May 2020 Natural Awakenings Chicago Magazine

HEALTHY

LIVING

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Healing the

IMMUNE SYSTEM Autoimmune Breakthroughs Offer New Hope

FINDING CALM DURING TRYING TIMES GROWING FOOD AT HOME BOOSTING COLLAGEN FOR BETTER HEALTH

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Contents 19 EYE CARE FOR KIDS A Clear Path to Healthy Vision

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22 HOLISTIC SELF-CARE DURING A CRISIS

24 HEALING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

Autoimmune Breakthroughs Offer New Hope

28 THE MATRIX OF LIFE

Boosting Collagen for Better Health

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30 SHIFTING MINDSET

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SHIFTS OUR MOOD

31 FINDING CALM During Trying Times

32 JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER

on Conscious Eating to Save the Planet

34 SOUL NOURISHMENT

The Kitchen As Sacred Space

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40 THIS IS THE YEAR TO START

Growing Food at Home

42 COLORFUL MIGRANT WARBLERS

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44 DANCING TO YOUR OWN DRUMMER

The Healing Power of Movement TRY FOR FREE

46 CORONAVIRUS PET SAFETY

Facts and Tips for Dog and Cat Owners

47 PANDEMIC PETS:

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his year’s spring season is more precious than ever. New tender green shoots, bright tulips, and spring ephemerals like trillium and bloodroot fill me with joy. Although I’m spending most of my time at the computer, watching the spring unfold helps to keep me grounded and maintain a sense of time.

These days bring immense challenges to us all, and is uplifting to hear people’s stories of how they are supporting each other throughout our diverse communities. While our circumstances are different, there are many ways we can all be present for each other, from virtual volunteering to the simple act of calling or texting a neighbor. On my block, we’ve started a text chain where we regularly check in, say good morning and see if anyone needs something.

Peggy Malecki To be able to support others, we need to support ourselves, first by finding ways to reduce stress and anxiety, and increase the health of our immune system. Perhaps the best things we can do right now are to stay rested and hydrated, eat well, exercise, keep our social connections virtually and find ways to stay grounded with what feeds our own soul, be it meditation, journaling, reading, learning a new skill or cranking up the music and dancing around the kitchen!

Another important way to support our immune system is to get (safely) outside into the yard for fresh air and sunshine/clouds/rain and reconnect with nature every day. One of my favorite topics is gardening and the importance of creating a haven and habitat, starting in our own backyard. Spring is here, and it’s time to get growing!

Online seed companies were inundated as people realized the importance of knowing where our food comes from and started taken personal action to grow some of it from home this year. The old WWI and WWII “Victory Garden” is trending again, and it has taken on fresh meaning for new generations. Unfortunately the trend has caused similar shortages of TP and yeast. Big online companies sold out supplies or are backlogged on orders (tomato seeds received in June should be carefully stored for next year in the Midwest).

However, effective May 1 here in Illinois, greenhouses, garden centers and nurseries are re-opening as essential businesses. While precautionary rules are in place to ensure safety, this helps us to access plants, seeds, soil and supplies to create our home garden via delivery, curbside pick-up and other COVID-19-era modifications. Spring is the season for plant sales, and nonprofits and other organizations rely on our annual purchase of natives and veggie seedlings for funding. This year it’s good to see how many have gotten creative in ways we can order online and pickup safely.

This month’s issue of Natural Awakenings Chicago is digital on our website due to stay-at-home conditions, and we’re adding fresh content every week, from new recipes and health-related articles to in-depth interviews with practitioners in our community. We’ve curated some of our favorites from past issues; look for them in the Trending Articles section. Please bookmark NAChicago.com and check regularly for new inspiration. I encourage you to sign up on the website for our e-newsletter, and follow and interact with us on social media. Most of all, please support our local advertisers, many of whom are offering virtual services, telemedicine and professional guidance, curbside pickup and other innovations to help us through these times.

Some days can be better than others, and we need to give ourselves permission to be okay in each moment with where we are; then take a deep breath and move on to the next moment. Be kind to yourself. Practice and re-practice gratitude and inner stillness. Try a new recipe. Plant a flower. Hug a tree. Put up a birdfeeder. Watch for migratory warblers in your yard. Sing a song that brings happiness to your spirit.

Stay safe, be well and try to fid find joyful moments each day in this fleeting spring season.

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news briefs

Mother’s Day Virtual Baking Party with GF Mom Certified

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hicago Fair Trade, the largest and most active fair trade coalition in the U.S., is hosting the 13th annual World Fair Trade Day Reimagined from May 6 through 8. This online event will feature experts, activists and leaders that will educate and activate participants, and celebrate fair trade successes from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on May 6 and 7. Presentations will include Why Transparency Matters in Developing Ethical Supply Chains, Food Justice in the Time of Covid 19: Understanding the Changing Landscape of the Food We Eat and more.

On May 8, the event will wrap up with a celebratory Fair Trade Happiness Hour from 6-7 p.m. Hear inspiring stories and raise a glass to fair trade—a great way to end the week.

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Midewin At Home: #AllInIllinois

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he U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie will offer free informational webinars on topics of natural resources and conservation from 9-10 a.m. on Thursdays until further notice.

May 7: Prairie Farm History: the Roaring 20s, with host William Shea, Midewin visitor information specialist. Learn about historic farm items that’ll be on display at the Wilmington Island Park District community building, Elwood Village Hall and at the Joliet Area Historical Museum, from July 25 through August 31.

May 14: Midewin For Kids, with host Siobhan Solkowski Peacy, Midewin visitor information specialist.

Bees, bats, frogs and more are just of a few of the topics covered in this “sampler” of the Midewin 2020 schedule, with interesting facts for all ages.

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F Mom Certified and Tiffany Hinton will present a live, interactive, virtual baking party to celebrate Mother’s Day from home at 11 a.m., May 9. Hinton and her helpers will be teaching how to make a gluten-free chocolate cake and buttercream frosting, as well as sharing their favorite baking tips.

Join this family-friendly virtual cooking party and get a chocolate cake recipe by purchasing a copy of GF Mom Certified bestsellers Kid Approved or Celebrates Heritage from Amazon at https://amzn.to/2Xee3ak.

Then use the order number for access to the online baking class free of charge. Those that already own a copy of Kid Approved or would like Phote Credit: GF Mom Certified to purchase access to the event and recipe can email Tiffany@MomCertified.net to register.

Tiffany Hinton is GF Mom Certified. Connect on social media @GFMomCertified. See ad on page 17 and online in the Business Directory at NAChicago.com.

Time to Dance at Home

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ime to Dance, a division of the nonprofit CBG Institute for Dance and Health, is offering free weekly ballet and modern dance classes via Zoom for ages 50 and older. Although not beginner classes, dancers of all levels of experience are welcome to attend from the comfort of their home. Time to Dance operates out of the North Shore School of Dance, in Highland Park. Ballet is held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 10:30 a.m. Sundays.

Modern dance is held at 1:30 p.m. Thursdays.

“The dance must go on,” says co-founder Lynne Belsky, M.D., a former professional dancer with the Joffrey Ballet, and the instructor for CBG ballet classes. Modern classes are taught by co-founder and North Shore School of Dance owner Lisa Gold.

Preregistration is required for Zoom access. Register by email to DanceForJoy16@gmail.com. See ads on page 27, in the Community Resource Guide and in the Business Directory at NAChicago.com.

Advanced Allergy Treatments Available on Saturdays

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pring allergy sufferers can benefit from advanced allergy therapeutic treatments at Midwest Allergy Relief, in Arlington Heights.

Amanda Thiry, DC, is now offering holistic, non-invasive, drug-free treatments to calm the sympathetic nervous system during limited Saturday hours from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at her office.

Thiry says, “If you schedule an appointment, please know we will be wearing masks for your protection and ours, we will be disinfectAmanda Thiry, DC ing the office between patients and we ask that you wear a mask to your appointment and to call from your car when you arrive. We will let you know when it is okay to come in so that we may honor social distancing.”

Location: 3365 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Ste. D, Arlington Heights.

For appointments, call 847-392-7901 or email MWAllergyRelief@ gmail.com. For more information, visit MidwestAllergyRelief.com.

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Mark Drugs is Open During COVID-19 Crisis

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o better assist customers during COVID-19, curbside delivery, door-to-door shipping, hand sanitizers and a limited amount of handmade masks are available at Mark Drugs, in Deerfield. Pharmacist Craig Batagowski, PharmD., will be on hand to take calls and answer questions regarding CBD oil for anxiety and inflammation, and the appropriate doses of immune-enhancing vitamins C and D.

Information is available on the specifics of both the NasoNeb and Navage sinus cleaning and clearing equipment, offering gentle, next-level relief for allergies, sinus and congestion. The pharmacy also delivers to Wisconsin and Indiana, as well as the greater Chicagoland area.

Since 1990, Mark Drugs has been providing compounded tailored prescriptions, for both people and animals, along with medical equipment, nutritional services and comprehensive, holistic healthcare planning to patients wishing to take control of their own health.

Location: 1020 N. Milwaukee, Ste. 140, Deerfield. For more information, call 847-419-9898 or visit MarkDrugs.com. See ad on page 29, in the Community Resource Guide and online in the Business Directory at NAChicago.com.

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hriveMD, in Schaumburg, remains open with a variety of therapies designed to help boost the immune system, including a flu and cold virus three-day IV protocol. They are also offering special pricing on their popular antiviral supplement pack, consisting of ACS silver nasal spray with two refills, Quicksilver liposomal vitamin C and Xymogen IG 26 DF.

Services include intravenous vitamin and nutrient therapies, UVB light therapy, platelet-rich plasma, oxygen therapy, cryotherapy, colon hydrotherapy, lymphatic enhancement, Bemer mat, red light bed, HOCATT platinum sauna and more. New patients and lab consults may communicate via phone, as well.

Location: 1355 Remington Rd., Ste. 1, Schaumburg. For more information, call 312-600-5070, email Info@thriveMD.org or visit thriveMD.com. See ad on page 3, in the Community Resource Guide and online in the Business Directory at NAChicago.com.

Heather Faun Basl Provides Empowerment During Stay-at-Home

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eather Faun Basl is shifting perspectives to a higher frequency with weekly online events that focus on topics or aspects of metapsychology. With an integrating theme of connection, engagement and empowerment on an individual and collective level, Basl strives for these events to leave people feeling inspired.

Mondays: Light School is dedicated to an hour of creating a safe place to help others awaken and explore various topics in hopes of facilitating spiritual growth.

Thursdays: Goddess Social is dedicated to helping women connect and remember their inner goddess. Attendees are encouraged to sip on their favorite cocktail as they converse and get an oracle message from Basl.

Saturdays: Wine and Spirit join us with a glass of wine as spirits give an upbeat message through Basl channeling loved ones.

Admission is free. RSVP at Heather-Faun-Basl.Squarespace.com/new-events. See ad in the Community Resource Guide and online in the Business Directory at NAChicago.com.

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Make the Most of Every Day with Sarah Karnes in Virtual Sessions

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arah Karnes is a life changes coach who mentors women through the turbulence of life transitions with more courage, energy and clarity. She is offering three-for-one Life Mission Mapping sessions throughout May. For those seeking more joy and fulfillment in relationships, she says, “Clarify tangible goals, define your optimal and doable Sarah Karnes action plan so you can claim and live your joy and aliveness.”

When life takes a new direction, it’s normal to feel lost, wandering and not really making progress. Part of the human experience is a deep yearning to make a real, life-affirming impact in the world. “Get clear on what is draining you, what will energize you and overcome patterns of just getting by,” says Karnes.

To make appointments, call 262-745-8362 or visit Tinyurl.com/ ScheduleWithSarah. For more information, visit SarahDKarnes.com.

See ad on page 23, in the Community Resource Guide and online in the Business Directory at NAChicago.com.

Purple Sprout Continues to Provide Clean Nutrition

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urple Sprout is here for the community during these scary, uncertain times. Co-owners Karim and Irina Ra say, “We want you to know that there are plenty of natural, effective ways of safeguarding you against any virus.” They are open for curbside pickup and deliveries, partnering with GrubHub, DoorDash and Uber Eats.

They are sharing a wealth of knowledge on healthy living by posting a lot of free content on immunity-boosting foods, herbs and daily regimen tips; and posting free videos with easy-tomake, immunity-boosting drinks and food recipes.

Their organic, non-GMO meal deals include family-size jars of soups, chili, stews, quinoa, beans, brown rice and more; and packs of homemade proteins such as sprouted lentil chorizo, cannellini bean sausage, superfood patties and more.

They offer weekly and monthly immunity-enhancing meal plans, as well as nutritional/health/Ayurvedic consultations with a personalized nutritional regimen, herbs and other healing techniques. They are also eager to partner with natural healing experts.

For more information, call 224-223-7133 or visit PurpleSprout.com.

Follow them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. See ad on page 37 and online in the Business Directory at NAChicago.com.

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Achieving Root Health Solutions Virtually with InteriorWerx

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motional intelligence, combined with a healthy immune system, are the keys to a happy, healthy life. Susan Curry, owner of InteriorWerx, is offering special May pricing of $75 with the promo code: STRENGTH.

A session together will lay out the best plan for change, new direction and rebuilding health and happiness, including a personal reading of the nutrients that are necessary to keep health intact and an energy reading to eliminate fear and anxiety.

Because this worldwide illness is bringing up fear and survival issues, consider a session to organize and eliminate Susan Curry these uncomfortable feelings. Some people can be surrounded by ill people, yet they remain healthy. Those qualities are available for all humans when they find a peaceful balance.

Curry practices a modality of personal coaching and healing on a metaphysical, spiritual frequency. From career coaching to anger management and holistic life coaching, services available via phone include counseling on relationships, career, family, prosperity, emotional stability, health, body and communication.

For more information, call 312-479-7893 or visit InteriorWerx.us. See ad in the Community Resource Guide and online in the Business Directory at NAChicago.com.

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Take time for self-care.

Organic Haircare Products Available for Delivery

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lthough Organic Roots Eco Salon, in Skokie, is currently closed due to state COVID-19 mandates, organic hair care and skincare products used at the salon can be delivered to one’s home. Owner Lori Goldstein uses Oway and O&M haircare products at the salon, and has extended her affiliate link to Natural Awakenings readers. She says, “We are closed until it’s safe to reopen. This industry does not afford the possibility to maintain a proper social distance, so in the interest of our staff and our clients’ health, we will not be in the salon until we know we’re all safe.”

Among its curated offerings of haircare product options, Organic Roots offers the Oway line, the world’s first professional organic hair color, with biodynamic, fair trade ingredients and pure essential oils for all hair types.

Order at bit.ly/2Jn4rSD with code HHT2696 to receive $5 off every order. Location: 3417 W. Dempster St., Skokie. For more information, call 847-423-2653 or visit OrganicRootsEcoSalon.com. See ad on page 33 and online in the Business Directory at NAChicago.com.

Infinity Foundation Offers Courses via Zoom, Moves Gala Date

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ue to COVID-19, the Infinity Foundation 23rd annual Anniversary Gala has been postponed until October 16.

Eben Alexander, the 2020 Infinity Foundation Spirit Award recipient, will present a keynote address at the event and conduct an Embodying Sacred Connections workshop on October 17 with Karen Newell.

During the current stay-at-home order, Infinity is offering a wide selection of courses on Zoom. Participants will be emailed a link after registering.

For more information about the gala and Zoom course offerings, visit InfinityFoundation. org. See ad in the Community Resource Guide and online in the Business Directory at NAChicago.com.

NAChicago.com can help you access the resources you need for help staying healthy and happy!

Free Crisis Health Coaching from Functional Medicine Coaching Academy

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he Functional Medicine Coaching Academy, Inc. (FMCA), established in partnership with The Institute for Functional Medicine, is a heart-centered educational organization that trains health coaches to partner with clients and collaborate with practitioners through their online program. As times of upheaval and enormous uncertainty can impact both physical and mental health, having the right support can mean the difference between struggling and thriving.

FMCA graduates have a calling to help people become the CEOs of their health.

This amazing community of health coaches is giving back during this extraordinary time of need by offering free health coaching services at bit.ly/ FMCHC_Gives_Back. Now more than ever, consider partnering with a health coach that will listen and provide support and guidance.

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In a study of 76 people with mildly high total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol, research published in the Journal of Herbal Medicine found that consuming 30 milliliters of vinegar made from date pulp and pits daily for four weeks significantly improved total cholesterol, LDL, triglyceride and HDL levels, as well as several biomarkers of inflammation.

A new Harvard study of 746 young sperm donors reports that men that exercise more have better sperm quality.

The men, with an average age of 26, at least a high school education and no radiation exposure or sexually transmitted diseases, were qualified to donate to a sperm bank in their area. Compared to men that seldom exercised, those that reported the most total exercise and logged the most time doing intense workouts had better sperm motility, which increases the chances for sperm to move through the female reproductive tract to reach an egg.

Take Quercetin to Reduce Blood Pressure Supplementation with quercetin, a plant pigment found in capers, cilantro, fennel, onions, red leaf lettuce, watercress, elderberries, asparagus, kale, cocoa, apples and chia seeds, can significantly reduce both diastolic and systolic blood pressure, lowering each by about three milliliters/ Hg, reports a new review of research published in the Oxford Academic Journal, of 17 clinical studies that tested 896 participants. Quercetin also improved HDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels when consumed for eight weeks or more.

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Tuck Kids In Early to Reduce Depression and Cognitive Issues Fewer than seven hours of sleep for a child is not only linked to anxiety, depression, impulsiveness and cognitive difficulties, but also impacts a child’s brain structure, suggests new research from the UK’s Warwick University published in Molecular Psychiatry. Researchers used data that included MRI scans of more than 11,000 children ages 9 to 11 from 21 centers in the U.S. Parents also provided information about their child’s sleep duration and mental health conditions, and children performed a battery of cognitive tests. Researchers found that compared to children that slept between the recommended nine and 11 hours, those receiving less than seven hours had 53 percent more behavioral problems and scored 7.8 percent lower on cognitive tests. In children that slept less, volumes were smaller in five brain regions. Children that slept longer showed less depression and higher cognitive scores, and felt safer and more secure in their homes and neighborhoods.

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If Australia can grow enough of the puffy, pink Asparagopsis taxiformis seaweed for every cow in Australia, the country could cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent.

That’s the conclusion the University of the Sunshine Coast (Australia) seaweed research group leader Associate Professor Nick Paul. The cows burp out methane, but, “When added to cow feed at less than two percent of the dry matter, this particular seaweed completely knocks out methane production. It contains chemicals that reduce the microbes in the cows’ stomachs that cause them to burp when they eat grass,” he says. Cows are known to eat seaweed. “This seaweed has caused a lot of global interest, and people around the world are working to make sure the cows are healthy, the beef and the milk are good quality,” Paul notes. “But the one missing step, the big thing that is going to make sure this works at a global scale, is to make sure we can produce the seaweed sustainably.”

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New Bird Species Found on Remote Island

Although thousands of species have been identified and finding new taxa like birds, is rare, a study published in the journal Science describes five new songbird species and five new subspecies found on a single small island near Sulawesi, Indonesia, during a sixweek expedition. Scientists targeted the area because of its geological history and complexity, and the historical notes of other explorers.

Two factors that contributed to the description of the large number of species in a small geographic area included knowledge of geographical land connections that helped pinpoint isolated islands likely to harbor substantial endemism and accounts of historic collectors such as British naturalist Alfred Wallace. The findings suggest that human understanding of biogeographically complex regions remains incomplete.

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New research from the University of Sheffield in the UK published in Scientific Reports suggests that individual members of a bee swarm behave like neurons in a human brain. The scientists applied a theoretical model commonly used to study human psychology to the behavior of bee colonies, and they believe that studying “bee speak” could inform us about how our own minds make decisions. In the field of psychophysics, Weber’s law describes a relationship between the size of a stimulus and noticeable increases in its magnitude. This general rule about stimulus and perception has been observed in birds, fish and even the collective behavior of simpler organisms, but not in whole clusters of tiny brains such as an insect hive. To investigate its role in the decision-making processes of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera), the researchers watched hives split apart and hunt for new homes. Among bees, the process of choosing a hive comes down to the interactions of scout bees communicating their discoveries through a visual display of body wiggles. “The study also supports the view of bee colonies as being similar to complete organisms,” says computer scientist and lead author Andreagiovanni Reina.

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rontline Foods Chicago is a nonprofit organization created to organize meal deliveries from local restaurants and deliver them to healthcare workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. More donations are needed, as well as more hospitals and restaurants to sign up. In just three weeks, the national Frontline Foods program has raised more than $1,100,000 in tax-deductible donations and partnered with 126 restaurants to serve 22,371 meals in 42 hospitals. Considering that Frontline Foods is run by volunteers and 100 percent of the donations go to restaurants to create and deliver the meals, the organization has expanded quickly beyond San Francisco, where it started, to chapters in 33 cities.

The new Chicago chapter has already raised $55,000 locally to work with area restaurants like The Fat Shallot and DineAmic Group to deliver multiple meals each day to local hospitals such as Lurie’s Children Hospital and RUSH

Medical Center. The pandemic has had a devastating effect on the restaurant industry, and their goal is to help keep Chicago’s restaurants open and all related workers employed, and to fuel the heroic teams treating patients in the hospitals and care facilities.

However, Frontline Foods is a new organization, few people know it exists. They want to raise awareness about the efforts so that more hospital facilities and restaurants that need support know to reach out and more people will donate and support the noble work being done on the frontline and the local restaurants that desperately need help to survive this pandemic.

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Essential Oils for Challenging Times In these coronavirus days, an essential oil mixture with legendary origins in the Bubonic Plague offers soothing scents for the homebound and might add some viral protection.

The mixture of five oils: eucalyptus, clove, cinnamon, lemon and rosemary, is known as Thieves. As the story goes, in the 1500s, as the Black Death decimated Europe, when four unemployed spice merchants that turned to robbing the bodies and homes of the dead were captured and threatened with being burned alive, they confessed to the judge their secret to avoiding infection—the spice blend that they rubbed on their hands, ears, feet and temples.

They were all hanged, but their formula survives as Thieves, and is today one of the most popular essential oil blends in the market, sold under that name and also as Five Guards, Health Shield and Fighting Five. Although shown to sharply reduce three kinds of airborne bacteria in 10 minutes, its antiviral properties have not been extensively studied. Its components, however, have proven antimicrobial, antiseptic and antiviral properties: n Eucalyptus, long used for respiratory infections, has been proven effective against a number of viruses, particularly the swine flu and herpes type 1 viruses. n Clove has exhibited strong antiviral activity against such viruses as the adenovirus type 3 respiratory virus, poliovirus and coxsackievirus. n Cinnamon leaf shows antiviral activity and can prevent pneumonia due to influenza. n Lemon oil has antibacterial and antifungal properties, and is often used in cleaning products.

n Rosemary eases stress and has antiviral, antimicrobial and antidepressant qualities.

Thieves can be purchased in natural health stores or online. For a homemade blend, Jennifer Lane, an aromatherapist, registered nurse and founder of LovingEssential Oils.com, recommends combining these essential oils: 4 35 drops lemon 4 20 drops cinnamon leaf 4 15 drops clove bud 4 15 drops eucalyptus 4 10 drops rosemary

Adding five drops of the blend, along with water in a diffuser, can waft the scent throughout a room and diminish airborne odors and germs. For respiratory support, put a few drops into a cup of steaming, but not boiling, water, drape a towel around the cup and face, and breathe in the fumes. Add it to a carrier oil like jojoba oil or coconut oil at a 1:30 ratio (such as one-half ounce Thieves to 15 ounces jojoba) and rub it on pulse points in the wrist and neck. But do not ingest the blend. If a child under 10 is in the house, don’t diffuse it or use it topically on them, because rosemary and eucalyptus can be unsafe for a child, advises Christina Anthis, author of The Beginner’s Guide to Essential Oils: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started.

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he blurry distant vision of myopia is a worldwide epidemic. Nearsightedness has doubled in the U.S. since 1971 to 42 percent, and in some Asian countries it affects 90 percent of teens and adults, reports the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Eye doctors say the key time to pay attention is during childhood, because myopia and other eye and vision problems can be reversed or stabilized if addressed at an early age.

“Parents tend to assume that vision problems aren’t a concern for the young and healthy, but it’s never too early to promote healthful habits or to be on the lookout for potential vision issues,” advises ophthalmologist Sandy T. Feldman, M.D., medical director of the Clearview Eye & Laser Medical Center, in San Diego.

Ophthalmologists and optometrists recommend having a child’s eyes tested at 6 months, 3 years and 5 or 6 years to detect nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, “lazy eye” (amblyopia), crossed or misaligned eyes (strabismus) and other potential problems. “For signs of trouble, I ask parents if they have seen their child have an eye that wanders or if the child covers an eye regularly, they are rubbing their eyes or playing with their

toys close to their face,” says optometrist Nathan Langemo, of the Hopkins Eye Clinic, in Hopkins, Minnesota.

If myopia becomes severe, it can lead to retinal detachment, premature cataracts and glaucoma in adulthood, but early detection is possible. An Ohio State University study of 4,500 children found that myopia in eighth-graders could be predicted in the first grade by their eyeglass prescription.

Children at age 6 are naturally slightly farsighted, and those with normal vision are more likely to become myopic later.

A common medical treatment to slow myopia in kids is daily use of 0.01 percent atropine eye drops, the medication used to dilate an eye before an exam. It slowed down nearsightedness by roughly 50 percent in Singapore children. A new, twoyear study shows that combining the eye drops with nightly contact lens-wearing is 28 to 38 percent more effective. For preschoolers with amblyopia, an iPad game called Dig Rush was shown to be helpful in a University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center study. Hong Kong researchers report that 15 weeks of acupuncture beat out eye patches for treating children with lazy eyes, resolving the condition in 41 percent of cases, compared to 16 percent.

The simplest preventive strategy for myopia may be simply to shoo children outdoors every day, including involving them in outdoor sports. Researchers aren’t sure whether it’s the vitamin D effect or the fact that when they are outdoors kids focus more on distant objects like trees and balls than when reading a book or screen, but recent studies in Taiwan and Denmark have verified that more time outdoors is linked to less myopia. Even sitting in sunlight inside while reading or using full-spectrum light bulbs is protective, say researchers. When outdoors, “Make sure the child has 100 percent UVA and UVB sun protection for the eyes,” advises Langemo, including using UV contact lenses.

Evidence is mixed on whether closeup reading brings on childhood myopia, but a study of 500 college students that heavily used computers found 53 percent reporting headaches, 55 percent with burning sensations in the eyes and 48 percent with tired eyes. When kids focus on a computer, their eye-refreshing blinking rate slows from 10 to 12 times a minute to three or four times a minute, says optometrist Marc Grossman, of New Paltz, New York, author of Natural Eye Care: Your Guide To Healthy Vision and Healing.

He recommends taking breaks at least 10 minutes every hour, using homeopathic eye drops and gently massaging the eyes by moving fingers from the inner corner, around the upper socket and underneath, stopping about six times to massage each point for five to 10 seconds.

It’s also important to remove household hazards. Medical emergency rooms increasingly report eye injuries in kids from popular toy weapons like Nerf, BB guns and paintball guns, as well as colorful detergent pods that preschoolers love to squeeze or bite, plus aerosol spray from paint, hairspray, cleaning products and bug repellants.

Feeding children the right foods, including lots of vegetables, fruits and grains, also benefits their eyes. The omega-3s in fish oil, nuts and seeds help minimize dry eye, and leafy greens and eggs have the eye-protective antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin.

Ronica A. O’Hara is a Denver-based health writer. Connect at OHaraRonica@gmail.com.

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Scientific studies demonstrate that the average person receives approximately 100,000 oxidative hits to their DNA (per cell) every single day. Over time, that adds up to a lot of bio-stressors that our cells are exposed to, day in and day out. Typical environmental stressors include pollution, unsafe food production, and global electromagnetic technology. Being constantly exposed to these toxins can threaten the body’s immune health.

In times of environmental stress, supporting the body’s immune system is critical. And there’s no better place to look than nature to provide comprehensive immune support. The natural world is filled with immune supporting botanicals that can recharge the immune system and boost the body’s natural defenses against environmental toxins.

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Although we might think of garlic as just a delicious addition to meals, this herb has a sterling reputation for use in natural healing. When raw garlic is crushed or chewed, the compound alliinase is naturally released. This alliinase enzyme then helps convert alliin to allicin, which happens to be an incredible immune support compound.

Allicin is the stellar compound that gives garlic extract its incredible, broad-spectrum immune support. This compound supplies antioxidants and can even help reduce inflammation.

Consuming a high-quality garlic supplement may be an excellent way to help ward off a broad range of pesky illnesses.

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One of the most well-known immune support agents, natural vitamin C, supplies substantial antioxidant support to the body. This critical vitamin helps to manage a healthy inflammatory response and facilitates neurotransmitter formation.

Unfortunately, many vitamin C products contain only “dead” chemicalized ascorbic acid powder. With that in mind, it is imperative to seek out naturally sourced vitamin C which contains a wide array of phytonutrients including tannins, flavonoids and polyphenolic compounds. Natural-sourced vitamin C can boost blood antioxidant levels, help the body fight free radicals, support cellular health and wellness, and even shorten the length of respiratory and systemic infections.

An ideal vitamin C supplement would feature full-spectrum vitamin C concentrates from potent plants, such as amla, a highly revered nutritional Ayurvedic fruit.

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A lesser-known support agent, zinc, plays a significant role in immune health. A deficiency in zinc can cause immune dysfunction and an interruption to immune function. Zinc facilitates communication with ligands, which then bind to immune cells and play a key role in complex cell signaling. Researchers estimate that about one-third of the world’s population is zinc deficient. That means that lowered immune function due to zinc deficiency is common.

Zinc is a critical micronutrient, but many supplements on the market are formulated using poor sources of zinc such as zinc oxide or zinc carbonate. Due to their minimal ionic charge, these forms are poorly absorbed in the body. When supplementing with zinc, look for a formula that provides a superior zinc form such as zinc sulfate heptahydrate, an easily absorbable, hydrated form of zinc sulfate.

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One of the best ways to consume mushrooms is by taking a fermented mushroom powder. Fermentation easily boosts the mushroom’s natural immune compounds, making them easier to digest. In addition, releasing the mushroom’s nutritional payload through fermentation breaks down the chitin in the mushrooms’ cell walls and provides postbiotic metabolites to further support immune health.

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Holistic Self-Care During a Crisis

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nprecedented. Challenging.

Pandemic. Crisis. However you hear it described, it’s true that we are universally facing a time of change and uncertainty which can trigger feelings such as anxiety and fear. With procedures and precautions rapidly shifting, it’s more important than ever to cultivate peace within and practice radical self-care. We asked leading holistic professionals in our area to share their favorite tools for taking care of ourselves during this crisis.

Cultivate Calm and Health at Home with Feng Shui “As we shelter in place, there are two areas of the home according to Feng Shui guidelines that can help remain calm and stay healthy. The area on the front, right side of your home, known as the Helpful People area, brings Helpful People into your life, but also relates to the head. So, during a time of anxiety, tension, and fear, this is the place to create a peaceful, calming feeling. Add a fountain, play music with sounds of calming water or waves, sit and meditate, 22

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or simply draw a picture of a big smile face looking right back at you. The second area is in the Center of your home, the Health area, and is a perfect place to create balance.

Grab a blanket, gather the family, dogs, cats and sit in the center of your home. Children and animals are especially aware of vibrational energy and will love being included!

Begin clapping to raise the energy. Smiles and laughter will erupt as you clap faster and faster. Then, ask everyone to quietly place their hands in prayer position in front of their hearts. Take a deep breath, close the eyes, and release the breath as you say a long and loud ‘Ohhhhmmm.’ ” Repeat a few times to raise the energy and create good health! - Laurie Pawli, director of the Feng Shui School of Chicago (TheFengShuiSchoolOfChicago.com)

Meditate to Calm the Mind “Peace of mind is priceless, especially now when our life and world are so uncertain, and it can be enhanced and stabilized with regular meditation practice. Take two to 10 minutes to focus steadily on the sensation of

your breathing—or until your mind calms down a bit—and then deeply enjoy your own peace of mind, no matter how small it may feel. This is not a luxury, but a reliable, effective protection from difficult emotions and negative thinking, and an authentic foundation for genuine kindness, patience and empathy. Then, in daily life, instead of dwelling on the waves of difficult emotions or negative thinking you may experience, recall and reconnect to the feeling of peace from meditation and anchor your mind to it. With practice, your mind can remain calm no matter how difficult life becomes.”

- Gen Kelsang Zamlin, Buddhist monk and resident teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center Chicago (MeditateInChicago.org)

Listen to Your Body “Everyone always has a healing impulse at work in their body, all the time. To access it, just ask yourself, ‘Where is there a place in my body that feels great?’ And see what part of your body captures your attention.

Try to describe for yourself the way that part of your body feels. Breathe deeply into

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your whole body, but especially breathe into the area that feels good. As you exhale, allow the good feeling to travel through your body, like the breath carries it along to the rest of your body. Keep breathing into that feeling and help it spread for a few minutes, at least 10 to 20 breaths in and out.” - Steve Rogne, director, Zen Chicago (ZenShiatsuChicago.org)

Organize Your Home Space “Organizing reconnects you with your home and gives a feeling of control over your life at a time when things might feel out of control. Our homes are working hard for us right now. When we leave them for limited reasons right now, we can return to them with a sense of gratitude. Take 20 seconds as you return to thank your home, out loud or in your head. Identify a few keywords to describe how you want to feel in your space right now, and use them as a guide as you make any decisions about what to keep in your space. Tackle small projects, like a junk drawer that overflows, a cabinet that doesn’t close properly or a linen closet that could use some attention.

Empty these spaces, set a timer and get to work by grouping like items with each other. You may find some items need to be relocated or you are ready to let go of them.

Since donation centers are closed, putting them aside in a car trunk or garage might be an option. Whatever you end up doing, keep gratitude and joy for what we do have at the center of your thoughts, and enjoy whatever it is in your space that makes it special to you.” - Megan Spillman, professional organizer and founder of Peace & Tidy (PeaceAndTidy.com)

Enhance Wellness in Body, Mind and Spirit “Anything that is unfamiliar, out of place or presents a discrepancy will trigger our autonomic nervous system to start producing stress hormones and adrenaline. It is possible to mindfully neutralize the impact of our body’s natural defense system. Let yourself sink into this moment, taking a break from thinking about anything in particular, for 20 to 30 seconds, and then notice how your body feels inside. Pause every once in a while, several times a day,

and relax into the moment. Stop and gently take notice of something beautiful—something you love to look at in your house like a photo, a candle or art object, or curl up with a blanket, hang out with a pet, or gaze out the window and take in the contours of a branch, a cloud or even a patch of grass outside your window. Take breaks to slowly stretch your neck, shoulders or your whole body. Avoid ‘futurizing’, which is our main source of anxiety. Remind yourself that your brilliant, resilient and resourceful mind will be there to handle the future—in the future! Let go, for now.” - Ellen Katz, MS, LMFT, clinical director, Inner Balance (InnerBalanceNow.com)

Stay Engaged and Fulfilled “In times of uncertainty, refresh yourself regularly with humor, laughter, and silliness. Practice smiling throughout the day.

It truly is good for you in many ways! If

you need some lighthearted resources try searching Whose Line is it Anyway or John Krasinski’s Some Good News on YouTube.

Play charades with a friend on your favorite video chat platform. Leave kind notes for your neighbors. Write a note to at least one adult and one child each day. It can be one line, it does not have to be fancy or eloquent. You can share an old photo, something you appreciate about them or that makes you think of them. Remember how great it feels to get a real handwritten note in the mail.” - Sarah Karnes, life changes coach (SarahDKarnes.com) Carrie Jackson is an Evanston-based writer and frequent contributor to Natural Awakenings magazine. Connect at CarrieJacksonWrites.com. For more information about the resources in this article, see their websites as well as ads in this magazine, in the Community Resource Guide and online in the Business Directory at NAChicago.com.

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Healing the Immune System Autoimmune Breakthroughs Offer New Hope

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ome 23 million Americans suffer from one or more autoimmune diseases—a category comprised of more than 80 conditions, including fibromyalgia, Hashimoto’s disease, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and Type 1 diabetes. These pernicious disorders are notoriously difficult to diagnose, even harder to treat and can be debilitating, diminishing the quality of life for sufferers.

Another commonality is the increased prevalence of autoimmune disease in women versus men; in the case of lupus, for example, a nine-fold difference. Some early indicators are that this may be related to a “gene dosage effect”, as men with XXY chromosomes have the same risk of developing lupus as other women, and women with XXX chromosomes (known in medical parlance as “superwomen”) have an even higher risk of autoimmune disease, according to Judith James, 24

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chair of the Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, in Oklahoma City.

Yet there is hope on the horizon, as scientific discoveries unlock important insights about the manifestation and progression of autoimmune diseases leading to new treatments and prevention tips. Evidence is also mounting around the role of diet and lifestyle in autoimmune conditions, giving patients new avenues for taking charge of their health instead of simply waiting for a cure.

Autoimmune diseases are chronic and can affect almost any part of the body, including the heart, brain, muscles, skin, eyes, joints, lungs, kidneys, glands, digestive tract and blood vessels. Each disease carries its own set of symptoms, but inflammation is nearly always present, and are all connected by how the immune system attacks

the body’s healthy tissues. “Those shared characteristics hold the potential for shared treatments, and ultimately potentially common cures,” says Jane Buckner, president of the Benaroya Research Institute (BRI), at Virginia Mason, in Seattle, which works to advance the prediction, prevention, reversal and cure of immune system diseases.

“I’m excited about our progress toward prevention. We are working to understand those tipping points in transitioning into disease that help us understand who is at highest risk, and helps give very directed therapies,” says James.

Self-Healing from Autoimmunity

By her early 20s, Mickey Trescott, of Willamette Valley, Oregon, was bedridden and had lost her job to autoimmune

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disease. At one point, doctors thought it was multiple sclerosis (MS); she was dizzy, numb, falling over and slurring her speech.

Eventually, she was diagnosed with both Hashimoto’s and celiac diseases, affecting the thyroid and small intestine, respectively. Trescott, a nutritionist, chef and author of The Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook, had been vegan for 10 years, but had a feeling that her body needed something different.

She found an early version of what would become known as the autoimmune protocol (AIP), and in following its guidelines, began to find relief. Trescott connected with other women and started a private Facebook group to share information on what was improving their condition from which the AIP community sprung. AIP, an elimination diet that seeks to reset the immune system by cutting out inflammation-causing foods and treating leaky gut, has much in common with the paleo diet and promotes vitamin- and nutrient-rich foods. However, every individual comes out of the AIP process with a customized diet.

For Trescott, “Gluten is a forever-no, and I am also allergic to dairy and sensitive to a lot of nightshade vegetables, like tomatoes and peppers.” It took three years to recover most of her functioning, and although she had been a personal chef, it was still challenging to determine a new approach to eating that didn’t include the grains and legumes that had been staples of her diet.

Trescott is still on medications, including the same thyroid support she’s relied on from the start. “There is a misconception that the AIP is an alternative to conventional medicine. We really pride ourselves on using all the tools in our toolbox, including surgery, medication and lifestyle changes,” she says.

Anecdotal successes like Trescott’s have led researchers to pursue funding to test the AIP’s efficacy. In a pilot study of 18 individuals with an average sick time of 19 years that didn’t respond to traditional medication, 73 percent were in clinical remission at the end of the trial, having followed the AIP. “It was a small sample size, but the results are promising,” says Trescott.

Physician, Healed Thyself

Like many physicians, Terry Wahls focused on treating her patients with drugs or surgical procedures—until the Iowa City doctor was diagnosed with MS in 2000. Within three years, despite conventional medical treatments, her back and stomach muscles had weakened to the point where she needed a tilt-recline wheelchair, and by the summer of 2007, she could no longer sit up.

Though Wahls had been a vegetarian on a low-fat diet for 20 years, she went back to eating meat and gave up all dairy, wheat and grains, but still wasn’t improving. Delving back into the science of her condition, Wahls realized that mitochondrial support was key, and the speed of her decline slowed while taking a cocktail of vitamins to support its functioning.

It wasn’t until she took a comprehensive approach to optimize everything she could take in through her food rather than relying on supplements that she saw radical results: Her brain fog, fatigue and pain went away and she biked around the block for the first time in six years. “Taking in nutrients in the form of food rather than supplements, you get related compounds and thousands of others in biologically anticipated ratios,” explains Wahls. “I still do take some supplements, but the magic is the food.”

Those key ingredients, says Wahls, include magnesium, zinc, selenium, sulfur, amino acids, cholesterol, omega-6 and omega-3s, fats, carnitine and creatine. Her rule of thumb for daily intake is three cups of leafy green vegetables; three cups of

sulfuric vegetables like cabbage, mushrooms and onions; and three cups of deeply pigmented vegetables, plus sources of protein for meat eaters and vegetarians.

While her work was initially not accepted, today she has funding from the National MS Society and her research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals. “Basic science is now showing that the microbiome has a huge impact on the immune system activity and the brain; the food we eat can turn gene expression on and off,” says Wahls, who hasn’t taken any drugs for her autoimmune condition since 2008.

Buckner cautions against patients trying to manage disease with lifestyle changes alone, without giving available allopathic treatments a fair try. “People do better if they are treated early and aggressively. They are reliant on fewer medications down the road and don’t have permanent damage if they seek treatment early.”

However, even researchers focused on pharmaceutical approaches acknowledge the importance of diet and lifestyle.

Meggan Mackay, professor of Molecular Medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, at Northwell Health, in Manhasset, New York, believes this can play a critical role in disease management.

She cites numerous studies showing exercise as a stress-buster positively influencing disease outcomes, as well as a more specific study looking at the benefits of adding fish oil and vitamin D to the diets of lupus patients. “The rise in obesity, which is linked to increased inflammation in the U.S., may be one of reasons we are seeing more autoimmune disease than ever,” says Mackay.

At-risk individuals should be aware of factors under their control, adds James. “If someone is worried about autoimmune disease running in their family, monitoring and maintaining adequate vitamin D levels and avoiding smoking and other high-risk behaviors can help improve their chances.” Even sleep patterns can play a role in disease manifestation, says the researcher.

In one study, individuals at high risk for autoimmune disease that slept less than seven hours per day were more likely to develop an autoimmune condition, according to James.

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There are some clear links between autoimmune diseases, such as the genetic predisposition that runs in families. “Someone with rheumatoid arthritis may have a sister with celiac disease, for example, and one individual may suffer from multiple autoimmune conditions. We can learn from these common genetic links,” says Buckner. These common links can serve as important clues. For example, Buckner says they are able to demonstrate changes in T cells in diabetes and MS that are the same, which might lead to common treatments for the two conditions.

While the process from basic scientific discovery to development of effective treatment can be slow, there are some concrete breakthroughs autoimmune researchers are excited about, having demonstrated ability to both prevent and delay disease. Citing a recent clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, “They have demonstrated in kids at high risk for developing Type 1

diabetes the ability to delay onset for at least two years. It’s an incredibly exciting finding,” says Buckner.

Mackay is hopeful about advances in basic science addressing specific immune system abnormalities linked to inflammatory problems. “Lupus is very challenging to diagnose and treat because it can affect every system in the body,” says Mackay, whose research team has focused on lupus

for decades. “The only forms of treatment have been very immune-suppressive medications that shut down the immune response. None of these medications are specific, so in shutting down the immune response to treat lupus, they in turn interfere with the body’s ability to fight off infection and cancer.” Researchers are now honing in on single cells from biopsies that indicate which proteins are abnormal, thereby helping develop more selective therapies, she says.

Seeing progress in the lab is one thing; seeing it in the waiting room is another, and that’s where autoimmune scientists and clinicians are really beginning to note a difference. “I’ve seen patients for 25 years, and when we started, we had very few options in my clinic, which was full of wheelchairs,” says Buckner. “In the last 20 years, we have seen an explosion in research and available treatments. I don’t have wheelchairs in my office anymore.”

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These times have spawned a lot of feelings of anxiety amongst people of all ages. Everyday tasks such as going to the grocery store is making many people anxious.

So how do we, as teens, stay hopeful in these very uncertain times? We simply accept the reality of our current situation and try to adapt to our temporary normal.

My friends are being very supportive of each other: reaching out over social media, doing group FaceTime, watching movies together virtually on Netflix. These small efforts can make us feel more “normal” even though the reality is that we are living through a worldwide pandemic. I have also turned to reading books on mindfulness and meditation. I practice deep breathing, listen to music, stretch and set small goals for myself each day to take my mind off what’s going on outside.

Even though teens are sometimes perceived as self-absorbed, we definitely understand the severity of this pandemic.

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THE MATRIX OF LIFE Boosting Collagen for Better Health

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ollagen, a protein, holds us together from the inside-out, helping to build bones and providing the scaffolding that knits our bones and organs together. Stress and poor lifestyle habits, such as smoking and eating too much sugar, can contribute to its breakdown and accelerate the aging process, but strategic dietary choices and supplements can have a significant positive impact on our skin, as well as underlying conditions.

Although celebrated for its cosmetic effects, “Most people are surprised to learn that collagen is equally important for blood vessels and tissues surrounding and supporting the internal organs,” says Pamela Schoenfeld, a dietitian and nutritionist in Raleigh, North Carolina, and author of The Collagen Diet: Rejuvenate Skin, Strengthen Joints and Feel Younger by Boosting Collagen Intake and Production.

Collagen is mostly found in tendons, ligaments and skin, and is also abundant in bones, cartilage, muscles, corneas, blood vessels, the gut, vertebrae discs and teeth.

In studies, collagen supplements show promise for joint pain, arthritic conditions, osteoporosis and heart health.

A Penn State study of 147 student athletes found that those that took 10 grams of collagen hydrolysate daily for 24 weeks had significantly less joint pain while walking and at rest compared to a placebo group.

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A 2012 study featured in Complementary Therapies in Medicine found that 1,200 milligrams of collagen hydrolysate taken daily decreased joint pain in older people by 20 percent compared to a placebo. In a 2018 study, post-menopausal women that took five grams of collagen daily for a year had better bone buildup and less bone degradation. A 2017 Japanese study of 31 healthy adults found that those that took 16 grams of collagen daily had more flexible arteries after six months.

Essential Foods

Collagen health starts with our diet.

Leafy greens and jewel-toned, lycopene-rich vegetables, like beets, red peppers, tomatoes, berries and pomegranates, as well as seeds, including chia, sunflower and pumpkin, all pack a collagen punch.

Schoenfeld recommends bone broth, too, for its joint-lubricating molecules called glycosaminoglycans, which hold many times their weight in water.

Kellyann Petrucci, a naturopathic doctor in Philadelphia and author of Dr. Kellyann’s Bone Broth Diet, concurs: “Bone broth is more than a soup. It’s concentrated healing and contains a bioavailable form of collagen your body can use immediately. It contains calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, collagen, glucosamine, chondroitin, amino acids and

so much more.” She also recommends sulfur-rich foods like eggs, broccoli, onions, garlic and cauliflower, as well as shellfish and red meat in moderation for copper. “Copper activates the enzyme that is critical in producing collagen,” she explains.

Also important, according to Petrucci, is vitamin C: “If you’re depleted of vitamin C, your body won’t make any collagen.

Experiment with broccoli, kiwi, tomatoes and various citrus fruits. Bioflavonoids also improve the ability of vitamin C to be absorbed and utilized.”

Schoenfeld recommends chicken, including the skin; omega-3-rich fish with edible bones, such as sardines and canned salmon; and proline-rich, aged cheeses and yogurt. “Gelatin is also a fantastic way for the whole family to enjoy collagen and can be added to foods high in water like soups, stews, hot cereals, as can bone broth and collagen powders,” she says.

Supplements

A 2019 review of 11 studies published in the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology found that oral collagen hydrolysate or tripeptide at dosages ranging from 2.5 grams to 10 grams a day increased “skin elasticity, hydration and dermal collagen density” and showed promise for wound healing and skin aging. Aloe vera, ginseng, berries, garlic, hyuralonic acid and red light therapy also boost collagen production, according to osteopathic physician and author Joseph Mercola.

For vegans, British homeopath Melissa Foreman recommends homeopathically-based minerals known as tissue salts at low potency, “which offer the benefits of meat-derived collagen and bone broth without having to ingest a meat product.” She personally relies on a combination of Nat phos, Calc phos and Kali sulph to promote new skin cells and improve the skin cell matrix. “These remedies are totally animal-free,” she says.

“You can produce a supplement similar to collagen powder and it has the same health benefits of bone broth.”

Maya Whitman is the author of several books.

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Shifting Mindset Shifts Our Mood

feed the body’s fight, flight or freeze response system.

Becoming aware of those negative thought patterns is the first step to managing them, which ultimately impacts the body’s response, allowing it to calm and relax. Mindfulness practices bring awareness to how we are feeling and the thoughts that are flooding the mind’s or body’s reactions to specific situations. We are capable of shifting from negative patterns into new, more positive ones.

Meditation is a mental exercise that trains the brain to think, process and react differently. Once a person is aware of how their thoughts and emotions are affecting them, meditative techniques can be practiced to both manage thought patterns and create new emotions within the body.

Research shows that meditation balances the brain. Through MRI imaging, science is able to see that the practice of meditation shrinks the hippocampus, while also harmonizing the left and right hemispheres on the brain, thus enhancing mental health, mental clarity, focus and memory.

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va Selhub, M.D., says, “How we think affects how we feel, and how we feel affects how we think. In mind-body medicine, the mind and body are not seen as separately functioning entities, but as one functioning unit. The mind and emotions are viewed as influencing the body, as the body, in turn, influences the mind and emotions.”

During challenging and difficult times, it is common for the brain to operate in survival-based thinking, allowing fear to shut down the logical mind. When the amygdala, the part of the brain that interprets and processes emotions and other reactions to stimuli, perceives a threat, it immediately responds by alerting the hippocampus, which then releases the hormones cortisol and adrenaline. They stimulate the body to react when fight, flight or freeze has been activated from the interpretation that outside stimuli is a threat.

During times of stress, worry and extreme change such as the COVID-19 crisis, the brain immediately signals a threat and the body responds by enacting the threat response. When the body is in survival mode, it automatically starts responding by protecting against the threat, thus creating negative thought loops in the mind. Overthinking and overextending negative thought loops taxes our minds and sends our bodies into cortisol shock.

Constriction is the physical manifestation of fear, but the paradox is that fear creates an effective biofeedback loop that ensures our survival. There are many types of fear, but the deepest is the fear of death. Good emotional health maintains awareness of thoughts, feelings and behaviors, learning to cope with stress and problems in a healthy way for the mind and body. When the brain is in survival mode, it is not thinking clearly. It is during this time that the mind both consciously and subconsciously creates negative scenarios that 30

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the nose speaks directly to the body’s central nervous system, calming the fight, fight or freeze response system. Inhaling for a count of four and exhaling for a count of four tells the brain, mind and body to relax, thus reducing the production of cortisol and adrenaline enacting a calming effect and reducing mind chatter.

Observing Thoughts - A meditation technique that teaches

us to become the witness to our thoughts, distancing from the emotional attachments and judgements that many of us have to thought patterns which allows them to manage and influence our behaviors rather than us managing them. This technique retrains the body to not become emotionally charged by thoughts, rather simply observing the thoughts inside our mind, thus reducing mind chatter and calming emotions.

Affirmations - Using affirmations or mantras is a meditation technique that shifts mindset by repetitively repeating a phrase to redirect the mind’s thought patterns. Shifting thought patterns by saying an affirmation repeatedly stops a negative thought pattern and replaces it with something positive. Each time a negative thought pattern is stopped, a new neural pathway is formed in the brain, thus creating a new pattern.

We possess power over our thoughts, we do not have to fall victim to them. By practicing mindfulness and meditation daily, we have the power to shift our mindset, thus shifting our emotions and mood into a happier, healthier state of existence. It is during challenging and difficult times that we need the practice of mindfulness and meditation even more to create calm in the mind/body connection.

Briana Bragg is a speaker, author and coach specializing in meditation and mindfulness. She is the founder of Vacation of the Mind, a guided meditation company. For more information, email Briana@ VacationOfTheMind.com or visit VacationOfTheMind.com.

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rom the moment we wake up and log on to our day, we are flooded with news about people whose days started off much the same, with an expectation of going from point A to point B, to lunch, to point C and then back home.

But something happened. A tornado touched down in the neighborhood. Or a train derailed in a cousin’s hometown. Or, like now, an invisible killer stalks the globe, threatening to take our life or the life of someone we know.

Within seconds, we are flooded with horror and helplessness. Unable to stop the cascade of acute stress hormones, our bodies shift into fight-or-flight mode or leave us frozen like deer in the headlights.

Whether we see what is happening online, on screen or in real time, we feel unsafe in our own skin. Although disturbing images can be swiped away, when something bad happens to us, we don’t know what to do.

We can’t change the channel.

Even during these tough times, we can find opportunities to develop new strengths and grow individually and together. To start with, we need emotional first aid to help us find calm quickly. We can do this by locating the tension points in our body and asking them what color would help them feel calm. Then we can inhale that color, letting it find its way within to soothe our cells, and exhale our stress by breathing out a different color.

We can repeat this technique as long and as often as needed. Teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida, report that this really works for kids, too.

To heal means to make whole.

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Even this global pandemic can serve as our spiritual wake-up call to learn how different spiritual traditions heal from life-shattering events. Five gifts offer us the keys to wholeness: n Humility helps us accept what we cannot change. n Patience takes the edge off when the hurt lasts longer than we want. n Empathy keeps us connected for the long haul. n Forgiveness means forgiving ourselves, our leaders and God. n Growth lets us look back with thanks for what we learned when the journey of life was anything but comfortable and easy.

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Jonathan Safran Foer on Conscious Eating to Save the Planet

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onathan Safran Foer, the prize-winning author of bestselling novels that include Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, turned to nonfiction in his 2009 book, Eating Animals, about the morality of food choices in a factory-farm age. His most recent book, We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast, argues that only collective action will save our home and way of life, and it starts with what is on our plate.

He points out that there’s often a painful disconnect between the way we think of ourselves and the actions that we take that inadvertently and negatively affect the planet, and that science can help us make more informed choices.

How did you make the connection between diet and climate change?

For anybody who has even the tiniest amount of curiosity about human interaction with the climate, it’s something you can’t possibly avoid learning about. The science is readily available now, and it’s extremely comprehensive. It’s important to continuously come back to that scientific consensus to make clear that this is

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nobody’s theory or perspective. Ninety-seven percent of climate scientists agree.

Did anything in researching climate science surprise you?

There’s a lot that startled me. A lot that scared me. I was surprised by how wrong we have been and how wrong we often are about what matters… putting the emphasis in the wrong places or not knowing where to put it at all.

There are four activities that matter more than all others in terms of an individual’s relationship with the environment: having fewer children, eating less meat or animal products, flying less and driving less. As somebody who has spent a lot of time recycling and not using plastic straws, I was surprised to learn that those activities are very low impact compared to the four I mentioned. I was surprised by how broad that misunderstanding is. Think about our response to coronavirus compared to our response to climate change. The way governments are acting together to do what needs to be done for a virus makes it all the more puzzling how ineffectual the response to climate change is.

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If people can’t do everything that needs to be done, what small steps can they take that will have a collective impact?

We all need to question what our own limits are, what we can do and then do that with rigor. We don’t need to stop flying, we just need to do it a lot less. I wouldn’t encourage anyone to suddenly become vegan.

I think a better idea is to eat as few animal products as possible, and if that amount is zero, great. If it’s once a week or once a day, then that’s a hell of a lot better than doing nothing. Rather than measuring the distance from some ethical perfection, we want to measure the distance from doing nothing at all.

Why is it such a struggle for people to follow through on climate change goals?

I think that if we approach change as if it isn’t difficult, then we diminish our chances of being able to sustain change.

A lot of the things we need to give up are fun. It’s a shame we can’t solve climate change by not eating broccoli; we would have done it already.

Climate change requires a different sort of moral imagination because, realistically, you and I aren’t going to die because of it. Human nature makes it more difficult to have an energetic response for something less immediate.

What call to action would you like to convey?

We have a feeling of helplessness, a feeling that there’s nothing we can do, but there is a lot that we can do and must do. The easiest and most powerful way to begin is with what we eat. That doesn’t mean you become vegan tomorrow, but tomorrow is a wonderful time to start eating fewer animal products. It’s a journey, not an event.

Julie Peterson writes about health and the environment. Connect at JuliePeterson2222@gmail.com.

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Eat Less Sulfur Amino Acids to Reduce Heart Disease Risk A plant-based diet low in such sulfur amino acid foods as meat, dairy, nuts and soy may be key to lowering the risk of heart disease, concludes a study from the Penn State University College of Medicine. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins; a subcategory called sulfur amino acids plays integral roles in metabolism. Researchers correlated diets and blood biomarkers of more than 11,000 participants from a national study and found people that ate foods containing fewer sulfur amino acids tended to have a decreased risk for cardiometabolic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. They also found that the average American consumes almost two-and-a-half times more sulfur amino acids than the estimated average requirement. “People who eat lots of plant-based products like fruits and vegetables will consume lower amounts of sulfur amino acids,” says lead author Zhen Dong, a doctor of public health.

Confirming this, a Northwestern Medicine and Cornell University study in JAMA Internal Medicine found that every two servings of red meat, processed meat or poultry per week increased cardiovascular disease risk by 3 to 7 percent. For every two servings of red meat or processed meat per week, the risk of death from any cause was increased by 3 percent. The findings, based on an analysis of six studies involving 29,682 people, contradict a controversial study published last year that recommended people not reduce the amount of red meat and processed meat they eat. “Everyone interpreted that it was okay to eat red meat, but I don’t think that is what the science supports,” says senior study author Norrina Allen, a professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern.

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Soul Nourishment The Kitchen As Sacred Space

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n our busy lives, grabbing food on the run or eating while standing at the kitchen counter is often the norm. Designating the kitchen as a practical sanctuary and seeing the sacredness of food not only makes it more conducive to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, but also gives our spirits much-needed satiety.

“If we don’t touch the transcendent— emotionally and spiritually—physical nourishment won’t fill us up,” says Ronna Kabatznick, Ph.D., former psychological consultant to Weight Watchers International and the author of The Zen of Eating: Ancient Answers to Modern Weight Problems. “Seeing the kitchen as sacred is something that represents gratitude, beauty and blessings.”

Delia Baron, co-author of Better Together Kitchen: Beautiful Recipes to Share With People You Love and the host of seasonal food workshops with partner Ronnit Hoppe in Melbourne, Australia, concurs, “The kitchen is often the heartbeat of the home and the best place to gather, feast, chat and create beautiful memories and rituals. The kitchen is also a place to connect to our food source.”

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Preparing meals the old-fashioned way can slow us down and foster mindfulness, but Kabatznick emphasizes that cooking is irrelevant. “Look at the kitchen in terms of possibilities: ‘What can I create in this space?’ You don’t have to turn into Julia Child,” she says, adding, “You could be eating Chinese takeout or a prune; it’s all about mindset and simple rituals like saying a blessing, appreciating what we eat as a great gift.” Kabatznick encourages everyone to eat with dignity, and this includes using the good dishes, putting fresh flowers on the table and eating with awareness.

Seeing the kitchen as the inspired nucleus of the home, it’s natural to add favorite items like art prints, colorful jars, sentimental treasures, dried flowers and other seasonal delights to nourish daily contentment. Conjuring an element of joy adorns the mundane. “Put on some music to put you in either a peaceful or joyful mood,” says Molly Larkin, author, healing practitioner and blogger at Ancient Wisdom for Balanced Living (MollyLarkin.com), in Corrales, New Mexico. “Turn off the TV and give everyone in the family a job.

Meal prep can be enjoyable and even relaxing in a calm environment. For Baron, organization is key. She advises, “Having all the ingredients you need and working in a clean space also helps make the experience rewarding.”

The smallest of kitchens can be abundant and organized with the help of a little innovation. A simple bookcase can offer additional shelf space for dry goods, bowls of produce or favorite cups. A small end table can hold a favorite tea pot and a jar of gourmet dark chocolate. A beautiful basket can hold go-to spice jars, and a pretty pitcher near the stove can accommodate a multitude of cooking utensils. “If you can’t fit it all out of sight in a cabinet, get some glass jars, fill them with grains, flours and legumes and line them up on the countertop. It will be neat, and you can see what you have,” suggests Larkin.

In the end, a well-nourished body and spirit fosters a beautiful life and inspires the same in others. An advocate for supporting the hungry in all communities, Kabatznick underscores local efforts and seeing the big picture of our relationship with food: “Taking out the garbage and cleaning up is also a sacred act if we bring that attitude into it. Food connects us to the Earth, the moon and the stars. From the seed to the truck driver—everything and everyone involved—the process of food is miraculous.”

Marlaina Donato is the author of several books and a composer. Connect at AutumnEmbersMusic.com.

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Laugh throughout the meal preparation.

Dance as you cook. Do the same thing if you live alone.”

Preparing food, whether a healthy smoothie or a gourmet weekend dinner for two, is a way to express love for ourselves and others. Baron loves the presence of plants, lovely ceramics and interesting platters and dishes, and notes, “Families can definitely shop, chop, cook and mealplan together to make the kitchen a fun place to be. Doing these things together is very bonding and sends the message that looking after yourself is important.”

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Yields: 4 servings 4 cups water 1½ cup red lentils 1 tsp sea salt 1 medium-size organic carrot, chopped in bite-size pieces 2 soft, dried apricots, chopped, or 1 Tbsp golden raisins or 2 dates, chopped ¼ tsp ground cloves ¼ tsp ground turmeric ¼ tsp ground coriander seeds or ½ tsp crushed coriander seeds ½ tsp cinnamon ½ tsp coarsely ground black pepper 1 tsp smoked paprika 1 tsp crushed or ground cumin seeds 2 tsp extra-virgin, cold-pressed olive oil

Juice from one fresh tangerine 1 part organic apple cider vinegar to 2 parts avocado oil Dash of sea salt Add avocado oil, apple cider vinegar and salt into a large bowl, swirl around twice. Tear (don’t chop) lettuce and add to the preliminary dressing. Squeeze tangerine juice over lettuce and toss lightly until well-dressed. Place strawberry slices over salad. Sprinkle (don’t toss) flowers on top or artfully place where desired.

Serve immediately.

Bring water, carrots, apricots and all spices and seasonings to boil. Add red lentils, stir once and set heat to low. Cover pot with lid. Cook for 20 to 25 minutes, remove from heat. Add olive oil and allow to sit for five minutes before serving.

Optional toppings for each bowl: finely chopped red onion, red pepper flakes, fresh cilantro and/or a sprinkle of turmeric.

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Whole-Grain Dark Chocolate-Banana Muffins Yields: 12 muffins ½ cup organic whole-wheat flour, sifted (protein-rich, gluten-free option: 1 cup organic brown rice flour and ½ cup organic soy flour or 1 cup organic brown rice flour and ½ cup garbanzo flour) ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder ½ cup coconut sugar, evaporated cane juice or turbinado ½ tsp salt 3½ tsp fresh baking powder 1 cup water or unsweetened non-dairy milk (or half of each to make a cup) 2 tsp extra-virgin, cold-pressed olive oil or cold-pressed sunflower oil 2 organic eggs, beaten (for vegan option: ¼ to ½ cup unsweetened apple sauce) 2 tsp natural vanilla extract 1½ mashed ripe bananas 2 tsp molasses 1 tsp ground cinnamon ¼ tsp cloves ¼ tsp dried ginger 2 dashes of nutmeg 1 dash of allspice (optional) Pre-heat oven to 400° F and grease muffin tin with sunflower or olive oil (or line with cupcake papers). Sift flour and cocoa powder into bowl. Add baking powder, salt, sugar and spices; mix well. Combine water/milk, vanilla, molasses, oil and eggs (or apple sauce), and add to dry mixture. Stir, lifting the spoon high with each stirring to get air into the mixture. Do not beat or overmix.

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Fold in bananas. Fill muffin cups half to three-quarters full and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until wooden toothpick comes out clean. Place muffin tin on wire rack and allow to cool for 15 minutes before removing each muffin by hand (avoid turning tin over to get muffins out, or the extra-moist, fruit-filled muffins might come apart).

Optional treat: Dip muffin tops into melted coconut oil and roll in coconut sugar or turbinado. Add a sprinkle of cinnamon.

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or a low-fat, good source of fiber and super high in protein, you won’t miss all the grossness of meat. You will, however, reap all the benefits of delicious vegan goodness through this tasty blend of spice,” says Elysabeth Alfano, host of The Elysabeth Alfano Show, the nation’s only plant-based radio show, as well as the programs Awesome Vegans and the Plant-based Business Hour.

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Giardiniera:

Slice 2 carrots, 2 celery sticks and 1 jalapeno

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Place in a jar filled with white vinegar.

Put in refrigerator for two days.

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Optional: Soak in oil after 48 hours several hours before serving.

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Onions:

Slice 3 cloves of garlic and ½ white onion In a pan drizzled with olive oil or mushroom broth, caramelize white onions and garlic over medium heat. Add to juice when ready.

Juice:

1½ cups vegetable or mushroom broth 2 Tbsp soy sauce Pinch of cayenne pepper 1 tsp cumin 1 tsp sweet or Spanish paprika (spicier) Salt and pepper to taste 1 tsp oregano 1 tsp onion salt Added onions and garlic from above Simmer on low until onions are soft and translucent, usually about 10-12 minutes.

Italian Beef:

2 cups vital wheat gluten 1 cup nutritional yeast Pinch of cayenne pepper 1 tsp cumin 1 tsp sweet or Spanish paprika (spicier) Salt and pepper to taste 1 tsp oregano 1 tsp onion salt Mix together in a separate bowl: 1½ cups vegetable or mushroom broth 2 Tbsp soy sauce 1 Tbsp tomato paste 2-3 sliced garlic cloves

Preheat oven to 325° F. Combine the two bowls, mixing until thoroughly mixed.

Take out and knead on flat service. Let rest for five minutes. Meanwhile, line a bread pan with parchment paper. When ready, put the mixture into parchment paper and press down until even. Put in preheated oven and bake for 90 minutes.

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Assemble Sandwich: When done baking and Italian beef is cooled, slice thinly, enough for the sandwiches you need and simmer slices in juice until hot.

In a heated vegan roll, place dripping, heated Italian beef slices and smother in giardiniera. Keep extra juice on the side for dipping.

Refrigerate or freeze extra Italian beef loaf and juice.

Elysabeth Alfano is a personal coach and chef that helps people transition to a plantbased diet and lifestyle. Always happy to discuss the benefits of being plant-based, she is also the host of the only plant-based radio show in the nation, The Elysabeth Alfano Show, on WCGO and the Smart Talk Radio Network. She is an executive producer and a featured chef on Amazon Prime New Day New Chef develops recipes for restaurants looking to veganize their menus. To reach her, email Elysabeth@ElysabethAlfano.com or visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Super Immunity Elixir 2 tsp* organic fresh ginger (bottled okay if no preservatives) 2 tsp organic turmeric (fresh or powder) 2 tsp organic horseradish (bottled OK if no preservatives) 2 tsp organic fresh onion 2 tsp organic fresh garlic 2 tsp organic fresh black radish or daikon radish 1 cup filtered water Use approximately equal amounts of the ingredients. For each cup of water, you will need a total of 50 grams of the ingredients.

If you have a big family or are making the elixir for extended family or friends, use 2 or 3 cups of water and 100 to 150 grams of the ingredients (*2 tsp = approx. 8 g).

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as much as you want if your stomach is strong. If your stomach is on the sensitive side, mix the elixir into soup, stew, smoothie or juice.

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Wash all the ingredients.

Cut them into smaller chunks.

Fill your blender with water and the chunks.

Process until thoroughly blended.

Use a cheesecloth or nut milk bag to strain the mixture.

Store the elixir in the fridge for up to 10 days, but it is always better to make it fresh every few days.

Take 1 tsp to 1 Tbsp at a time (depending on stomach sensitivity), every hour if you are not feeling well. If taking the elixir as a preventive measure, 2 Tbsp a day should suffice. The mixture if quite potent, so take

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1 in 6 children face hunger.

Cooking to Reduce Inflammation

by Tiffany Hinton

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utoimmune disease is common in our community. We hear about conditions like fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease, to name a few. What many do not realize is that these conditions worsen substantially when the body, especially the gut, is experiencing increased inflammation. Inflammation can cause more pain, exhaustion and irritability for these individuals and compromise quality of life. Although the signs may be different for every sufferer, inflammation commonly starts in the gut. The foods we eat can either be fuel on the fire or calming to an already inflamed gut. Here are three core foods that can help to begin healing gut inflammation.

GF Mom Certified’s Sauerkraut Recipe Yields: one quart 1 small organic cabbage 1 organic carrot 1 Tbsp iodized sea salt 1 probiotic capsule Organic garlic to taste Organic onion to taste

There’s more than enough food in America for every Clean wide-mouth canning jar and lid carefully. Wash veggies. Grate the cabbage child who struggles and carrot. Place the cabbage in the jar, add other desired veggies (garlic and or onion) with hunger. and salt as you go.

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Bone Brothface hunger.

Help get kids6 thechildren Pack the veggies in the jar with a spoon.

(See recipe at NAChicago.com/bone-broths) There’s more food in America for everyOpen child Americafood for every child they need bythan enough the probiotic capsule and sprinkle Bone Broth is filled with all the minerals with hunger.

Help get kids the other food they get kids supporting the foodwho theystruggles on the cabbage. Add additional salt water our skeletons need, along with many Feeding until the veggies are fully submerged. Leave important amino acids that are especially need by supporting Feeding America, the nationwide rica, the nationwide about 1 inch at the top of the jar for gas healing for someone suffering from leaky America, the network of food banks.

Together, we can solve hunger™. we can solve hunger™. expansion. gut syndrome. The glucosamine in bone nationwide network Join us at FeedingAmerica.org both goes straight to the joints helping Place the lid on the jar. Store in a cool, dark alleviate pain and inflammation. of food banks. place for 7 days to ferment. Check the jar periodically to ensure the brine does not Stewed Apples Together, we can overflow.

Stewing apples with the skin still on the solve hunger™. apple will release a chemical called pectin.

There’s more than enough food in America for every child who struggles with hunger. Help get kids the food they need by supporting Feeding America, the nationwide network of food banks. Together, we can solve hunger™.

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Pectin is a highly beneficial tool serving like a gut spackle that will help to “fill” leaky gut areas in the gut lining and decrease inflammation.

Taste after 1 week. If fermentation is sufficient place the jar in the fridge. You can ferment up to 14 days as desired taste and texture is achieved.

Fermented Foods

Tip: Remember tap water has chlorine and will kill the friendly bacteria.

Eating fermented foods like kombucha, sauerkraut, kimchi and Old-World pickles in the brine brings good bacteria back to the gut. This beneficial bacteria helps aid the body in drawing out a wide range of toxins and heavy metals from the gut.

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1 in 6 Children face hunger.

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Environmental irritants also affect digestion.

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The environment can also produce irritation and inflammation. Everyday, airborne toxins — perfumes, cleaning products, smoke, automotive exhaust, indoor dust, and springtime pollen— find their way into our bloodstream (in less than 20 seconds!) and cause digestive organs to work overtime. A runny nose, itchy eyes, and red and blotchy skin often result in a trip to the allergist, when a digestive imbalance may be contributing.

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trimming them, keeping herbs bushy and productive. An herb snip is a useful tool for precision cutting. Running the woody stems of rosemary, thyme and lavender through a stripper between the blades removes the leaves while retaining essential oils.

Harvest: Flavor oils and vinegars with Greek oregano or chives to drizzle over salad greens. Punch up drinks with rosemary, lemon thyme, spearmint, stevia, Italian flat parsley, sweet basil and garden sage. Jazz up a cocktail with muddled herbs or garnish a spritzer by floating an edible flower.

A sprig of rosemary as a swizzle, mint and basil in sangria and dried, powered stevia sweetens teas and lemonade, all without leaving the house.

Grow a Tiny Salad Garden Homegrown produce satisfies the senses, is easy on the pocketbook and provides tonic for the gardener’s spirits.

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This is the Year to Start

Growing Food at Home

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here may never have been a better time to grow our own food. Along with a few ideas and straightforward tips, here’s how to economize and capitalize with two practical DIY gardening projects.

Grow Herbs in Pots Herbs are expensive to buy in the store, so given the necessity of limiting our trips, grow fresh herbs in pots. They’re easy, inexpensive and simple to preserve. The flavors add depth and a taste of summer to any meal.

Plan: Plant culinary herbs, adding style to your garden and flavors to your kitchen.

Sow seeds of basil, dill and cilantro directly into the soil once the weather warms and nighttime temperature stabilize above 50 degrees. Transplant small plants of flat-leafed and curly parsley, garlic chives, peppermint, lavender and rosemary.

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Plant: Spiff up this summer’s herb planting simply by popping a generous collection into a shallow bowl or a repurposed basket located right outside the back door for an easily accessible harvest. Herbs have similar horticultural needs, so it makes sense to plant four or five different varieties together in the same pot such as parsley, chives, oregano and thyme planted closely together. If individual herb plants are preferred, select a smallish pot for each. Generally, herbs don’t mind being rootbound in terra cotta pots, as the moisture is pulled away from the roots. Grouping pots together is a sophisticated English style, and pot displays create a sense of abundance.

Grow: Make sure to plant in well-drained soil and avoid overwatering. Herbs need plenty of sun each day. Eight hours or more will do. Soil of low to average fertility is preferred. Guard plants against legginess by

Plan: Succulent, seasonal salad greens in a low bowl may be Peter Rabbit’s dream or an epicurean’s prize—it’s an easy project for a cool spring day. Gather a few seed packets of heirloom lettuces, then diversify by adding red mustard, radish, mache, tatsoi and arugula to the mix.

Plant: Fill a container with a high-quality seed germination mix. A depth of four inches works because salad greens are quite shallow-rooted. Moisten with a mist of water, and after checking the seed sowing instructions on the back of the pack, sprinkle seeds an inch apart and lightly dust with a quarter-inch of the seed starting soil. Tamp down with your palm and moisten well.

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pring is the time for plant sales, and despite the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations, nonprofits and independent garden centers have been creative in meeting the requirements of statewide stay-at-home mandates and social distancing requirements. Many spring plant sales are still on schedule, but have moved online for ordering, with delivery and curbside pick-up options.

The Mike Nowak Show radio team has created a comprehensive list of virtual plant sales and

similar events on their website, updated regularly as new sales are announced. Many of these annual events are nonprofit fundraisers, and community support is crucial right now.

Keep growing plants at home—whether it’s vegetables, native plants, herbs in containers or a comforting hanging planter. While shopping for plants, please be sure to wear a mask, follow official state guidelines, maintain appropriate distancing and follow site manager instructions to keep everyone safe.

Visit MikeNowak.net/plant-sales-chicago-area. See ad on this page.

Germination is dependent on temperature and moisture, so move to a warm spot and keep moistened, not soaking wet. Once the seeds germinate, usually within three to five days, back off on the watering to every two days or as needed.

Grow: Add sunshine. Gradually acclimate planting to weather conditions outdoors.

Start with the pot in a protected area out of the full sun and wind for a few hours each day, moving back inside for freezing nighttime temperatures. After a few days of hardening the plants off, the pot can be left out in a sunny place. Salad gardens need six hours in the full sun each day. Cool season salad plants can take a bit of shade when the weather warms up later in the month.

Harvest: A diverse salad garden can be grown as a mix to harvest as a cut and come again crop. Snip baby leaves leaving one to two inches of the plant to regrow and produce a second harvest. A mix of greens and reds is as beautiful as it is delicious, with texture, crunch and flavor.

Repeat: Sowing a pot of salad greens each week provides a consistent supply of delicious salad greens.

Lisa Hilgenberg is the horticulturist at the Regenstein Fruit and Vegetable Garden, in the Chicago Botanic Garden, located at 1000 Lake Cook Rd., in Glencoe. For more information, call 847-835-5440 or visit ChicagoBotanic.org. Follow her on Twitter @hilgenberg8 and on Instagram @hilgenberg8. Follow the Chicago Botanic Garden on Facebook @Chicago Botanic Garden and on Twitter and Instagram @ChicagoBotanic.

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Colorful Migrant Warblers

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Share Special Relationships with Native Plants

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irders both novice or advanced get downright giddy in to the Chicago region available online at Tinyurl.com/WarblerMay, because that’s the peak time for some 30 species of sOfTheChicagoRegion. wood warblers to migrate through the Chicago region.

Marsh says she’s learning how important warblers are to Their names are descriptive; black-throated green warbler and maintaining healthy oak woods, and that climate change is yellow-rumped warbler, for example, as well as referential, such as affecting the relationship between plants and birds. Warblers are the Nashville warbler, first discovered in Tennessee. The males are five-to-six-inch-long insect eaters. Many live in Central and South in their stunning breeding plumages now as they head north to America in the winter and are part of a larger group of birds called raise a family. neotropical migrants. These birds migrate in spring northward to

When Maureen Marsh moved to the Chicago area 10 years their breeding grounds. For example, the yellow-rumped warbler ago, she discovered the joys of warbler watching. “It was the breeds in boreal forests. Some species like the yellow warbler beginning of May at Ryerson Woods [in Riverwoods]. The leaves remain in the Chicago region to breed. were just coming out and when the sun started to hit the top of the

They may be called warblers, but many of their songs sound trees, I saw a blue-winged warbler,” says Marsh, who is certified as nothing like a warbling melody. Some, like the fairly common a University of Illinois master naturalblack-throated green warbler sings ist. She also serves as secretary for the what sounds to some like a buzzy, Lake-Cook Audubon Society “Zoo. Zee. Zoo. Zoo. Zee.” (LakeCookAudubon.org) and leads The most common warbler seen warbler walks. in the region is the yellow-rumped

“My overwhelming feeling was, warbler. On occasion, it remains in ‘Wow, this is so beautiful.’ It’s such a parts of Illinois in winter, but most special time of year. Illinois is such a start coming through in March and good migratory flyway for warblers.

April, with peak numbers in early We are so fortunate to see this,” Marsh May. The male has yellow shoulders, says. On the right day in May, a crown and rump contrasting with warbler watcher might see 25 or more a blue body, black cheek and white different warbler species. Marsh and Photo courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. throat. The females, as with many The American redstart is a warbler commonly seen in fellow master naturalist Cathy Walz warbler species, arrive later and the Chicago region in mid-May. created a printable online warbler guide appear drabber. A beginning warbler 42

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Left: Black-throated green warbler is a common migrant in May. watcher can see plenty of yellow-rumped warblers in the neighborhood or at a local forest preserve in late April into mid- to late May, especially along rivers.

Other common warblers seen in the region include yellow warbler, black-and-white warbler, which arrive earlier than other species such as the American redstart, and a black-and-orange warbler that fans its tail as it searches for food.

Warblers are being studied nationwide, and scientists are learning ways global climate change is affecting their relationship with oaks and other trees. “Warblers time their migration to pass through the region when the oaks are just starting to leaf out,” says Douglas Stotz, senior conservation ecologist at The Field Museum (FieldMuseum.org).

Insects are attracted to the buds and early leaves, and in turn, warblers are attracted to the insects for food. When the leaves fully emerge, they contain chemicals that deter insects. So the warblers have to be there right when the insects are. “With climate change, plants are leafing out earlier,” Stotz says. Some warblers are also migrating earlier, but they’re not keeping up with the plants.

“That has been shown in studies in Wisconsin and some in Illinois,” he says. “It’s a fairly general pattern. If this happens erratically, it’s not an issue. If it becomes the standard, then it becomes a huge issue. That’s where we’re headed if climate change continues.” Stotz notes that this scenario is not only happening with warblers, but also a host of other migrants that live in the neotropics in winter.

Stotz’s favorite warbler is the golden-winged warbler. “It’s very pretty and it has an interesting song,” he says. The bird with a golden head and wings complemented by black throat and cheek patch sings one buzz, followed by three more on a higher pitch. “In the Chicago area, it’s mostly an inland migrant,” Stotz says. “It likes oaks and it takes advantage of other plants that are in flower such as cherry trees and crab apples.” The species is declining likely due Photo by Laurel Ahlenius. to climate change, habitat The yellow-rumped warbler is the loss and other factors. most common migrant warbler in the Stotz spends many Chicago region and arrives ahead of hours in May searching for most of the other warbler species. warblers at Grant Park, in Chicago, but plenty of other places in the region also provide habitat for migrating warblers. “Forest preserves near the Fox, Chicago and Des Plaines rivers are all corridors through urban environments, and that makes them crucial for warbler migration,” Stotz says.

Habitat in people’s yards is an important component for warblers and other migrant birds in the Chicago area, he adds. “For warblers, the big thing is canopy trees—oaks, hickories, hackberries.” Maple trees, although native, aren’t as attractive to warblers, he observes.

Photo by courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The yellow warbler breeds in the Chicago region.

Tips and Resources for Warbler Watching

Warblers migrate overnight and often land in neighborhoods in the morning where vegetation signals available food. Here’s how to search for warblers near home, plus some online resources. n Look for small woodlots with layered vegetation; even a few trees in a backyard will attract migratory warblers. n Check those areas early in the morning when insects and warblers are active. n Listen for birdsong and look for small birds flitting in the vegetation. n Focus on one warbler at a time, noting overall color and whether the bird has wing bars, an eye ring and specific colors on the throat and head. Write notes or sketch the bird to look up later. n Even expert birders can have trouble identifying every warbler. Be patient and enjoy.

Christine Elder’s website (ChristineElder.com/warblers) offers tips on sketching and identifying warblers, coloring pages for children and online resources for identification.

A Cornell Lab video (Tinyurl.com/CornellBirdAcademy-Warblers) shows how migrating warblers can be found even in small areas.

For a total immersion in warbler identification, consider an online course (Tinyurl.com/CornellBirdAcademyJoin).

Identification guides are available at AllAboutBirds.org/guide, Audubon.org/bird-guide, eBird.org and Identify.WhatBird.com

Marsh agrees, advising homeowners should avoid using pesticides that kill the insects warblers eat. “Warblers are particularly attracted to water,” she says, recalling the time a prothonotary warbler, with a golden head and body, visited a water feature in her yard.

Sheryl DeVore has written six books on science, health and nature.

She also writes nature, health and environment stories for national and regional publications.

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DANCING TO YOUR OWN DRUMMER The Healing Power of Movement

by Marlaina Donato

A Deterrentfor Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s Disease and Cancer Going dancing on a Friday night also proves to nourish the brain.

A 2017 study published in Frontiers of Aging Neuroscience shows evidence that dance increases white matter that diminishes with cognitive decline. An older study sponsored by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and published in the New England Journal of Medicine spotlights data gathered during a 21-year period and reveals that regular social dancing can reduce the risk for dementia in seniors by 76 percent.

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ovement comes in many colors, from modern dance to country line dancing, and there’s something for everyone, including those that claim to have two left feet.

Dancing is healthy for the heart and improves cognitive function by forging new neural pathways in the brain. It builds stronger bones, helps balance and improves flexibility and endurance. Putting on dancing shoes also has a positive effect on depressive disorders, flooding the brain with endorphins that uplift mood and jumpstart motivation. Dance has found its way into the clinical setting as a psychotherapeutic tool for healing trauma, eating disorders and addictions.

Dancing, in essence, is for everyone. “Dance is a human right, a feature of almost every culture in the world, and our natural inclination to dance is one of the things that makes us human,” says David Leventhal, program director of Dance for PD, a nonprofit Parkinson’s Disease program of the Mark Morris Dance Group, in Brooklyn.

Valerie Durham, a modern dancer in Baltimore specializing in the Isadora Duncan technique, concurs, “Birds don’t consider if they have talent for singing, they just sing. They sing because they have a voice. Similarly, dance is a right offered to anyone with a body.”

giving people a creative voice when it feels that their capacity for physical, vocal and facial expression is being taken away,” says Leventhal.

Durham, who worked with patients at the University of Florida Shands Hospital Arts in Medicine Program in the 1990s, witnessed memorable responses from cancer patients. “We danced with patients who were attached to IVs and those even in the ICU, some who were partially or even completely paralyzed, people who maybe could dance only with their eyes. And yet they danced,” marvels Durham. “Getting the lymphatic system, endorphins and breath flowing all elevate the body out of pain mode.”

Dancing from the Soul All forms of dancing have the capability to free the spirit and heal deep emotional wounds buried in the memory-holding fascia of the body’s soft tissues. Ecstatic dance, which has roots in ancient spiritual practices, is an unstructured option that dilutes limiting, self-conscious habits.

These days, ecstatic dance gatherings have been organized in cities around the world.

“There’s a vast movement in the dance world that has nothing to do with performance, but rather, is done for the joy of inhabiting a body in motion. Ecstatic dance is a free-form conscious dance and is

a vibrant global community for people who love music and movement,” says Donna Carroll, founder of Ecstatic Dance International, in San Francisco. “When we can be courageous enough to turn away from our cultural norms that say you need ‘talent’ to dance, we get a chance to experience music through our bodies, and it can be quite pleasurable and life-affirming. Ecstatic dance is one of the most effective methods to return to what matters, to our bodies, to our ‘home’, and is accessible for people of all abilities.”

In her artistic sphere of performance art, Durham has seen her students blossom from the inside-out. “They are able to connect with the deep wisdom in their bodies, thereby releasing old energetic wounds. Depression and anxiety are relieved during dance because you are so consciously consumed with the present moment of the steps and the music. Dancers will find that they feel more joyful and at peace at the end of a dance session.”

For Leventhal, moving the body is a blessing for all: “Dance should be accessible and enjoyable to everyone, regardless of physical or cognitive challenges.”

You don't have to miss your favorite Yoga Class:

Check NAChicago.com for up-to-date online classes at all of your favorite venues

Marlaina Donato is an author, composer and painter. Connect at AutumnEmbers Music.com.

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he heart and soul of any thriving community is comprised of local business owners and right now, more than ever, THEY NEED US! And we need them. Certainly, stressors are high and budgets are tight but when making needed purchases, COMMIT to shopping in person or online at local, small businesses whenever you can.

Choose local markets, buy direct from local farmers, opt for takeout from your favorite restaurant.

We need each other to stay balanced and healthy, supporting our immune systems, our rest and renewal and our environments. Check in with local specialists, retail stores and practitioners about inventory and resources to support diet, stress and sleep, to optimize a healthy mind, body and home.

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It is unlikely a pet will become infected and serve as a source of infection for people.

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2020 EDITORIAL CALENDAR HEALTHY LIFESTYLES ISSUE

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Age-Defying Habits Plus: Healthy Immune System

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Cardiovascular Health Plus: Regenerative Medicine

PLANT-BASED NUTRITION ISSUE

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Thriving on a Plant-Based Diet Plus: CBD

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Grassroots Climate Crisis Strategies Plus: Healthy Home

WOMEN’S WELLNESS ISSUE

MAY

Autoimmune Breakthroughs Plus: Protein & Collagen Connection

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Inspired Lifestyle Travel Plus: Brain Health

THE FOOD CONNECTION ISSUE

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Beyond Factory Farming Plus: Gut Health

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Biological Dentistry Plus: Environmental Education

SELF-EMPOWERMENT ISSUE

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Emotional Well-Being Plus: Adaptive Yoga

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Stress Management Plus: Joint Health

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Personalized Diabetes Strategies Plus: Skin Care

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Creating Community & Connection Plus: Spending Locally

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by Shawn Messonnier

here are many types of coronavirus.

COVID-19 is new—a novel coronavirus—and there are currently no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in dogs or cats. Dogs can become infected with a canine coronavirus. It is fairly species-specific and will not infect people, but can infect cats (without causing clinical disease in naturally infected cats). Most infected dogs do not show symptoms and recover without showing signs of infection; young puppies may exhibit mild diarrhea.

Cats have their own coronavirus that, like dogs, usually causes an asymptomatic infection, or may cause mild diarrhea or mild respiratory infection (especially in kittens). However, this coronavirus, for unknown reasons, can mutate in the GI tract and transform into the (usually) lethal feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) virus (this occurs in about 10 percent of infected cats).

Again, this feline coronavirus will not infect dogs or people, and only infects felids. (A curious note is that cats can become infected with the human SARS coronavirus experimentally and naturally, but do not become ill, and the original SARS virus was suspected to have originated from a mongoose.) As with human coronaviruses, canine and feline coronaviruses can survive outside of the pet’s body for a period of time, especially in a colder environment, but are easily killed with

most soap or disinfectants.

Dogs and cats that develop their own coronaviral diseases will not infect people.

However, by serving as fomites (objects that can carry an infectious organism on the surface), dogs and cats could potentially carry a virus on their coat or skin if an infected family member gets infected material (saliva, respiratory droplets, etc.) onto the animal.

Like any other surface in the home, the virus could transfer from the surface of the pet to other uninfected family members. (This is usually by hand to face transfer.)

To be safe, it may be wise to keep the family pet away from the infected family member, or at least have the infected family member bathe and/or wipe the pet’s coat with a wet washcloth before the pet is exposed to uninfected family members.

Keep in mind that maintaining proper blood levels of vitamin D in people and in pets is important in minimizing infectious diseases.

This is an evolving topic. As new discoveries and research arise, check the Centers for Disease Control website (cdc.gov) for the latest advisories and recommendations.

Shawn Messonnier, DVM, is the owner of Paws & Claws Holistic Animal Hospital, in Plano, Texas, and an award-winning author and host on Martha Stewart Radio.

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Tips for Chicagoland Pet Owners

by Carol Novello

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hether newly fostering or adopting a pet during the COVID-19 pandemic, or quarantined with a longtime animal companion, we may find ourselves wondering how to make the best of this unusual time together. Here are some helpful tips to keep pets engaged—and provide something other than the coronavirus news to focus on.

Three Canine Quarantine Companion Tips

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Teach Your Dog Recall: Recall training teaches your dog to come when you call. This is an incredibly important “trick” for your dog to know, as it can be lifesaving if he or she were ever to get loose and run toward a busy road. There are tons of resources online, so use this time in quarantine to dig in. You can practice it anywhere, including your living room.

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Create Indoor Exercise Time: Use stairs if you have them or set up an indoor obstacle course for your pooch. Get creative with fun ways to exercise your dog indoors, then document and share on social media. Your animal-loving friends are probably looking for fun pandemic pet ideas, too.

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Make a Hollow Toy Into a Treat: Keep your dog occupied and happy after a fun day of indoor play (or while you’re busy fulfilling your remote working or quarantine parenting duties) by filling a hollow toy with peanut butter or canned pumpkin and freezing it. Share the frozen treat with pups and watch how much they love it.

Photo credits: Mutual Rescue

Three Feline Quarantine Companion Tips

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Make Cat Toys: Cats love things they can bat and chase. For example, have you seen some of the crocheted coronavirus toys people are making? A quick search will find some fun patterns. Fill homemade toys with dried catnip to attract your cat even more and encourage play time.

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Attach Cat Toys to Doorknobs: Cats love things that dangle—to which anyone with a kitten and curtains can attest.

Keep kitties focused on what you want them to be playing with by dangling cat toys from doorknobs around your home.

Create Vertical Kitty Space: Pick a wall in an area your cat enjoys and add some DIY vertical shelves. You can order these online. Cats love to perch, so gift them with places to be other than on top of your keyboard while you’re working (or playing) from home.

Above all, remember to focus on how very lucky we are to have the unconditional love of our furry companion. Having a pet in our life as we navigate tough times can lessen stress and lift our spirits—and the latest research agrees.

When we interact with a pet, molecules of oxytocin click into the receptors embedded deep in the body and work their magic, slowing heart rate, relaxing blood vessels, and lowering blood pressure—all of which help protect the heart.

An adoring dog or cat isn’t guaranteed to make us feel better, but there are millions of people around the world to vouch for the fact that it can.

Carol Novello is the founder of Mutual Rescue, a national initiative that highlights the connection between people and pets in order to inspire and support life-saving efforts in communities across the nation and world. She is also the author of Mutual Rescue: How Adopting a Homeless Animal Can Save You, Too. For more information, visit MutualRescue.org and Natural Awakenings online for more Chicagoland Mutual Rescue tips.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13

CALENDAR DEADLINE: All listings must be received by the 10th of the month prior to publication. Calendar events must be submitted online at NAChicago.com/Calendar.

Call First: Events or services may be cancelled, postponed or are now offered online.

Call and check websites for up-to-date information.

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

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Virtual Full Moon Refresh – 8-9:30pm. Vacation of the Mind and Thrive Clean invite you to participate in this very special virtual event that will help you find new focus, recenter and ground as we work together to help each other heal. $39, includes complimentary Full Moon Refresh workbook, guided meditation and recording. More info: 888-928-8211 or Briana@VacationOfTheMind.com. To register: Tinyurl.com/yaw7ezcx.

SUNDAY, MAY 3

FRIDAY, MAY 8

FRIDAY, MAY 1 May Day Int’l Worker’s Day

SATURDAY, MAY 2

World Press Freedom Day Webinar: Reading the Astrological Houses in Reverse – 1-4pm. A way to understand the soul’s karmic, reincarnational issues shown in the chart by following the journey going through conception, birth, maturity, death and the return to spirit to understand the soul’s purpose in the incarnation designated through the template of the birth chart. $55. Webinar via Life Force Arts Center, 1609 W Belmont, Chicago. 773-327-7224. Info@LifeForceArts.org. AstrologicalDetails.com.

MONDAY, MAY 4

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TUESDAY, MAY 5 Cinco de Mayo

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6

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ONLINE Fair Trade Happiness Hour – 6-7pm.

THURSDAY, MAY 14 ONLINE Midewin At Home: Midewin for Kids

– 9-10am. With host Siobhan Solkowski Peacy, Midewin visitor information specialist. Bees, bats, frogs and more are just of a few of the topics covered in this “sampler” of the Midewin 2020 schedule, with interesting facts for all ages. To watch: usfs. adobeconnect.com/r9-midewin-1000.

FRIDAY, MAY 15 Free Shiatsu Intro – 7-9:30pm. Learn the fundamental techniques and philosophies of Zen Shiatsu, and chat with current students and instructors. Free.

Zen Shiatsu Chicago, 825A Chicago Ave, Evanston.

847-864-1130. ZenShiatsuChicago.org.

SATURDAY, MAY 16 ONLINE Liberating Wisdom: A Morning Med-

itation Retreat – 9am-12:15pm. Immerse yourself in a morning of inspiring guided mediations based in Buddha’s teachings on wisdom. Learn how to develop a calm, stable mind despite life’s chaos and uncertainty; let go of negative thoughts and emotions; experience a joyful process of profound transformation. Ideal for all; no previous experience necessary.

With Kadampa Buddhist monk Gen Zamling. $20/ person. MeditateInChicago.org/liberatingwisdom.

Hear inspiring stories and raise a glass to fair trade.

It will be a great way to end the week! Donation appreciated. Info and registration: CFT.Events/ WorldFairTradeDay2020.

SUNDAY, MAY 17

SATURDAY, MAY 9

MONDAY, MAY 18

World Fair Trade Day

Mother’s Day Virtual Baking Party – 11am. With GF Mom Certified and Tiffany Hinton. Lean how to make a gluten-free chocolate cake and buttercream frosting, and they will share their favorite baking tips. Get a chocolate cake recipe by purchasing a copy of GF Mom Certified bestsellers Kid Approved or Celebrates Heritage from Amazon: https://amzn. to/2Xee3ak. To RSVP: Tiffany@MomCertified.net.

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TUESDAY, MAY 19

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

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THURSDAY, MAY 21 Norouz/Newroz

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SUNDAY, MAY 10

ONLINE 13th Annual World Fair Trade Day Reimagined from Home ­– 6-8:30pm. Online event features experts, activists and leaders to educate and activate participants and celebrate fair trade successes. Donation appreciated. Info and registration: CFT. Events/WorldFairTradeDay2020.

Mother’s Day

MONDAY, MAY 11

TUESDAY, MAY 12

THURSDAY, MAY 7

ONLINE Raising Vibrations – 7-9pm. Your power is in your vibration. The better you feel, the more energy and ease you have to create the life of your dreams. You will be emailed a link after registration to participate in the Zoom class. $60.

Infinity Foundation, 1280 Old Skokie Rd, Highland Park. 847-831-8828. InfinityFoundation.org.

ONLINE Clutter Clearing for a New Start – Tuesdays, May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9. 7-9pm. This course is available on Zoom. Discover how to easily and purposely declutter your home until it is filled with what is truly essential to you. CEUs available.

You will be emailed a link after registration to participate in the Zoom class. $95. Infinity Foundation, 1280 Old Skokie Rd, Highland Park. 847-831-8828.

InfinityFoundation.org.

Free Remote Healing Session: Chakra Cleansing, Enlivening and Balancing Treatment – 7:30-8pm.

With Jim Lal-Tabak. This treatment incorporates the wisdom Ayurveda, yoga and meditation, quantum physics and essential oils. This treatment is open to all and all you have to do is be present and have the intention to receive. Zoom meeting: us04web.zoom. us/j/164165846. Meeting ID: 164 165 846. For more info: 224-714-9593 or BodyMindMedicine.com.

Vesak Day (Buddhism)

ONLINE Midewin At Home: Prairie Farm History – 9-10am. The Roaring 20s, with host William Shea, Midewin visitor information specialist. Learn about historic farm items on display at the Wilmington Island Park District community building, Elwood Village Hall and at the Joliet Area Historical Museum from July 25-Aug 31. To watch: usfs.adobeconnect.com/r9-midewin-1000.

ONLINE 13th Annual World Fair Trade Day

Reimagined from Home ­– 6-8:30pm. Online event features experts, activists and leaders to educate and activate participants and celebrate fair trade successes. Donation appreciated. Info and registration: CFT. Events/WorldFairTradeDay2020.

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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return. ~Maya Angelou

FRIDAY, MAY 22

Ohyaihgo-nah – Moon of Great Ripening Berries

SATURDAY, MAY 23 Ramadan Ends (Islam)

SUNDAY, MAY 24 Eid ul-Fitr (Islam)

MONDAY, MAY 25 Memorial Day

ongoing events To ensure we keep our community calendar current, ongoing events must be resubmitted each month.

DEADLINE: All listings must be received by the 10th of the month prior to publication. Calendar events must be submitted online at NAChicago.com/Calendar.

Check Online: Check the NA Online Calendar and Directory for many updates and new online events and workshops.

TUESDAY, MAY 26

MONTHLY SPECIAL OFFERS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27

ONLINE 3-for-1 Life Mission Mapping Sessions – Thru May. With Sarah Karnes. For those seeking more joy and fulfillment in relationships.

Clarify tangible goals, define your optimal and doable action plan so you can claim and live your joy and aliveness. For appts: 262-745-8362 or Tinyurl.com/schedulewithSarah. For more info: SarahDKarnes.com.

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Virtual Reiki Relaxation Hour – 7-8pm. Offered via Zoom. In this session, we invite you to relax while you learn more about reiki. Relax even deeper with a guided reiki meditation (which you can use at home to bring peace to your daily life).

Experience distance reiki along with the meditation. Time afterwards for sharing and Q&A. Free.

Calandra Center for Health and Wellness (Chicago Location), 47 W Polk St, Ste M-5, Chicago. 312796-3965. CalandraAcupuncture.com/product/ virtual-reiki-relaxation-hour.

THURSDAY, MAY 28

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ONLINE Free Crisis Health Coaching – With

the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy, Inc., and the Institute for Functional Medicine. This amazing community of health coaches is giving back during this extraordinary time of need by offering free health coaching services. More info: bit.ly/FMCHC_Gives_Back.

FRIDAY, MAY 29

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ONLINE Moon Membership with Heather

Faun Basl – Join our moon membership and receive your special message. Each package receives 1-2 messages a month following the full or new moon.

Quantity depends on the package you choose. These messages come from mini-readings which use light and playful energy. Members are first to receive promotions and sales. 630-210-8688. Heather@ HeatherFaunBasl.com. HeatherFaunBasl.com.

Remote Healing with Heather Faun Basl – Schedule a 15-min phone call with Heather to decide your focus area to promote healing and overall well-being. She will meditate and perform remote healing to clear/adjust your energy frequency so the body can heal and keep you healthy. Raising your vibration is the best vaccination. 630-210-8688. Heather@ HeatherFaunBasl.com. HeatherFaunBasl.com.

SATURDAY, MAY 30

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SUNDAY, MAY 31

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SATURDAY, JUNE 13

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SAVE THE DATE The Adoption Process from A to Z – 1:30-3pm.

Adoption of children has transformed from a secretive event into a mutual family-planning process for both placing parents and for adoptive parents. Attorney Sally Wildman describes adoption fundamentals, share key resources to develop an adoption plan, and highlights new developments in adoption practice. Free. Clarendon Hills Public Library, 7 N Prospect Ave, Clarendon Hills. Registration requested: 630-323-8188 or ClarendonHillsLibrary.org.

SUNDAY, JUNE 21

SAVE THE DATE Christian Science Lecture – 2-3pm. “Humility that Overcomes the World.” Winnetka Community House, 620 Lincoln Ave, Winnetka. More info: CSMetroChicago.org.

SUNDAY ONLINE The Mike Nowak Show Radio Program – 9-11am. Live weekly local radio show focused on gardening and the environment, with lots of humor to wake us up. Author and master gardener Mike Nowak and cohost Peggy Malecki feature a variety of guests and weather/climate scientist Rick DiMaio in a live show on 1590 WCGO AM, also available in podcast on MikeNowak.net, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and podcast apps, and streaming live on MikeNowak.net, TuneIn radio app and on Facebook at @The Mike Nowak Show.

ONLINE Time to Dance: Ballet – 10:30am.

Also 1:30pm, Tues. Although not beginner classes, dancers of all levels of experience welcome. Via Zoom. To register: DanceForJoy16@gmail.com.

CBG-Institute.org.

ONLINE Inspiring Solutions for a Challenging World – 11am-12:15pm. Meditation and modern Buddhism. Overcome negative thinking and emotions, strengthen your mind, and stay inspired in daily life using profound Buddhist psychology and simple, effective meditations you can incorporate in everyday life. No previous experience necessary.

With Kadampa Buddhist monk Gen Zamling. Donation. MeditateInChicago.org/sunday.

ONLINE Celestial Sundays – 8pm. Arit Tchiya

will post the HeruScopes Update for the Strength (not weak/week) ahead, as well as the Cosmic Chimes & Chanting Session that corresponds to the Reading. Donation via PayPal. KemeTones YouTube channel. 773-571-1591. PayPal.me/kemetones. Tinyurl.com/vtelehg.

MONDAY Sentinel Watch Podcast – 24/7 online. New audio podcasts filled with thought-provoking ideas posted each Monday. Contributors tackle topics relevant to daily life and inspiring prayers for the world.

CSMetroChicago.org.

ONLINE Light School – 10-11:15am. Weekly

gathering with Heather Faun Basl on various spiritual topics and subjects. Have tea with Heather and expand your soul. Love donation. RSVP: HeatherFaunBasl.com.

ONLINE Yoga Basics with Jenny – 11am.

Also held 9:30am, Wed & Fri. Heaven Meets Earth, 2746 Central St, Evanston. 847-475-1500.

HeavenMeetsEarthYoga.com.

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TUESDAY

ONLINE Metaphysics I SEE Class – Thru May

ONLINE Time to Dance: Ballet – 1:30pm.

20. 7-9pm. Explore the foundation of Unity’s fundamental principles. An introduction to core spiritual concepts, such as consciousness, affirmative prayer, the silence and more. Senior Minister, Rev Elizabeth Mora facilitates. Via Zoom: Tinyurl.com/clasmetph.

UnityNorthwest.org.

Go Green Highland Park Monthly Meeting – 6:30pm. 1st Tues. Check our website for May updates. GoGreenHP.com.

ONLINE Let’s Talk CBD/CBG Oil: The Therapeutic Benefits and Business Opportunity – 8pm.

Learn how to become part of this revolution in health. Hop online to learn more about this workfrom-home business opportunity. We will present a brief 15-min overview. RSVP: 630-309-3409.

Meeting ID: 630-309-3409. Zoom.US.

ONLINE Yoga with Lisa – 10am. Heaven Meets Earth, 2746 Central St, Evanston. 847-475-1500.

HeavenMeetsEarthYoga.com.

Also 10:30am, Sun. Although not beginner classes, dancers of all levels of experience welcome. Via Zoom. To register: DanceForJoy16@gmail.com.

CBG-Institute.org.

Green Drinks Libertyville – 6:30pm. 2nd Tues.

Check our Facebook page for May updates. Facebook.com/greendrinkslibertyville.

ONLINE Hacking Your Health Meetup – 6:30-

8pm. 3rd Tues. Let’s get together to expand our knowledge of living a healthy life, using integrative wellness. Features an expert speaker on topics current to our health landscape. Free. Purple Sprout Cafe and Juice Bar, 341 E Dundee Rd, Wheeling.

Meetup.com/Hacking-Your-Health-Meetup.

Shiatsu Student Clinic – 7-9pm. Receive a 45-min session from an advanced Zen Shiatsu student. Sessions are performed in a group setting with instructor observation. $35/45-min or $90/3 treatments. Zen Shiatsu Chicago, 825A Chicago Ave, Evanston.

Availability limited; for appts: 847-864-1130.

ZenShiatsuChicago.org.

WEDNESDAY ONLINE Prayer Meeting – Informal weekly

gatherings with inspirational readings, song, prayer and time to share healings and inspiration. Meetings being held remotely during COVID19 “Stay at Home.” More info: CSMetrochicago.org.

ONLINE Body & Brain Tai Chi Class – 7:308:30am; 10-11am; 6-7pm. Additional classes held daily; see website for times. After a short set of warm up exercises, get into meridian stretching (to improve circulation, strength and flexibility, and relax the mind) and then go into Body & Brain style Tai Chi called DahnMuDo. We stream all of our classes live on Zoom. Info & to register: 847-362-2724, Libertyville@BodyNBrain.com, BodyNBrain.com/libertyville.

ONLINE CBD/Hemp Presentation – 10am.

Curious about how to be part of this fast-growing, billion-dollar cannabis/hemp industry? Join us for a quick 30-min zoom call and learn about how you can be an independent rep with the fastest growing CBD/hemp company in the industry. Free. Zoom. us/j/6303093409.

THURSDAY Shiatsu Student Clinic – 11am-1pm. Receive a 45-min session from an advanced Zen Shiatsu student. Sessions are performed in a group setting with instructor observation. $35/45-min or $90/3 treatments. Zen Shiatsu Chicago, 825A Chicago Ave, Evanston. Availability limited; for appts: 847-864-1130. ZenShiatsuChicago.org.

ONLINE Time to Dance: Modern – 1:30pm.

Although not beginner classes, dancers of all levels of experience welcome. Via Zoom. To register: DanceForJoy16@gmail.com. CBG-Institute.org.

ONLINE Goddess Social – 4-5pm. Dedicated to helping women connect and remember their inner goddess. Attendees are encouraged to sip on their favorite cocktail as they converse and get an oracle message from Basl. Love donation. RSVP: HeatherFaunBasl.com.

FRIDAY ONLINE Free Guided Meditation and Mindfulness Discussion – 3-3:30pm. Talk about some of the current challenges facing our daily habits and routine such as isolation, calming anxiety and fear, stress reduction, scarcity mindset and re-balancing life in the new norm. We will provide tools and techniques for combating short- and long-term stress, reducing anxiety and calming fear. Includes a10-min guided meditation. Facebook.com/groups/ VacationoftheMind.

SATURDAY Advanced Allergy Therapeutic Treatment – 9am1pm. Offering holistic, non-invasive, drug-free treatments to calm the sympathetic nervous system.

Taking all precautions to protect from COVID-19.

For an appt: 847-392-7901, MWAllergyRelief@ gmail.com or MidwestAllergyRelief.com.

ONLINE Mindfulness Adjustments for the

ONLINE Body & Brain Basic Yoga Class – 9:30-10:30am & 2-3pm. After a short set of warm up exercises, get into meridian stretching, followed by core strengthening and breathing postures to accumulate energy. Then be guided in the practice of energy meditation. $20/class. Body & Brain Yoga and Tai Chi, 860 S Milwaukee Ave, Libertyville.

847-362-2724. BodyNBrain.com/libertyville.

Green Drinks McHenry County – 5-7pm. 1st Wed. Check our website for May updates. GreenDrinks. org/IL/Crystal Lake.

ONLINE Wine and Spirit – 6-7pm. Join us with a glass of wine as spirits give an upbeat message through Basl channeling loved ones. Love donation.

RSVP: HeatherFaunBasl.com.

Pandemic – 10-10:30am. With Vacation of the Mind. Free mindfulness webinar series for HR Specialists, Leaders and Management. Will discuss best practices for handling employee production, communication issues, lifestyle changes and more.

Workplace wellness topics highlighted. VacationOfTheMind.com/webinar.

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CLASSIFIEDS AKASHIC CONSULTATION AKASHIC RECORD READING – Open the record of your soul’s journey to find information to support you in your life right now, heal your past and help you into your future. Heal. Grow. Investigate. Find direction. Lin Ewing: 847-609-0034.

AstrologicalDetails.com.

ASTROLOGY ASTROLOGY – Understand yourself, your motivations, your feelings. Recognize your talents, strengths, successes. Overcome difficulties and confusion. Astrology can help pull it all together. Relationships. Career. Plan the future. Serious astrology for serious seekers. Private, personal consultations.

Lin Ewing: 847-609-0034. AstrologicalDetails.com.

BOOKS THE GREAT COSMIC TEACHINGS OF JESUS OF NAZARETH – The one who does not live in God lives in his self-made world of sensations, thoughts, words and deeds; the small world of the human ego. Toll-Free: 844-576-0937. Gabriele-Publishing-House.com.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES YOUR LISTING CAN BE HERE – Visit Submit.

NAChicago.com/CHI/Magazine-Classifieds.

HELP WANTED ARE YOU HIRING? – Find your next team member. Call 847-858-3697 or submit online at Submit.

NAChicago.com/CHI/Magazine-Classifieds.

MEDIA SALES: CHICAGO & SUBURBS – Excellent opportunity for flexible full- or part-time work with great rewards. Natural Awakenings Chicago is seeking a self-motivated professional with strong interpersonal and communication skills to introduce businesses to the benefits of advertising in print and digital. Ideal candidate must be self-motivated, organized and creative in sourcing suitable clients and events to target in Chicago and suburbs. You must enjoy conversing on the phone and in face-to-face meetings, as well as enjoy working both from your home and from the road throughout the metropolitan area, and have previous relationship-based ad sales experience.

You’ll need at least 20 flexible daytime hours per week to prosper. Occasional weekend and evening time needed to attend events and network. Pay is generous commission, plus bonuses. Email your info, a brief description of your experience and your phone number to Editor@NAChicago.com.

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ZERO BALANCING WELLNESS CENTER

Connecting you to the leaders in natural health care & green living in our community.

ACUPUNCTURE AND TRADITIONAL ORIENTAL MEDICINE LANA MOSHKOVICH, LAC, ND, MSOM Nirvana Naturopathics 707 Lake Cook Rd, Ste 100, Deerfield 60015 847-715-9044 NirvanaNaturopathics.com

We use acupuncture to help you get immediate relief from acute or chronic pain. Combining Western and Chinese Medicine, we can treat and resolve insomnia, anxiety and women’s health issues, plus chronic conditions. Certified NAET. Preferred MeiZen Provider. Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine. Major insurances accepted.

Schedule your initial appointment on Nirvana Naturopathics.com. Get a healthier and alternative approach to your chronic health conditions. See ad on page 13.

ALLERGIES CALANDRA CENTER FOR HEALTH & WELLNESS

Acupuncture, NAET Allergy Elimination, Reiki, Classes/CEU Located in Chicago’s South Loop & Schaumburg 312-796-3965 CalandraAcupuncture.com CCHW offers: acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, NAET Allergy Elimination, reiki, Access Consciousness Bars and a variety of classes. Classes are available for adults, children and CEU for acupuncturists. We believe that when someone has the tools to help themselves that the possibilities are endless.

MIDWEST ALLERGY RELIEF CENTER 3365 N Arlington Hts Rd, Ste D, Arlington Hts 60004 847-392-7901 MidwestAllergyRelief.com

Dr. Amanda Thiry, DC, BSN, uses Advanced Allergy Therapeutics (AAT), a non-invasive alternative technology that’s effective and safe for all ages, to identify and treat specific allergen elements that affect your quality of life. Discover how you can eat foods, be near pets and use products again that you now avoid, and experience a new lease on life. See ad on page 21.

BODY-CENTERED PSYCHOTHERAPY ERICA HORNTHAL, LCPC, BC-DMT Chicago Dance Therapy 847-848-0697 EricaHornthal.com

Life is experienced through movement and the body, mind and spirit are connected. The body holds all experiences and talking alone is not enough to release our emotional issues. Erica uses a combination of talk therapy and dance/movement therapy to help clients express what is often too deep for words.

BODYWORK NATIONAL LYMPHATIC CENTERS

Sharon M Vogel, LMT, CLT, BCTMB, MFR 5002a Main St, Downers Grove 630-241-4100 • Lymphatics.net Sharon Vogel is referred to by Mayo Clinic practitioners, national surgeons and physicians. She offers 46 years hands-on experience, 29 years as a licensed practitioner, and is Nationally Board Certified, specializing in oncology massage, lymph drainage MLD and myofascial release JFB MFR, all to help assist clients in regaining health. Free consult with RSVP.

ROTH STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION

Diane Roth, BCSI Highland Park, 60035 847-533-3213 • RothSI.com Structural Integration (SI) realigns, rebalances and re-educates the body through manual therapy and movement education. Chronic pain, bad posture, tired and achy bodies are signs that the body is out of balance. SI benefits include decreased pain, injury rehabilitation, improved posture, ease in movement, and increased flexibility and stamina.

ZEN SHIATSU CHICAGO 825 Chicago Ave, Evanston 60202 847-864-1130 ZenShiatsuChicago.org

You’ll feel the stress melt away like the snow in spring through our relaxation-focused shiatsu massage practice, which offers the same energizing benefits as acupuncture combined with the restorative power of yoga poses. Dress in cozy threads, shiatsu is performed on fully clothed clients. Professional and student therapists available.

See ad on back cover.

Mary H. Murphy, LMT, CZB, CST-D 809 Ridge Rd, Ste 200, Wilmette 60091 847-920-9292 • ZBWellness.com Zero Balancing (ZB) works with the flow of chi through the skeletal system. Gentle, and energizing, a ZB session leaves the client with a wonderful feeling of body-mind integration and energized relaxation. ZB can help relieve body pain, emotional distress and boost well-being. Received clothed, ZB addresses the whole person.

CBD / HEMP OIL NATURAL REMEDEE HEALTH SOLUTIONS Dee Bayro, CHHC NaturalRemedee.com LetsTalkHempOil.com

The research is overwhelming on the benefits of using phytocannabinoids from hemp. As a certified holistic health advisor, let me help answer your questions and see if hemp oil extract is right for you. Over thousands of studies support the therapeutic benefits of phytocannabinoid diols for over 250 health conditions. I offer the world’s best, one-of-akind hemp extract that has the power of intravenous therapy within a convenient oral, liposomal delivery system. Visit our website or attend a local presentation to learn more about this new science. Get involved with this revolution in health. We are looking for professionals and influencers to work with contact me for more info. See ad on page 29.

COACHING & COUNSELING SUSAN CURRY

InteriorWerx 312-479-7893 Info@InteriorWerx.us InteriorWerx.us Are you feeling unfocused and desire to get your life back on track? Seeking solutions for health issues or emotional balance? Susan is an emotional frequency intuitive using her empathetic skills to help. Call Susan a call for a 15min complimentary phone consult and see if it’s a good tool for you!

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY ONE MIND AND BODY CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY

Carol G. Sherby, BS, LMT, BCST 22W550 Poss St, Glen Ellyn 630-205-1075 OneMindAndBody.com Carol Sherby uses gentle CranioSacral Therapy to help treat pain and dysfunction associated with a wide range of medical issues, including concussions, migraines, neck and back pain, torticollis, autism, chronic fatigue and more. She takes a holistic approach to healing, and how constrictions to nerve fibers can arise in response to physical injury, stress or emotional trauma. Through CST technique, massage and reflexology, balance can be achieved, promoting wellness in mind, body and spirit.

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DANCE FOR HEALTH TIME TO DANCE WITH CBG INSTITUTE FOR DANCE & HEALTH North Shore School of Dance 505 Laurel Ave, Highland Park 60035 DanceForJoy16@gmail.com CBG-Institute.org

Discover the healing art of dance through ballet, modern and tap for adults 50+.

Dance is proven to have both physical and psychological benefits. Taught by dancer teachers Lisa Gold, Lynne Chervony Belsky, MD, and Lorraine Chase. See ad on page 27.

DECLUTTERING/ ORGANIZING

FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE HEAL N CURE MEDICAL WELLNESS Meena Malhotra, MD, ABIM, ABOM 1122 Willow Rd, Northbrook 60062 847-686-4444 • HealNCure.com

Specializing in medical wellness, weight loss, hormone balancing, diabetes, fibromyalgia, and anti-aging using integrative and functional medicine. We find and resolve the root cause of medical conditions and achieve outstanding, lasting results for our patients, many of which had almost given up on wellness goals. Free educational seminars. PPO insurance and Medicare accepted for covered services.

GYMS, FITNESS & ONLINE WORKOUTS GET FIT EGV

MEGAN SPILLMAN

Rowena Dziubla, Owner 773-819-7459 • CoachRo@GetFitEGV.com Facebook | Instagram

Clutter adds stress and drains time and energy. Megan supports individuals, families and business owners in decluttering spaces. She is trained in the KonMari Method™ which focuses on joy and gratitude.

Contact Megan to schedule a complimentary 30-minute call to learn more about creating a plan to confront clutter.

RX your workout at GET FIT EGV located at 1100 Nerge Rd, Ste 206 in Elk Grove Village. Group classes available 7 days a week: barbell/Olympic training, HIIT, bootcamp and more. We also offer ONLINE virtual coaching options for home workouts, see website for more info.

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RENEÉ S. BARASCH, LDHS

316 Peterson Rd, Libertyville 60048 847-207-2034 DigestiveHealthSolutions.com Digestive problems? Acid Reflux/ GERD, IBS, Crohn’s, colitis? Let us help you naturally achieve nutritional balance, feel better and enhance the quality of your life. Improve digestion while reducing discomfort and bloating so you can eat the foods you love again. Certified digestive health specialist/enzyme therapist. See ads on pages 7 and 39.

INTEGRATIVE WELLNESS STUDIO

Heidi Smith, CINHC, CCWS, CMP 312-259-7585 HeidiSmith@IntegrativeWellnessStudio.net IntegrativeWellnessStudio.net Personalized health coaching programs to help you reach sustainable health for life through better nutrition and lifestyle changes. Areas of specialty include Celiac disease, autoimmune disorders, women’s health and weight management. Understanding. Encouragement. Support. Accountability.

57 E Scranton Ave, Lake Bluff 60044 847-482-1700 Flotstone.com Floatation therapy is quickly being recognized as a very safe and effective way to shift into the parasympathetic state of total relaxation. Floating cradles you in its graceful healing waters optimizing your body’s ability to do what it does best, heal! Float effortlessly in over 1,250 lbs of Epsom salt.

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DR. ALLA AVER, DDS

2400 Ravine Way, Suite 400, Glenview 60025 847-998-5100 GlenviewSmiles.com Our office uses whole-body, preventive dental care. We utilize non-fluoridated ozonated water, herbal periodontal treatments, and gluten-free herbal paste. We offer: safe amalgam removal; BPA-free fillings and sealants; non-metal crowns; sleep apnea and TMJ appliances; ozone therapy; microscopic plaque analysis; material reactivity testing kits; and non-acrylic night guards, partials. See ad on page 33.

K. BOEHM, DDS, & ASSOCIATES

1585 N Barrington Rd, Ste 106, Hoffman Estates 60069 847-884-1220 1440 Maple Ave, Ste 2A Lisle 60532 630-810-1280 • KBoehmDDS.com

Offering state-of-the-art holistic dental care in a relaxed environment, Dr. Boehm and his staff are ready to meet all your dental needs in either of his two locations. Bio-compatible materials and an extensive knowledge of the correlation between oral and overall health are his specialty. Services include safe mercury removal, electrodermal screening for materials compatibility and tooth viability, crowns, bridges, dentures, zirconia implants, homeopathy, cranial osteopathy, orthodontics, ozone therapy, CT/3D imaging, and laser treatment for both gum disease and decay.

WRIGLEYVILLE DENTAL

Dr. Bernice Teplitsky, DDS, PC 3256 N Ashland, Chicago 60657 773-975-6666 WrigleyvilleDental.com In addition to state-of-the-art technology and methods offered by most holistic dentists (microscopes, ozone therapy, etc.), we treat you as a partner. We thoroughly explain your unique situation, provide treatment options and keep you comfortable with Netflix, music and paraffin wax treatments. Located off the Brown line.

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I find hope in the darkest of days and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe. ~Dalai Lama

Kankakee Natural Foods BioEnergy Center 815-933-6236 KankakeeNaturalFoods.com Our BioEnergy Center brings together state-ofthe-art machines in one location for an integrative wellness experience. Our approach to healing meets each client’s unique needs through personalized testing and therapies. Come as you are, no appointment needed.

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Jill Briska, DC 1263 Highland Ave, Ste 1A, Lombard 630-412-1852 Kintsugi-Wellness.com

NEW VITALITY MD

Are you still suffering with a chronic health condition and have tried “everything?” It’s time to activate your body’s own frequencies to heal itself with Biocybernetics. Cyberscan technology is based on quantum physics and addresses food allergies, dementia, ADHD, pain, lack of energy, addictions or “mystery illnesses” by balancing your frequencies and improving your immune system by 149%. Certified Class 2 medical device, used for diagnosis and treatment in over 27 EU countries, FDA-approved and used at the world-renowned cancer clinic Hope4Cancer in Mexico and the Hippocrates Health Institute in Florida. Helps dogs, cats, horses and more, too!

Newly expanded services under new owner/operator thriveMD. Specializing in bio-identical hormone replacement therapy for men and women, medical and supplement-based weight loss, aesthetic services such as Botox, Juvéderm and PRP; and now adding IV therapies, including nutritionals, NAD, Exosomes, Amino Acids, Glutathione and Stem Cells, plus B12 and Vitamin D injections.

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thriveMD – OPTIMAL HEALTH WHOLE LIFE SPINE & SOFT TISSUE Christopher Codina, DC 33 W Higgins Rd, Ste 735 South Barrington 60010 WholeLifeChiroHE.com

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Learn how something that is easily treated and commonly found in the body may be the reason for your pain. Schedule your free consultation today to learn more Conveniently located and insurance accepted.

Dr. Greg Seaman 1355 Remington Rd, Ste I, Schaumburg IL 60173 312-600-5070 Info@thriveMD.org

Using IV therapies, PRP, weight management and other natural programs, we help conditions like fatigue, brain fog, hormone imbalance, pain, injury, weight gain, decreased performance, tickborn disease and more.

After an initial consultation, we design your custom program to obtain true optimal health, which includes living a healthy lifestyle and being committed to yourself. See ad on page 3.

HYPNOTHERAPY DR. FUNDA KAHN, CHI

Inner Child Connection Ltd 847-971-1221 FundaKahn@gmail.com InnerChildConnection.com Having unique training and experience, Dr. Funda Kahn offers myriad techniques customized for individuals and groups to create peace and harmony in their lives. Trained as an oral surgeon, she committed her life to healing souls. Teaching hypnosis, self-hypnosis, EFT, and “inner child connection” are only the beginning of what she can provide. “Feelings buried alive never die.” – Karol Truman.

INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY ELLEN KATZ, MS, LMFT

Clinical Director, Inner Balance Northbrook, Chicago, Palm Springs 847-224-0244 InnerBalanceNow.com Ellen’s 30 years of experience as a psychotherapist integrates a conscious approach to healing old patterns through a mix of trauma and mindfulness-based psychotherapies, HMR, Lifeline, The Work (Byron Katie), energy medicine and somatic awareness. Join Meetup.com “Inner Balance Meditation” for updates on her events, and visit her at EllenKatz.net.

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HEATHER FAUN BASL

Office locations: Chicago, Glenview, Naperville, Aurora 630-210-8688 Heather@HeatherFaunBasl.com HeatherFaunBasl.com Heather is an intuitive medium, healer and mentor. She holds workshops, retreats, certifications and shares fun social events monthly.

Her skills give her a strong connection which helps others learn to raise their own frequency. She helps you evolve. Get a reading or check out her programs on her website.

INTUITIVE CONSULTATION MICHELE HEATHER

847-509-8289 MicheleHeather1@yahoo.com Get clarity, direction and empowerment as we release old patterns and blockages that keep you feeling stuck in life. Using Soul Memory Discovery, Michele helps you work with your angels and guides to practice new inner processes and expand into your highest good and true self. Michele is also intuitive and a Reiki Master Teacher.

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Resources for your spiritual journey … events, weekly online podcasts, community worship services, Christian Science Reading Rooms. Explore our website and connect with us at more than 24 locations around Chicago. See ad on page 18.

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THE EDGAR CAYCE HOLISTIC CENTER AND BOOKSTORE

At Unity Northwest Church 259 E Central Rd, Des Plaines 60016 847-299-6535 • AREChicagoCenter@gmail.com Full-service bookstore, Cayce remedies, spiritual growth study groups, monthly programs, workshops and holistic fairs, intuitive skills development training, knowledgeable seekers, intuitives, healers and more. Call for hours.

INFINITY FOUNDATION

1280 Old Skokie Rd, Highland Park 60035 847-831-8828 • InfinityFoundation.org Now offering most Courses for Life in personal, professional and spiritual growth and development on Zoom. Sacred Geometry: Accelerated Cosmic Energy on Zoom, May 9. Clutter Clearing for A New Start starts on May 12 on Zoom. Call or email for a free course guide. CEUs available for 14 professionals.

MEDITATION CENTER KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTER CHICAGO

13 Harrison St, Oak Park 60304 2010 W Pierce Ave, Chicago 60622 708-763-0132 • MeditateInChicago.org Meditation and modern Buddhism. Everyone welcome. We offer an array of drop-in classes, weekend events, and retreats open to everyone and suitable for all levels of experience. A nonprofit, all-volunteer organization, we’re dedicated to sharing the practical wisdom of Buddha’s teachings with Chicagoland through meditation and mindfulness practices.

NATURE CLASSES THE RESILIENCY INSTITUTE

Located at McDonald Farm 10S404 Knoch Knolls Rd, Naperville 60565 630-447-9910 • TheResiliencyInstitute.net We offer intro and advanced events and courses in: permaculture, herbalism, edible wild plants, natural landscapes, forest/nature therapy, wellness and more. Register through February for our certificate courses. Check our website for a schedule of farm events, films, seeds swaps, community celebrations, food security projects and more.

NATUROPATHIC CONSULTATION DR. ALLA ARUTCHEVA, MD, PHD, ND

Associate Professor, Rush University Med. School Antalee Wellness 1836 Glenview Rd, 2nd Fl, Glenview 60025 847-486-1130 • AntaleeHolistic.com Have gut problems? Suspect leaky gut? Do not give up! We have a solution for you! Our key strategies are “DetermineRemoveRepairRestore” that address the gut health and integrity of the intestinal wall. Special individual program will be created and help your gut be happy again. Learn more about leaky gut and our therapeutic strategy at AntaleeHolistic.com.

SOUL ENERGY

Mary Ellen Azzi 3323 N Pulaski, Chicago 60641 773-609-3466 SoulEnergyWeb.com Enhance your healing journey by releasing stress and stagnant energy. Receive Vibrational Sound Therapy (VST) utilizing pure bronze Himalayan bowls, reiki and other energy modalities to release in whatever way your higher consciousness is ready. Offering private sessions, group events and energy classes in a kind, caring, supportive and safe space.

THERMOGRAPHY AND THERMOMETRY SCANNING REGENERATIVE MEDICINE CARING MEDICAL REGENERATIVE MEDICINE CLINICS Dave Woznica, MD Danielle Steilen-Matias, MMS, PA-C 715 Lake St, Ste 600, Oak Park 60301 708-462-6377 • CaringMedical.com

Specialists in stem cell therapy, PRP and H3 Prolotherapy: the most scientifically curative regenerative injection method for chronic pain, sports injuries and arthritis. Since 1993, we’ve helped patients who have plateaued with other pain “management” treatments to permanently resolve their pain, nerve entrapments and disabling symptoms without surgery or medication.

NORTHWEST HEALING CENTER Erica Cody Lake Barrington 60010 224-600-3216 NorthwestHealingCenter.com

Northwest Healing is your destination for practical knowledge for your important healthcare decisions. Forefront modalities such as thermographic imaging and the AO Scan, a bio-resonance device used to detect abnormalities in cells, tissues, and organs throughout the body and reset your system to optimal frequencies, detect health concerns before they become a medical emergency. Northwest Healing also offers hypnotherapy sessions. Experience all that Northwest Healing has to offer to help you live your best life. See ad on page 11.

WELLNESS EMPOWERED KEMETONES COSMIC SOUND HEALING

2177 Shermer Rd, Northbrook 60062 847-963-6094 YourWellnessEmpowered.com

Experience the benefits of acupuncture, without the needles. Sound healing can open previously closed gateways and eliminate blocks that cause pain or stress. Tuning Fork Therapy can shift frequencies and raise vibrations, allowing inner peace and purified desires to manifest. Based on ancient Egyptian wisdom and technology, and Traditional Chinese Medicine. We make house calls.

Whole Body Thermometry (WBT) is a gentle, painless testing method utilizing a radiation-free, infrared-scanning device to assess and identify which organs are struggling to regulate. Knowing where organ stress exists enables us to take preventive actions to restore and maintain balanced organ function. This remarkable adjunct diagnostic device, enables us to see the contributing factors that often manifest long before symptoms of chronic illness appear.

SOUND HEALING Arit Neter S Mery Maati (Aka Tchiya Amet) 8008 S Ellis Ave, Ste 2, Chicago 60619 773-571-1591 • Kemetones.org

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