As retreat facilitators we acknowledge that all people are spiritual. If spirit is the breath of life, then so long as we are still breathing, we have it. Words will never be able to give a satisfactory explanation for spirituality and have a tendency to divide rather than unite. People may see spirit as life…

Saturday, March 24, 2012 by: Hesh Goldstein Source: http://www.naturalnews.com/035340_nutrition_minerals_metabolism.html#ixzz1q4TmBJJY (NaturalNews) Like vitamins, minerals are micronutrients, which our bodies require, in small but steady supplies. As micronutrients, the importance of minerals in our diet is far greater than the required amount indicates. Our material bodies are made up of more than 100 elements, which have been…

Saturday, March 24, 2012 by: Hesh Goldstein Source: http://www.naturalnews.com/035341_nutrition_vitamins_supplements.html#ixzz1q4T1bjzn (NaturalNews) Vitamins are essential for the body to be able to put the nutrients in food to use. Because vitamins are not produced by the body, we have to get them through the food that we also eat! Our bodies only need a certain amount of…

Saturday, March 24, 2012 by: Hesh Goldstein Source: http://www.naturalnews.com/035342_nutrition_carbohydrates_proteins.html#ixzz1q4SISD49 (NaturalNews) An easily burnable form of energy comes to us in the form of sugar or starch. Carbohydrates have a very bad public image in that they are generally thought of as fattening. This is because most of the carbohydrate consumed in this country has been…

Saturday, March 24, 2012 by: Hesh Goldstein Source: http://www.naturalnews.com/035343_nutrition_micronutrients_digestion.html (NaturalNews) Through the process of photosynthesis, plants convert the energy of the sun, carbon dioxide from the air, and minerals and water from the earth into atomic bonds that are solid enough for teeth to sink into. We can consume these forms of energy directly, by…

[Hesh Goldstein, a remarkably healthy 73 year old health advocate, has written a six part series on nutrition for Natural News.  Natural News is a sharing organisation dedicated to communicating truth in health, giving attention to the often suppressed research and news on health that allows people to become more knowledgeable and therefore more able…

Monday, August 07, 2006 by: Dani Veracity Source: http://www.naturalnews.com/019885.HTML Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/019885.HTML#ixzz1pvvi9zQL Can some foods make you smarter? Research shows that nuts and seeds just might boost your brain power and balance your moods. That’s right, everything from the most common nuts — such as walnuts, hazelnuts, cashews and almonds — to the more exotic seeds…

Source: Http://www.naturalnews.com/035204_weight_gain_mind-body_medicine_stress.html Saturday, March 10, 2012 by: Mike Bundrant (NaturalNews) Below are three little known mind/body systems that contribute to high stress, weight gain and the inability to lose weight. Chances are you haven’t heard of at least one of them, yet they affect your life on every level. When you understand how these systems…

The 11th Biggie by Leonard Orr The trauma of physical and sexual abuse is a worldwide, often silent epidemic. It is estimated that at minimum 1 in every 3 girls and 1 in every 4 boys are abused by the age of 18. In the US alone, approximately 30% of women and 15% of men were…