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contents Natural Awakenings is your guide to a healthier, more balanced life. In each issue readers find cutting-edge information on natural health, nutrition, fitness, personal growth, green living, creative expression and the products and services that support a healthy lifestyle.

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24 healingways

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Global Commitments to Catalyze Change

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34 37 COLLABORATIVE CONSERVATION

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t was about this time of year in 2010 when we decided to go "paper-free" in our offices. Over time, we accomplished about as much of that goal as possible. We found that going 100% paper free was impossible, but we're pleased to say that we achieved a roughly 95% paperfree office environment at the beginning of 2012. No more filing cabinets.

Our next goal, environmentally, is to find a way to go 100% trashless, or be waste-free, by mid-2013, both personally and in our business. In other words, we'll be cutting our ties with the trash collector. And we'll be documenting the process to share with you so that, if you're inclined, you can use some of the techniques we find to also produce less trash. Our nation is littered (pun intended) with landfills and the bottom line is that we're hoping this process will lead more of our readers to produce less trash.

We've been dancing with this notion for some time, especially in our personal life, and realize that it's going to require some planning.

The key, of course, is going to be in recycling and composting. The recycling of paper is easy, and in fact we're already there, as part of our paper-free goal. It's the plastics and liquids that we believe are going to be the challenge. There is a lot of plastic in our packaging today, and of so many differing types, that we're convinced the challenge is going to be in finding ways to recycle every single bit of it. After all, how easy is it to just toss those hard-to-recycle items into the trash bin?

And let's not forget about the many consumer items that once their life-cycle has ended get thrown away; and liquid waste such as cleaners, paints, etc. We're talking about those as well.

Yes, we already recycle. Our trash/garbage collector has a recycling program and picks up plastics and metals every other week. However, there are many items that they do not accept (some metals and no chemicals); and to be honest, we're not sure how "pure" their recycling process is. Does everything get recycled? What happens when items are received that can't be recycled? And where do we take things that can't be picked up?

So stay tuned and think, "trash-free." We'll be calling on existing businesses and organizations who are already involved in this process to provide guidance and information that we can share. We'll be publishing the results of our quest in this magazine and on our website. And we hope that you share your own ideas and techniques with us by writing (email, please...remember, we have a paperless office), on our Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts and on our blog. Our combined efforts can make this happen and our environment will benfit.

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Naturopath Joins Sterling Heights Wellness Center

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raditional naturopath Alycia Schoof has joined the office of Holistic M.D. Dr. Diane Culik, rounding out the practice with even more approaches to natural medicine. Schoof brings with her a range of methods to restore health and vitality, including nutritional, exercise and lifestyle counseling, weight balancing, herbal medicine, homeopathy, hydrotherapy, therapeutic massage and bodywork, energy medicine including Reiki, Polarity Therapy and Therapeutic Touch, reflexology, iris analysis and more.

"As a mother of three young children," she says, "I am dedicated to women's health throughout the life cycle, including fertility support, herbs, diet and nutrition for pregnancy and postpartum, Alycia Schoof birth support, postpartum and breastfeeding counseling and support and healthy, allergy-free diets for families."

Schoof attended the Naturopathic School of the Healing Arts in Ann Arbor, a three-year, intensive degree program in naturopathy with a clinical and experiential approach. She completed a graduate thesis in restoring abdominal and digestive health through naturopathic protocols. She is also a certified yoga teacher and a massage therapist with a background in education. She helms the local non-profit Naturally Healthy Families of Southeast Michigan, a group dedicated to bringing awareness of natural lifestyle choices to area families.

ABC Wellness is located at 37300 Dequindre Suite 102, Sterling Heights. For more information on Alycia Schoof, call 855-669-9355 or read her blog online at LivingBetterMichigan.com. See ad page 52.

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Warren 'Night of a Thousand Stars' Gala to Benefit Parkinson's Programs

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n Saturday, November 3rd from 6:00 until 10:00 p.m. the Michigan Parikinson Foundation will hold its annual "Night of a Thousand Stars" fundraising event at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Warren. Tickets are $50.00 and include Family Style Dinner with dessert and beverage (beer, wine, pop, coffee). Evening attire is suggested. The proceeds will benefit ‘Parkinson Disease Young On-Set’ programs.

Highlights of the evening include numerous Silent Auction items. Entertainment will be provided by Henry Ford Big Band and Los Companeros de Flamenco.

The Michigan Parkinson Foundation (MPF), founded in 1983, is dedicated to people living with Parkinson's. They are an independent non-profit 501 c(3) charitable corporation funded primarily by private contributions, memorials and grants.

The Ukrainian Cultural Center is located at 26601 Ryan Road, Warren. Those interested should contact Michigan Parkinson Foundation at 248-433-1011 or visit ParkinsonsMI.org.

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Wheatgrass and Sprouts Greenhouse Opens In Troy

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heatgrass and Sprouts, owned by Anca and Gabriel Iordachianu, has opened a new greenhouse in the heart of Troy. Originally based in Clarkston, their business has significantly, and earlier this year, the Iordachianus found themselves running out of space. They knew a move to a larger facility was crucial to meet ever-increasing orders. They also realized the need to be more centrally located for their customers and now offer a storefront where people can drop in and buy fresh greens and juicers.

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Gabriel and Anca Iordachianu Anca and Gabriel started their business unintentionally after Anca returned from a three-week stay at Hippocrates Health Institute in January 2011. “I went there to help heal myself of cancer and came back feeling like a new woman,” she says. “Everyone noticed a huge difference in me and I felt I just had to educate the public about this lifestyle.”

Anca also teaches one-hour introductory juicing classes throughout the metro Detroit area. During her presentation she shares the personal story of her cancer; explains the powerful benefits of wheatgrass, sprouts and green juices; talks about the various juicers and demonstrates how to juice for maximum nutrition.

Wheatgrass and Sprouts is located at 1925 West Maple Road, just east of Whole Foods Market. Hours are Mon-Thur: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Fri: 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For information, or a schedule of classes, call 248-822-9999 or visit: WheatgrassAndSprouts.com.

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heryl Heppard, business and marketing consultant, is hosting a live conference October 27th and 28th in Livonia. The workshop is designed to help small business owners and soloprenuers implement sales and marketing strategies that will help them increase their revenue quickly.

"I will reveal the the marketing strategies and sales techniques I have personally implemented to create a multi-six figure business and taught to my clients, which has helped many of them increase their revenue," says Heppard.

According to Heppard, the marketing strategies she teaches her clients allow business owners to increase their incomes without having to work harder or longer.

"It's actually easier to make more money and work less if you know how the process works," she says.

Her website, ListSpike.com, contains resources and information for clients who want to take their businesses to the highest level and build their email lists.

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"We named my new site 'List Spike' because of how crucial list building is as an online marketing strategy," she explains. "Email marketing campaigns can be extremely lucrative, but it's difficult to leverage that opportunity without a list."

The topics she will be teaching during the List Spike Boot Camp LIVE Training include: • How she built a massive, responsive list of eager prospects in a matter of months - WITHOUT spending a fortune on advertising • How she attracted thousands of fans on Facebook and Twitter • How she got her business featured in every local paper, and interviewed as an expert on TV, without an expensive PR agency • How she attracts a constant stream of new clients every month, without cold calling or rejection • How she restructured her business to travel every month and spend more time with her kids, without sacrificing my income The event will be held the last weekend of October, on Saturday, October 27 and Sunday, October 28 from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m at the Marriott Laurel Park hotel in Livonia. Early bird tickets are available and will rise to be $997 closer to the event dates. Space is limited to only 75 guests. For more information and to buy a ticket, visit ListSpikeBootCamp. com. See ad page 44.

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On Saturday, October 20th, from 11:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., Irene's Myomassology Institute will hold their 11th Annual Holistic Palooza in Southfield. Admission to the event is free.

Acupuncturist Relocates to Birmingham

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fter 10 years in Berkley, Dr. Susan Burke, L.Ac., of Acupuncture Health Alliance, has moved to the Dewitt Salon Building in Birmingham.

"This is my 25th year in practice," says Dr. Burke.

"The new clinic in Birmingham has huge amounts of open air and light, with 2 skylights and 3 open-air courtyards from rooms. I have room space available for rent."

Acupuncture Health Alliance is now located at 1890 Southfield Rd, Birmingham. The phone number has not changed: 248-582-8888. See ad page 14.

Irene's Myomassology Institute "Holistic Palooza provides a unique opportunity for the community to explore various forms of natural healing, practice yoga, experience complimentary massage, and be inspired by an amazing keynote address, all for free," says Kathy Gauthier, Executive Director of Irene's.

"Special guest Mary Morrissey will open with a life transforming keynote talk on how to live a life you love!' says Gauthier. "As a best-selling author, international speaker and minister for over three decades, her transformational talks have made her one of the elite teachers in the human potential movement. She has spoken at the United Nations, met with the Dalai Lama and help countless individuals discover their full potential."

There will be complimentary massage and Yoga, plus 20 free classes on Astrology, Reiki, Foot Massage, raw food and Laughter Yoga, to name a few of the offerings on the schedule.

Irene's Myomassology Institute was opened 25 years ago by founder, Irene Gauthier. This nationally accredited therapeutic massage school provides students with a comprehensive education in bodywork and natural health. Irene's mission is to improve the physical, emotional and spiritual health of individuals and society.

Irene's Myomassology Institute is located at 26061 Franklin Road, Southfield.

For more information, call 248-350-1400.

Full details on the event can be found at Irenes.edu. See ad page 3.

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Wishes Fulfilled: An Evening with Detroit New Technology Sounds Healthy In Lake Orion Native Dr. Wayne W. Aldrich, founder and owner of Me, My Health and Eyes in Lake Orion, is Dyer Patricia pleased to announce the acquisition of new state of the art technology, "Vibroacoustics," which uses the ancient healing modality of sound.

"Vibroacoustics," explains Aldrich, "takes music or specific frequencies you can hear and translates them into sound that you can feel. This quickly promotes a deep state of relaxation. The sound and vibration assists the client to a gentle unwinding process throughout the tissues in the body, as well as the nervous system.

"There are five pathways to perceiving sound," she says. "First, the standard way through our ears, known as acoustic. The second way is through our tissues and muscle masses, or kinesthetic. The third is through our joints and skeleton, known as haptic. The fourth is through tactile stimulation, or sense of touch. Finally, the fifth is through our bones, such as the new bone-conducting hearing aids that work without an ear drum."

"This unit," adds Aldrich, "is known to treat circulation problems, reduce high blood pressure, migraine headaches, Parkinson's disease, arthritis, neck and shoulder pain, hand pain, spinal pain, knee pain, foot pain, hip pain, sciatica pain, muscle and structural pain, endocrine problems (thyroid and adrenal issues), asthma and COPD (oxygenation issues), intestinal issues, liver issues, prostate issues, bladder/ gallbladder and digestive issues and last but not least, stress–as well as a host of other imbalances."

The Vibracoustic technology looks similar to a massage/water table. Each session has its own frequency and length of time. The new unit will arrive at Me, My Health and Eyes during the first week of October and they are currently setting appointments for the week of October 7th.

Me, My Health and Eyes is located at 1971 W. Silverbell Rd., Lake Orion. For more information or an appointment, call 248-393-8633. See ad page 15.

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n Wednesday, November 7th, from 7:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m., "Wishes Fulfilled: Master the Art of Manifesting" will take place at the Riverview Ballroom of the Cobo Center in Detroit.

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer "This lecture is dedicated to your mastery of the art of realizing all your desires," says Dr. Dyer. "The greatest gift you have been given is the gift of your imagination.

Everything that now exists was once imagined. And everything that will ever exist must first be imagined."

Wishes Fulfilled is designed to take visitors on a voyage of discovery, wherein they can begin to tap into the amazing manifesting powers that they possess within themselves and create a life in which all that they imagine for themselves becomes a present fact.

"Your wishes-all of them can indeed be fulfilled," Dr. Dyer says.

Admission is $35 and early registration is recommended.

Cobo Center is located at 1 Washington Blvd. in downtown Detroit. For more information and to register, call Hay House Customer Care at 800-654-5126 or visit HayHouse.com. See ad page 39.

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Dinner With 'The Digestion Doctor'

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r. Christine Kaczmar, a Digestive Health Specialist, Internal Health Specialist and Family Chiropractor, will be holding a special dinner presentation at Ike's Restaurant in Sterling Heights on Wednesday, October 24th at 6:00 pm.

This is an exclusive presentation on The Five Essential Keys To Digestive Health.

The cost to attend is only $10.

Dr. Christine specializes in enzyme nutrition for those who suffer with Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Colitis, Diarrhea,

Ike's Family Restaurant is located at 38550 Van Dyke Avenue, Sterling Heights. Dr. Christine's Practice, Revolution Wellness Center, is located at 47729 Van Dyke Ave, Shelby Township. For more information or to register, call 586-6852222 or visit her website at: TheDigestionDoctor.com. See ad page 27.

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Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital Opens Organic Greenhouse, Hires Resident Farmer

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enry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital has hired Michelle Lutz, former co-owner of certified organic vegetable Maple Creek Farm in Yale, as resident farmer to grow organic produce for patients in its new greenhouse, now open on its 160–acre campus.

The $1 million complex, including an education center was funded entirely by an anonymous donor. The greenhouse will provide clinically based educational programs for a variety of audiences, including children, to make a significant impact on the growing epidemic of obesity.

Lutz is growing a wide variety of produce in the greenhouse, including tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, eggplant, cucumber, peas, beans, strawberries, Swiss chard, Chinese cabbage, and herbs.

“Our goal is to be a national model for how wellness education can improve health and reduce health care costs by providing people with resources to help them achieve optimal health,” says Gerard van Grinsven, president and CEO of Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital.

Michelle Lutz "The produce being grown in the greenhouse is projected to reduce food costs at the hospital by more than $20,000 per year, while providing patients with healthy meals."

Lutz joined Henry Ford in November, providing input into the type of crops and how they would be grown. In June, she started planting organic seeds. “On a typical day in the greenhouse," she explains, "I’m making sure the crops receive proper nutrients, starting seeds to provide a continuous supply of lettuce, and monitoring for plant health, insects, and signs of disease.”

Tours of the greenhouse are available seven days a week, from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., with in-depth tours and workshops by appointment. The attached educational center will also be available for events. Plans include a steady stream of school field trips, so that children can learn better nutrition, which can prevent childhood obesity, and many chronic diseases.

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newsbriefs Inner Space Interactive Sourcing Lecture in Ferndale

Natural Hospital Birth ~ The Best of Both Worlds

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n Thursday, November 1st at 7:00 p.m., Chris Eskra, Inner Space Interactive Sourcing (ISIS) practitioner/instructor and Paul Stumpo, Bio Energetic practitioner, will lecture on ISIS in Ferndale. Admission to the Lecture is free.

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n Saturday, October 13th, from 11:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., Ann Arbor Author Cynthia Gabriel wil share how to have a "Natural Hospital Birth ~ The Best of Both Worlds" at Live With Awareness, in Rochester. Doula, medical anthropologist and mother of three, Cynthia Gabriel offers the tools and inspiration expectant mothers need to release fears, with the support of hospital staff to avoid unnecessary interventions.

"This is perfect for both expectant families and birth professionals alike," says Janice Rex-Weaver, of Live With Awareness. " Cynthia uses her medical anthropology background with her year of studying birth in Russia to bring a fresh and different perspective for expectant families; one that helps overcome our culture's messages about birth and find their own power and strength as a birthing woman."

The cost of the event is $20 in advance, $25 at the door and includes lunch.

for more complex remedies than the single homeopathic approach applies," explains Stumpo. "The basic concept is that the disease process is far more complex than simply a compilation of symptoms but is an amalgamation of a person’s history that has lead to a manifestation that is multifaceted. Therefore trying to address or boil down this multifaceted manifestation to one remedy, as is attempted in Kentian or classical homeopathy, is not complete and misses the many other faces that are present in the individual."

The technique of ISIS, developed by Samuel Sagan, MD, in 1987, is a process of self exploration which closely integrates a therapeutic dimension and a metaphysical dimension. Rather than one single process, ISIS is a framework to explore consciousness at large.

"Clients who have used it have had profound releases of mental, emotional and health related issues," says Stumpo.

Sessions with Chris Eskra will also be available on Friday November 2nd and Saturday November 3rd.

For more information or to register, contact Paul Stumpo by phone at 248434-8189, visit: BasicstoWellness.com or email info@basicstowellness.com.

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Sadhguru, a yogis and thought leader who has addressed TED conferences, World Nations meetings and authored more than 50 books, will bring his message of physical, mental and inner wellbeing, called "Inner Engineering," to Detroit. The weekend conference is Oct. 12-14 at Cobo Center, with a free preview event in Troy Oct. 10 and many other free events around town leading up to the conference.

Inner Engineering is a three-day immersion in the science and technology of inner health and wellbeing. Featuring guided meditations, asanas or simple yoga postures, powerful breathing and energy techniques and engaging discourses, the program offers practical wisdom and effective strategies for managing stress and bringing one’s entire system into alignment and harmony.

Among the millions of people worldwide who have experienced Inner Engineering, the most commonly reported benefits are improved mental clarity and sleep quality, increased energy levels, the ability to better handle stressful situations, a greater sense of connectivity and joy in everyday life and even relief from chronic diseases such as diabetes, migraines, hypertension, depression and more, as reported in a 2008 study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research.

The program is presented by Isha Foundation, a non-religious, entirely volunteer-run, international nonprofit dedicated to cultivating human potential and fostering peace and global understanding.

The weekend program with Sadhguru also features music, games, exhibits and high pranic, or life-sustaining, nutritious and delicious foods for Saturday/Sunday lunches and Sunday breakfast.

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Researchers found that in 2007, 6 percent of adult Americans included acupuncture as part of their regular health care regimen, up 42 percent from 2002 (at that time, the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine also reported that 60 percent of adults surveyed considered acupuncture as a treatment option).

Most commonly used for pain relief, acupuncture is based on the theory that needle stimulation of specific points on the body’s energy channels, called meridians, corrects imbalances and helps restore health. Some Western experts believe that the needles stimulate pain-sensing nerves, which trigger the brain to release endorphins, the body’s pain-relieving chemicals.

Former President Richard Nixon is generally credited with popularizing acupuncture in the West after he toured medical facilities during his visit to China in 1972. New York Times reporter James Reston, who was traveling with Nixon and underwent an emergency appendectomy during the trip, wrote extensively about the post-operative pain relief he experienced.

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ome scents make no sense for personal or planetary health.

Using scented laundry products can release harmful— even carcinogenic—pollutants into the air, report University of Washington researchers. Their findings, published online in the journal Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, show that air vented from machines using the top-selling, scented, liquid laundry detergent and dryer sheet contains hazardous chemicals.

When researchers analyzed captured gases from dryer vent fumes after participating households ran regular laundry cycles using liquid laundry detergent and a leading brand of scented dryer sheets, they found more than 25 volatile organic compounds, including seven dangerous air pollutants. Of those, two chemicals— acetaldehyde and benzene—are classified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as carcinogens, with no established safe exposure level. Benzene is linked to leukemia and other blood cancers, according to the American Cancer Society, and studies have shown that acetaldehyde can cause nasal and throat cancer in animals.

“This is an interesting source of pollution, because emissions from dryer vents are essentially unregulated,” says lead author Anne Steinemann, Ph.D., professor of civil and environmental engineering and of public affairs. “If they are coming out of a smokestack or tail pipe, they are regulated—but if they’re coming out of a dryer vent, they are not.”

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he mouth may be one place that signs of celiac disease or gluten sensitivity are manifested, according to a recent study by researchers at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They discovered a link between the disorder and dental enamel defects and recurrent aphthous ulcers, or canker sores, and concluded that dentists can play an important role in identifying unrecognized celiac disease.

Appropriate referral and timely diagnosis can help prevent serious complications.

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ctober is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and thousands of well-meaning healthcare providers will continue to recommend mammograms.

However, a growing body of research suggests that X-ray mammography may not be the best screening approach, at least on an annual basis, and even the National Cancer Institute notes potential harms ranging from false results to overtreatment and radiation exposure.

A 2006 study published in the British Journal of Radiobiology revealed that the type of radiation used in X-ray-based screenings is more carcinogenic than previously believed. The researchers wrote, “Recent radiobiological studies have provided compelling evidence that the lowenergy X-rays used in mammography are approximately four times—but possibly as much as six times—more likely to cause mutational damage than higher energy X-rays.”

Peter Gøtzsche is director of the Nordic Cochrane Centre and an author of the landmark 2001 Cochrane systematic review, Screening for Breast Cancer with Mammography, which concludes, “Currently available reliable evidence has not shown a survival benefit of mass screening for breast cancer.” In 2011, Gøtzsche stated, “It is getting more and more difficult to argue that mammography is reasonable to [use] for breast screening.”

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Gut Bacteria Influence Development of Obesity

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cientists have long known that gut bacteria play important roles in the health of the human body. However, where obesity is concerned, the traditional guidance offered by doctors and dieticians has been that weight gain is simply a matter of calorie balance. New research, conducted by Sahmyook University in South Korea, suggests that gut bacteria may play a critical role in the development of obesity. In this experiment, mice receiving a diet supplemented with several species of Bifidobacterium experienced reduced body and fat weights, along with lower levels of harmful enzyme activities. The study authors theorize that obese individuals may harbor specific gut bacteria profiles that promote excess weight gain and behavioral changes associated with increased food intake.

SOURCE: An HM, Kim MJ, et. al.

Antiobesity and lipid-lowering effects of Bifidobacterium spp. in high fat dietinduced obese rats. FASEB J. March 29, 2012 26:1025.26.

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How Does What I Eat Affect My Oral Health?

ecently I was reading a few of the great resources available to everyone about oral health sponsored by The Academy of General Dentistry. The AGD is an excellent resource for information for anyone interested in learning more about Oral Health. I came across one article in particular that I felt was worthy of sharing. You can find more of the AGD’s oral health topics and articles at www.agd.org/public/oralhealth/.

You may be able to prevent two of the most common diseases of modern civilization, tooth decay (caries) and periodontal (gum) disease, simply by improving your diet. Decay results when the teeth and other hard tissues of the mouth are destroyed by acid products from oral bacteria.

Certain foods and food combinations are linked to higher levels of cavitycausing bacteria. Although poor nutrition does not directly cause periodontal disease, many researchers believe that the disease progresses faster and is more severe in patients whose diet does not supply the necessary nutrients.

Poor nutrition affects the entire immune system, which can increase your risk of developing many disorders. People with immune systems that are compromised have been shown to be at higher risk for periodontal disease. Research has also shown a link between oral health and systemic conditions, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. So eating a variety of foods as part of a wellbalanced diet may not only improve your dental health, but increasing fiber and vitamin intake may also reduce the risk of other diseases.

How can I plan my meals and snacks to promote better oral health?

Eat a well-balanced diet characterized by moderation and variety. Develop eating habits that follow the recommendations from reputable health organizations such as the American Dietetic Association and the National Institutes of Health. Choose foods from the five major food groups: fruits, vegetables, breads and cereals, milk and dairy products and meat, chicken, fish or beans.

Avoid fad diets that limit or eliminate entire food groups, which usually result in vitamin or mineral deficiencies.

Always keep your mouth moist by drinking lots of water. Saliva protects both hard and soft oral tissues. If you have a dry mouth, supplement your diet with sugarless candy or gum to stimulate saliva.

Foods that cling to your teeth promote tooth decay. So when you snack, avoid soft, sweet, sticky foods such as cakes, candy and dried fruits. Instead, choose dentally healthy foods such as nuts, raw vegetables, plain yogurt, cheese and sugarless gum or candy.

When you eat fermentable carbohydrates, such as crackers, cookies and chips, eat them as part of your meal, instead of by themselves.

Combinations of foods neutralize acids in the mouth and inhibit tooth decay. For example, enjoy cheese with your crackers. Your snack will be just as satisfying and better for your dental health. One caution: malnutrition (bad nutrition) can result from too much nourishment as easily as too little. Each time you eat, you create an environment for oral bacteria to develop. Additionally, studies are showing that dental disease is just as related to overeating as heart disease, obesity, diabetes and hypertension. So making a habit of eating too much of just about anything, too frequently, should be avoided.

When should I consult my dentist about my nutritional status?

Always ask your dentist if you're not sure how your nutrition (diet) may affect your oral health. Conditions such as tooth loss, pain or joint dysfunction can impair chewing and are often found in elderly people, those on restrictive diets and those who are undergoing medical treatment. People experiencing these problems may be too isolated or weakened to eat nutritionally balanced meals at a time when it is particularly critical. Talk to your dental health professional about what you can do for yourself or someone you know in these circumstances.

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nflammation can be briefly defined as toxins in the body These toxins can come from food, water, environment, medications, personal care products, household products or even from the body itself. Candida, leaky gut and or foreign creatures to the gastrointestinal tract or the process of digestion can produce toxins.

Inflammation in blood vessels, glands, joints or organs can be the root of many diseases. Blood vessels that are inflamed can cause hypertension or high blood pressure. Heart attacks may be the result of inflamed cardiac vessels. Toxins in the body cause inflammation.

A gland like the prostate can accumulate toxins. The body loves to store toxins in fat cells. The prostate and the breast are primarily composed of fat.

Hypothyroidism can be the result of toxins in the thyroid.

Mercury from tooth fillings seeps into the thyroid as hot drinks are consumed. In the process of chewing, mercury can be swallowed and makes its way down to the thyroid.

Mercury and other metals are commonly found in food products, personal care products, including make-up and jewelry.

These metals accumulate in the thyroid, bones, organs and soft tissues in the body.

The knees and hips take daily abuse. Bearing the weight of the entire body. Osteoarthritis and arthritis are the result of toxins being deposited in these areas.

The last place the body stores toxins are in the organs. The exception to this is the liver where toxins are given the ok to be dispensed to the rest of the body or stored in the liver.

The root cause of most diseases can be traced back to an accumulation of toxins in the body.

Inflammation and toxins in the entire body can be reduced using natural methods. Everyone can be active, pain free and agile even into the “golden years.”

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utism used to be a rare disorder, so the majority of doctors never saw it in their practice and most people had never heard of it. Fifteen years ago in western countries the incidence of autism used to be on average one child in 10,000. According to the USA Center for Disease Control, around 1 out of 150 American children are diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorders now with numbers growing every day.

So, what is happening? Is the reason for this epidemic genetic? The truth is- we don't know! However, what we do know is that genetic disorders do not show such a sudden increase in incidence.

Most parents of autistic children can clearly recall that traumatic moment of the diagnosis of "Autism" being announced to them by a doctor followed by the statement "There is nothing that can be done." But, there is hope. Hundreds of autistic children appropriately treated and educated become almost indistinguishable from their typically developing (normal) peers. The sooner the treatment starts, the better the results; this is because the younger the child is, the less damage there is to undo.

In the western world there is a general tendency to delegate responsibility for our health to the medical profession.

When it comes to autism, after establishing the diagnosis, official medicine has virtually nothing to offer the child.

Treating autism is not an easy task. It takes years of continuous effort and commitment.

Information on nutrition is not included into the curriculum of western medical schools and consequently doctors have very little idea about the value of nutrition in the treatment of disease. Yet appropriate nutrition is a corner-stone of any successful treatment for any chronic disease. Autism and other learning disabilities are no exception. Based on my experience, autism overlaps with Attention Deficit Disorder(

ADD). But autism and ADD also associate with dyspraxia, dyslexia, various learning problems, allergies, asthma and eczema.

Why are all these conditions related? What underlying problems are we missing in children which make them susceptible to the above conditions. Why, when they become teenagers, do many of these children fall prey to substance abuse? Or develop schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder and other psychological and psychiatric problems?

To answer all these questions we have to look at one factor, which unites all these patients in clinical setting. This factor is the state of their digestive system. I have yet to meet a child with autism, ADHD/ADD, asthma, eczema, allergies, dyspraxia or dyslexia, who does not have digestive abnormalities.

In many cases, they are severe enough for the parents to start talking about them first. But what have digestive abnormalities got to do with autism, hyperactivity, inability to learn, mood and behavior problems? According to recent research and clinical experience- a lot! In fact it appears that the child's digestive system holds the key to the child's mental development. The underlying disorder, which can manifest itself in different combinations of symptoms, resides in the gut!

A human body has an incredible ability to heal itself, given the right help. However, natural therapy does not work fast.

The common nutritional protocol includes detoxification, whole food supplements and diet. The first step is to identify weakness of the digestive tract along with toxic substances which interfere with digestive function. Specific detoxification has to be implemented to remove toxicity from the various tissues of the body. Whole food supplements are then introduced to provide a necessary nutrition to create balance within the digestive system.

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he TornadoSuit™ is a new type of functional scoliosis activity suit that acts upon the spine much differently than conventional rigidstyle scoliosis braces. It can be easily concealed underneath clothing, and has shown immediate correction of the scoliosis curvature.

The TornadoSuit ™ was developed by Mark Morningstar, DC, who also founded the ARC3D system of scoliosis treatment.

upon the location and severity of the scoliosis.

The TornadoSuit™ is designed to be used in conjunction with an exercise-based scoliosis therapy, such as the ARC3D Therapy (arc3dtherapy.com).

This enhances the effectiveness of the TornadoSuit™ compared to wearing the TornadoSuit™ alone.

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Africa’s E-Waste Is Skyrocketing The collective economies of Africa are set on a course to produce more electronic e-waste than Europe by 2017, according to Katharina Kummer Peiry, executive secretary of the Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes. At a recent Pan-African Forum on e-waste in Nairobi, Kenya, she attributed the exponential increase to population growth and the increased availability of mobile phones, computers and accessories.

More recycling could be advanced, she says, by the fact that significant amounts of valuable metals such as gold, silver, palladium and copper can be salvaged from electronic devices at less cost than smelting them from virgin ores.

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Paying It Forward: Rachel Carson’s Legacy This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson’s seminal book, Silent Spring, which warned of the far-reaching dangers of deadly pesticides and was widely regarded as a catalyst for America’s conservation, clean air and water and environmental protection movements. Now author Laurie Lawlor and illustrator Laurie Beingessner bring her message to today’s youth in the children’s book, Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World.

Carson’s life—from her childhood fascination with nature to becoming a college graduate and biologist to writing Silent Spring before her death in 1964—is told in easy-to-understand terms. An epilogue recounts her legacy for all generations.

Carson encouraged readers to rethink fundamental values about the relationship between people and nature and not to suppose that, “Nature exists for the convenience of man,” as she put it.

One of the vivid examples of life’s interconnectedness that Carson cited occurred in Clear Lake, California, between 1949 and 1957. To eradicate gnats, three sprayings of DDD, a cousin of DDT, were applied, killing western grebes that breed on floating nests.

When scientists examined the dead birds, they found astounding levels of DDD and realized that it occurred because the birds fed on lake fish that fed on DDDladen plankton, passing the toxic pesticide up the food chain in “a whole chain of poisoning.” Carson also warned of potential human cancers resulting from handling pesticides and eating contaminated fish. The state Department of Public Health consequently banned DDD in 1959 and the 2001 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants subsequently banned DDT for agricultural use worldwide in 2004.

Along with the enactment of many environmental laws, Carson’s work helped spur the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The advent of Earth Day, in 1970, led Mark Hamilton Lytle to write in his biography of Carson, The Gentle Subversive, that, “No event could have done more to celebrate the ideals that Rachel Carson bequeathed to the environmental movement.” Her legacy lives on.

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Priscu notes, “It’s a way of recycling genomes. You put something on the surface of the ice and a million years later, it comes back out.” He has spent the past 28 summers near the South Pole, finding living bacteria in cores of 420,000-year-old ice and multiplying them in his laboratory.

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familiar to most people that have experienced chiropractic care. Although the adjustment is painless, some patients instinctively tense their muscles.

“Adjustment is a sneak attack, ‘My reflexes being faster than yours,’” remarks Burns. “The average muscle contracts in about a quarter of a second. We do a lot of speed training so we can do the adjustment in one-tenth of a second.”

Activator: The activator technique, used by about 20 percent of chiropractors as part of an integrated practice, employs a small, spring-loaded, rubbertipped device, slightly larger than a pen, which applies a small amount of force to a specific area. It makes a stapler-like sound and the recipient usually feels only slight pressure.

“Not everybody can tolerate the more aggressive manipulation that is performed as a foundation in chiropractic, especially elderly people or very young children,” says Overland. “The activator technique claims to be faster, more specific and less forceful than manual adjustment.”

Applied kinesiology: Also known as muscle testing, applied kinesiology evaluates muscle strength at various specific points to help determine if a specific type of adjustment or even a nutritional supplement might be helpful to an individual patient as a treatment. This individualized treatment is popular among chiropractors and their patients. “It is a way to glean a tremendous amount of diagnostic information to specifically tell where the subluxations (imbalances) are,” says Vaughn, “and is used by about 20 percent of chiropractors.”

Sacro-occipital technique (SOT): Another form of non-forceful adjustment, SOT usually involves having the patient lie face down on a table. Inserting a variety of wedges asymmetrically distributed under the pelvis creates a helpful torque.

“Gravity causes the adjustment to happen very subtly in about 10 minutes,” explains Vaughn. “It is effective for the elderly and people with osteoporosis that can’t tolerate more vigorous adjustments.”

Gonstead: Similar to the HVLA technique, a Gonstead approach pays particular attention to the lower spine

spinal cord to the nerves,” explains ost people visit a chiroBurns. Miscommunication between practor because they are the brain and the nerves caused by in pain and seeking relief, spinal misalignments, called subluxalthough some initially visit for general ations, are at the heart of the science health,” says Keith Overland, president of the American Chiropractic Association of chiropractic adjustment.

Most chiropractic schools give and a practicing chiropractic physician in students a basic toolbox of techniques Norwalk, Connecticut. “Every doctor of before individual practitioners go on chiropractic should first perform a comto obtain certification in advanced plete and thorough exam and develop a techniques; much like medical specialdiagnosis to determine the best approach izations, says Overland.

His specialties to the patient’s condition.” include treating sports injuries and he

Rick Burns, a doctor of chiropractic has many Olympic athletes as patients. and professor of chiropractic technique at Palmer College of Chiropractic, in Most Common Techniques Davenport, Iowa, notes that more than Diversified: This catch-all term encom100 techniques and endless permutapasses the short thrust spinal adjusttions of adjustments and thrusts can be ment approach used by an estimated used to help bring the body back into 80 percent of all chiropractors, says Dr. alignment and health. “Most chiropracCynthia Vaughn, an Austin, Texas-based tors integrate several methods, depending on the needs of the patient,” he says. chiropractor and member of the board of governors of the American Chiro While chiropractors undergo four practic Association. years of post-graduate training, like It is characterized by what is called medical doctors, they specialize in, “… the high-velocity, low-amplitude thrust making certain the brain communicates (HVLA), resulting in the popping sound 100 percent of the time through the www.NAeastMichigan.com 24 Oakland, Macomb, Livingston & St. Clair, MI

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Waking up with a stiff neck or shoulder or back pain sends 20 million Americans to the chiropractor each year. ~ American Chiropractic Association and the effects of its misalignments on the rest of the body. These practitioners generally prefer to adjust the neck with the patient in a sitting position.

More than half of all chiropractors use some form of the Gonstead technique. It involves detailed structural analysis of the spine, which can include various types of palpitation, nervoscope analysis of heat and nerve pressure along the spine, and X-rays.

“All of these techniques require extensive education and thousands of hours of training,” concludes Overland.

Adds Burns, “Each patient is evaluated and diagnosed individually. So try different techniques and see what works for you. The goal is to unlock the body’s ability to heal itself.”

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One of the most crucial components includes a direct measurement of the “good” gut bacteria.

Many people think that they get enough good bacteria from things such as yogurt or drinks with live active cultures. Truth be told, there is not way to measure the amount of good bacteria from these food sources, and likely the amounts are much lower than what the body needs. Other useful information includes the identification of opportunistic bacteria, intestinal parasites, and whether or not there is any yeast overgrowth. Metabolic markers are also examined which may provide additional information for long-term risk of breast and colon cancer.

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drove this year’s Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The June conference brought together international heads of state, business leaders, nonprofits and activists to prioritize and strategize sustainable development. Unlike the United Nations’ annual climate change conferences, which led to the Kyoto Protocol in 1997—a legally binding treaty that set targets for greenhouse gas emissions the United States refused to sign—the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development is held once every 20 years. The theme of Rio+20 was simple and direct: The Future We Want.

Moving away from political posturing and endless negotiating, the meet-up asked businesses, governments and charities to publicly declare their specific commitments and solicited the public’s ideas for realizing sustainability, all aligned with the priorities and opportunities of the 21st century.

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Some commitments are breathtaking in scope: n International development banks have pledged $175 billion to boost sustainable transportation in developing countries; n Bank of America promised $50 billion over 10 years to finance energy efficiency, renewable energy sources and energy access; n The World Bank committed $16 billion to boost clean energy, access to electricity and cookstoves in

developing nations; n The New Partnership for Africa’s Development promised to achieve energy access for at least 60 percent of Africa’s population by 2040; n The European Bank offered $8 billion by 2015 to support energy efficiency projects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia; n Microsoft pledged to be carbon neutral across all its operations by the end of 2013; n The United States together with the Consumer Goods Forum (which represents more than 600 retail and manufacturing companies) committed to achieve zero net deforestation in their supply chains by 2020.

“The real action, the real energy, was the 21st-century aspect [of Rio+20],” advises Scherr. “I call it the ‘network world’, recognizing the number of players today. It’s not just national governments; it’s states and cities, corporations and philanthropists.

In addition to the official meetings and negotiations, between 3,000 and 4,000 other gatherings were going on between business people, mayors, civil society organizations and others, presenting myriad opportunities to make specific commitments. We’re moving to a different dynamic.”

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“The huge public engagement in the conference is exciting,” says Pascale, “because that’s really how progress will happen. People have to force their governments to take action.”

The NRDC dedicated website is part of a coordinated effort to hold governments, businesses and nonprofits accountable and inform the public. The new U.N. websites facilitate a thriving discussion of what sustainability means and how it can be put into practice.

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State-based examples of sustainable development in action speak to widespread needs in the United States.

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PlaNYC: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s announcement of PlaNYC, on Earth Day 2007, signaled an historic moment. The people’s vision of a cleaner, healthier New York City, one that could accommodate 9 million predicted residents by 2030, aims to be a model for urban sustainable development. Its original 127 initiatives leave few sustainability stones unturned, including cleaning up brownfields, building more playgrounds and parks, increasing public transportation and bike lanes, implementing aggressive recycling, enforcing green building standards and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Two-thirds of the initial goals have already been achieved; the latest update calls for 132 initiatives, including a new set of annual milestones.

Speaking at the Museum of the City of New York in 2009, Daniel Doctoroff, the former deputy mayor of economic development and rebuilding for the Bloomberg administration, called PlaNYC “one of the most sweeping, most comprehensive blueprints for New York ever undertaken.” Most critically, all of its stated commitments are achievable (see Tinyurl.com/PlaNYC-goals).

Evergreen Cooperative Initiative (ECI): Businesses and community groups in Cleveland, Ohio, determined that they needed to solve the problem of joblessness in low-income areas by creating living-wage jobs and then training eligible residents to fill them. They developed a new, cooperative-based economic model, based on green jobs that can inspire other cities with similar economic woes.

The ECI is a community undertaking in which anchor institutions like the Cleveland Foundation, University Hospitals and the municipal government leverage their purchasing power to help create green-focused,

employee-owned local businesses, which to date include a green laundromat, the hydroponic greenhouse Green City Growers, and Ohio Cooperative Solar, which provides weatherization and installs and maintains solar panels. The solar cooperative will more than double Ohio’s solar generating capacity from 2011 levels by the end of 2012 (see EvergreenCooperatives.com).

CALGreen: Updated building codes may not generate much excitement until we consider that U.S. buildings account for a lion’s share of carbon dioxide emissions (39 percent), and consume 70 percent of the electricity we generate. The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) reports, “If half of new commercial buildings were built to use 50 percent less energy, it would save over 6 million metric tons of CO2 annually for the life of the buildings— the equivalent of taking more than 1 million cars off the road every year.”

The California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen), which took effect in January 2011, sets the highest green bar for new buildings in the country. It requires that new buildings achieve a 20 percent reduction in potable water use, divert 50 percent of their construction waste from landfills, use paints and materials with low volatile organic compound content and provide parking for clean-air vehicles.

Multiple key stakeholders have been involved throughout the process, including the California Energy Commission and the Sierra Club.

“We really tried to bring together an entire spectrum of people and groups with different perspectives and expertise to build a consensus,” says David Walls, executive director of the California Building Standards Commission. “If we were going to put something in the code, we wanted to make sure it was right.” (See Tinyurl. com/CALGreen-Home.)

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It further mandated that utilities generate 2,000 megawatts of additional renewable energy by 2009, then 5,880 MW by 2015 and 10,000 MW by 2025. The 10-year goal was met in six years, and Texas has added many green jobs, increased tax revenues and provided security against blackouts, which is critical in the event of extreme heat or drought (see Tinyurl. com/TexasStandard).

Edison Innovation Green Growth Fund: Clean technology is booming despite the economic recession and attracting serious investment funds. According to a report by Clean Edge, Inc., venture capital investments in clean technologies increased 30 percent between 2010 and 2011, from $5.1 billion to $6.6 billion.

New Jersey entrepreneurs are upping their state’s potential in this arena with the Edison Innovation Green Growth Fund. The program proffers loans of up to $2 million for companies, research facilities and nonprofits engaged in producing clean energy technologies, ranging from energy efficiency products such as LED lighting to

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Elinor Ostrom, the political economist who won a Nobel Prize in economics but passed on just before the start of the Rio conference, dedicated her last blog post to considering the event’s impact.

Titled “Green from the Grassroots,” the post stressed the priority of a multifaceted approach to curbing emissions.

“Decades of research demonstrate that a variety of overlapping policies at city, subnational, national and international levels is more likely to succeed than single, overarching, binding agreements,” Ostrom remarked. “Such an evolutionary approach to policy provides essential safety nets should one or more policies fail. The good news is that evolutionary policymaking is already happening organically.

In the absence of effective national and international legislation to curb greenhouse gases, a growing number of city leaders are acting to protect their citizens and economies.”

She reported that even in the absence of federally mandated emissions targets, 30 U.S. states have passed their own climate plans and more than 900 mayors signed a climate protection agreement essentially agreeing to reach the Kyoto Protocol goals the federal government refused to sanction.

Rio+20 built upon such bottom-up commitments and pushed states and businesses to go further than they’d ever imagined. “There was an incredible amount of energized activity,” concludes Scherr. “Many people came away feeling empowered and encouraged, because they saw that the sustainability movement is truly worldwide.

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Celebrating Vegetarian Awareness Month, Natural Awakenings visits the continuing evolutions of vegetarian eating habits and leading cookbooks.

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op in Ithaca, New York. Considered one of Five Women Who Changed the Way We Eat, by Health magazine, she has also hosted several PBS cooking shows.

When Katzen first took up the cause, vegetarian cooking was earnest, if earthy, relying heavily upon such staples as brown rice, mushrooms and tofu. The options were limited for those that didn’t capitalize on a home garden or live in a cosmopolitan city.

Growing up in Louisville, Kentucky in the 1970s, cookbook author and food blogger Michael Natkin remembers…“when vegetables were boiled until they begged for mercy.” Being a vegetarian then meant a commitment to a philosophy, not necessarily an expectation of flavor and pleasure.

In 1981, an Indian actress and cookbook author introduced Americans to exotic vegetarian dishes from India in Madhur Jaffrey’s World of the East: Vegetarian Cooking. Still, without an Asian market nearby, hard-to-find ingredients like dhal (a lentil) or fenugreek (a seed) might have derailed attempts to make such recipes.

By 1990, Chef Deborah Madison had contributed The Savory Way, which upped the quotient of colorful foods inspired by classic French cuisine. She revealed how plant-based dishes can be sophisticated and even glamorous.

Today’s latest cookbook evolution speaks to the newest generation of vegetarian cooks’ burgeoning interest in tasty ethnic cuisines, home gardening and farmers’ markets as well as meatless meals. Natkin has pulled it all together in Herbivoracious: A Flavor Revolution, with 150 Vibrant and Original Vegetarian Recipes. From

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the standpoint of a well-traveled home cook, he also chronicles his travels and forays into flavorful, globally influenced recipes at Herbivoracious.com.

Why Vegetarian, Why Now? “Because vegetarian meals are good for you, tread more lightly on our planet’s resources and are kinder to animals,” Natkin responds.

“The planet isn’t designed to support billions of meat-eaters. Plus, many are concerned about the methods of animal agriculture—think of industrial hog farms, for instance, which can be environmental nightmares. If you want to eat meat from smaller producers with higher ethical standards, it’s more expensive,” he says. “Even if you eat meatless only now and again, it’s better for the family budget, your health and the planet.”

Natkin is well aware of the “dark days for vegetables,” when commerce dictated that varieties be chosen and grown primarily for their ability to withstand long-distance transport. Now, due to rising demand, more are grown for flavor, advises Natkin, and that makes vegetarian meals taste better and become more popular.

Natkin further suggests, “If you want a sustainable diet, it must include foods that you like, not foods that you think you should like. They have to taste good, otherwise you won’t stick with it.”

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dishes from locales as diverse as India, Iran, Japan, Mexico and Thailand. His special touch is conceiving ways to convert traditional recipes to vegetarian variations while maintaining unique flavors and combinations of textures. From a deconstructed sushi to tofu tacos, Natkin coaxes the most flavor out of his ingredients—from cooking pasta in red wine, making “meaty” soup stocks with dried mushrooms or Parmesan cheese rinds to teaching uses of condiments like Japanese sesame salt.

“The least successful cuisine for translation into vegetarian cooking is American comfort food,” he notes.

He always encourages cooks to think creatively, not literally, when translating a meat-based dish to a plant-based equivalent. Instead of trying to do a faux turkey for Thanksgiving, for example, he recommends serving a main dish that looks celebratory and mouthwatering, saluting the traditional role of the centerpiece turkey in a fresh way.

Growing Trend According to a national 2012 Harris Poll, 47 percent of Americans eat at least one vegetarian meal a week. The Values Institute of DGWB, an advertising and communications firm based in Santa Ana, California, confirms the rise of flexitarianism, or eating meat on occasion rather than routinely, as one of the top trends of 2012.

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Serves 6 “I developed this black bean soup so that it would satisfy those that prefer mild dishes, including kids, as well as those that prefer a bolder spice. The soup is straightforward, with a bright and intense orange and jalapeño salsa on the side,” advises cookbook author Michael Natkin. “Pass grated cheddar cheese for those that prefer to think of it as vegetarian chili.”

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3. Pluck the bay leaves out of the beans.

Stir the onion mixture into the simmering beans. Remove the soup from the heat and lightly purée, using a stick blender, blender or potato masher. (A 75 percent purée leaves significant texture.)

4. Return the soup pot to the heat. Add more water as needed to produce a soup that’s moderately thick, but thinner than a stew. Taste and adjust the seasoning. It will likely need salt unless the cook used pre-salted canned beans.

Add more cumin or smoked paprika to taste. Simmer at least 10 to 15 minutes to allow flavors to develop.

5. For the salsa, cut the oranges into sections and then cubes. Mix with the red onion, jalapeño pepper and ¼ teaspoon kosher salt. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Stir in the cilantro immediately before serving.

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While beach volleyball competitions continue to garner more media attention, indoor volleyball has remained consistently popular. USA Volleyball, the sport’s national governing body, has 40 regional associations that provide access to grassroots play, as well as organized competitions. Business team leagues also exist in many cities and towns, as well as informal gatherings of friends that simply meet up.

With six people per side, it’s fun to rotate positions and learn to serve, block the ball, set up a teammate and return or spike it over the net.

According to Beckner, “Early Boomers enjoy the camaraderie and generally find volleyball less physically demanding

uring seasons of extreme weather, those that prefer to exercise indoors can complement the individual huffing and puffing sounds of gyms and fitness clubs with the social shouts of competitive community sports. Fall is an ideal time to sign up for winter leagues to take advantage of the flip side of outdoor summer leagues. Here we can continue playing what many of us enjoyed as kids—volleyball, basketball and bowling; a welcoming facility is likely just a short distance away.

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“Many facilities use their gyms for basketball leagues two or three nights a week and set up volleyball nets on the other nights,” notes Bill Beckner, research manager with the National Recreation and Park Association. He reports that in season, there is more open play in basketball, especially on weekends, and also during weekday lunch hours for workers.

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Bowling similarly offers friendly social competition, as well as a way to develop individual playing style and track personal improvement. The United States Bowling Congress reports that 71 million people bowled at least once in 2010, making it the number one U.S. participatory sport. Nationwide, it sanctioned 71,904 leagues in 2010-2011, fairly evenly split between men and women.

Steve Johnson, executive director of the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America, views its 3,600 member locations (about 75 percent of all centers) as community destinations for recreation and entertainment. It’s ideal as a family activity and double-dating venue; more centers now offer fruit juices and energy drinks.

As Stefanie Nation, of Grand Prairie, Texas, an avid recreational league player and member of the United States Bowling Congress’ defending world champion women’s national team, notes, “Leagues are a fun opportunity to get together with others.

There’s something about releasing the ball that relieves stress.”

She adds that bowling burns approximately 240 calories per hour and completing three games is the equivalent of walking a mile. Footwear is available for rent at centers if players don’t have their own, and bowling balls of various weights are provided. “A good rule of thumb is to choose a ball that weighs 10 percent of your body weight, up to 16 pounds.” Many serious players wear wrist supports to help absorb the weight of the ball and to keep the wrist rigid for consistency in delivery, she says.

The sport’s appeal is broadening, especially in urban centers where a Rock ‘n’ Bowl phenomenon often enlivens the young adult crowd on Friday and Saturday nights. Centers have also become sites for community fundraising events and corporate parties. Meanwhile, Philadelphia’s Sweat Fitness recently added 10 bowling lanes to one of its 10 facilities and the regional chain expects to continue the trend.

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Sarcoptic scabies mange results from microscopic, oval-shaped, light-colored mites that migrate easily between hosts. Prime real estate includes a pet’s ears, elbows, thighs, face and underside of the chest. Symptoms include severe itching and scratching that creates red bumps amidst crusty, thick skin, weight loss, lethargy and swollen lymph nodes. It takes about one week after a pet has been exposed to them for symptoms to appear. Unlike demodectic mange, sarcoptic mange can be transmitted to humans, causing a red rash similar to an insect bite.

Pets that suffer from demodectic mange typically already have a weakened or compromised immune system, sometimes because of immaturity (such as puppies), malnourishment, stress associated with another illness, or even a hereditary issue. Under a microscope, demodex mites appear cigarshaped. Common symptoms include hair loss, balding, scabbing and sores. Dogs are more susceptible to both types than cats.

Localized demodectic mange usually occurs in puppies when mites migrate from mother to pup during early nurturing. In puppies, the mange often appears on the face, creating a patchy, polka-dotted, balding appearance. Generally, pets will heal from this type of mange without treatment.

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Natural herbal ingredients further provide a safe and effective alternative to harsh chemicals. Garlic is popular for its natural repellent and antibacterial properties. Other natural insecticides, including wormwood, neem and lemongrass, help soothe irritated skin.

A holistic veterinarian will address the underlying causes of poor health, especially in the case of demodectic mange.

Key elements in restoring optimal wellness include proper nutrition via a well-crafted natural diet and immuneboosting probiotics, plus supplements to meet the individual pet’s needs.

From a holistic standpoint, bolstering the immune system with vitamins (like vitamin C and general skin and immune-supportive pet nutraceuticals) and herbs (such as Astragalus) help.

Supplementing the pet’s diet with foods or supplements high in omega-3 and omega-6 also helps; sources of both include salmon and flaxseed.

As with other types of parasitic diseases, it is critical that the owner comply with a veterinarian’s treatment instructions. If the pet is prescribed an antiparasitic medication for 90 days, for example, use it for the entire period, regardless of improvements. An incomplete treatment may interrupt the mite’s life cycle but fail to sufficiently destroy the entire population to prevent re-infestation.

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he founders of the United States chose the magnificent and pervasive bald eagle—a bird unique to North America and sacred to many Native American tribes—as a symbol of their proud and flourishing new nation, but by 1967, it was on the brink of extinction.

When the combination of habitat loss, pesticide use and other factors landed it on the endangered species list, the country rallied. Conservation organizations, indigenous tribes, businesses, individual citizens and government at all levels worked together to strengthen the numbers of this national icon, which had dwindled to 417 breeding pairs in the lower 48 states, despite the fact that the species was doing well in Alaska and Canada.

Captive breeding programs, law enforcement efforts, habitat protection around nest sites and the banning of the toxic pesticide DDT all contributed to the recovery plan, spearheaded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Today, the bald eagle is again soaring high— just five years after being removed from the list some 10,000 pairs now make their nests in the lower 48.

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Other decimated populations targeted by international conservation efforts, from Rwanda’s mountain gorillas to India’s wild tigers, also show encouraging signs of recovery. Rhinos, for example, are returning to the African wilderness thanks to community-based, public/private conservation programs that fight poaching, habitat loss and other human threats to this prehistoric creature. Since its launch in 1997, the World Wildlife Fund’s African Rhino Programme estimates that the white and black rhino population on the continent has more than doubled, from approximately 11,000 to 25,000.

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Reset your spiritual GPS using simple repetitive Nia movements. Allow the mind, body, and emotions to become neutral and make space for creativity, answers, dreams. Wear clothing to move in, come barefoot, and have an open mind to moving into the flow. Workshop occurs within the Sacred Triad Weekend.

sunday, october 14 - 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Admission: $35

Mott Community College, 550 Lake Dr., lapeer info: stacey Peper/Jean Jambas 248-737-6856

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SuNDAy, OctOBer 14 Whole foods market & ocean Prime iron Chef smack down! - 1-4pm. Back by popular demand Iron Chef Smack Down has returned; our very own demo extraordinaire Mood will be challenging Ocean Prime’s Chef Matt! Contestants comes up with unique recipes, using one similar ingredient, participants sample and vote for their favorite!

Whole Foods Market, 2880 West Maple, troY. 248-649-9600.

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Digestion issues? – nothing Working? 7-8:15pm. Dr. Richard Sowerby D.C., Clinical Nutritionist will discuss hidden causes of… Acid Reflux, Crohn’s, Gas, Bloating, Diarrhea! Don’t let digestive problems rule your life! Attend this seminar and learn drugless solutions! Whole Foods, roChester hills. FREE! Call 248-879-1900 to register.

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tueSDAy, OctOBer 16 introduction to essential oils - 6:30-7:30pm.

Sick of Being Sick? Too many prescription drugs with UNWANTED side effects? Learn about PURE & POTENT essential oils to take control of your health! FREE. Warren Community Center, 5460 Arden Ave., Warren. Dena Holmes 248-303-3611.

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thurSDAy, OctOBer 18 Pre-menopause & Weight gain lecture - 7-8pm.

Presented by Lee Rossano, CNC & Certified Personal Trainer Maria Marino. mAComB toWnshiP Recreation Center. Info: 586-9922900. See ad page 22.

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Join Dr. Diane Culik and Friends. Jewelry, Fashion Purses, Gorgeous Gift Cards, Organic Lotions, Soaps/Oils, Free Iridology Readings

by Naturopath Alycia Schoof. Meet Holistic Nutritionist Anne Baker. The World's Only Fat-Burning Coffee. Skinny Peach-Mango Margaritas. Healthy Snacks. Admission: FREE.

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ABC Wellness Center and Dr. Culik 37300 Dequindre Ste 102, sterling heights info: kia 855-669-935 See ABC Wellness ad page 52.

FrIDAy, OctOBer 19 uncorked at five - Join us for this progressive tasting, as we pair delicious wines with delectable food! Must be 21 years old to purchase alcohol. $5. Info: Specialty Dept, Whole Foods Market, roChester hills. 248-371-1400.

7th Annual great lakes Bioneers (glBD) Conference - Thru Sun 10/21. GLBD promotes collaboration and networking among SE Michigan individuals and organizations working on sustainability and eco-justice issues. Whether you are a long-time activist or just curious, join us for

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Partner Yoga - 7:30-9pm. Share your love and passion of yoga with someone you care for. Bring your partner, friend, or a family member and learn about trust and having fun! $15. Santosha Yoga, 48774 Gratiot Ave, Chesterfield. Theresa May 586-949-5515. See ad page 54.

Ladies Night In Open House - 5-8pm. Natural health & pampering! Learn how to be healthy NATURALLY! Cost: Bring A Guest. RSVP by 10/18/12. Clear Choice Natural Healthcare, Troy.

248-879-1900.

Saturday, October 20 Cosmetic Ingredient Class- 11am-1pm. Learn what's in your cosmetics and the diseases associated with them. $15. Low Calorie Cooking, make food taste great and contain fewer calories. Bonus holiday healthy appetizers and free organic wine: 2-4pm, $15 Beauty & Bodywork's Day Spa, 29260 Franklin Rd, Ste 118, Southfield. 248-275-5549.

The 14th Annual Fall Festival - 9am-noon. Free Games, Prizes & Food. Free pumpkins for the 1st 100 patients! Have fun while watching our Pirate Magic Show, bounce in the bouncy house, take a train ride, and much more. Entertainment provided Jokers Fun Shop. FREE. Van Every Family Chiropractic Center, 4203 Rochester Rd, Royal Oak. 248-616-0900. See ad page 23.

11th Annual FREE Holistic Health Fair - 11:30am6pm. Complimentary Massage, Yoga, plus 20 FREE Classes. Holistic Palooza's Transformational Keynote Speaker, Mary Morrissey, will help you find your life's true potential and how to achieve your dreams! Irene's Myomossology Institute, Southfield. 248-350-1400. See ad page 3.

Sunday, October 21 For the LOVE of Cheese Celebration! - 1-4pm.

October is CHEESE month and we’re celebrating all the flavors and dishes improved by this creamy, stretchy, yummy world favorite! Sample an array of cheeses (you name it-you can sample it) from around our store in each department. FREE. Whole Foods Market, 2880 West Maple, Troy. 248-649-9600.

19th Annual Pumpkin Patch and 75th Annual Halloween Parade - 1-4pm Pumpkin Patch / 4-5pm Parade. Join Whole Foods Market in Troy as we support the Junior League of Birmingham and the Birmingham Bloomfield Chamber for the 19th Annual Pumpkin patch and 76th Annual Halloween parade in Birmingham. Look for the Whole Foods Market Tent on site and stop by for some SUPERNATURAL treats and refreshments for all of the goblins and ghouls. FREE. Downtown Birmingham. Info: Birmingham Bloomfield

Tuesday, October 23

Whole Foods Market Tour - 6:30pm. Approx. 1hr.

The main focus will be healthy eating, covering the terms organic/natural and focusing on the seafood, meat and diary departments. Conducted

by Anthony Richards, Marketing Director. $5 registration fee: refundable at event. Limit 12 attendees. Whole Foods Market, 2918 East Walton Blvd, Rochester Hills. RSVP: 586-405-8242.

Wednesday, October 24 First Aid Essential Oils - 7-8pm. Learn how to combat conditions such as allergies, bruises, headaches, sore throat, toothaches, cold & flu, nausea & stomach pain, sprains & more FREE. Rochester Holistic Arts, 118 Terry Ave, Rochester. Kim Leshley 248-895-5064. See ad page 33.

Thursday, October 25 Nuview Nutrition LLC New Wt Loss Options Vs Myths - 7-9pm. Attend this workshop and learn weight loss options that are easy, safe and allows you to lose 1/2 pound to 1 pound a day, Explore weight loss myths and develop an understanding of how this specialized plan takes a step approach into a lifestyle plan. Re-establish and maintain your baseline weight. $20. Transformation Wellness Center, 1147 E. Long Lake Rd, Troy. Register/ RSVP 248-766-2210. See ad page 12.

Fight Anxiety & Depression - 6:30PM-7:30PM. Come learn about the "Mood Matrix" & how essential oils can combat anxiety/depression to Naturally fight back Winter Blues! Bring a friend for FREE! $5. The Minds Eye Bookstore & Wellness, 81 Macomb Place, Mount Clemens. Dena Holmes 248-303-3611. See ad page 43.

Saturday, October 27 Whole Foods Market Treat Trail - 1-4pm. Put on your costume and join Whole Foods Market in Troy for our annual Halloween treat trail. Look for designated treats throughout the store that are SUPER NATURAL!! We ask that ALL little goblins and ghouls come dressed up and ready to celebrate!

FREE. Whole Foods Market, 2880 West Maple, Troy. 248-649-9600.

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Children's Ear Infections - 11:30am-12:30pm.

Dr. Bence discusses real causes of ear infections, natural healing secrets, and buildling the immune system and reducing future chance of problems are discussed. FREE. Ike's Restaurant, 38550 Van Dyke Ave, Sterling Heights. Caroline 248-6086589. See ad page 10.

Sunday, October 28 Nia Halloween Jam - 2:30-4pm. Join Metro Detroit Nia teachers for a Halloween Jam as we move to the "spooky" tunes of Halloween music. Allow yourself to play. Costumes Optional. $10. Fred Astaire Dance Studio, 2172 Franklin Rd, Bloomfield Hills.

Stacey Peper 248-737-6856.

Monday, October 29 Raw Food Tasting - 5-7pm. Join Deb Klungle of Nourished Body & sample simple, delicious, nutritious raw foods that you can make at home to incorporate into your daily diet. FREE. Whole Foods Market, 2880 West Maple Rd, Troy. Dawn Danhausen 248-649-9600. See ad page 54.

Hypnosis for Comfortable and Relaxed Childbirth - 7pm. Join HypnoBirthing parents Janice & Will Rex-Weaver of Peaceful Birthing, as they share why a relaxed body experiences comfortable childbirth and how fear affects labor and intensifies sensations while birthing. FREE. Whole Foods Market, Rochester Hills.

248-371-1400.

Saturday November 3 Kiddies Class - 2-3:30pm. Chicken noodle soup and they will be making the noodles too! Hands-on, so dress appropriately. $20/person. Fragrance-free building; refrain from any scented personal care products. Limited space/RSVP. Me, My Health & Eyes, Lake Orion. Info; 248-393-8633. See ad page 15.

Food for the Skin - 11:30am-1pm. Learn how to maintain beautiful skin through healthy food choices. $15. Beauty & Bodyworks Day Spa, Southfield. Info/register: Christian 248-2755549.

Intermediate Make Up Application - 2-4pm.

Learn the tricks of highlighting and contouring, blending and strip lash application. Beauty & Bodyworks Day Spa, Southfield. Info/register: Christian 248-275-5549.

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thurSDAy, NOveMBer 8 nuview nutrition llC 'tis the season to Destress' holiday survival Workshop - 7-9pm.

If you are burning the candle at both ends, have increase waist circumfrance, are easily distracted, anxious, trouble sleeping, headaches or have hormonal issues this workshop is for you. $20.

Transformation Wellness Center, 1147 E. Long Lake Rd, troY. Register/RSVP 248-766-2210.

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FrIDAy, NOveMBer 9 guided meditation group - 7-8:30pm. Donation.

Light refreshments. Fragrance-free building; refrain from any scented personal care products. Limited space/RSVP. Me, My Health & Eyes, lAke orion. Info; 248-393-8633. See ad page 15.

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Enhance your skills and monitor the health of your family. Dr. Marc Terebelo, Applied Kinesiologist and Holistic Physician. Learn how to determine the source of common ailments and conditions. Final chance to enroll for the 10-session course that teaches you how.

thursday, november 8 - 7-9:30pm

Irene's Myomassology Institute, Southfield $349 or $125 for previous graduates to review. for details call: 248-645-6070 or visit BirminghamWellness.com

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natural health & eco fest See Dr. Brian Clement of Hippocrates Health Institute & Viktoras Kulvinskas! Catch food demos, view educational films, sample raw foods, talk with natural health & eco-friendly exhibitors, & more!

sunday, november 11 - 10am-5pm

Laurel Manor Banquet & Conference Center 39000 Schoolcraft Road, livonia $15 in advance, $20 at the door info: Deb klungle 248-497-4189

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Primordial sound meditation 9:30-10:15am. $3 donation. Inner Wisdom, 29231 Northwestern Hwy, southfielD. 248-350-1500. See ad page 50.

Springfield Farmers’ Market - 10am-2pm. Thru 10/14. Products naturally, locally grown (Michigan) and heirloom. Admission FREE! Shiawassee Basin Preserve (DAVisBurg Rd. Entrance) Info: Laura, Market Manager. 248-249-1592.

Yin + restorative w/shannon - 7:30-8:45 pm. A gentle class to balance and restore body and energy.

All bodies welcome. $14 or pass. House Of Yoga, BerkleY BerkleY, 2965 W. 12 Mile Rd. Abby Bechek Hoot 248-556-0992. See ad page 54.

Yoga - 9:30am & 2:30pm. Truly accessible, heart opening and life enhancing yoga for all age groups, emphasizing restorative and therapeutic principles. $15 walk-in or packages. Wellness Training Institute, 39242 Dequindre Rd Ste 104, sterling hts hts. 586-795-3600. See ad page 7.

Chair + a taste of Yin w/Abby - 11am-Noon. This class is for all ages, with limited mobility or range of motion. $14. or pass. House Of Yoga, 2965 W. 12 Mile Rd, BerkleY. Abby Bechek Hoot 248556-0992. See ad page 54.

Jen's Warm slow flow Yoga- 5:30pm. Connect with your breath and still your mind in this moving meditation. $12. Powerhouse Gym Yoga Studio, 400 East Brown Street, BirminghAm. Jen Cooper 248-563-7300. on tArget Basic Yoga - 7:30-8:45pm. Basic Yoga with a different focus each week. Learn how yoga can help it all $12. Strongheart Yoga, 8373 Old 13 Mile Rd, WArren. Pattie McCann 248-5638615. See ad page 54.

Yoga on the Beach - 8-9am. Instructor Tom King teaches yoga in its basic form; All levels. 12 years old +. Kids accompanied by adult. $7 per day or 6 wk. pass. Preregistration required. Lake St. Clair Metropark, near mount Clemens. Park Info: 586-463-4581. Yoga info/reg: Tom King, That Added Touch, 586-709-0618.

hypnotherapy with Cheryl Beshada, C.m.ht. 9:30am-7pm by appt. Also Wed’s. Cheryl teaches and specializes in Personal Empowerment, Releasing Blocks and Patterns of Negative Behavior, Higher Self Communication. Free Consultation.

WArren WArren. 586-751-7500. See ad page 33.

Hypnotherapy with Frank Garfield, C.M.Ht. Also Thurs 9:30am-7pm by appt. Frank teaches and specializes in all aspects of hypnotherapy, Medical Hypnotherapy and hypnotherapy for Pregnancy and Childbirth. Free Consultation. WArren. Call 586-751-7500. See ad page 33.

Pilates - 10-11am. Creates a balance in the body, flexibility, muscle toning & stress release. $10. Fit Zone for Women, 5217 Highland Rd, WAterforD forD. Staff 248-674-9800. See ad page 2.

Yoga - 7pm. Truly accessible, heart opening and life enhancing yoga for all age groups, emphasizing restorative and therapeutic principles. $15 walk-in or packages. Wellness Training Institute, 39242 Dequindre Rd Ste 104, sterling hts. 586795-3800. See ad page 7.

la leche league of lake orion - 10am. Daytime Series meeting: 3rd Monday. FREE. Christ the Redeemer Church, 2700 Waldon Rd, lAke orion.

Tawnya 586-604-4074.

Breastfeeding info/support: la leche league of Warren - 10:15 am. 1st Mondays. FREE. St. JohnMac. Hosp. Med. Educ. Ctr, 12000 E. 12 Mile. Enter @ Main Hosp. entrance & turn L. Mtg in 1st bldg on

monthly eft group - Second Tue 6-9pm. oAklAnD CountY. Details: Annette: 248-334-9214.

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kangen Water - 7-8pm. 1st/3rd Tues. Benefits of balancing body pH, increase hydration, neutralize free radicals. FREE. MigunLiving, 725 S. Adams

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tong ren group healing Classes - 7-8:30pm.

Everyone receives a personal healing and a pi gu weight control experience Donation $10. Tong Ren Healing System, AuBurn hills. Linda Kent 248-373-9414. See ad page 53. macomb County homebirth Circle - 7-8:30pm.

Social gathering where women are supported for their choice to birth at home. FREE. Thrive In Line Chiropractic, 51309 Mound Rd, shelBY toWnshiP. Erica Michaels 248-881-0836.

trade in tuesday’s in october! - 8am-10pm.

Here’s how it works, bring up to 2 conventional products from home and trade in their equivalent for one of our Whole Foods Market 365 line of products totally FREE! Official rules: if there is not an equivalent product in our body care or supplement line, we cannot trade, so check out our line of products prior to your swap in October; no purchase necessary, please no travel/trial size or empty containers will be accepted for trade. Whole Foods, troY.

rise & shine Yoga - 6 -7am. Wakeup & kick start your day with a yoga practice suitable for everyone. $13. Santosha Yoga, 48774 Gratiot Ave., ChesterfielD. Theresa May 586-949-5515.

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Yoga - 9:30am & 3:30pm. Truly accessible, heart opening and life enhancing yoga for all age groups, emphasizing restorative and therapeutic principles. $15 walk-in or packages. Wellness Training Institute, 39242 Dequindre Rd Ste 104, sterling hts. 586-795-3800. See ad page 7.

foundational Yoga - 10-11am. Energize and relax your mind, body, spirit and heart. $8. Michigan Rehabiliation Specialists, 10860 Highland Rd, hArtlAnD. Tanya 810-623-4755.

Pilates - 11:30am-12:30pm. Creates a balance in the body, flexibility, muscle toning & stress releases $10. Fit Zone for Women, 5217 Highland Rd, WAteforD. Staff 248-674-9800. See ad page 2.

Adult Women’s and Children’s Domestic Violence support groups - 10-11:30am. LACASA: Comprehensive Services Center, 2895 W. Grand River Avenue, hoWell. Info: 517-548-1350.

first time free slow flow Yoga - 7-8pm. Slow Flow Yoga with Allisen. For beginners and intermediate. Namaste'. $10. Inner Wisdom, 29231 Northwestern Hwy, southfielD. Billie Tobin 248-350-1500. See ad page 50. slow flow Yoga - 7pm. First Class Free, Walk-in $10 or series rates. Inner Wisdom, 29231 Northwestern Hwy, southfielD. 248-350-1500. See ad page 50.

Young At heart Active Adults group - 11:30am1:30pm. Lunch at noon ($5/person). Activities such as guest speakers, musical performances, field trips, holiday parties, movies, bingo, games and more! $7 yearly membership. Non-members welcome.

Ages 50+ or those with disabilities of any age. Info: Sarah at the Springfield Oaks Parks and Recreation, DAVisBurg. 248-846-6558.

Yoga - 5:30 & 7pm. Truly accessible, heart opening and life enhancing yoga for all age groups, emphasizing restorative and therapeutic principles. $15 walk-in or packages. Wellness Training Institute, 39242 Dequindre Rd Ste 104, sterling hts.

586-795-3800. See ad page 7.

YogA for men & Women - 6-7:30pm. Beginning & Intermediate. Discover how movement and breath help open tight spots in the body. Bring balance to the body. Available for all fitness levels. Bring your own mat or one provided. Taught by Chris Duncan, RYT 8 years Astanga Yoga. $12 drop in. KMAI, 935 Baldwin Rd, lAPeer. 810-667-2101.

Yoga Class, intermediate/Advanced level 3-6 - 7pm. Llife enhancing yoga for all age groups, emphasizing restorative and therapeutic principles. $15 walk-in or packages. Wellness Training Institute, 39242 Dequindre Rd Ste 104, sterling hts.

586-795-3800. See ad page 7.

Pilates - 7-8pm. Creates a balance in the body, flexibility, muscle toning & stress relief $10. Fit Zone for Women, 5217 Highland Rd, WAterforD. Staff 248-674-9800. See ad page 2.

Young living essential oils - 7pm-8pm. 3rd Thurs only. Natural alternatives to laboratory drugs. FREE. Migun Living, 725 S. Adams Ste 100, BirminghAm. Info: Migun Living 248-203-7744. See ad page 45.

la leche league of lake orion - 7:30 pm. Evening Series Meeting: 2nd Thursday. Toddler Meeting: 4th Thursday. Babies and children welcome.

FREE. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1950 S. Baldwin, lAke orion. Tawnya 584-604-4074.

sexual Assault group - 9:30-11:30am. LACASA: Comprehensive Services Center, 2895 W. Grand River Avenue, hoWell. Info: 517-548-1350.

Yoga - 9:30am. Truly accessible, heart opening and life enhancing yoga for all age groups, emphasizing restorative and therapeutic principles. $15 walk-in or packages. Wellness Training Institute, 39242 Dequindre Rd Ste 104, sterling hts. 586795-3800. See ad page 7.

heart2heart healing with Billie tobin - 10am.

Group healing session designed to release core issues. $20. Inner Wisdom, 29231 Northwestern Hwy, southfielD. RSVP 248-350-1500. See ad page 50.

Pilates - 10-11am. Creates a balance in the body, flexibility, muscle toning & stress release. $10. Fit Zone for Women, 16112 Middlebelt Rd, liVoniA. Staff 734-525-4636. See ad page 2.

Batterer/Assailant group - 10-11:20am; 5:306:50pm and 7-8:20pm. LACASA: Comprehensive Services Center, 2895 W. Grand River Avenue, hoWell. Info: 517-548-1350.

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Chair Yoga - 12-12:45pm. Can't get to the floor?

You can still practice yoga weekly, using a chair.

FREE. Strongheart Yoga, 8373 Old 13 Mile Rd, WArren. Pattie McCann 248-563-8615. See ad page 54.

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hatha Yoga - 3-4pm. Yoga class linking breath and movement in an easy to moderate flow. Class varies from week to week encompassing tonglen meditation, restorative yoga and flowing yoga series. Great way to relax and unwind from the weeks activities.

Instructor: Sue Albert, Certified Yoga Instructor $15.

Rochester Holistic Arts, 118 Terry Ave, roChester. Kim Leshley 248-895-5064. See ad page 33.

Jen's Warm slow flow Yoga- 6pm-7pm. Connect with your breath and still your mind in this moving meditation. $12. Powerhouse Gym Yoga Studio, 400 East Brown Street, BirminghAm. Jen Cooper 248-563-7300.

food Addicts in recovery Anonymous - 6-7:30pm.

Recovery program for people who suffer from overeating, under-eating and bulimia. Based on the twelve steps of AA. Open to all. FREE. CommerCe tWP. at Crossroads Presbyterian Church, 1445 Welch Rd. Info: 866-914-3663. emotions Anonymous - 7-8:30pm. The only requirement for EA membership is a desire to become well emotionally. Donations. Renaissance Unity, 11200 E. Eleven Mile Rd, WArren. Info: Rosemary 586-776-3886.

hot Yoga - 7:30-8:30am. $13. Santosha Yoga, 48774 Gratiot Ave, ChesterfielD. Theresa May 586949-5515. See ad page 54.

Vinyasa Yoga - 9-10am. Awareness of body through poses building strength and flexibility. Destress $10.

Fit Zone for Women, 5217 Highland Rd, WAterforD. Staff 248-674-9800. See ad page 2. food Addicts in recovery Anonymous 9-10:30am. Recovery program for people who suffer from overeating, under-eating and bulimia. Based on the twelve steps of AA. Open to all. FREE. WAterforD, at Central United Methodist Church, 3882 Highland Rd. Info. 866-914-3663.

Certified Hypnotherapists Education and Networking meeting - 1st Sat/monthly 9:30am-12pm.

Certified Hypnotherapists who have graduated from a state licensed school of hypnosis are welcome.

Includes educational presentation, workbook and computer disk. First visit FREE. Clinical Hypnosis Professional Group, WArren. Register 586-7517500. See ad page 33.

Chair Yoga - 12-12:45pm. Yoga for those with limitations. Sit & breathe with a kind, caring teacher. $12. Strongheart Yoga, 8373 Old 13 Mile Rd, WArren. Pattie McCann 248-563-8615. See ad page 54.

rama-Chi - A combination of Chi-Gong and lymphatic Massage FREE. Foundation for Holistic Health Thpy, 31224 Mulfordton #120 fArmington hills. Dr. William Brown 248-416-3313.

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Nutritionist - Part-Time. Firstline therapy certified or experienced with Metagenics product line. Canadate needs to have experience and RN or RD license is preferred, but may not be necessary based on previous experience needed in Clarkston 1 to 2 days per week. Email resume to: cindy@NuViewNutrition.com For Rent - business Advanced Bodywork in Birmingham has 2 - 3 treatment rooms for rent. Looking for therapist(s) with specialities like acupuncture, cranial-sacral, psychotherapy, neuromuscular, Rolfing, Myofascial Release, etc. Call Mark Rogers at 248-761-4135.

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Effective acupuncture treatment in our comfortable, quiet communitystyle treatment room. Affordable sliding scale fees, $15-$35 per treatment, no income verification.

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Dr. Mike Paonessa 716 W. 11 Mile Rd., Royal Oak 248-544-4088

Dr. Mike, a husband and father of three, takes pride in offering family chiropractic care using techniques tailored to each individual’s needs.

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Get the best Chiropractic adjustment of your life! We offer a unique, breakthrough, gentle approach to Chiropractic care called Koren Specific Technique (KST). See ad page 23.

heALthy heArt & vASCuLAr, PLLC Michael Dangovian, DO, FAAC 39242 Dequindre Ste 103, Sterling Heights 586-795-3600 HealthyHeartAndVascular.com

A unique practice with a blended model for wellness. Full-service cardiology, stress testing, echocardiography, Holter monitoringYoga, workshops. Take control of your health and wellbeing. See ad page 7.

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Dr. Morningstar is the developer of the TornadoSuit and ARC3D Scoliosis Therapy. His treatment approach has already received national media attention for it's long-term effectiveness. Preventing scoliosis surgery in children, and maximizing pain relief function in adult scoliosis patients. See ad page 20.

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Henry Ford Maplegrove Center Shannon Rozell, Patient/Partner Liaison West Bloomfield • 248-721-7020 HenryFord.com/maplegrove

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850 W. University, Suite C, Rochester 248-601-3111 www.MentalFitnessCenter.org

A natural approach to mental and physical health, offering counseling, behavior analysis, coaching, nutrition and physical fitness training, for individuals, couples, families and persons with special needs. See ad pg 33.

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Board Certified Alternative Psychology Practitioner 248-789-1980 • BillieTobin.com In person, Phone session or Skype

Integrated Spiritual Life Coaching is quantum healing for those who choose to move forward in life to joy and success.

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Founder of "14-Point Digestion Discovery System" Solutions for Diarrhea, IBS, Constipation, Colitis, etc.

When the source of stress is known, the treatment becomes obvious. Dr. Christine uses 100% natural digestive formulas to nourish your body back to health. See ad page 27.

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Three integrated diploma programs: Naturopathy (ND), Massage Therapy/ Energy Medicine, Master Herbalist. Continuing education, student clinics.

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OM Wellness Institute 115 S. Washington St. • Oxford OMWellnessInstitute.net 248-920-6595

David W. Regiani, DDS, PC Holistic General Dentistry 101 South Street, Ortonville 248-627-4934 RegianiDental.com

Mercury and metal-free dental materials, non surgical perio treatment, Invisalign© Orthodontics, DDS weight-loss system, cosmetic dentistry and TMJ pain diagnosis & treatment. Over 25 years of providing dental services to the community. See ad page 2.

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Our Family and Cosmetic Dental Practice is committed to practicing dentistry with a biocompatible approach. We perform mercury free/mercury safe dentistry in a friendly, caring atmosphere for the entire family. See ad page 17.

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Life Coaching, Feng Shui and Space Purification services. Call today and make permanent positive changes in your home, business and life.

Experienced EFT Practitioner offering regular EFT groups to borrow benefits and individual sessions, weekdays, evenings and weekends to learn EFT for personal use;

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Gary Blaze • 248-250-1831 2820 W Maple, Suite 232, Troy QiHealingSanctuary.com

Qi Healing Sanctuary provides rejuvenating, relaxing Qi healing treatments by 30 year expert healer and Qigong t e a c h e r, G a r y B l a z e .

Treatments: $40. "Gary is the real deal!" ~ Lynne McTaggart.

FItNeSS / dANCe AwAkeN thrOugh dANCe Teri Sertic 248-444-0842 The-Healing-Spot.com

Mind-body-spirit fitness for women. Ongoing classes, intros, private lessons and home parties.

Fun, playful, creative, easy! Call or visit website for more information.

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We are helping "take Transfer Factor to the World."

We also carry top quality herbal and nutritional supplements.

wILdtree ALL NAturAL FOOdS Lori Fleischer - Team Leader Call or Text 586-709-8089 lori-wildtree@fit4lifeusa.org

Quick & Easy Healthy meals.

No preservatives, fillers, dyes, MSG, GMO's or nuts. "Offering in-home tastings and freezer meal workshops to save you time & money in the kitchen." For more information please visit my website at: www.MyWildtreee.com/LoriFleischer

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Discover the power of nature with Essential Oils that work with your body’s chemistry to create balance/wellness. PURE & POTENT oils are safe/effective – take charge of your own health!

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Irene Marz Independent Distributor 810-691-1317 • HealthfulOils@gmail.com IreneMarz.VibrantScents.com

Curious why the Wise Men brought Frankincense and Myrrh to the baby Jesus?

Why essential oils are mentioned 200 times in the Bible? Call for FREE "Missing Link" CD. (Income opportunities also available). See ad page 45.

Health promoting & anti-aging. 150+ oxidants. Awesome gourmet flavor.

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WATER IS THE KEY! Alkaline/Ionized water paving the way to health.

Helps w/weight loss, diabetes, cholesterol, pet care & even cancer. Personal home use and/or Biz opps available...Call for detailed information. Kathleen or Tony

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Zija Nutrition, Energy and Weight Loss. 7 day Nutrition or Energy or 4 day weight loss trial packs $25. get-zija-fied!

INN SeASON CAFÉ

500 East Fourth Street, Royal Oak 248-547-7916 • TheInnSeasonCafe.com

Vegan and Vegetarian Gourmet Cuisine in a clean, modern design with natural woods to create a soothing and comfortable dining retreat. Open Tuesday through Sunday. See ad page 8.

LuCky’S NAturAL FOOdS, LLC Since 1974, 248-693-1209 101 S. Broadway, Lake Orion Historic Business District LuckysNaturalFoods.com

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W h o l e F o o d Vi t a m i n s , Minerals, Herbs, Homeopathy.

Supplement Savings Card, Organic Groceries, Wheat & Gluten-Free Products, Amish Poultry & Eggs, Fresh Amish Turkeys for the Holidays.Personalized service, knowledgable staff, special orders.

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Carpet, furniture and tile cleaning for home and business. Rug cleaning and repair, 24 hour water and fire damage response. New & previously loved rugs. See ad page 22.

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Hypnotherapy Mid-Michigan Hypnosis Center Hypnosis Delivers • 810-423-6541 3280 N. Elms Rd., Flushing www.HypnosisDelivers.com

HYPNOSIS to achieve YOUR goals-Lose weight, stop smoking, reduce stress. Offering: VIRTUAL GASTRIC BAND, HYPNO-BAND. Private, couples, family, small group sessions. NEW CAREER? Hypnotism certification courses forming NOW.

Longevity Health Institute 1467 E 12 Mile Rd, Madison Heights 248-548-3060 1555 E South Blvd, Rochester Hills 248-459-1139 LongevityHealthInstituteInc.com LewerenzMedicalCenter.com

ABC Wellness • Diane Culik, MD 37300 Dequindre Suite 102 Sterling Heights • www.DrCulik.com 855-NOW-WELL (855-669-9355)

Holistic Physician: Bioidentical Hormones, natural Thyroid, natural-Anxiety, Depression and ADD. Food allergies, Gluten specialist, yeast; Vitamin, Mineral, heavy metal tests. Cancer screen blood test. Weight loss ice cream and shakes & fat-burning coffee.

Budaj Chiropractic and Nutrition

5793 W. Maple, #147, West Bloomfield 248-626-0001

In practice since 1983.

Multiple non-invasive techniques for effective treatment outcomes.

Medical knowledge, combined with Chiropractic and nutritional expertise treats the source of the problem, whether chronic or for prevention. See ad page 21.

Timeless Health & Beauty medical spa 810-724-0480 542 N. Cedar, Imlay City

A healthy body from the inside out. Bioidentical Hormone replacement, weight loss, intravenous nutritional support, vaser and smart lipo, botox, nonsurgical facelift, vericose veins and other services.

See ad page 3.

A Functional, Regenerative Holistic Medical Approach.

Wellness; Hormone Replacement Therapy, IV Therapy: Vitamins, Chelation, Detox, Adrenal (Cortisol) support; HBOT - Hyperbaric O2. See ad page 28.

Natural wellness & Pain Relief Centers

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10683 S. Saginaw Street, Suite B Grand Blanc, 810-694-3576 MichiganWellnessAndPainRelief.com

Comprehensive treatment options to maximize your results. Bio-identical hormones, IV nutritionals, HcG weight loss, manipulation under anesthesia, decompression therapy, exercise with oxygen therapy, and cancer therapies. See ad pages 20.

massage therapy bodyworks massage therapy

In-Home Massage Sessions Available Serving Oakland County Call for appt: 586-243-9090 Thai Yoga Massage, deep tissue, swedish. 19 years experience. Credit cards excepted and gift cards available. Corporate chair massage available. Visit: BodyworksForHealth.com

Vickie Evans, CMT

The Downing Clinic 5715 Bella Rose Blvd., Ste 100, Clarkston 248-625-6677 • TheDowningClinic.com

Massage, Reiki, Reflexology, Healing and Therapeutic Touch.

Rain Drop Therapy: Spinal massage with aromatherapy oils provides antiviral, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory action to improve back pain and conditions. See ad page 8.

Isha Foundation

Detroit@IshaFoundation.org 313-451-4742 BeBreatheBlossom.com

T h e I s h a Foundation offers meditation and yoga programs designed to help one reach the peak of physical, mental and emotional well-being. See ad page 29.

Mental Wellness A Perfect Balance

Debbie Bollen • Jenny Harwood Farmington Hills • 248-254-7827 PerfectBalanceMind.com Holistic, non-invasive brain optimization technology, identifying where brainwave patterns are not functioning at optimal levels. Specializing in: anxiety, memory/focus problems, sleep issues, PTSD, ADD/ADHD, Brain Injury.

Natural/Holistic Health Belle River Naturals Mary Dunsmore 586-980-9773 BelleRiverNaturals.com

Vegan Organic Holistic Health. Essential Oils Synergies, Perfumes & Potions, Vegan Facial Care, Healing Salves & Balms.

The Downing Clinic

Laura Kovalcik, DO, FACOI 5715 Bella Rose, Ste 100, Clarkston 248-625-6677 • TheDowningClinic.com

Medical practice emphasizing natural treatments but also experienced with traditional medicine. Special tests to determine health and nutritional status along with massage, Chelation and acupuncture. Women’s & Men’s health, Menopause & Andropause, Bio-Identical Hormones, Chemical Sensitivities, Osteoporosis, Candida, Fibromyalgia, Optimal Nutrition Plans and Primary Care. See ad page 8.

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Medical Intuition Becky Stevens Holistic Alternatives, LLC

586-294-6540 33576 Harper Ave., Clinton Township BeckyStevensHolisticAlternatives.com

Oakland, Macomb, Livingston & St. Clair, MI

Safe, effective options utilizing medical intuition to assess the root cause of disease or dysfunction in the body. Also herbal, homeopathic, JMT and vibropathic remedies. Physician testimonials available. See ad page 30.

Foundation For Holistic Health 31224 Mulfordton #120 • Farmington Hills Dr. William N. Brown • 248-416-3313 DrBrown@TheTouchThatHeals.com

www.NAeastMichigan.com

Dr. Brown is a nationally certified Holistic Health practitioner and teacher.

He offers these specialty services: Nutritional Consultation, Lymphatic Massage, Thought Field Therapy, Neurological Integration and Clinical Hypnotherapy.

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Nutritional counseling/ herbal remendies based on the COMPASS® nutritional assessment. Identify deficiencies in your body in the comfort of your own home. Serving SE Michigan.

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Successfully helping people who suffer from autoimmune diseases or pain to improve the quality of their lives.

Treating: PTSD, Anxiety, Depression using EMDR, CBT and Relaxation.

Alice Goodall, RN, BSN V.P. MI Holistic Nursing Assoc 586-646-0066

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Integrative cancer therapies, for the newly diagnosed, past cancer survivors or those with a history of cancer. Focus on Functional Medicine which involves enhancing wellness by correcting underlying imbalances in the body systems to restore optimal health. See ad page

Laura J. Russell, LLPC, NCC 115 Walnut Suite #2 • Rochester 248-812-9048 • TheWellnessCounselors.com

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Linda Kent Auburn Hills • 248-373-9414 LindaKent@TalkAmerica.net

Tong Ren: A revolution in acupuncture. Private sessions, weekly healing classes. For more information, visit www.TomTam.com.

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Local articles are what make Natural Awakenings a community resource for naturally healthy and sustainable living..for everyone.

Lee brings 10 years of clinical experience, the most advanced assessment techniques, and a lifetime of intuitive healing with personalized health plans to help cease suffering. That means better sex, energy, and a greater sense of happiness! See ad page 22.

We want our readers to get to know you. Submitting editorial for one or more of our departments provides you with the opportunity to share knowledge and bring focus to your business and/or practice.

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hOLIStIC heALINg CeNter 1777 Axtell Drive, Ste 203, Troy 248-435-6400 or 248-637-1830 HHCMI.com

Help heal the world... starting with you! Offering alternative and holistic treatments, therapies and Reiki Classes. Experience a holistic approach to wellbeing; focusing equally on mind, body and spirit.

See ad page 15.

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Dr. Matthew Marturano, ND • 248-629-0692 245 Barclay Circle, Ste 800, Rochester Hills

A naturopathic physician trained in both conventional and alternative medicine.

Metabolic testing with natural remedies including herbs, vitamins, nutrition, and probiotics in order to restore optimal health and function of the digestive system. See ad page 15.

CuStOMIZed heALth SOLutIONS Julie Koning, RD Royal Oak • 248-795-5494 NutritionByJulie.com

Integrative/functional nutrition assessment- children and adults, meal plans, food sensitivity and metabolism testing. Ongoing classes–see website.

Medicare provider for diabetes /chronic kidney disease (non-dialysis).

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NutrItIONAL heALth reStOrAtION Sandra L. Waters RN BSN Waterford, 248-698-8855 NutritionalHealthRestoration.com

25 years of extensive medical background.

Advanced certified in Nutrition Response Testing.

Nutritional teaching, testing, classes & supplements.

Specializing in thyroid, body & hormonal imbalances, food sensitivities, metal/chemical detox and parasite cleansing to restore your body’s health and balance. Visit website for information, testimonies, prices and more.

Complete Natural Lawn Application Products & Programs PO Box 874, Highland 248-889-7200, A-1OrganicLawns.com

We believe in protecting and preserving your family and home environment with natural fertilizers that use the power of nature to beautify your property.

See ad page 23.

bIO-turF, LLC • 810-348-7547

Serving Oakland, Livingston & Genesee

Lawn/tree care program that offers organic-based fertilizers, Free lawn analysis. Visit Bio-Turf.com.

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Hyperbaric Options LLC Royal Oak • 888-426-8123 HyperbaricOptions.com

Portable Hyperbaric Oxygen Chambers for Home & Office Use. New, Used, and Rental units available. Onsite delivery and setup available.

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nourished body | satisfied soul Deb Klungle • 248-497-4189 Certified Raw Food Chef & Educator YourNourishedBody.com

Learn how simple, nutritious, & delicious raw foods can be! Services include customized private instruction & detox support.

Natural wellness & Pain Relief Centers

10683 S. Saginaw Street, Suite B Grand Blanc, 810-694-3576 MichiganWellnessAndPainRelief.com

People under Dr. Strauchman's supervised HcG protocol are losing 20-30 pounds a month and keeping it off. Mention Natural Awakenings Directory and receive $50 off your HcG Program. See ad page 20.

Wellness wellness champions

pharmacy Physicians Compounding Pharmacy

1900 S. Telegraph Rd Ste 102 Bloomfield Hills • 248-758-9100 PhysiciansCompoundingPharmacy.com

Your only local womanowned, compoundingonly pharmacy. Custom medications to meet each patient’s specific needs.

Bio-identical HRT, pain management, veterinary, pharmaceutical grade supplements. Consultative services for hormones and nutritionals.

Senior Care / services firstlight homecare

1639 W Big Beaver • Troy 248-928-1222 RochTroy.FirstLightHomeCare.com

FirstLight HomeCare offers complete companion and personal care services for seniors, new mothers, those recovering from surgery, or anyone who just needs a little assistance. See ad page 23.

advanced energy therapy

20 W. Washington, Ste 10 • Clarkston 248-909-3700 • Leslie@AETherapy.com AdvancedEnergyTherapy.com

Do you or someone you love have cancer? Reiki can help reduce side-effects of Chemo/Radiation therapy.

It also reduces stress and promotes healing. Pet Reiki available too.

Santosha (Sanskrit): Contentment, peace, gratitude

Reiki Healing Mediation & Attunement Friday October 26 7:30 to 9:30 pm Visit our website for details and see the calendar in this magazine for more classes.

586-949-5515

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. ~Helen Keller

Veterinary Woodside Animal Clinic

27452 Woodward Ave, Royal Oak 248-545-6630 Doc4Pets.com

48774 Gratiot Ave. Chesterfield MI 48051 (just south of 22 Mile Road)

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National speaker, Physician and leading wellness professional specializes in optimum health, the prevention paradigm, maximizing wellness i n t h e w o r k p l a c e . To schedule a Lunch/Learn Lecture, Health Fair or Computerized Stress Analysis, contact PR Director Caroline or email: Bence@WellnessChampions.org. See ad page 10.

Wellness training Institute

39242 Dequindre, Ste 104, Sterling Heights 586-795-3600 WellnessTrainingInstitute.com

Reiki

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Dr. Pavel Bence, DC, CCWP • 248-568-4212 39573 Mound Road, Sterling Heights WellnessChampions.org

Dr. Simon is the owner of Woodside Animal Clinic in Royal Oak, where he practices both alternative and conventional medicine on dogs, cats, birds, rabbits and rodents.

He is the author of 4 pet care books. See ad page 36.

A center dedicated to helping you live a better life utilizing medically proven techniques including yoga, bodywork, optimal nutrition and education, with the focus on making our clients experts in their own health & wellness. See ad page 7.

The most important pieces of equipment you need for doing yoga are your body and your mind.

–Rodney Yee

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2965 W. 12 Mile Rd., Berkley 248-556-0992 HouseOfYoga.net

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8373 Old 13 Mile Rd • Warren 248-563-8615 StrongheartYoga.com

Whether you are practiced or new to yoga we offer yoga for every body, nearby. Check our schedule for classes on our website.

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