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34 EASY CONTAINER GARDENING

How to Grow Edibles in Pots and Planters

36 INTERMITTENT FASTING BASICS

How to Improve Health by Eating Less Often

It’s Not Just About Drinking Water

40 JEFFREY BLAND on Rejuvenating Our Immune System

42 FENDING OFF FIBROIDS Natural Approaches Offer Relief

46 THE BLENDED FAMILY Tips for Creating a Successful Stepfamily

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May is the month dedicated to mothers.

My mom is 93, and I attribute her longevity to lots of vitamins and an upbeat attitude.

When I was little, I used to watch Mom take a vitamin cocktail every morning. She also walked a lot and would take me with her, reminding me to breathe in the fresh air and notice the natural beauty of the outdoors.

She moisturized constantly and drank lots of herbal teas. She never smoked or drank alcohol. Her meals were well thought out and balanced; nothing was processed and everything had color. She always slept a full eight hours, and she maintained a healthy weight, even going to the gym when she was able.

The best advice in women’s wellness is not much different from what my mom has done for decades. (I’ve tried to emulate many of her habits—but it’s not always easy to keep my hand out of the snack bag.) Still, over the past three years, Mom has developed acute dementia. Watching her struggle, I’ve often wondered, Could she have done more to stave off this disease, when it seems she did everything right?

I’ve decided that none of us can predict the future, or what our personal genetics will ultimately do—so why not do our best by nourishing ourselves with goodness and treating life like a gift, just as Mom did.

Every issue of Natural Awakenings is designed to support you on that journey.

We also try to let you know about upcoming events that will support you too. That’s why we’ve devoted a six-page section of this month’s magazine to the NewLife Expo, happening June 4-5 in Long Island. Entrepreneur Mark Becker launched it 35 years ago, and now it’s the longest-running “mind-body-spirit-wellness” event in the United States. But it’s never been held in Long Island until this year, when Mark decided to take it there by popular demand. (Read all about it starting on page 10.)

It offers something for everyone, but I think of it as another opportunity to follow Mom’s lead on doing life right. Whether you’re looking for anti-aging products or want to heal your body from within, don’t miss the NewLife Expo. You’ll find help on your journey to a long, healthy life, and you might just find your inner goddess too.

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Even fifteen minutes can make a difference in reducing the emotional stress that can trigger physical disease, says Mike Berlin, creator of Living the Miracle, an online program designed to help people transform their lives by overcoming emotional stress. That’s why he offers free 15-minute virtual consultations: to give people a taste of the healing potential of Living the Miracle.

“Stress is the number-one killer in society today,” he says. “According to the CDC, 93 percent of all doctor visits are stress related—and this was before the pandemic. But emotional stress occurs nowhere but in our minds. Ultimately, it comes from us. It causes stress and conflict in our lives, and it causes all emotional pain. Stress interferes with our happiness, productivity, creativity, intimacy and health. It interferes with our freedom to be, and to express and experience the miracle of life and who we truly are.”

overcoming negative experiences like divorce; physical, emotional or sexual abuse; bad parenting; neglect; violence; a traumatic event; or just the ups and downs of life.

“These experiences can leave us with unresolved hurt, guilt, anger, shame, fear, loneliness and heartbreak,” he says. “Ultimately those emotions manifest in physical symptoms, from overeating and weight issues to sleep and digestive problems.”

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“Dr. Mike,” who’s also a chiropractor, says he’s spent 30 years helping people transform stress from their bodies and their lives. The key is removing the interference from “the natural expression of you,” he explains. That means

NewLife Expo Comes to Long Island June 4-5 NewLife Expo, the longest-running “mind-body-spirit-wellness” expo in the country, is coming to Long Island the weekend of June 4-5, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. both days, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Hauppauge. The event will feature more than 60 lecturers, exhibitors and panels on holistic health, metaphysics and alternative medicine.

Entrepreneur Mark Becker, who founded the expo 32 years ago, says he brought it to Long Island by popular demand.

“Long Island’s 9 million residents Mark Becker have been waiting for NewLife Expo for a long time,” he says. “The hotel is only one hour away, with free parking for those in Manhattan, and it’s charging less than half their regular nightly price, so the city folk can spend a lovely June weekend in Long Island and enjoy the expo and maybe take a side trip to wine country or the Hamptons.”

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herbal and anti-aging products, and raw food techniques. Visitors can have their aura photos taken, try farinfrared sauna and have readings with professional psychics.

Lecture topics will include Total Body Healing, Chakras-NumbersPlanets, CBD, Tantra, Claiming Your Multidimensional Powers, Gut Healing, Meeting Your Soulmate, and Past-Life Therapy, among others.

Cost: $15 per day ($10 in advance). Location: 1717 Motor Pkwy., Hauppauge, Long Island, NY.

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Omega’s Campus Reopens May 27, Drawing Renowned Teachers Omega Institute, a Hudson Valley destination for lifelong learning, will reopen its Rhinebeck campus on May 27 for six months of in-person workshops, conferences, retreats and professional training opportunities. Renowned teachers and social visionaries such as Pema Chödrön, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Justin Michael Williams and Kate Tellers will be traveling to Omega to lead these live classes.

Additionally, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Omega has expanded its digital offerings, which have grown significantly to include access to popular workshops and many free resources, including conversations with top teachers, an award-winning podcast and the Omega Online Community. By hosting livestreams, virtual classes and self-paced courses on demand, eOmega.org is providing options to learn remotely year-round.

“The arrival of spring brings with it the longed-for promise of a new campus season and opportunities to learn and practice those things that give us reason for hope–personally and together as a human family,” said Robert “Skip” Backus, chief executive officer at Omega. “Whether you join us online or in person in 2022, we invite you to explore the many ways Omega can help you expand your possibilities.”

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Smile Farms Launches ‘Heat with Heart’ Initiative Smile Farms, which empowers people with different abilities by creating meaningful employment for them, has launched a line of hot sauce, Heat with Heart. One hundred percent of the proceeds will fund jobs and training for individuals with disabilities.

Smile Farms partners with non- and for-profit organizations to provide people with disabilities educational, vocational and employment opportunities in agricultural and culinary settings. Its programming impacts 280 Smile Farmers, their families and their communities across five counties in New York state.

farmers’ capabilities—all they can do when simply given the opportunity— and it validates the contributions people with different abilities make in their workplaces and communities.

Founded in 2015 by the McCann family based on a successful partnership with Independent Group Home Living Program, Smile Farms began as a single greenhouse operation. Since then it has blossomed into a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with 10 campuses and counting, and has become the signature philanthropic partner of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.

“Smile Farms’ pepper project represents this innovation,” says Smile Farms Managing Director Diana Martin. “Our farmers get to place the seeds in the ground and watch them generate all this amazing fruit—it’s so satisfying to them to know that as they’re harvesting those peppers, they’re going to be made into hot sauce to sell, which is going to create revenue for their programs. It’s more jobs for them and their peers.”

Smile Farms creates impactful opportunities at local farms, urban gardens and greenhouses, where hundreds of adults and youth with different abilities grow and sell flowers, plants and produce in the communities where they live. Smile Farms produce is also used in partner organizations’ kitchens and vocational programs and is donated to nonprofits serving people in need.

This year, Smile Farmers have been planting, pruning, harvesting and nurturing peppers from seed to shelf. The result is Heat with Heart hot sauce, fiery red and earthy green sauces that contain no artificial flavors or artificial preservatives.

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Trauma Recovery Retreat at The Omega Institute Brett Cotter, author of 3 Keys to Managing PTSD: The Warrior’s Guide and founder of Stress Is Gone, will lead a Trauma Recovery Retreat from May 29 to June 3 at The Omega Institute, in Rhinebeck.

Participants will learn to overcome stress, anxiety, and the pain from traumatic memories, including pandemic-related PTSD, and to improve their confidence, emotional balance, mental clarity, and realignment with purpose.

Certified by the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, Cotter helps people heal traumatic memories and overcome anxiety through classes, coaching and guided meditation. He has taught his signature method in Fortune 500 companies, hospitals, schools, nonprofits, military bases and disaster sites.

“I have 20 years of hands-on experience helping individuals and families break free from the grips of their pain,” Cotter says. “My work transforms stressful family dynamics and helps create happy, loving homes.”

Veronica Domingo, assistant director of programs at the Omega Institute, says previous participants in Cotter’s retreats have called the experience “profound and amazing,” adding that “it went beyond their expectations.”

“I could see an obvious shift in each of the participants,” she says. “It’s teachers like Brett Cotter who truly remind me why I’m still at Omega after 18 years.”

Retired Colonel Mikel Burroughs, of Warriors For Life / Victory For Veterans, says Cotter is “an amazing healer” with a gift for working with veterans and first responders and leading them through guided meditations.

Antwan Martin, an army veteran who attended one of Cotter’s retreats, admits to being surprised by its immediate effectiveness. “I was shocked at how quickly he began bringing out of us what was really hurting. I've never met anyone who listens to pain as well as he does, and reflects back such

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The science behind PolarAid was first demonstrated by Dr. Georges Lakhovsky and Nikola Tesla. Tesla identified the existence of the cosmic energy that nourishes and supports all life yet can be diminished with life’s challenges, traumas and aging as cells of the body lose their ability to absorb.

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Robin Landau Offers In-Person Marconics Trainings Robin Landau, one of two people in the United States who offer certified training in Marconics energy healing, is offering in-person practitioner trainings in all levels of the modality. According to Landau, Marconics is a new, multidimensional energy system whose purpose is to elevate humans from fear-based to love-based actions and beliefs.

“Marconics arrived on the planet at the end of 2012, marking the end of the denser Piscean age and helping to usher in the Pleiadian-love AquarRobin Landau ian age,” she says. “Earth’s position in the photon belt, above the galactic plane, gave way to optimal planetary alignments.

With this divinely orchestrated cosmic event strategically in place, a massive awakening process around the planet began to occur. Earth started to anchor a higher frequency of light into the gridlines, making it possible for us to attain higher states of consciousness.”

While Marconics provides a path out of the limited belief systems and paradigms of fear that have enslaved humans in the material realm for eons, Landau says, people must be willing to take that path.

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ity to light; we failed six other times because vibrationally we were not ready. The expectation was for more lightworkers to be awake. Sadly, this has not been the case. People have clung to the fear frequencies and responded to life with lower-vibrational choices.”

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Overcoming the Pain of Genital and Oral Herpes and Shingles From the Desk of Dr. Howard Robins at The Healing Center in New York City

Did You Have Chickenpox or a “Cold Sore”?

Most everyone answers “yes” to this question. If you answered yes, then you have a herpes infection. Both types of viral infections are easily transferred by contact with someone that has a current outbreak. You likely may have both!

Herpes zoster (HZ), commonly known as shingles, is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a limited area on one side of the body, often in a stripe. The initial infection causes the illness chickenpox, which usually occurs in children and young adults. Once the chickenpox is gone, the virus is not eliminated from the body and can go on to cause shingles. HZ is not the same disease as herpes simplex type 1 and 2, despite the similar name, though both HZ and herpes simplex belong to the same viral family.

may occur from time to time, especially in times of stress, using alcohol, or when eating foods high in a protein called L-arginine, found commonly in nuts and chocolate, among other foods.

It Can Be Eliminated!

Treatments with antivirals can reduce outbreaks and may alleviate the severity of symptomatic episodes but will not get rid of the infection. Medical ozone is the only medicine known to destroy and rid the body of this horrible infection.

Please don’t believe the commercials on television saying you can never get rid of it. Though with no promises or guarantees, medical ozone has been used all over the world to treat infections that normally cannot be fixed, i.e., herpes in all its forms.

Medical ozone is a gas that when it enters the body intravenously acts like “glue” to all viruses, bacteria, fungus, yeast and mold. It destroys or inactivates them so the body can remove them completely.

HZ becomes dormant in some of our nerve cells Dr. Howard Robins without causing any symptoms. Many years after Most importantly, medical ozone does it without a chickenpox infection, the virus may break out harmful adverse reactions or side effects so typical with of nerve cells and cause a viral infection of the skin in the pharmaceuticals. In more than 50 countries, over 45,000 area around the nerve. The virus may spread from one nerve physicians have been using it worldwide for over 70 years to to another causing a painful rash. Although the rash usually successfully and safely treat diseases such as herpes. heals within two to four weeks, most people experience nerve pain for months or years, a condition called “postherpetic So, don’t give up hope and don’t wait! neuralgia.” In the past, outbreaks usually occurred in the It is absolutely possible to eliminate elderly, but now it is common for anyone at any age that is under great stress or has a compromised immune system. herpes from your body.

Herpes simplex 1 and 2 cause the oral or genital forms of what we commonly simply call “herpes.” It also spreads in a way similar to the HZ virus. Herpes simplex is a viral disease caused by both herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2. Oral herpes, the visible symptoms of which are often called “cold sores” or “fever blisters,” is an infection of the face or mouth. Oral herpes is the most common form and genital herpes is the second most common form of infection. However, both types can be found both orally and genitally! Recurrent outbreaks

More information about this amazing, safe and effective treatment is available at OzoneWithoutBorders.ngo, on my website OzoneDoctor.net, and on my radio show, Functional Medicine with Dr. Robins, which is archived but live each week on VoiceAmerica.com’s Health and Wellness Channel. Or call my office at 212-581-0101.

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Dr. Howard Robins to Speak at NewLife Expo The old saying “You are what you eat” is truer than our grandmas knew, says Dr. Howard Robins, who will be discussing Dr. Howard Robins gut health as a featured speaker at the NewLife Expo, taking place June 4-5 in Hauppauge, Long Island.

“I’m excited to share the latest research studies on how to achieve a healthy gut and the benefits of ozone therapy and probiotics,” Robins says.

As founder and chief medical officer of Doctor’s Biome, a probiotics company based in Hauppauge, Robins says bringing its healing formula to fruition proves another old saying: “Nothing worth having comes easy.”

Robins and his lifelong friend Rich Finkelstein were having dinner together when Robins began describing how effective a probiotic would be “that can be alive inception to ingestion.” From that discussion, and the scientific expertise of Reza Kamarei, Ph.D., Doctor’s Biome was born.

“It took two years of testing and tweaking and reworking the formula—many sleepless nights and frustrating days,” Robins recalls. “The development of Doctor’s Biome was certainly not easy, but coming up with a scientifically superior product is no easy task.”

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Outlier Bacteria May Play a Protective Role in the Mouth Medical science has long linked oral bacteria and inflammation, which in turn has been associated with a range of chronic health issues, from heart disease to diabetes to cancer. But early research on TM7, a tiny parasitic bacteria recently found in the human oral microbiome, suggests that it might actually play a protective role.

Scientists from the Forsyth Institute, the only independent research institute in the United States focusing on the connections between oral health and overall wellness, have developed a manipulatable model to help them understand the role of TM7.

As the Forsyth Institute reported on Phys.org, “Researchers hypothesized . . .

TM7 acquired the Arginine Deiminase System (ADS) as an evolutionary advantage to help them adapt and survive in the human oral cavity. To test this hypothesis, scientists developed a model system to experimentally investigate the function and impact of ADS on TM7x and its host bacterium.”

Dr. Xueson He of the Forsyth Institute and Dr. Jeffrey S. McLean at the University of Washington used the model to study how TM7 adapted to

live inside humans. Their findings, published in the Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, indicate that TM7 plays a protective role in the mouth. This supports an earlier study suggesting that TM7 reduced gum inflammation and bone loss in mice. While there is much more research to be done, he said, the manipulatable model gives scientists an excellent tool.

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As up to 50 million Americans can personally testify, autoimmune disorders (AD) defy easy treatment, but a new study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in Boston, offers hope that vitamin D3 supplementation can significantly reduce the risk of incurring these disorders in the first place. Researchers divided 25,871 older adults into four groups: the first took 2,000 IU of vitamin D3 daily; the second took 1,000 milligrams a day of marine omega-3 fatty acids (fish oil); the third took both D3 and fish oil; and a fourth was given a placebo. After two years, those that took vitamin D with or without the fish oil had a significantly lower rate of autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, autoimmune thyroid disease and psoriasis, compared to the placebo group. While the fish oil alone didn’t lower AD risk, there was some evidence that it had an effect over time. “Autoimmune diseases are common in older adults and negatively affect health and life expectancy. Until now, we have had no proven way of preventing them, and now, for the first time, we do,” says first author Jill Hahn, Ph.D., an epidemiologist.

Vitamin D may also protect against COVID-19 severity, report Israeli researchers in the journal PLOS One. Examining the records of 1,176 patients admitted to a hospital with COVID-19-positive PCR tests, they found that those with a vitamin D deficiency (less than 20 nanograms per milliliter in their blood) were 14 times more likely to have a severe or critical case of COVID-19 than those with levels higher than 40 nanograms per milliliter.

Mortality among patients with deficient vitamin D levels was 11 times higher than those with sufficient levels—25.6 percent compared to 2.3 percent.

With its slow, rhythmic, controlled movements and synchronized, deep breathing, the ancient Chinese practice of tai chi has been shown to improve balance, reduce falls and enhance the quality of life for people with neurological challenges such as strokes, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis. A meta-review of 24 studies by researchers at the University of North Texas Health Science Center concluded that tai chi may be able to reduce pro-inflammatory contributors to cellular activity, increase anti-inflammatory cytokines that help regulate immune response, decrease oxidative stress factors and increase neurotrophic factors regulating neural health. Researchers pointed to its “potential effectiveness in neurorehabilitation,” which aims to improve the functions and well-being of people with diseases, trauma or disorders of the nervous system.

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Pharmaceutical Pollution is Out of Control

A new study by the University of York, “Pharmaceutical Pollution of the World’s Rivers,” in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has determined that pharmaceutical drugs polluting the world’s rivers pose “a global threat to environmental and human health.” Research leader Dr. John Wilkinson says, “What we know now is that even the most modern, efficient wastewater treatment plants aren’t completely capable of degrading these compounds before they end up in rivers or lakes.”

Biologically active compounds cause harm to wildlife such as the feminization of fish, and the presence of antibiotics in the environment increases the risk of drug resistance. The survey sampled 258 rivers in 104 countries and more than a quarter were regarded as unsafe for aquatic organisms. The most extensive global study to date found that the most polluted rivers were in Bolivia, Pakistan and Ethiopia. In the U.S., Dallas ranked in the top 20 percent.

Those in the Amazon rainforest, Iceland and Norway had the least amounts of pharmaceutical pollution. Wilkinson advises, “The World Health Organization and UN and other organizations say antimicrobial resistance is the single greatest threat to humanity; it’s a next pandemic.”

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More Bad News for Bumblebees A joint Emory University and University of Washington study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B indicates that streptomycin, an antibiotic sprayed on orchard crops to combat bacterial diseases, slows the cognition of bumblebees and reduces their foraging efficiency. Laura Avila, first author of the paper and a postdoctoral fellow in the Emory Department of Biology, states, “No one has examined the potential impacts on pollinators of broadcast spraying of antibiotics in agriculture despite their widespread use.”

The researchers think that the negative impact of streptomycin on bumblebees may be due to the disruption of the insects’ microbiome. In lab experiments with managed bumblebees (Bombus impatiens) to test the effects of an upperlimit dietary exposure to streptomycin, half of the bees were fed sugar water to simulate nectar. The remaining bees were fed sucrose dosed with streptomycin. After two days on this diet, the bees fed streptomycin displayed a marked decrease in short-term memory and foraging ability. The scientists note the timing of antibiotic application, the amount applied and possible alternatives to the use of an antibiotic may be potential mitigation methods if research verifies the harmful impacts on bumblebees of agricultural spraying with streptomycin. justin/AdobeStock.com

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Meditation to Help the World in Midtown East Share International will host a free introduction to Transmission Meditation at the Quest Lecture Hall in Midtown East on May 21 at 2 p.m. Share International is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to inform people about the Masters of Wisdom, highly advanced teachers whose existence was dissertated by esotericists Helena Blavatsky, Helena Roerich, Alice Bailey and, most recently, Benjamin Creme. In anticipation of the event, Share International explains more about Transmission Meditation and the Masters: What is Transmission Meditation?

It’s a group meditation that’s both a potent service to the world and a method of personal spiritual development. It was introduced by one of the Masters of Wisdom as a means for us to assist them in their mission of aid to humanity.

Who are the Masters of Wisdom?

The Masters are people who have finished the evolutionary journey upon which we are still engaged and have perfected themselves. For millennia they have remained hidden behind the scenes, indirectly providing guidance and inspiration, fostering humanity’s progress. They are now in the process of emerging openly into the everyday world, offering guidance and inspiration to help us navigate the self-created, unprecedented crises humanity now faces. At their head is Maitreya, the World Teacher for the new age.

Who is Maitreya?

Maitreya is the most advanced of the Masters. He is expected by the major religions under different names and fulfills all their prophecies by returning at this time. He is not here as a religious leader, but as an educator in the broadest sense, as the World Teacher for all humanity. He comes to inspire us to make the inner and outer changes necessary for our own survival and further evolutionary growth.

What’s the relationship between humanity and the Masters?

Every person on earth is a soul in incarnation, a divine being. We share a common divinity. Through expansion of consciousness, the Masters have evolved to fully express that divinity. They represent the future of human evolution.

What do Maitreya and the Masters see as the root cause of our problems?

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manity. It allows us to become complacent and care only about ourselves and not others. It allows a minority of people in the developed nations to usurp and waste the majority of the earth’s food and resources, leaving insufficient reserves for the majority of the population, who live stunted lives or even die. This illusion has enabled us to build our structures on the wrong principles of completion, division, separatism and inequality that serve only the powerful and greedy.

In this unjust world, war always looms and threatens the existence of all life on earth.

What is their advice for us?

In addition to addressing the critical environmental crises, the scourge of war must be banished forever if we are to have any future at all. Maitreya says the way to do this is to establish trust among peoples and nations by restoring justice, and that the only way to do this is to share the earth’s food and resources equitably. A crash program of aid on a global scale is needed to rescue the vast numbers now starving to death in the developing world. This will be the first step toward the transformation of our world. With guidance and inspiration from Maitreya and the Masters, a united humanity can build a new civilization based on the principles of cooperation, sharing and justice that will ensure a brilliant future for the earth and its people.

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Stand Up Straight SLOUCHING IS BAD FOR THE BACK— AND THE WHOLE BODY

by Gina Marino, D.C.

• Emotional changes. Posture can have a huge impact on mood. Poor posture can lead to low self-esteem, sadness, depression and lack of energy; good posture can boost stamina, confidence, alertness and happiness.

Our parents were right when they nagged us about our posture. Poor posture can trigger back pain and may even affect the body’s alignment. May is National Correct Posture Month, so let’s talk about why poor posture is worth improving.

Slouching throws off the spine’s alignment, stressing muscles and joints while increasing the risk of back pain.

Normally the spine functions as a single unit to support our weight, according to Harvard Health Publishing. If the back isn't properly aligned, one area may be doing too much work, leading to chronic pain.

Poor posture may also play a role in these conditions: • Back injuries. When our spine, joints, muscles and ligaments are tight or not properly aligned, we’re at higher risk of injury, as well as balance problems and falls.

• Arthritis and joint pain. Tight muscles can stress the joints and worsen arthritis symptoms.

• Increased pain. Tight muscles aren’t just painful; they may press on nerves, increasing back pain, or pull the spine out of alignment.

• Decreased flexibility. Poor posture causes spinal misalignments and tightens muscles, tendons and ligaments, potentially affecting range of motion.

• Muscle fatigue. It takes much more effort to move tight muscles and joints than loose ones.

• Altered gait. When poor posture affects the gait, it can trigger imbalances throughout the body.

• Headaches. Misaligned vertebrae and tight muscles in the neck, shoulders and upper back can be a factor in tension headaches and migraines.

• Cardiovascular, lung and digestive disorders. A University of Southern California study found that forward head posture can add up to 30 pounds of pressure on the spine and reduce lung capacity by up to 30 percent, potentially leading to heart and vascular disease.

It also found a relationship between forward head posture and digestive disorders.

• Premature death. According to the American Cancer Society, prolonged sitting is associated with a higher risk of early death.

Practicing Perfect Posture Improving posture may be a simple way to decrease back pain. The American Chiropractic Association recommends a natural standing position: knees slightly bent and shoulder-width apart, shoulders pulled back, weight on the balls of the feet, stomach tucked in. The head should be level, with earlobes over shoulders.

Another way to ease back pain naturally is chiropractic. In a 2016 study published in Health SA Gesondheid, South African researchers discovered that chiropractic is effective for treating postural kyphosis, a condition that causes the upper back to appear rounded due to slouching.

Study participants were divided into three groups. The first received spinal manipulation therapy only, the second received the therapy and did strengthening and stretching exercises, and the third only did the exercises. The second group showed the most dramatic changes in posture.

A chiropractor can also recommend exercises to strengthen the back and abdominal muscles and discuss other changes that may improve posture, such as using ergonomic office furniture, changing sleeping positions or losing a few extra pounds.

Gina Marino, D.C., owns the Center for the Alignment of Body, Mind and Spirit, located at 2050 Wantagh Ave., Wantagh, NY. For appointments or more information, call 516-221-3500 or visit Align-Me.com. See ad, page 47.

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The Pandemic Period Effect— And How to Recover

by David Pollack, D.C.

Overall inflammation levels can also wreak havoc on a woman’s menstrual cycle, often indirectly. Inflammation of the digestive system, the kidneys, and even the heart and lungs can have the secondary effect of triggering changes to a woman’s hormones and menstrual function.

The overwhelming number of women who have experienced changes in their menstrual cycle during the Covid pandemic cannot be ignored. From my own patients’ testimonies and the countless testimonies available online to my medical colleagues talking shop on their experiences and observations, what has been described is a wide variety of symptoms.

Some women say they stopped having their period altogether. Others report increased irregularity—variations either in the number of days to their cycle or in its monthly timing. Many describe significant lightening, almost lack of flow, or the opposite, a considerable increase in volume. Unfortunately I’ve had patients experience spontaneous miscarriages and heard firsthand experiences of late-stage miscarriages. I don’t think we even know the impact and ramifications yet. It might take five or 10 years to surmise half of it.

But I’ve also seen many of these changes reverse with a bit of elbow grease (not really, don't worry!) and some detective work.

Two-Step Solution The first step is to figure out what part of the body was affected. Many parts of the body have an impact on hormone balance and menses; the ovaries and uterus are just a part of the whole process. The liver, adrenal glands, pituitary and hypothalamus are all directly involved too.

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The second step is to work on regulating and re-normalizing menstrual function. We have been overwhelmingly successful in doing so using natural treatments and therapies: plant-based enzymes, herbs, acupuncture and other Chinese medicine therapies, functional chiropractic techniques, and great modalities such as cold laser therapy and moxibustion. My active patients recovered remarkably quickly. Those with Covid-related changes bounced back in a month or two. Those not previously under my care generally took three months or so to regulate.

The bottom line? There is hope, and there are answers.

Dr. David L Pollack is founder of Pollack Wellness Institute, in Commack, NY. For more information, contact him at 631-461-0801 or davidpollackdc@gmail.com, or visit PollackWellness.com.See ads, pages 4 and 22.

How to Conquer Stage Fright

by Jean McClellan

According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking.

Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that seem right? That means to the average person, if you have to go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than doing the eulogy. ~Jerry Seinfeld If doesn’t matter if we are performing in front of thousands of people or standing up and saying our name at a local PTA meeting, we know the sensations that accompany being “looked at.” We might experience a racing heart, nausea, cold hands, trembling or a dry mouth.

Very few people are exempt from experiencing stage fright. Pavarotti famously said, “I go to die” before every performance, and prior to going onstage, the great tenor Enrico Caruso could be heard yelling at his “little self” to get out of the way so that his “big self” could come through. Ball players “choke,” and golfers get “the yips.” Olympic skaters find that their legs get heavy and they lose their timing. Singers and public speakers go “dry.”

You don’t need to spend years in psychoanalysis trying to unravel your fear of public speaking. You can actually learn not to be paralyzed by these sensations, with a few tools that should be practiced consistently so they’re integrated into your life.

Being Present with Fear Shortly after I finished college, I went to study with a great voice teacher, the Russian soprano Olga Averino. Mme. Averino was acclaimed for her artistry and demanded nothing but the very best from her students, no matter their degree of talent. I adored the discipline that Olga instilled in me, and I felt honored that she respected my musicality and talent.

We got on well, so I felt comfortable unburdening myself to her about my almost-paralyzing stage fright. Instead of offering comforting words to assuage my anxieties about performing, she simply said in her imperious and indisputable way, “If you are focused on the music, you have no stage fright.”

Olga was right, of course, but very few of us can be that focused when we start out. Staying present with stage fright is what shifts our anxiety, but no beginning performer, public speaker or athlete can be sensitive enough to attain that degree of awareness. That takes a long time and lots of practice. Most of the time our feelings are so unpleasant that we just want to stop them. Professional performers, athletes and the best public speakers have learned how to allow themselves to experience all the vulnerability and feelings of exposure that accompany performance. We all “go to die.”

Using Panoramic Vision What has helped me enormously in working though my own stage fright is how I use my eyes. When we are in a state of “fight or flight” (which is what stage fright is), our pupils dilate and our vision narrows. We cannot see peripherally.

It’s akin to the portrait mode on an iPhone. What shifts us out of fight or flight is to see panoramically, which stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system.

Your eyes will soften and become receptive; you will see more, and you will see peripherally.

Perhaps the best way to understand panoramic vision is to look at a night sky. In order to see the faintest star, we have to soften our vision and let the stars come to us. We do that intuitively.

Notice how calm, centered and in the moment that makes you feel. Practice shifting to a narrow focus by trying to “look at” the furthest star. Do you notice how that tightens your whole body? You are straining to see, and it’s uncomfortable. Shift back and forth between the two ways of seeing so that panoramic vision becomes a skill that you can call upon at any time.

When I walk onstage or stand in front of a group, my eyes soften and I make contact with my audience as if I’m saying to them, “I'm glad we are both here.” The audience responds immediately because I’ve invited them to share something with me. The focus is no longer on me, but on the music I’m performing or the material I’m presenting. I feel centered and alive, and my audience does too.

Jean McClelland is on the faculty of the Columbia University School of the Arts. She’ll offer more tools to conquer stage fright at a Zoom workshop on performance anxiety, sponsored

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Resilient Mothering How Moms Are Forging Ahead in a Changing World

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wo years after “coronavirus” became a household word, the pandemic continues to affect every aspect of our lives. Mothers, in particular, have learned to reimagine what it means to be a parent, employee, partner and friend, while still finding time for themselves. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, almost 70 percent of mothers say that worry and stress from the pandemic have damaged their mental health.

While social distancing, quarantining, remote learning and masking quickly became a new and often unwelcome normal, positive shifts have also been developing. Already resilient mothers are exploring how to adapt to an ever-changing situation and learning when to hold on and when to let go. They are discovering new ways to be available for their children’s mental health, maintain their jobs, stay connected with other moms and prioritize self-care.

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young children, she has been in a constant state of transition the last two years and is starting to achieve greater balance.

“Like most other mothers, my life before the pandemic was nonstop. I was getting by, and at the same time comparing myself to other parents. The world had to slow down so I could catch up, and I’ve been forced to stop, breathe and take it in stride,” she says.

Marcus shares a common concern, that the isolation has affected her kids’ development. “I worry that the lack of social integration over the past two years will have a lasting impact on my children. My son, who is now in third grade, was in kindergarten the last time he had a full year in a ‘normal’ school setting. That’s a lot to miss out on. While he is academically on track, I’m concerned about him being mature enough. Having sports and other extracurricular activities starting back now is helping to get them integrated again, and I’m able to fully appreciate going to an outdoor spring football game that wasn’t able to happen for so long,” she says.

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Marcus has discovered that working from home has had advantages. “Now, I can do a load of laundry in-between meetings, go to the grocery store when I would have been commuting and be more present when my kids are home. Since I’m not worried about rushing out the door, we have time to talk during breakfast, and I’m able to accompany them to the bus stop. Afterwards, I take 10 minutes for myself to walk around the block and gather my thoughts for the day,” she explains.

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Reordering Priorities Seventy-one percent of mothers describe being a working mom during the pandemic as very challenging, according to research done by the global consultancy group APCO Impact. As president of Families and Work Institute (FamiliesAndWork.org), a New York-based research nonprofit, Ellen Galinsky has seen employers grant access to a wider variety of benefits that fit their employees’ individual and family needs. “The pandemic, coupled with racial reckoning, has made many of us rethink our priorities. It now is becoming clear that the world that seemed relatively normal before wasn’t working. Mothers and fathers were thrust on the front lines of schooling and saw firsthand how different teaching and parenting are,” Galinsky notes.

An estimated 82 percent of employers plan to allow their employees to keep working remotely after the pandemic, reports a survey by human resources consultancy Mercer, but that turnaround is just a first step, says Galinsky. “Studies show that having workplace flexibility procedures in place is a floor, but how employers treat you when you need that flexibility matters the most. The pandemic made us all experience collective and multiple losses together and brought some difficult issues to light,” she explains.

In juggling work and life duties, Galinsky shies away from the word “balance”, which suggests that time and energy needs to be split evenly. “Work and home lives are deeply intermingled, and often when one is in sync, the other will follow,” she says. “It’s important for mothers to set realistic expectations for themselves and let go of the notion that they’re not doing a good job, their kids have to be perfect or they don’t have time to take care of themselves. Children will absorb what they see, so being mindful in your words and actions around work will have an impact on them. If you have a stressful meeting and bring that home with you, the energy in the house will change. It’s okay to tell the kids that you’re upset at your boss and are going to call a friend and talk or go for a walk; let them know it’s not their fault and that parents get stressed, too.”

Stress Survival Skills The pandemic also put many mothers in a chronic state of hypervigilance, because they not only had to manage their own anxiety, but also help kids manage their experiences. A University of Rochester study of 153 mothers of toddlers found that ongoing strains can disrupt the body’s natural stress response, making it more difficult to respond with patience and sensitivity to a child’s needs.

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Elizabeth Cohen, a clinical psychologist and director of the Center for CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) in New York City (CenterForCBTInNYC.com), says that a shock to the nervous system can only be released with the acknowledgement that the trauma is being experienced in the first place. “Having an understanding of how you’re responding to this stress and uncertainty is key to moving through it.

Even going back to the office after so long may trigger a panic attack if the trauma of the past two years isn’t addressed,” she says. “Mothers need to practice compassionate awareness for themselves and what they’ve gone through. They need to be seen, heard and witnessed in the same way their children are.”

Cohen advises that while part of a mother’s job is to make kids feel emotionally safe, it’s not as effective if they are themselves depleted. She recommends adopting simple, actionable practices throughout the day to help restore and reset the mind and body, suggesting, “Put some Epsom salt in the bottom of the tub and allow your feet to soak for a few minutes during a shower. Before brushing your teeth, take three deep breaths and pay attention to where you might be feeling tension in your body. Keep a gratitude journal handy to reflect and record your observations and interactions.”

She advises us to remember that we have all had different experiences of this trauma, and nobody is the same as they were in 2019. “It’s okay to tell a friend, ‘I’m excited to see you and also, I’m uncomfortable not wearing a mask.’ We’ve also had to be more selective about who we spend time with, and that has allowed us to foster more nurturing relationships,” she says. “Be more discerning about who you spend time with, instead of saying yes to every invitation to get coffee. It’s okay to do less, and making authentic decisions in the moment will help you truly feel aligned with your thoughts and actions.”

Joint Healing Claire Zulkey, a Chicago-based writer and mother of two young boys, has found creative ways to stay connected with other mothers and not feel so isolated. She pens

a newsletter, Evil Witches (EvilWitches. substack.com), which gives her a platform to share stories of everyday motherhood triumphs and concerns. Topics have included perimenopause, end-of-life options for the family pet, finding the best hand lotion and other subjects that mothers in her circle think about.

She also maintains a Facebook group of 100-plus mothers, providing a safe place for members to commiserate and support each other. “The group has allowed me to really get to know mothers in a more intimate way, truly understand what they’re going through and appreciate how much they care about their kids,” says Zulkey.

She made a personal decision to stop drinking a few months into the pandemic, a lifestyle choice that she has maintained for the past year. “While I was not an alcoholic, there were too many times when I would wake up with a hangover or get into a tipsy argument with my

husband. I quickly learned to appreciate how much easier parenting is when I’m in a stable mood, and the entire household has benefited, especially during the pandemic, when we were in such close quarters,” she says.

For all of us, moving forward after two years of collective grief, loss and uncertainty will undoubtedly present new unforeseen challenges, yet maintaining a sense of perspective can help if things start to feel overwhelming. “At the start of the pandemic, I started to feel sorry for myself, but soon I realized that I actually was so much better off than a lot of people. Once I oriented myself with that reality, it was easier for me to move on with a sense of gratitude and desire to help others,” says Zulkey.

Carrie Jackson is an Evanston, IL-based freelance writer and frequent contributor to Natural Awakenings magazine. Connect at CarrieJacksonWrites.com.

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EASY CONTAINER GARDENING HOW TO GROW EDIBLES IN POTS AND PLANTERS

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ontainer gardening offers something for everyone, from beginners to seasoned green thumbs. Growing vegetables, flowers and herbs in pots can be cost-effective, inspiring and tailored for any urban balcony or country patio.

The perks of planting in pots include a reduced risk of disease spreading from one crop to another, fewer critters helping themselves to a free lunch, and less weeding and overall work. For urban garden expert Mark Ridsdill Smith, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, tending to plants has provided a sense of community. “When I lived in London, I knew almost no one on my street after 10 years, but when I started growing food by the front door, I was constantly chatting to passersby as I tended my tomatoes and squash,” says the author of The Vertical Veg Guide to Container Gardening, who also enjoys the practical side of making connections: swapping seeds, gifting produce and exchanging advice.

Fertile Foundations Vegetables like lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, squash, radishes and beans are ideal for container gardens, and with a little know-how, other crops like watermelon and muskmelon can also thrive. “Many types of vegetables can be grown in pots if they are large enough to accommodate the root system, even potatoes,” says Lisa Hilgenberg, horticulturist at the Chicago Botanic Garden’s four-acre Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden, in Glencoe, Illinois. Choosing pots with the right size and materials is an investment worth making, she notes. “Peppers and tomatoes prefer terra cotta pots. Many herbs thrive when root-bound and do well in smallish pots or grouped together in shallow bowls.

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Plants needing to climb can be trained to grow on a trellis placed in a container.”

Melinda Myers, the Milwaukee-based author of Small Space Gardening and more than 20 gardening books, encourages gardeners to think outside the box.

“Repurposing items is another way to add fun and plantable space. I have seen old teapots, coffee makers, washtubs, coolers and more converted into planters.” For the well-meaning, but sometimes absent-minded gardener, she recommends self-watering pots to reduce maintenance. “These containers have a water reservoir you keep filled. Water moves from the reservoir into the soil, so you need to water less often.”

Generational Nourishment Using high-quality potting soil is paramount and can be store-bought or made at home for less by combining pH-fostering

peat moss, vermiculite and perlite. Plants started from seed are more nourishing for both people and the planet.

“Some seeds thrive most when sown directly in the soil, and cilantro is one of them, as are all root vegetables, as well as beans and peas. Other seeds, like tomato and ground cherry, are best started indoors.

Some seeds, like kale and basil, thrive either way,” explains Petra Page-Mann, co-owner of Fruition Seeds, an organic seed company in Naples, New York, that specializes in open-pollinated heirlooms and offers free online tutorials. Seeds can easily be saved for future plantings from crops such as beans, peas, cilantro, dill, sunflower and cosmos. “No one can save seeds better adapted to your garden than you,” she says.

Children are prime candidates for container gardening, especially in cities.

Smith muses, “Children get to smell and feel the whole plant—the extraordinary smell of tomato leaves, the bristles on zucchini—and they love getting their hands into the compost. I’ve witnessed children who rarely eat salad demolish a whole tray of fresh pea shoots in minutes!” For young gardeners, he recommends growing “pea shoots, new potatoes (they love digging them up), herbs like mint (to play with and make drinks and potions), alpine strawberries and sorrel.”

Even gardeners with conventional suburban or country plots may find that container crops come in handy. “For those with plenty of garden space, it is a way to bring the garden to your back or front door,” says Myers. “Keeping pots of herbs and veggies close to the house makes harvesting and using fresh herbs and vegetables easier. I have 11 acres, but still use containers to test new plants and bring the garden to my front and back doors.”

Page-Mann attests to willingness and possibility when she says, “Seeds, again and again, remind me that our imagination is the limit, that regional adaptation is the language of resilience and that we can grow so much more than we think possible.”

Maya Whitman writes about natural health and living a more beautiful life. Connect at Ekstasis28@gmail.com.

POT GARDENING TIPS FROM THE PROS FROM MELINDA MYERS, AUTHOR OF SMALL SPACE GARDENING: Mulch the containers. Covering the soil with an organic mulch like evergreen needles and shredded leaves helps conserve moisture and suppress weeds until the plants cover the soil surface.

Use a slow-release, eco-friendly fertilizer. Incorporate it into pots at planting and if needed, make a second application mid-season. It’s a lot easier than applying a fastrelease product every week or two.

Incorporate organic wool pellets into the potting mix to reduce watering up to 25 percent and add air space, nutrients and organic matter to the soil.

Tips on Types of Pots: Terra cotta pots are heavy and tend to dry out faster.

Glazed ceramic pots hold water for long periods and are available in a variety of shapes and colors. Both should be moved indoors for the winter.

Plastic pots come in a variety of colors, are lightweight and can often be left outdoors.

Fiberglass is lightweight, pricey and designed to be left outdoors year-round.

Metal is usually not a problem for northern gardeners and are quite trendy.

For more information on galvanized steel safety, visit Seeds_for_Thought64596.pdf (ucanr.edu).

FROM LISA HILGENBERG, CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN HORTICULTURIST: Climbing plants: Growing plants vertically is a great way to save space and add an architectural aesthetic to a container kitchen garden. Select a trellis to accommodate the type of climber. Peas and beans climb using tendrils that grow best around a thin fishing line netting; they won’t stay secure to an iron trellis. Some vining plants need help climbing, so they will need to be tied onto bamboo poles.

Melons: The minimum diameter container is 12 inches for watermelon, provided it’s a smaller stature, bush-type cultivar. Generally, watermelons produce two melons per plant if they are provided with highly fertile, well-drained soils. Muskmelons can be trellised in pots. Apply organic fertilizer three times during the melon plant’s growth: when the vines begin to run, when the first flowers appear and after the first harvest.

FROM AUTHOR MARK RIDSDILL SMITH: Seasonal favorites: Spring: new potatoes, kale, mangetout snow peas (edible pods) Summer: tomatoes, chilies, climbing French beans, Japanese wineberry Fall: arugula, kale, chard, apples May 2022

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Intermittent Fasting Basics HOW TO IMPROVE HEALTH BY EATING LESS OFTEN

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asting has been part of religious and cultural practices since ancient times, but now it is entering into everyday American eating habits. Intermittent fasting (IF), which involves restraining from eating for periods ranging from hours to days, was the most popular dietary strategy among Americans in 2020, outpacing low-fat keto diets and “clean eating”, reports the International Food Information Council. About 10 percent of survey respondents reported that they were following IF diet procedures, usually for weight loss and better health.

“Intermittent fasting is a lifestyle,” says Jerron Hill, an anesthesiologist, in Plano, Texas, who has practiced it for two years and found himself with more energy. “Many metabolic syndromes and diseases can be avoided by making IF a way of life.”

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insulin levels rise after eating meals. “In a fasted state, insulin levels fall, blood sugar stabilizes and fat stores can be utilized as a source of energy,” he says. Other benefits he cites include lowered blood pressure, decreased low-density lipoprotein, or “bad” LDL cholesterol, and lower triglycerides There are several IF methods. The 16/8 method is most popular and involves fasting for 16 hours and eating within an eight-hour window each day. The 5:2 plan is for those that would rather fast twice a week and eat regularly the other five days. Another method known as OMAD involves eating one meal a day. While most IF models do not restrict specific foods, they encourage the consumption of nourishing, satiating, whole foods. Snacking is discouraged.

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unhealthy. Fasting is one of many strategies that can help people improve their metabolic health. That translates to being a healthy weight and having balanced hormones,” says Cynthia Thurlow, a nurse practitioner in Washington, D.C., and founder of the Everyday Wellness Project, an online subscription plan. Her new book, Intermittent Fasting Transformation, integrates IF with women’s hormonal needs during every stage of life.

“Women need to fast differently,” Thurlow emphasizes. “A woman in peak childbearing years under age 35 has to account and fast for her menstrual cycle, meaning her body is much more sensitive to macronutrient depletion or changes than a menopausal woman. Younger women need to limit fasting if they are already lean. They need to avoid fasting five to seven days prior to their menstrual cycle and remain attuned to messages their bodies send them in response to sleep, stress, nutrition and exercise.” In general, once women reach menopause, they experience less hormonal fluctuation and thus more flexibility to fast on a daily basis, she says, although they, too, should keep an eye on their experiences with sleep, stress, nutrition and exercise.

Planning for Success The word “fasting” often conjures up thoughts of hunger and starvation, but proper planning will leave us full and satisfied while practicing IF. “When you’re eating a balanced diet and not necessarily following a particular fad or specific type of diet, you can enjoy nourishing meals without restrictions and still practice IF,” says lifestyle coach Laura Fuentes, of Madisonville, Louisiana, author of the e-book Intermittent Fasting for Women.

Fuentes recommends starting with the 16/8 model, because approximately half of the 16-hour fasting time is spent sleeping.

“There’s also downtime in the evening while you’re preparing to sleep. In the morning, most of us are getting ready for work or getting kids off to school, and we don’t eat right away. Those hours are generally not focused on food.”

When it’s time to eat, fasts should be broken with satiating, nutritious food, not a light snack. The first meal of the day should be nutritious, with protein and healthy fats. Breaking a fast with just an apple, or carrots and hummus, will lead to hunger and eventual snacking.

A common misnomer is that we must eat ketogenic or lowcarb diets while practicing IF. While carbs need to be considered, Thurlow emphasizes eating nutrient-dense, whole foods and fewer processed foods, whether they are part of keto, paleo, omnivore or vegetarian diets.

Some people practice “clean” fasting by consuming only water, black tea or other calorie-free beverages during the fasting time.

Others prefer “dirty” fasting and might consume a handful of grapes, walnuts or other foods or beverages containing less than 50 calories during the fast. “I like patients to understand the value of a clean fast,” Thurlow says. “People might think 50 calories doesn’t count, but that is food, and that does break a fast.”

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Staying Hydrated IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT DRINKING WATER

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aintaining proper hydration is one of the most important measures we can take to benefit our health. “The human body is made up of 55 to 75 percent water, and proper fluid levels are essential for many important body functions, including nutrient and oxygen transportation, temperature regulation, blood pressure stabilization, removal of waste from the body and muscle repair,” says Josh Axe, a Nashville-based clinical nutritionist and doctor of chiropractic and natural medicine.

“Drinking enough water allows for healthy digestion and detoxification, supports hunger control and improves the appearance of your skin, eyes and hair.”

Throughout the day, our bodies expend liquid to perform these vital functions. “Dehydration occurs when you lose more bodily fluids than you consume,” says Axe, the author of Ancient Remedies and founder of DrAxe.com. “Your body needs water and electrolytes replenished, otherwise you’ll experience symptoms such as dry mouth, thirst, muscle weakness and spasms, headache, dizziness, nausea and fatigue.”

“How we live today is why we’re so much more dehydrated than we were 30 to 50 years ago,” says Dana Cohen, a New York City integrative medicine physician and co-author of Quench. “Air conditioning and heating are so drying. Electronics, prescription drugs, processed foods, fluorescent lighting—all these things coming at us and affecting our cells—are sucking the hydration out of our environments and out of us.”

According to Cohen—the risks of day-in-day-out, low-grade dehydration—the kind most of us experience—include constipation, joint pain, stiffness, brain fog and cognition problems. “There’s some evidence that it is also a risk factor for diabetes, Alzheimer’s and certain cancers like colon and kidney cancers,” she adds.

Optimum hydration is more nuanced than simply drinking eight to 10 eight-ounce glasses of water a day. It depends on our body size, age, diet and level of physical activity or exposure to hot temperatures, Axe says. He recommends more fluids for women that are pregnant or breastfeeding, teenagers that are developing quickly and people on medications like antibiotics, diuretics, hormone pills, blood pressure medications and cancer treatments.

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How to Hydrate

the day, and you want the color of your urine to be strong, but not too orange or too brown, which indicates dehydration, and not crystal-clear, because you could be over-hydrating.”

In her book Quench, Cohen delineates a five-day plan to optimize hydration.

Start every day with a big glass of water, which can include a squeeze of lemon and a pinch of real salt (pink or sea salt, not processed table salt).

Drink a glass of water before every meal.

“For people who are trying to lose weight, a few published studies suggest that this will help them lose five additional pounds over a three-month period when dieting,” she says.

When feeling hungry, drink a glass of water. We often mistake hunger for thirst.

Consume one or two green smoothies a day made with a blend of greens, water and added ingredients to taste. This will incorporate a healthy amount of daily fiber, which helps to absorb and hold on to water.

Add what Cohen calls “micro-movements” throughout the day, such as nodding the head up and down, rotating the wrists and ankles, scrunching fingers and toes or twisting the torso. “These little movements help to move fluid throughout the body and lubricate joints,” she explains.

Best Fluids to Drink “The best option is purified water that goes through a filtering process to remove chemical pollutants, bacteria, fungi and algae, but still has beneficial minerals,” Axe says. Both Axe and Cohen recommend the Environmental Working Group’s water filter guide (ewg.org) to find the best athome system for every budget, as well as its database that lists the safety of tap water in each U.S. zip code.

“The research shows that under four cups of coffee a day is not a diuretic, so it does contribute to your hydration; anything above four cups starts to become a diuretic and goes against you,” Cohen notes, adding that herbal teas are always a great hydrating option with added medicinal properties.

Sandra Yeyati, J.D., is a professional writer and editor. Reach her at SandraYeyati@gmail.com.

Hydrating Foods According to Axe, some foods are naturally hydrating, including coconut water, melons, celery, cucumber, kiwi, citrus fruits, carrots, bell peppers, berries, lettuce, avocado, zucchini and tomatoes.

Cohen recommends one to two tablespoons of chia seeds mixed into a liquid every day. “They’re incredibly hydrating.

If you soak chia seeds in water, they form this gel-like structure on them. Thanks to some fascinating research by Dr. Gerald Pollack from the University of Washington, in Seattle, this gel water, which has different properties from regular H2O, is believed to store energy like a battery.

Getting more of this structured water by eating plants should be your goal, so your body and your cells are better hydrated.”

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Jeffrey Bland on

Rejuvenating Our Immune System

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ronment and isn’t overreacting or underreacting, while still working as you would like it—to defend us.

What is Immuno-Rejuvenation?

There are two parts to our immune system.

One is the adaptive immune system, which produces antibodies that remember what we were exposed to in terms of viruses or bacteria, and can mount a response if we are reinfected. The other, the innate immune system, is the first line of defense, found on our mucosal surfaces like our gastrointestinal tract, our respiratory tract or on our skin. In the last five to 10 years, immunologists have discovered that the innate immune system can be epigenetically retrained to be more in balance through things like time-restricted feeding, regular activity or exercise, predictably getting into REM sleep and the incorporation of plantderived nutrients called phytochemicals into our diet, which are believed to activate selective autophagy processes. In conjunction with these lifestyle principles, you want to remove exposure to specific chemicals, including agrochemicals, airborne pollutants, heavy metals—things known to increase inflammation.

The innate immune system is cleansed in part through the activity of the lymphatic system, which is circulated by physical motion. If we’re not moving, our lymphatic system becomes sluggish. Many types of physical medicine—massage, acupuncture, manipulation, chiropractic—are ways of activating lymphatic draining. This is a very important additional component for the improvement of our immune function.

nown worldwide as the founder of functional medicine, Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D., began his career as a professor of biochemistry at the University of Puget Sound, in Tacoma, Washington. In the 1980s, he was chosen

by Nobel laureate Linus Pauling to serve as director of nutritional research at the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine. Bland’s expertise and visionary influence helped to popularize sciencebased nutrition and establish standards for evidence-based formulations, quality ingredient sourcing and ethical manufacturing practices in the natural products industry. Bland is the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed research publications and several bestselling books, most notably The Disease Delusion. His latest project is Big Bold Health, a company designed to transform the way people think about the immune system.

Recent discoveries show that exposure to things like a toxin, a serious viral infection or even post-traumatic stress syndrome may create an alarm reaction in our immune system, and the memory of that gets encoded in something called the epigenetic programming of our immune system, becoming a controller of how the immune system functions. This new state of alarm is passed on from immune cell to immune cell, locking the immune system into an imbalanced state that is tipped either towards too much response, which we call inflammation, or too little response, which is immune suppression and increased risk to infection.

A balanced immune system, on the other hand, is resilient and capable of moving forward and backward depending on the exposure that the individual is living through.

We believe we can activate Immuno-Rejuvenation through a process built into our body’s system of renewal called autophagy. Its discovery won a Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology in 2016.

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How can we reset our immune system?

At Big Bold Health, we put together resources to take people through an assessment of their own immune system by answering a questionnaire and a host of educational assets including videos, podcasts, blogs, recipes and more. You can access these for free on our website, BigBoldHealth.com.

What targeted, phytochemicalrich foods are you excited about?

Himalayan Tartary Buckwheat. Over the millennia of its evolution, this unique plant developed the ability to activate its immune system to defend itself against bugs, pollutants, poor soils, drought, sun.

As a result, it has in its genes the ability to produce the highest level of immuneactivating phytochemicals of any plant we know—50 to 100 times higher. Human clinical trials indicate that people who consume about 100 grams a day of the whole-meal Himalayan Tartary Buckwheat experience distinctive health advantages, reducing inflammation, lowering blood fats and blood sugar, and improving insulin sensitivity, all of which are conditions related to dysfunctions of the immune system.

How does the ImmunoRejuvenation concept relate to women’s health?

Women have evolved mechanisms to modulate the immune system to accommodate pregnancy, but that estrogen/androgen balance that controls pregnancy also influences their immune system, and we’re starting to learn how it can significantly influence immune cell aging and injury. So this process of selective immune autophagy is very important in women who go on to have the most prevalent cases of autoimmunity, meaning they are more sensitive to some of these things that would produce an immune response that would be inflammatory.

Sandra Yeyati, J.D., is a professional writer and editor. Reach her at SandraYeyati@ gmail.com.

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Fending Off Fibroids NATURAL APPROACHES OFFER RELIEF

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ptimal reproductive health is key to our vitality, which is why living with uterine fibroids can be debilitating.

Studies indicate that as many as 80 percent of American women develop these non-cancerous growths during their childbearing years. Oftentimes, the condition is free of symptoms, but an estimated 26 million women currently suffer from associated effects like chronic pelvic and back pain, frequent urination, excessive menstrual bleeding and a swollen abdomen. Also called myomas, fibroids can often be a hidden cause of infertility, even in asymptomatic cases.

Asian women have a lower incidence of fibroids, while African American women are two to three times more likely to develop them than white women, particularly at a younger age. Genetics, obesity, estrogen-promoting foods and environmental toxins can fuel the fire of this condition, but a tailored, natural approach can minimize symptoms and for some, ward off the need for invasive surgery.

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Happier Hormones Through Diet While there is no definitively known cause of fibroids, the most accepted theory is a disruption in the ratio between estrogen and progesterone. Italian researchers that examined data from 1990 to 2020 reported in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health last year that diets deficient in fresh fruits, green vegetables and vitamin D increase the risk for the onset and formation of uterine fibroids.

“I do believe prevention is important by avoiding the use of toxic cosmetics and cookware with chemical components, and by choosing lower-inflammatory foods,” says Crystal Fedele, a doctor of Chinese medicine who treats patients with acupuncture and Chinese herbs at her clinic, Holistic Women and Families Natural Health Center, in Port Orange, Florida.

Conventionally farmed produce and farm-raised fish are treated with environmental estrogens to stimulate growth, which in turn contribute to estrogen dominance and an increased risk of fibroids in women that consume such foods. “It’s important to eliminate dairy and meat raised with synthetic hormones that can act like estrogen in the body,” advises Alisa Vitti, a New York City-based women’s hormone expert and author of In the FLO: Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life. “While no diet can guarantee fibroid prevention, altering the food you eat may help slow fibroid growth. When it comes to food, your first step is to remove inflammatory foods.”

Vitti recommends opting for fiber-rich whole grains that aid in the elimination of excess estrogen, as well as nixing gluten and all dairy products unless they are made from organic goat or sheep milk. “High insulin levels from white, starchy stuff— which acts like sugar in the body—is a factor in making fibroids grow,” she says.

Cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, kale and bok choy are allies in the fight against fibroids by boosting detoxifying enzymes in the liver. Regular servings of sweet potatoes, carrots, apricots, pumpkin, spinach and other carotene-rich foods are also valuable.

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Traditional Chinese Medicine offers promising benefits, but when using recommended herbs, it’s important to seek out qualified practitioners rather than self-treat, advises Fedele. “In Chinese medicine, each case is individual, so herbal formulations are often constructed to treat the whole health of the person and modified as we see improvements,” she says. “We also use a lot of supplements that can help regulate hormones—DIM (diindolylmethane) and broccoli seed extract being two that are commonly used for estrogen-related disorders.” Fedele also recommends acupuncture, but says it is most effective when combined with herbals, supplements and dietary therapies.

Susannah Neal, a licensed acupuncturist in Iowa City, Iowa, concurs, saying, “Chinese medicine is highly effective for rebalancing the flow or energy and breaking up old patterns of imbalances.” Neal, certified in the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy, attests to this gentle modality designed to invigorate the circulatory, lymphatic and nervous systems of the digestive and reproductive organs. “Fibroids may be a result of impaired blood flow in the uterus, and while many styles of massage use techniques to improve circulation, these techniques focus specifically on the reproductive and pelvic organs,” she says.

According to Neal, one benefit of the Arvigo technique is regulation of the menstrual cycle. When applied regularly, the massage may reduce the size and severity of fibroids. In cases of larger, chronic or more severe fibroids, she says that three to six months of treatment or longer may be required, and in some cases will be used only as adjunctive treatment along with therapies prescribed by a medical doctor.

No matter which alternative approach is taken, monitoring progress is key. Fedele says, “I usually suggest six months to a year of trying holistic options under the care of a licensed provider and then at that time re-evaluating the scenario.”

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STRATEGIES TO STAVE OFF FIBROIDS FROM HORMONE EXPERT AND AUTHOR ALISA VITTI: Eat to balance estrogen. Prioritize foods that help modulate and balance estrogen, like flax seeds, beans and whole grains. Pears and apples are liver-supporting foods that contain lots of fiber, along with a flavonoid named phloretin, which impairs tumor growth. Be mindful of alcohol and caffeine consumption. Just a couple of glasses of wine significantly raises estrogen levels. Coffee suppresses ovulation, thereby suppressing production of progesterone and increasing the likelihood of estrogen dominance. Organic, unprocessed soy in the form of tempeh and miso can be beneficial, with an anti-estrogenic effect on the uterus.

Balance the microbiome. The microbiome contains a colony of bacteria that helps metabolize estrogen.

When the good and bad bugs in the microbiome are out of balance, the estrobolome can’t do its job efficiently, and estrogen builds up. Another key to building and maintaining a healthy microbiome is supplementing with a high-quality probiotic.

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FROM ACUPUNCTURIST SUSANNAH NEAL: Fibroids that are smaller than two centimeters will respond more quickly to treatment and may only require the use of one or two modalities, such as monthly, professional, abdominal massage; self-care massage at home; and herbal medicine prescribed by a licensed herbalist for three months. Larger, more chronic and severe fibroids may require multiple modalities and a longer course of treatment in addition to these measures, including weekly acupuncture sessions and dietary recommendations. Three to six months of treatment may be required. Natural medicine understands and respects that each person’s ability and time required to heal is complex and must be individualized.

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he Brady Bunch aside, blended families seldom look like TV sitcoms. They often come with a cast of characters—freshly remarried parents, a number of kids and step-kids, up to four sets of relatives and exes in the wings—all with their own needs, hopes and issues. One in six children today lives in a blended family, so the stakes are high for their well-being, and yet, understandably, two out of three blended marriages fail.

They don’t have to, says Kimberly King, a children’s book author in Fairfield, Connecticut, who was raised in blended families and as a parent, now has her own blended batch of kids. “Blended families work when parents plan for challenges, have space for disagreements and have an incredible amount of patience and love. But they are not for the faint of heart!" she says.

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Go slow and steady. It can take two to four years for a blended family to adjust to living together, counsels the American Psychological Association. The process can be particularly hard for youngsters from 10 to 14. “Don’t pressure the children. If they don’t want to call you Mom or Dad, don’t take it personally. They have their own biological parent whom they love, and they didn’t ask for their parents to get divorced. Stay positive and realize that time itself is an important factor,” counsels Rabbi Shlomo Slatkin, a licensed clinical professional counselor, in Baltimore, and founder, with his wife, Rivka, of TheMarriageRestorationProject.com.

Determine discipline roles. “My husband and I thought we were total failures because we couldn’t agree on how to parent his son. To save our marriage, we agreed that I would ‘resign’ as the boy’s mother and allow my husband free rein to parent as he saw fit,” recalls Nancy Landrum, a relationship coach in Murrieta, California, and author of Stepping TwoGether: Building a Strong Stepfamily. Studies show that blended families work best when each parent disciplines his or her own child, while the stepparent works to develop affectionate bonds with their stepchild and serves as the child’s sounding board, particularly in the beginning. “One of the worst things you can do as a stepparent is talk negatively about your stepchild to the bio-parent.

Nothing will strain a relationship more quickly,” says King.

and found a new respect for teamwork, nature, overcoming adversity, and our stepmother!”

Keep an eye out for turning points. In a classic 1999 study in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, University of Iowa researchers reported on factors they called “turning points” that can knit a blended family together. These include celebrating holidays and special events together, perhaps by creating new rituals; spending quality time together, even doing such ordinary things as shopping or watching a football game, either as a family or as a parent-stepchild activity; and pulling together over a family crisis.

On the other hand, unresolved conflict among parents and children drives families apart.

“The best thing my dad did to blend our post-divorce, new family was take us on a four-day hike to Mount Washington,” recalls King.

“We hiked, talked, helped each other, suffered, whined, got wet, struggled, laughed, slipped, learned campfire songs, slept in bunks

Don’t give up. “For me, the time I knew it was going to work forever was actually directly after one of our lowest points,” says Brooke Carlock Lobaugh, of Lititz, Pennsylvania, a teacher and creator of TheBlendedMess.com, an online resource for stepfamilies. “We had separated, and we just both really missed each other and missed the family, and we realized that the kids would eventually get older and our problems would lessen, and that we needed to choose each other, over and over again. I realized that if our separation led to another divorce, I would either be alone or find someone new with a new set of problems, and I wanted to fix the problems with the person I loved. We haven’t looked back since.”

Give talking a chance. Over shared meals, board games, nature hikes and everyday activities, stepfamilies can build bonds with each other. Having regular meetings to hash out problems also strengthens a new family unit. King’s family uses the summer camp strategy of the talking stick. “When you have the talking stick, it is your turn to talk and everyone else has to pay attention and listen. No interruptions,” she says. They also keep a family journal in which kids can write out their problems, enabling parents to respond in writing or conversation.

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