAL DANGER? Families worried about radon in their homes may want to consider delaying the costly repairs to lessen the danger of lung cancer. SOME SCIENTISTS believe the Environmental Protection Agency is exaggerating...

Beating the viruses that cause fatigue. (Dr. Robert Cathcart) (interview)
February 1, 1989... Maureen Salaman Interviews Robert Cathcart, M.D. BEATING THE VIRUSES THAT CAUSE FATIGUE Maureen Salaman: Dr. Robert Cathcart is an orthomolecular physician and an orthopedic surgeon. He's a graduate of Stanford University Medical...

Bulbs & rhizomes. (column)
February 1, 1989... Bulbs & Rhizomes We live only 9 miles from the hamlet of Holland, New York. I'm not sure whether it's the proximity to this tulip town, the fact that exoticas such as Angelique, Kaufmannia and Parrot tulips splash our gardens with color and...