Hiking 101: Getting Ready for Your First Hike
Studies show that hiking offers many physical and mental benefits. From decreasing anxiety and stress to preventing osteoporosis and building endurance. Fresh air, exercise and taking in beautiful sites can be exhilarating and uplifting as well as challenging.
A Naturopathic Perspective on Fall Seasonal Allergies
The weather is turning slightly brisker and fairly soon the trees will be decorated with multicolored leaves. Like many people, I enjoy fall festivities, which for me and my family include apple and peach picking expeditions and visits to pumpkin patches. (I’m not a huge fan of picking up all those fallen autumn leaves though…)
Are You a Walking Barometer?
My grandparents always said that they could feel the weather in their joints. I never really questioned the idea, although I did sometimes wonder why I never heard them say that the weather made their joints feel good. Whenever the weather was to blame… it always made them achy. Hmmm. Millions of people feel much […]
Are You a Walking Barometer?
Have you ever met people who say they can tell what the weather will be like based on how their joints feel? Although the science is not totally concrete, there is some evidence that atmospheric pressure plays a role in how we feel. Higher pressure generally means nice weather and lower pressure generally means poor […]
