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PUBLISHER’S CORNER Give Thanks To The Farmers Who Provide our Food

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hen you think of November you naturally think of Thanksgiving and the bounty Mother Earth provides. I can’t help but be in awe of those people who still live off the land as farmers and growers.

We work with some of these wonderful people during the year like Denise and Chris Boeckmann at Boeckmann Family Farm in Loose Creek Missouri.

The Boeckmanns raise grass fed beef and poultry and are committed to providing the healthiest meat possible for their customers. Mike and Carol Brabo own and operate Vesterbrook Farm in Clarksville, Missouri and offer year-round CSA programs. Both of these families work their farms with the help of their children and pride themselves in the tradition of family farming. And then there is La Vista CSA Farm in Godfrey, Illinois, operated by Crystal and Eric Stevens. They also work the land for a living and help provide the bounty we all have come to enjoy. They offer seasonal CSA memberships.

Crystal is regular contributor to The Healthy Planet and has written a new book titled Grow Create Inspire, an earth stewardship manifesto. All of these farmers work the land and get dirt under their fingernails. They are dependent on the often fickle fate of weather and growing conditions which are often beyond their control. The Spring was very, very wet. And then weeks without rain. Some tough times for farmers, but they continue on

because they love what they do. They all need more customers, CSA members and people who believe that what they do is still very important to all of us.

These are not factory farms owned by big corporations. They are modern pioneers who plant seeds and hope they grow. Many of them have to take second jobs to make ends meet while keeping the family farm tradition going. I often think of them when I plant my little raised garden in the backyard and wonder how they do it. I come out every day and look at my plants and wonder why that one did not provide fruit or why that one is turning brown.

Now imagine that feeling a thousand times over. I can only wonder what goes through the minds and hearts of the Boeckmanns when they tend the herd and the Brabos and Stevens when they work the fields and harvest the crops. How much love, sweat and tears goes into working the land. I work at a computer and often my eyes become tired and my brain fuzzy from all the starring at the screen on deadline. I take a minute and think of the farmers in the fields. I envy them for a moment and then realize they physically work so much harder than I do. I know, it’s all relevant. But I am just so darn proud to even know some “real farmers and ranchers.” And I want them to know how much we all appreciate their hard work so we can have healthier food on our tables this Thanksgiving and all through the year. I suggest all of you visit them online to read their stories. Sign up for their CSAs or purchase their products as a show of support.

Each family has a wonderfully compelling story. I know you will find them as fascinating and heartwarming as I do.

Boeckmann Family Farm www.Boeckmannfamilyfarmllc.com vesterbrook Farm Vesterbrookfarm.com Lavista CsA Farm www.lavistacsa.org Happy Thanksgiving!

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FUN AND PHILANTHROPY

Green Ball Celebrates Sustainability November 6

By Jean Ponzi

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he sixth annual Green Ball will roll out the green carpet in the Delmar Loop, welcoming our region’s eco-minded movers and shakers for a night of fun philanthropy. Presented by Moonrise Hotel, Green Ball 2015 will be held from 7-11 p.m., Friday, Nov. 6, in celebration of all things sustainable. Proceeds from the gala will benefit EarthWays Center, a division of the Missouri Botanical Garden that promotes sustainability through environmental education and improving the built environment. This year’s Ball especially celebrates an EarthWays milestone: 15 years working through the Garden!

Green Ball Tickets are $50 ($40 for Garden members).

Your tickets include a locallysourced and organic appetizer buffet and open bar with craft beer, regional wine, and artisanal cocktails, prepared by the award-winning staff of the Moonrise Eclipse Restaurant, plus tasting tables of savories and sweets from some of the region’s hottest food purveyors. The Trip Daddys “rockabilly-roots rock ‘n roll blues” will keep this party dancing, while stunning Vivant entertainers roam the crowd. Special guest Eco Elvis will serenade and roam the crowd, setting Earthling hearts a-flutter.

Come dressed in your eco-fashion finest and capture your green glam in the fun custom photo booth. “Creative Green” attire is strongly encouraged. An expert panel of fashion and style judges including Debra Bass, fashion editor at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Nina Ganci, owner of Skif International, will award “Best Dressed” prizes including an overnight stay at the Moonrise Hotel and more to three superbly stylin’ winners. Whether it’s recycled, handmade, eco-friendly, vintage - or simply hued green designs of all kinds will be in the spotlight.

To highlight the importance of making celebrations Green, this zero-waste event will print all brochures and menus on recycled paper, compost all food waste, recycle all paper and glass, and festoon with eco-friendly décor. St. Louis’ nationally known “best tasting” tap water will be served, rather than bottled water. Free valet parking will be provided to carpools of four or more riders.

“We’re so pleased to partner with the Moonrise for this sixth annual Green Ball,” said Glenda Abney, director of the EarthWays Center.

“It’s a fun, festive and fabulous way to raise sustainability awareness in St. Louis. The many Moonrise green features create a beautifully innovative party environment. Green Ball guests will enjoy an unforgettable evening, while supporting the EarthWays Center’s work promoting sustainable choices that benefit the environment."

The idea for the Green Ball developed in 2010, when the Moonrise Hotel decided to stage

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Friday, November 6, 7-11 pm Moonrise Hotel , 6177 Delmar $50 includes buffet, bar, dancing! www.mobot.org/greenball

an event to celebrate those “living Green” in the St. Louis area and draw attention to local sustainable businesses and organizations. The EarthWays Center seemed a natural beneficiary.

The Moonrise Hotel embodies Green features such as hotel-wide recycling and composting, the first hotel-bar open-air roof in America made entirely of solar panels, and an electric vehicle car charging station.

During the event, guests may purchase raffle tickets or bid for premium items of their choice, including gift certificates to local businesses and restaurants, a cruiser bicycle, and much more. All proceeds from the raffle will benefit the EarthWays Center.

Space is limited! Purchase your Green Ball 2015 tickets online at www.mobot.org/greenball or call 314-577-5118.

The Green Ball is hosted by EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden. We thank our presenting sponsor, the Moonrise Hotel, and sponsors including Garrett Paper, Microgrid Energy, Office Essentials and The Healthy Planet Magazine.

The EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden promotes sustainability through environmental education and improving the built environment, providing green resources for homeowners, businesses, the green building industry, kindergarten through 12th grade schools, colleges, universities and other audiences. Learn more at www.mobot.org/sustainability or call the EarthWays Center at (314) 577-0220.

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Green Living

Sustainable & Eco-Friendly Resources For Green Lifestyles

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• The Root Cellar in Columbia, Missouri, which sells Country Neighbors Specialty Meats.

by Melissa Vatterott, Food and Farm Coordinator Purchase fresh local ingredients for your holCoalition For The Environment iday favorites including pumpkins, green beans, www.moeniron.org and cranberries (and make your own sauce - connecting you to your food!). Local Harvest Grocery sells many local products.

If you’re not into baking your own goods, check out one of these bakeries: • Black Bear Bakery uses only all-natural ingredients, over 30% of which from local suppliers.

• Whisk uses local eggs and milk in all baked goods.

• Red Fox Baking uses local, organic wheat for their breads. n Thanksgiving, friends and family • Pint Size Bakery uses specific fruits only gather to give thanks for good forwhen they’re in season and local eggs. tunes and to celebrate with plentiful Promoting local food systems is one way we food. The first Thanksgiving celecan help revitalize rural communities, create brated the Pilgrims’ first fall harvest. Today, most Thanksgiving celebrations involve football jobs, and increase access to healthy foods. and an abundance of high-carbohydrate, Through MCE’s Food and Farm Program, we work to facilitate policies and projects that supprocessed dishes that are available year round.

This year, I encourage St. Louisans to give port the local food system within the St. Louis thanks to the hardworking local farmers and Regional Foodshed -- the 100-mile radius around ranchers, who provide us with healthy, local food St. Louis. To learn more about this work, visit and who take care of our natural resources, by http://www.moenvironment.org/programbuying local. The local farmers who go without areas/food-and-farm-program. chemical inputs, and instead employ workers to Visit www.moenviron.org to learn more. control pests and weeds, are promoting healthy Follow us on Twitter: @Moenviron soil, ensuring food safety, providing jobs, and building the local economy. Often, common Thanksgiving treats are made of ingredients We provide from far away places, meaning more of our “food dollars” support corporate farms and food a wide manufacturers, not local producers. variety of For those who often celebrate with the more conventional dishes, consider modifying your commercial Thanksgiving menu to support local producers and who are wrapping up their months-long growing residential season. Here are ways to show your gratitude for the local harvest: recycling services metro wide

Giving Thanks for the Foodshed: Support Local Food, Farmers and Farmland

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Purchase a locally-raised turkey. Most require pre-ordering. Find local turkeys at: • Buttonwood Farm in California, Missouri.

• Fresh Pasture Farms in Millstadt, Illinois.

• Chopping Block Farm, DeSoto, Missouri.

• Danjo Farms in Moberly, Missouri.

• Schlafly Farmers Market in Maplewood, where two vendors sell local turkey.

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Volunteers Make A Difference Greening The Places They Love

By Johanna Schweiss, USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator

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ll of us at the USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter believes that everyone deserves to live, work, learn, and play in green and healthy spaces. Every year we make progress towards our goal of transforming the built environment, and 2015 has been no exception, largely due to the hard work of our volunteers!

Many USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter volunteers serve on standing committees, supporting our organization to provide high quality educational programming, engaging and retaining members, marketing the benefits of green building, and advocating for green building practices. They also serve the community, supporting non-profits, houses of worship, and schools to adopt environmentally friendly practices, with a goal of greening the places we love – because where we live, work, learn, and play matters!

In the 2nd annual Green Schools Quest, volunteer mentors assisted 38 schools to devise and implement low or no cost sustainability projects. School and mentor teams took on a wide variety of projects: implementing recycling and composting, creating and restoring green spaces, exploring and conserving energy, encouraging alternative transportation, reducing paper use, and more. Last year, Green Schools Quest participants at public, private and charter schools in Missouri and Southern Illinois totaled nearly 4,000! And the third annual Quest is now underway with 45 school and mentor teams.

Hard working volunteer mentors and Green Schools Committee made these impressive impacts possible!

With the Pope’s recent encyclical on the need to care for creation and a growing understanding of the threats of climate change, faith communities of all

types are exploring opportunities to be stewards of our environment. USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter volunteers, together with volunteers from Missouri Interfaith Power and Light, have been working to support congregations to reduce their environmental footprint and reduce operating costs.

At the Green Your House of Worship Workshop in February, USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter volunteers supported congregations to explore green strategies and begin developing a sustainability action plan for their houses of worship. Participants discussed opportunities for their houses of worship to better serve their congregations through water and energy efficiency, waste diversion, green purchasing, and responsible site maintenance.

Often, implementing low or no cost energy efficiency strategies can create large savings in utility costs, creating opportunities for anyone working with a limited budget to invest needed funds directly into their mission! The first step towards understanding the potential for energy savings is energy benchmarking – the process of tracking energy use over time and comparing performance to similar buildings. At a recent event in October, USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter volunteers assisted building representatives from schools, congregations, and businesses of all sizes to benchmark their energy consumption using the free on-line tool ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.

2016 marks the USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter’s 15 year anniversary, and we will be celebrating our volunteers’ many accomplishments. We are looking forward to many more years of working to ensure that everyone has access to green and healthy spaces to live, work, learn, and play.

You can learn more about the USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter and our volunteers at www.usgbcmogateway.org

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The St. Louis - Jefferson Solid Waste Management District is a regional agency that was created in 1993 to assist the public, private and nonprofit sectors in establishing and expanding waste reduction and recycling. The District includes the City of St. Louis, St. Louis County, Jefferson County and St. Charles County. For more information visit www.swmd.net or call 314-645-6753.

FIND IT ON THE WEB RECYCLING INFORMATION

ASSOCIATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS AND RESOURCES America Recycles Daywww.americarecyclesday.org Earth 911 - www.earth911.org e-cycle Missouri - www.e-cyclemo.org Envirolink - www.envirolink.org Global Recycling Network - www.grn.com Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Program-www.HHWSTL.com Keep America Beautiful - www.Kab.org Missouri Recycling Association www.mora.org National Recycling Coalition www.nrcrecycles.org Resource St. Louis www.resourcestlouis.org St. Louis Green - www.stlouisgreen.com The Healthy Planet magazine: www.thehealthyplanet.com LOCAL RECYCLING INFORMATION GOVERNMENT City of St. Louis - www.stlouis-mo.gov (Search Recycling, click Refuse Division’s Recycling Program) Jefferson County Residents -www.jeffcomo.org (Then go to Services and click Recycling) St. Louis County Recycling Information www.recyclesaintlouis.com St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District www.swmd.net St. Charles County Recycling Information www.scchealth.org/docs/es/docs/recycle

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City of St. Louis and Operation Brightside Partner To Reach Full Recycling Potential

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n 2011, blue recycling dumpsters and roll-out carts began appearing throughout St. Louis City streets and alleys.

This resulted in an immediate increase in recycling collection, and quickly raised the City’s diversion rate (percentage of waste diverted from the landfill) from 2% to 10%.

However, since the initial implementation, the diversion rate has remained stagnant. The good news is that the city has a great opportunity to grow recycling in St. Louis. Thanks to the generous support of the St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District (SWMD) and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the City’s Refuse Division has partnered with Brightside St. Louis (aka Operation Brightside). Together, they will target and overcome the challenges in order to help St. Louis reach its full recycling potential.

With SWMD grant funding, Brightside will develop and implement a Block Captain Recycling Engagement pilot project. This pilot

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project will help increase recycling participation in St. Louis by providing residents with the knowledge, resources and motivation they need to keep valuable materials out of the landfill. The project will focus on areas with low recycling participation and will use a variety of tools and community outreach methods to spread recycling awareness and increase participation levels. Brightside’s network of volunteer block captains will assist with outreach and education and will give residents an opportunity to teach each other about recycling. To further assist residents in taking the first step toward

recycling, Brightside will also provide in-home recycling bins and educational materials to over 3,000 households in the pilot areas.

Additionally, Brightside will start loaning recycling roll carts to neighborhood groups doing clean-up projects as part of the Blitz program.

While cleaning up city streets and alleys, groups will be able to easily separate recyclable materials from other litter using the new carts.

Through this pilot project, residents will learn about the many options available for recycling and the wide variety of items that can be recycled.

Developing a better understanding of the importance and the difference they can make, they will be more likely to recycle valuable resources. Not only does recycling divert valuable resources from landfills, it keeps commodities in our region.

This helps strengthen the job force of our local recycling and remanufacturing industry.

Recycling is the first step to living a more sustainable lifestyle and this project will engage the community and encourage residents to act together for the betterment of their health, environment and neighborhoods.

The lessons learned from this project will help Brightside develop a set of best practices that can be replicated in neighborhoods across the City to further increase recycling participation and waste diversion.

Maplewood Home To Many Green Businesses

he City of Maplewood is quite a place to discover (or rediscover) these days.

Within just a short walk, you will find award-winning restaurants, unique shopping opportunities and often great events. The many fine dining establishments in particular share a distinctive honor. Many of Maplewood’s restaurants are members of St. Louis Earth Day’s Green Dining Alliance (GDA).

When 25% of the businesses joined the GDA, Maplewood became the nation’s first Green Dining District (GDD). The area stood out as a natural model as a district with a high walkability score and large concentration of independent businesses in the 7200 and 7300 blocks of Manchester and the 2700 block of Sutton. In designing the program, the GDA developed member practices, such as eliminating the use Styrofoam products, participation in single stream recycling, phasing in CFLs and/or LEDs lighting, and setting additional waste reduction goals.

Some of the local temptations include awardwinning chocolate, organic foods, specialty cocktails, fresh roasted coffee, a mobile solar-powered coffee cart, a variety of teas, fresh baked bread,

breakfast, and even a choice of mini pies, quiches and pot pies. Those who enjoy sports, events, live music and a vibrant atmosphere will surely find their comfort zone as well.

The following restaurants are members of the GDD, including some in process: • Art House Coffee/Living Room • Bolyard’s • Foundation Grounds • Great Harvest Bakery Co. • Kakao Chocolate • Pie Oh My! • Schlafly Bottleworks

Solid Waste Management District and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to upgrade its 24-hour, 7 days a week, recycling depository center. In addition to aluminum, paper, plastic, glass, etc., the center accepts textiles. A new plastic film collection program is being developed to accommodate additional recycling options. The drop off center should accept a variety of plastic film, such as bags for dry cleaning, bread, produce and cereal. Product wrapping, such as bubble wrap and shrink wrap for electronics and furniture will also be part of the program services.

The City hopes the upgrades to and education of the recycling drop-off site will increase recycling

rates in the City and the surrounding communities.

University City also received a grant from the St. Louis County Department of Public Health to improve and expand its commercial recycling program throughout the City, beginning with the University City Loop.

Businesses in University City have the option of using private haulers or the City trash service.

The City has begun reaching out to these businesses and promoting the City’s competitive commercial rates and advantages of using the City’s service. There is justification for the businesses to change services; private haulers charge for recycling service whereas the city does not. This

Solar Powered Coffee Cart at the Art House Coffee/Living Room

• Something Elegant • Stone Spiral Coffee and Curios • The Crow’s Nest • The Post Sports Bar & Grill • Traveling Tea • Water Street Sustainability is a thread that weaves through many other Maplewood businesses. The architectural firms of Hellmuth-Bicknese Architects and the Architectural Design Guild utilize green building criteria. Cowell Engineering is an active member of the Missouri Gateway Chapter of the US Green Building Council and supports sustainability practices in their field. Shur-Way Auto Body is the first "green" body shop in the Midwest. Shur-Way has been using environmentally safe products since 2007; they are constantly pursuing better performing and safer products to stay on the cutting edge. You will find them at 3540 GREENwood, which should be easy to remember!

You can learn more about these businesses or take a self-guided tour of Maplewood’s Green Dining District, by visiting online at www.cityofmaplewood.com/gdd.

University City: Leader In Commercial & Residential Recycling

well-established recycling program is one of the many longstanding and progressive services of University City. In 1974, the City of University City became one of the first municipalities in the country to offer curbside newspaper recycling to its residents. Since then, the program has expanded into a single-stream recycling program. In 2008, the City implemented one of the first curbside singlestream recycling programs in the state. Now every resident has curbside recycling service and nearly every business has access to complimentary recycling service when using University City solid waste service.

Today University City continues to expand and improve its recycling program. The City obtained a grant from the St. Louis-Jefferson

means the more the business recycles, thus reducing the volume of landfill/trash waste, the less the business pays for trash service. It is a simple, clear, and economical benefit for utilizing the City’s Service.

In combination with expanding commercial service in University City, an exterior public space recycling program is being developed as part of this project. Although the businesses generate much more recyclable waste than the patrons in public spaces, it is important for recycling to be included in all aspects of University City. This not only shows true commitment to recycling by the City, but also fosters a climate for recycling in an area where the City, residents and patrons are already committed to “going green.”

For additional information, please email jwendt@ucitymo.org or call 314-505-8562.

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Natural liviNg gift & Holiday guide 13th Annual Fair Trade Market at Manchester United Methodist Church

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n Saturday and Sunday, November 21 & 22, and Friday through Sunday, November 27, 28 & 29, 2015 from 9 am to 3 pm, shop the 2,500+ sq. ft. marketplace of fair trade items from all over the world and “Design your life around Fair Trade!” This is the largest Fair Trade Market in the United States! Enjoy family activities, product demonstrations and sampling, movie showings, drawings for fair trade prizes, food for purchase, and more. Buying fair trade products supports living wages, care for the environment, no child or forced labor, gender equality, and safe working conditions.

The Fair Trade Market’s cumulative sales over its 12 year run is $1,055,000 in just 52 shopping days! That means more than 288 families were able to support themselves through market sales.

This is not a fundraiser or charity. The artisans and farmers are paid a fair price before the product is shipped to the retail vendors selling the items to the final customer. Manchester United Methodist Church provides space for these vendors to showcase and sell their fair trade goods. Only vendors selling certified

Fair Trade products participate in the market. The vendors at the 13th annual Fair Trade Market include: Plowsharing Crafts, Partners for Just Trade, roots-n-streams, and Soluna. Dedicated volunteers with a passion for social justice spend hundreds of hours throughout the year to make sure the market is successful.

Come browse our huge selection of products including: chocolate, coffee, purses, scarves, home decor, baskets, toys, clothing, hats, gloves, tea, jewelry, musical instruments, elephant poo paper, holiday decorations, soaps, dishes, games, books, and more. You can make a difference in the life of someone else by choosing fair trade. Design your life around Fair Trade! Come join us at the 13th Annual Fair Trade Market located at Manchester United Methodist Church, 129 Woods Mill Road, Manchester, Missouri 63011.

For more information please visit online at www.manchesterumc.org/ftm or call 636-394-7506.

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Natural liviNg gift & Holiday guide For your holiday menu

Freddie’s Market offers delicious hams, fresh natural turkeys, party trays, sandwiches, salads, appetizers, and local wines that are perfect for your holiday party or family dinner. Let Freddie’s Market make your holiday meal planning stress free by doing the work for you. This full service, family owned market provides their customers with exceptional service and the freshest, healthiest options to ensure you and your holiday guests are happy. Be sure to call early to order your fresh turkey or boneless, honey glazed baked ham and all your other party food needs. We have gift cards, too.Visit www.freddiesmarket.com or search for them on Facebook. You can also stop in at 9052 Big Bend Road at Rock Hill in Webster Groves, MO 63119 or call 314-968-1914 to place your order today.

holiday christmas Festival Celebrate the holiday season, French Colonial style - in charming Ste. Genevieve, MO. The annual Holiday Christmas Festival will take place on December 4tth, 5th and 6th and features a traditional Christmas parade, free photos with Santa in Lion’s Club Park, and over 30 performances of seasonal music spread out over three days. Local shops and art galleries feature holiday hospitality and shopping bargains. The Felix Valle State Historic Site will host ‘Le Reveillon’ on Sunday, December 13 showcasing French Christmas customs, decorations, music and food. The Bolduc House museum presents a winter wonderland of lights in the Vieux Noel on Friday and Saturday nights during the month of December. For more information, please contact the Ste Genevieve Welcome Center at 800373-7007 or online at www.VisitSteGen.com.

experience the magic!

Give a gift like no other - the excitement and Gift Certificates thrill of live entertainment with a Fabulous Fox Theatre gift certificate. For birthdays, anniversaries and other holidays, tickets to the Fox are a unique and memorable gift suitable for anyone. Gift certificate recipients can choose tickets for Broadway musicals, dance companies, family shows, gospel plays, comedy artists and a wide variety of concerts including pop, rock, rhythm and blues and country. And they are all set in a spectacular venue that is second to none.

To purchase, visit metrotix.com, the Fox box office or call (314) 534-1111.

essential oils will make your gifts the hit of any celebration when you shop for the holidays at K A R M A ~ N AT U RALS. As well as our many distinctive individual items, we make shopping simple with popular gift collections for women, men, or little ones. This season offer your friends the PEPPERMINT COLLECTION, consisting of our virgin coconut body scrub, old fashioned soap, luxurious body cream and moisturizing lip balm – all peppermint scented & attractively gift boxed for just $35. Order online & we’ll ship it anywhere! karma-naturals.com.

oma’s Barn home & garden

Oma’s Barn Home & Garden is located in a 100 year old red barn on Highway 79 in St Peters, MO. The biggest thing going for the shop is the “rescued, renovated and re-invented furniture.” From dressers and bed frames to desks and bookcases, shoppers can choose from an eclectic display that changes constantly. Pinterest-lovers can also find that missing project piece at Oma’s as the shop carries old barn and wooden doors, shutters and window frames of all sizes. Whether you are a looking for a fresh start in a new place to an empty-nester looking for a change, stop by Oma’s to find anything- and everything-to make a house a home. Check out our pictures on Facebook: Oma’s Barn HG. Barn Hours:Tues. – Sat. 10am-5pm. Oma’s Barn Home & Garden, 1057 Highway 79, Saint Peters, MO 63376, 636-278-4445.

repurposed giFts The Green Shag Market offers a unique shopping experience. "The Shag" as it is frequently referred to, has 60 vendors that offer a great mix of "Kitsch and Classic."

From Mid Century Modern to Re-purposed items, you will most likely find that one thing that sparks fond memories of days gone by. Be sure to search the aisles for something to Re-use, Re-purpose or Re-claim. This 7,000 square foot shop seems large but it is quaint and full of fun. Come see our vintage jewelry trunk show on November 28 and 29...and our annual Holiday Open House on December 5th from 12 p.m. until 6 p.m. www.thegreenshagmarket.com.

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HOLIDAY SELECTIONS Call Early to Order Your • Fresh, Local, All-Natural Amish Turkey • Boneless Honey Glazed Baked Ham • USDA Choice Standing Rib Roast • USDA Choice Beef Tenderloin

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• Stringbean Coffee • Goshen Coffee • La Cosecha Coffee

• Rain Crow Ranch Grass Fed Beef • Two Men & A Garden Pickles & Salsa

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Looking for the perfect gift this holiday season? Need the perfect party appetizer or meal? Call The Art of Entertaining to order party trays, appetizers, salads, breakfast dishes, or a full dinner for the holidays. Low sodium, low calorie, and gluten free meals are also available which are ideal for the person on a special diet. You can also stop in to pick up ready to go appetizers and breakfast, lunch or dinner entrees. If you have not tried The Art of Entertaining before, stop in for the Monday Night Special, dinner for a family of four for only $27.50! Gift cards are great for coworkers, holiday gift exchanges, or anyone who loves to eat. The Art of Entertaining is located at 8796 Big Bend Blvd., Webster Groves, MO 63119. Visit us online at www.theaofe.com or call 314-963-9899 for all your holiday food needs!

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TwiCe Blessed resAle shoP Twice Blessed is a boutique resale shop that was created to benefit Our Lady’s Inn, a maternity home in south St. Louis. We sell women’s and Make donations of current children’s clothing, accessories, shoes, jewelry, home sdécor and furniture. Visit us to find brands like Talbots, Chico’s, Gap, Carters and more. The store also carries new Polish Pottery and handmade jewelry made by the clients residing at Our Lady’s Inn. We appreciate donations of your excellent items of in-season women’s and children’s clothing, accessories, home décor and furniture during store hours.Come shop at the destination resale shop in South St. Louis’ Dutchtown neighborhood!

3312 Meramec, St. Louis, MO 63118 Open Tues-Sat, 10-5. , 314-481-3332.

In addition to being a great source for the poor and hungry in our community, Feed My People operates two low cost thrift stores, The Thrifty Hanger. Clothing for the family, shoes, household items, small appliances, and electronics, year round Christmas items, and a Yesterday's Treasures Department, where collectables and highly sought after items can be found. All the proceeds from the Thrifty Hanger go to support the client programs of Feed My People, one of the areas largest and longest serving Food Pantries and Help Centers in the St. Louis area, with more than 20 programs and $4 million in food assistance given out annually. Multiple locations. For more information visit online at www.feed-my-people.org.

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ComPosT for The holidAys? You may not be thinking about your lawn or garden right now, but that does not mean you should be ignoring it!

Once the weather starts to warm up, your lawn or garden will be screaming your name. Be prepared to give your lawn or garden what it needs – COMPOST! And St. Louis Composting has you covered. We supply hobbyists and professionals alike with STACertified compost, topsoil and a variety of mulches. St. Louis Composting’s six locations are open all year long. Delivery and gift certificates are available.www.stlcompost.com

give The gifT of mAssAge The gift of massage is a great idea for that hard-tobuy-for person.

Everyone loves the benefits of massage! Check off your Holiday list with massage gift certificates and take advantage of our holiday specials. Think of Thank You Gifts for Teachers/Coaches, Cleaning Crews, Pet Groomers, Hair/Nail Salons, Lawn/Pool Service, and also great Stocking Stuffers! Special Holiday Packages: OneHour Massage Certificates $10 Off. Half-Hour Certificates Specially $5 Off. Forget-Me-Not Four Pack – a $40 savings! Plan ahead and have Birthday, Holiday, Anniversary and Mother’s/Father’s Day taken care of – plus great to keep on hand for those unexpected gifting needs! 314-412-2048 www.precisionmassage.com www.precision-massage.com Holiday Guide Continues on Page 10

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You’ll find what you need to keep your pet warm and dry all winter long. From stretch pull-over fleece for the indoors and outdoors to our latest coat featuring a water-resistant lightweight nylon shell with a warm fleece lining, a contoured fit plus leash access. We’ve got winter wear for dogs (and cats!) of all sizes from the smallest to the hard to fit breeds starting at $20 and available in a variety of colors and patterns. Four Muddy Paws has two locations: 1711 Park Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104 (314) 773-7297 and in Illinois at 2127 S. State Route 157, Edwardsville, IL 62025 (618) 692-4729. www.FourMuddyPaws.com.

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One-of-a-kind handmade gifts tell everyone that you care. Stone Hollow Studio begins its 35th year of creating the finest in hand-etched scrimshaw by Michelle "Mike" Ochonicky. Many gift ideas from one of the region's best known artists at www.StoneHollowStudio.com.

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crEATIVITY For THE SoUL

Local mandala artist and workshop leader Linda Wiggen Kraft created a coloring book titled Mandalas Every Day for adults and children. The power of color-

ing has been shown by science to relax and awaken creativity. Linda is also known for her holistic garden designs and work with nature. Her love of the earth can also be seen in the pottery she creates. Her work is available on Etsy at CreativityForTheSoul (no spaces) and The Center for Mind, Body, Spirit in University City.

we use only the freshest ingredients for the types of home-style recipes served on holiday tables for generations. All items are quality recipes, prepared fresh from scratch in Dierbergs’ own kitchen. Meals serve from four to eight and include your choice of entrée, three house-made sides and rolls. Order your meal today at Dierbergs.com.

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My Wild Wreaths, Prayer Wheels and Bundles are crafted from Ozark native grasses, wayside weeds, everlasting flowers, bark, lichen, seeds and cones.

Environ-mental works of art which bless the space they inhabit. Reflections of the healing spirit of the wild plant and a portal into Nature. Each wreath tells a story of a niche in Nature… a deep moment of connection with the spirit of place. Plant Sprit Wheel • Tree Council • Dream Catcher • Fairy Ring • Woodland Wreath • Circle of Hope • Gratitude Wreath • Sacred Circle • Yuletide Wreath • Be Well Bundle • Grass Sheaf • Grapevine Swag. View photos and full descriptions at WillowRainHerbalGoods.com

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Spend less time in the kitchen and more time with friends and family, with a little help from Dierbergs Kitchen. Dierbergs’ culinary professionals take pride in preparing the foods that you’ll be proud to serve your family and friends. That means

Give the gift of CRAFT & CREATIVITY this year from the Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design, a St. Louis institution since 1964! Join a December Holiday Workshop and make something special, or pick up some Gift Certificates--perfect holiday gifts--for classes and workshops at both our Delmar Loop and Grand Center locations. Kids Winter Break Workshops for ages 4-14 on December 28, 29 and 30, are perfect for budding artists. Winter/Spring classes and workshops for all ages and levels, beginner to advanced, begin January 9. View the catalog and register online at www.craftallaince.org or call 314-725-1177.

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The Thrifty Hanger at Feed My People Thrift Stores

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Visit us in South County (Lemay) and in High Ridge!

For information on store hours and other ways to support this great community organization visit us at:

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Visit Twice Blessed Resale Shop for quality women’s and children’s clothing, accessories, jewelry, home decor and furniture. Make donations of current seasonal clothing during store hours.

Find boutique items at resale prices!

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OperatiOn FOOd Search

is selling holiday greeting cards with proceeds going toward the purchase of food to benefit local men, women, and children in need of basic daily sustenance. Operation Food Search holiday cards are available in sets of 25 cards for $25. To purchase Operation Food Search holiday greeting cards visit www.OperationFoodSearch.org or contact karen.klaus@OperationFoodSearch.org or (314) 726-5355 X 23.

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A book about growing & preserving vegetables, fruits and herbs, becoming more self-sufficient, and feeling

a sense of place in a fast paced world. Perfect holiday gift for your eco-minded friends and family. In this book, you'll find a plethora of practical tips on clean eating, green living and how to eat locally as a global solution. It offers suggestions on how to grow your own food & preserve it at the peak of the season including dozens of seed to table recipes. The book discusses common easy to grow medicinal herbs and gives easy recipes on how to create your own herbal remedies at home. The book also discusses sustainable and edible landscaping, foraging, permaculture, composting, seed saving, children in the garden, nature projects with kids, and much more.

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A Unique Mix of Vintage, Mid Century, Antique and Home Decor Items

Antique Mall

When shopping at The Green Shag Market, you will find an every evolving selection of merchandise to choose from.

This 7,000 sq. ft. warehouse offers a unique shopping experience.

You will certainly find something to Re-purpose, Re-use or Re-claim at The Green Shag Market!

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Vintage Jewelry Trunk Show, Nov. 28 & 29 Annual Holiday Open House, Dec. 5, 12-6pm Follow us on Facebook and visit us.

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5733 Manchester Ave. 63110 Hours: Mon. 11am to 4pm Tues. - The only day we are CLOSED Wed. - Sun. 10am - 5pm

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Natural liviNg gift & Holiday guide Get the WORD Out...

Consignment, Thrift & Global Goods is a not-forprofit Resale Shop that also sells N items from other countries and S cultures around the globe. TaxS free shopping creates an income C stream to pay for children in S Kenya to attend school. Get the E WORD Out is a ministry, S specifically a 501[c](3) corporation that supports an orphanage, shop, & other micro-finance opportunities in western Kenya. Supported by donations and consigners, there is a wide variety of everything for your home including furniture, décor, art and interesting salvage!

Open Monday through Saturday, 10-6pm. 10050 Manchester Rd. Glendale, MO 63122, 314.368.8184, gtwomissions.org

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90+ available teas and blends. 90% certified organic, or custom blends from organic ingredients. NEW this year: • Bulk tea pricing, when you bring your own container • Farmer Direct teas (with harvest season info). Purchase as little as 1 cup worth (travel size) or 1 ounce (7-20 cups depending on the tea). Save money and purchase 2oz, 4oz, 8oz or more.

New to loose-leaf tea? Personal service, guidance and advice. Freshly brewed tea – cups “to-go”

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CheRyl’s heRbs hOliDay time At Cheryl's Herbs we personally select each and every individual ingredient and product from sources throughout the world in order to provide you with the finest possible quality oils, herbs and herbal products at reasonable prices. We offer something for everyone, from pre-mixed prepared products to all of our single ingredients, bottles and jars for those who wish to make their own preparations. All are welcome to enjoy sampling Cheryl’s Herbs’ warm, refreshing teas while shopping a wide array of unique herbal, handcrafted products appropriate for holiday gift-giving.

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Call Early to Order Your • Fresh, Local, All-Natural Amish Turkey • Boneless Honey Glazed Baked Ham • USDA Choice Standing Rib Roast • USDA Choice Beef Tenderloin

Open House - Thursday, November 12, Karen Didion is Visiting the Barn from 10am to 8pm Featuring Karen Didion Originals Santa Collection Holiday Gifts, Unique Ornaments & Decor Fresh Cut Christmas Trees

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November is Diabetes Awareness Month

by Kari Hartel, RD, LD Program Coordinator, Cooking Matters, Operation Food Search

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ovember is Diabetes Awareness Month, and likely everyone knows someone who is affected by this unfair disease. Today there are more than 29 million Americans living with diabetes.

The majority of diabetics have type 2 diabetes, with only 1.5 million having type 1 diabetes, which is an autoimmune disease. Diabetes cost the U.S. $245 billion in 2012. Diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death, and many diabetics are at a higher risk of illness than ordinary people. Diabetics are at a much higher risk of contracting illness and usually take much longer to recover from illness. However, there are steps diabetics—and all people—can take to boost immunity and help avoid getting sick in the first place.

November is the start of cold and flu season. Rather than stocking up on Nyquil and cough drops, get a head start on warding off illness by building your diet on immune-boosting foods. You’ve likely heard that vitamin C-rich citrus fruits, such as oranges, tangerines, clementines, grapefruit, lemons, and limes are great for keeping a cold at bay, but what about other foods? Other foods loaded with vitamin C include sweet bell peppers, leafy greens, tomatoes, kiwis, papaya, berries, chili peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, pineapple and mango.

However, these are not the only foods that can help you bolster your immune system. Be sure to include foods that contain probiotics, such as yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut, and kimchi. Foods full of beta-glucans, such as oats and barley, have also been shown to help reduce your risk of catching the flu, and should you get sick,

they can help antibiotics work more efficiently and speed up wound healing. Allicin, a component found in garlic and also onions, leeks, shallots, scallions, and chives, can help rev up your immunity. Research has shown that consuming garlic each day (about 2 cloves a day) could make you two-thirds less likely to contract a cold. Plus it’s delicious!

Shellfish, such as clams, oysters, crab and lobster, contain selenium, which helps your white blood cell produce cytokines, which are proteins that help your body get rid of flu viruses. Other immune-boosting foods include chicken soup, green and black tea, mushrooms, sweet potatoes, and carrots.

Have you recently been diagnosed with diabetes or pre-diabetes? Would you like to learn more about how to make better food choices to improve your health? An Operation Food Search dietitian offers guided grocery store tours at Shop ‘n Save for groups to learn how to eat healthier on a budget following guidelines for diabetes. For more infoformation or to set up a tour, please contact Christina Popp, MPH, RD, LD at Christina.Popp@OperationFoodSearch.org. (A minimum of 3 participants required per group) Join us this month for these OFS happenings: Get a jump on holiday shopping as Operation Food Search hosts its 17th annual Empty Bowls fundraiser November 20 – 21 at Plaza Frontenac, and December 5 at St. Louis Galleria selling beautiful ceramic bowls hand-crafted ceramic by local artists. The empty bowls signify hunger in our community and bring light to this important issue. Everyone loves a parade! Cheer on KMOV Channel 4 on-air anchors and Operation Food Search volunteers along the parade route of Ameren Missouri’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 26.

Stay tuned to KMOV for opportunities to help nourish our neighbors in need this holiday season!

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A Consideration of Color...

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teacher who says, “There are so many colors in the rainbow and I see every one!”

I’ve seen incredible sunsets that fill the sky with orange, red, gold and pink, just as the same colors can be seen sometimes at sunset. Awesome! And proof that the sky is not always blue.

Mother Nature is pretty good with her paintbrush in autumn as well as leaves take on metallic hues. People will travel miles just to view the autumn leaves when the colors start to turn. Some even argue over which weekend offers the best color. They don’t travel to see the green; they travel to see the colors.

Don’t we consider it a treat to view a full orange moon on a clear night? And winter snow does sometimes look more blue than white as it reflects the light.

ust the other day, as I was walking into a major retailer, I passed a woman exiting the store. She had blue lips. Not pale blue lips but bright, electric, royal blue lips.

Otherwise, she was quite average and unremarkable in her makeup and dress---nothing unusual to notice, except for her very blue lips. They were quite noticeable. And that made me start to think about color and to question what we consider to be “natural color.” Lipstick comes in lots of shades: red lips and pink lips and even orange lips seem quite “normal,” don’t they?

But they’re not.

Lips are not naturally red. Lips are not naturally pink or hot pink. And no one’s lips are naturally orange. But those colors wouldn’t necessarily call attention, would they? Not the way blue lips do. So why is that? What makes us read some colors as “natural” but other colors as odd?

When I was in high school, I worked at a local card and gift shop. The main full-timer who worked there was an older lady (probably much younger than I am now, but “older” is a relative term when you’re 17). She was very nice, but the main Painting by Ken Worley, in The Building/ Soulard Fine Arts thing I remember about her was the fact exhibition at the Gallery of Regional Arts Commission. that she always wore fuschia lipstick. Yep, fuschia. Always. No matter what color We humans simply love color! Pablo Picasso noted, clothing she wore. And yes, it was unusual back then.

“Colors, like features, follow the changes of emotions.”

Funny how I still remember that.

Colors bring out emotions. “Artists and interior designAnd let’s not even begin to discuss the wild array ers have long understood how color can dramatically of colors for nails or hair. Frankly, I like to see interestaffect moods, feelings, and emotions,” writes psycholoing hair colors. Why not blue, or pink, or copper? gist Kendra Cherry in her studies of color’s influence Really, if people color their hair, who says it has to be on people. “It (color) is a powerful communication tool brown, black or blonde? Unusual colors seem more fun. and can be used to signal action, influence mood, and Which brings me to the point of this article: what cause physiological reactions.” is natural color? It’s indefinable, really. If “beauty is in Given the prevalence of color, one would expect the eye of the beholder,” maybe natural color is as well. color psychology to be a well-developed area," note I once saw an impressionist painting of blossoming researchers Andrew Elliot and Markus Maier of the trees in springtime and overheard another viewer’s University of Rochester. "Surprisingly, little theoretical comment that the painting wasn’t very realistic. Well, or empirical work has been conducted to date on the I’ve seen pale pink and bright pink and lavender blosinfluence of color on psychological functioning, and the soms on various trees in springtime, so those colors are work that has been done has been driven mostly by realistic. Trees are not always green. practical concerns, not scientific rigor." So, umm, the Singer/songwriter Harry Chapin did a song in the experts don’t know exactly why we like colors either…

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Biochemical Individuality and Functional Medicine

by Dr. Amy Davis, MD

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unctional Medicine is focused on overall health by using personalized and system-oriented medical care. We are all truly unique in our genetic makeup and in how our environmental exposures impact us.

There are two different components that contribute to biochemical individuality.

First, the genes inherited from your parents and ancestors determine physical strengths and weaknesses. Second, the influence of the environment on your genes can influence them to express or not, or to turn on or turn off. The internal, genetic makeup and external environmental (epigenetic) influence for each person creates a person who is truly unique.

Parents contribute genes to their child’s unique genetic makeup at birth, and these genes pass from one generation to the next.

All families have inherent weaknesses that predispose them to certain diseases, like heart disease or diabetes. In the instance of heart disease, a common genetic weakness has been observed in the methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase gene – referred to as MTHFR. Taking the activated form of vitamin B9 allows us to jump over the weakness and support the pathway to function properly. In other words, we support the body to do its own job.

Epigenetics is the study of the influence of the environment on the expression of genes.

Your observable traits result from interactions between your genes and the environment. As

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Here’s The Reason You’re Fat...

by Dr. Raj Banerjee, DC

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he reason you can’t lose weight has nothing to do with your will-power, over-eating or the Right Diet!...

The Reason you are fat and unhealthy is because you have disgusting plaque and horrible little ‘CRITTERS’ living in your guts!

This is harmful Plaque (below) - Everybody has it. But to keep from getting sick and to be able to maintain a healthy body weight you MUST get rid of it now!

If you don't, it will eventually cause you to not be able to lose weight (regardless of how much you diet and exercise!) and eventually it will kill you!

These are harmful Parasites (right) Everybody has them.

If left to live and breed inside your stomach, small and large intestines and colon, they will eventually cause you to puff up, gain lots of weight, get sick more often, and take many, many years off your life!

They use your body as a 'Food Storehouse' and so they can live and breed by the millions. But now it's time to flush them out and down the toilet for good. If you don't they will just make you fatter and much, much sicker!

Would you trust anything living in your bowels that has teeth but NO eyes?

It makes sense that if diets were really meant to work then you'd hear more and more stories of people

who used them successfully.

But that's NOT what you hear at all!

Instead, all you hear about are your friends complaining that they've been starving themselves to death -- yet still have trouble losing a single pound!

The main reason this is so is because dangerous parasites living inside their guts (and even YOURS!) excrete chemicals (waste products) that travel to your brain and tell your "hypothalamus" to make you store more and more fat for THEM to eat!

In other words, these parasites are making you a GIANT 'food factory' for THEM to eat!

Imagine how easy it is to get this one parasite alone! It's in poorly cooked fish and actually lays eggs inside your bowels. (You know this is true or else why do we always say "close the lid on the toilet" to keep our pets safe from drinking parasite-laden water?)

Even your bladder is not safe from harmful parasites that lay 10,000s of eggs! ...

Parasites can even become "mineralized" and block your body's ability to absorb nutrition properly! ...

These little critters are no joke!

They are DEADLY! Not only can they hurt you while they are alive inside your guts, but they can die and then become mineralized (just like a fossil!) and cause painful swelling, blockages and other harmful things.

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t The Institute of Natural Health, we see a lot of people in pain. In fact, over 100 million Americans suffer with chronic pain. With so many in pain, it seems silly to us that no one is asking the important question: “What is causing the pain?” If you are in pain, we will work with you to help find the cause of the pain, whether it is a food sensitivity, a nutritional deficiency, a genetic issue, or something else.

It is important to note that pain is a symptom—a signal that something is wrong. Pain is not a condition.

Taking pain medication to cover up your pain is the equivalent of placing a piece of tape over the check engine light in your vehicle so you do not have to look at it. The tape is not going to fix what is wrong with your engine, just like pain medication is not going to fix what is wrong with your body.

One class of pain medication is Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatories (NSAIDS) such as aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), and naproxen (Aleve).

While NSAIDS are some of the most commonly used pain medicines, with many available as overthe-counter medications, they do not come without their own dangerous side effects. These side effects, according to the American College of

Rheumatology, include stomach bleeding and/or ulcer, high blood pressure, fluid retention, and kidney and heart problems.

Many are unable to find relief with NSAIDS and they turn to something stronger. Did you know that the United States makes up only 4.6% of the world’s population but consumes 80% of its opioid medications and 99% of the world’s hydrocodone? In August of 2015, the FDA approved the use of OxyContin, an opioid painkiller, for children as young as 11 years old. One side effect of opioid painkillers is physical dependence (addiction). Currently, an estimated 2.1 million people abuse opioid medications in the U.S. Clearly something is not working.

Fortunately, there is another way.

While many of our patients know the dangers of taking pain medications long-term, people with chronic pain who can barely function are left with few options. Oftentimes those in pain have little support from friends or loved ones who are unable to comprehend their situation if they have not dealt with chronic pain themselves. The choice most are given is either pain or pain medication. Luckily, there is hope.

If you are suffering from chronic pain we can help. Please call us at 314-293-8123, or visit our website at www.theinstituteofnaturalhealth.com.

Pain is a symptom— a signal that something is wrong.

Pain is not a condition.

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Professional Patient Named Bob: Operation Open Sesame

By Simon Yu, MD

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ho is Bob? Bob is a retired Wall Street lawyer from New York.

He has been on a mission searching for the answer to his mysterious chronic fatigue. He quit his job. He thought he was “burned out� while making good money under so much pressure from Wall Street. Poor guy! Even after he quit his job, he did not recover from his relentless chronic fatigue.

On the other hand, he was financially secure. He could afford to retire and travel around the world to see famous medical doctors at their clinics. He started attending many medical conferences as a patient searching for a solution to his medical problems.

About fifteen years ago, I met Bob at a European biological medical conference. He is always nice and polite. We could discuss many medical topics almost like he was a medical doctor. He also collects many of the latest medical equipment to use in his home for self-therapy. He has enough medical equipment to run a small medical clinic in his home.

When I would run into him at a medical conference, I would usually invite him to come see me in St. Louis to evaluate his mysterious illness with chronic fatigue. He was too busy travelling to famous clinics in Europe, searching for a solution to his problems. In 2014, I met him again, when we both joined a medical tour group going to Baden Baden, Germany for the Medicine Week Conference.

During this tour, I did give a lecture on “Parasites as a New Global Emerging Environmental Threat� at the Medicine Week Conference. This conference is considered to be the largest, most prestigious alternative medical conference in Europe. My lecture mainly focused on hidden parasites and how to detect and treat them based on energy medicine. It also briefly covered dental related medical problems.

Europeans, like most Americans, have chronic parasite problems but they are not getting treated properly. They think parasite problems are in Africa, India, Asia, and South America but not in Europe.

The standard parasite tests are not sensitive enough to make a correct diagnosis. Therefore, many parasite problems go untreated.

However, patients often complain with symptoms such as IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) like ulcerative disease or Crohn’s disease or allergies, asthma, migraine headache, sciatica, back pain, anemia, chronic fatigue, or behavioral problems. I’ve written numerous articles on parasites. (See the Articles page on my web site shown below.)

In 2015, almost one year after I saw him at the Medicine Week Conference, Bob finally showed up at my clinic. He said he is doing better overall compared to 15 years ago but still feels tired in the morning, feels shaky, has a sensitive stomach, and has tightness in his chest when climbing stairs. He told me he brought a blank check with him for me to evaluate him and test him with everything I have in my clinic. He also wanted to try out all the medical equipment I have while he is getting evaluated.

In a situation like Bob’s, I call these patients “professional patients.� They are willing to travel around the country or around the world searching for answers to whatever mysterious medical problems they have. Bob became a professional patient collecting many certificates for attendance at medical conferences but with no medical diploma. Now, the pressure was on me to evaluate him, the lawyer from New York.

First visit evaluations consist of many basic screening tests, taking a medical history, a physical examination, and acupuncture meridian assessments (AMA). (Again, see my Articles page for articles on AMA.) The AMA is one of the most important parts

of my evaluation to guide me in focusing in on the most important causative problems of my patient’s current medical conditions.

Often, the causative problems are not what the patient thinks they are.

To my surprise, all 40 out of 40 main meridian points were perfectly balanced.

This indicated nothing was wrong with Bob. In most cases on their first visit, it is not uncommon for me find at least 5 to 10 out of 40 meridians are out of balance. In some seriously ill advanced stages, I may found 30, or more, out of 40 meridians are out of balance. In addition, the voltage (as in conductance and resistance) readings are also very low at the acupuncture points. This indicates even worse problems.

Occasionally, I will encounter perfectly normal meridians when they are complaining about many unexplainable medical problems. Most of the time, they are on multiple medications, especially on psychiatric medications, which mask the disturbance of the meridians or, as seen by some energy medicine practitioners, to balance the energy disturbance. But these patients still experience symptoms of headache, fatigue, asthma, low back pain or sciatica, or allergies.

For the last 20 years, I have been exploring many different techniques to uncover these hidden problems. For a lack of a better description, and with my military background as a retired medical officer for the U.S. Army, I named the technique for un-cloaking the hidden medical problems “Operation Open Sesame� to detect asymmetric threats.

Our body is a highly organized bio-matrix energy system with unique human frequencies. Our body also responds to outside environmental stimuli for which we can measure differences in conductance, resistance, and voltage. We can use light, frequency, acupuncture, crystal, or other means to polarize the bio-field and un-mask, or un-cloak, hidden problems.

When I placed one single acupuncture needle on his governing vessel in his face, within minutes I was able to detect 17 out of 40 disturbed meridians that I was not able to detect a few minutes prior to this.

Numerous hidden problems revealed themselves including dental, lung, heavy metal, allergies, heart, small intestine, hormone, spleen, liver, gall bladder, and parasite problems.

Bob seemed reluctant to re-do the dental work but was willing to follow the rest of my recommendations. There are plenty of professional patients like Bob. I can think of Dee, Carolyn, Mary, Big Bob, Skinny Bob, and many more. Deep down in my heart, I know if Bob does not address his dental problems, he will never graduate from his unofficial title, the Professional Patient named Bob. Operation Open Sesame to save Bob will fail without addressing all hidden asymmetric threats including dental and parasite problems.

Dr. Simon Yu, M.D. is a Board Certified Internist.

He practices Internal Medicine with an emphasis on Alternative Medicine to use the best each has to offer.

For more articles on alternative medicine as well as patient success stories, and Dr. Yu’s revolutionary health book, Accidental Cure: Extraordinary Medicine for Extraordinary Patients, visit his website at www.PreventionAndHealing.com or call Prevention and Healing, Inc., 314-432-7802. You can also attend a free monthly presentation and discussion by Dr. Yu on Alternative Medicine at his office on the second Tuesday each month at 6:30 pm.

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1/2 tsp. salt, 3 tbsp. flour, 2 egg yolks, 1/2 cup whipping cream, 2 tbsp. additional butter.

Directions - Bring stock to boil in a pot. In separate large saucepan, sauté onions slowly in butter until clear, not browned. Stir sorrel and salt into saucepan with onions until sorrel is wilted, Linda Wiggen Kraft • Green & Growing Editor under moderate heat about 5 minutes. Sprinkle flour onto sorrel and stir for 3 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and beat in the boiling stock.

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by Linda Wiggen Kraft cream in a large mixing bowl. In small amounts, gradually add 1cup hot soup to bowl with egg and cream mixture. In a thin stream, beat in the rest plant that should be in everyone’s garden is my favorite and of the soup to the egg and cream in the bowl. Return the soup to the easiest to grow edible: garden sorrel. The tangy tart lemon flavored leaves are a green that can be used in salads, sauces and soups. Most people aren’t familiar with this plant because it is not usually sold in stores or farmers market, yet it was once a common garden plant.

The botanical name is rumex acetosa.

It is a perennial hardy to zone 3 that thrives in my garden. The solid green leaves (not the ones with red veins) grow in an 18 to 24 inch clump somewhat similar to a hosta, although more wild looking. It Garden Sorrel Leaves prefers mostly sun. It looks good all growing season even with several cuttings close to the ground to harvest the leaves. Best of all it is ignored by rabbits, squirrels, insects and other pests.

Garden sorrel can be eaten raw in salads and other dishes, or cooked in sauces and soups. It shrinks a lot when cooked. One mature plant makes about a quart or two of soup, so find space for more than one plant to enjoy the many ways it can be eaten. My favorite sorrel treat is Cream of Sorrel Soup from Julia Child’s book Mastering The Art of French Cooking.

Here’s my somewhat edited recipe – (I added more sorrel for a more lemony flavor): Ingredients – 5 or 6 cups thinly chopped strips of sorrel leaves, 6 cups vegetable or chicken stock, 1/3 cup finely chopped onions, 3 tbsp. butter,

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All vegetable gardens should have garden sorrel. It’s as easy to grow five or six plants as to grow one, which may be what will be needed to satisfy the cravings that develop for this tangy creamy soup and other sorrel treats.

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The History of Metro Lighting’s Energy Efficiency Program for “Excellence.” I remember distinctly a orking for a famicoworker saying, “Why ly business has its are you wasting your benefits and chaltime on something that lenges. Growing up I worked we will never win?” Five in the warehouse sweeping national ENERGY floors and putting away stock STAR “Excellence” during summer breaks. After awards later I am gratecollege I quickly realized how ful they said that to me. It hard it is to make it in the was a driving force to world and decided to return to prove them wrong. It Nick Frisella receives an Energy Star Award the family business. Upon my brought our locally return one of the biggest probowned business national attention. Last year Metro lems I faced was how to make my mark within the won ENERGY STAR’s national “Climate family business. After a few years of learning each Communicator” award. I am especially proud of aspect of the business it became obvious I needed this award. In 2013 Metro was named a Platinum to create a place for myself or leave the family Trade Ally which indicates we are a top performer business. Around this time LED technology was in the program. The following year Metro won the direction our industry was headed. In 2006 I Ameren’s BizSavers award for “Top Performing refocused my efforts at Metro Lighting to include Regional Electrical Distributor.” one of my passions: environmental protection.

Sometimes you need someone to tell you it What an opportunity this presented! I could help cannot be done to motivate you. I didn’t do this people reduce their environmental impact, save myself; it took our entire company to become a them money, and create a new source of income for leader in our industry. Metro saves our customers our business. At first my coworkers may have more than 20,000,000 kWh of electricity annually thought I was just some crazy hippy. But I kept which is equivalent to the electrical use of 1897 working with ENERGY STAR, Ameren Missouri, homes. That is an annual savings to our customers LED manufactures, and local environment advoof over $1,200,000! cates developing relationships. After cultivating those relationships I promoted programs that would Check out my blog about Energy Efficiency at allow Metro Lighting to help Missouri residents metrolighting.wordpress.com. And come visit us at and business save money and reduce electrical conone of our seven locations and let us help you start sumption. saving energy. www.metrolightingcenters.com.

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Nature Wisdom with Pat Tuholske Naturalist

A Niche in Nature

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n the early days of Europe, common folk placed wreaths or plant bundles on the door to identify their home in the same manner that house numbers are used today. Individual homes would display flowers, trees and grasses grown in the garden or gathered in nearby woods and meadows. Honor this ancient tradition and enhance your home with the plants most connected to your essence.

Go to nature and collect Evergreen Sprigs, Pinecones, Rose Hips, Sumac Berries, Acorns and Moss. Weave them into a wreath and hang near your front door to bless all who pass through. For bundles, gather a few branches, tie the stems together with a ribbon and hang in doorway, alcove or hearth for protection and purification during the long winter.

Each wreath and plant bundle tells a story of a niche in nature ... a deep moment of connection with the spirit of place. Crafted from living elements of the landscape, they represent the cycle of the seasons and the web of life.

Bringing nature indoors leads us to a richer life when we take the time to reflect on the wonder of the plant. Plants can be wise teachers and faithful friends, blessing the space they inhabit.

Create your own unique wreaths or colorful plant bundles to honor your home. Here’s some you can create from plants available in winter gardens, roadsides or local florists: Bundle together a number of different grasses…Little Bluestem, Ryegrass, Pampas, River Oats, Bluegrass. Tie with raffia and display in a prominent place. Grasses sift away any unwanted influences and bring positive energy to body and mind.

On a small base of Grapevine or Straw, glue Rose Petals, Rose Hips, Ironweed, Witch Hazel, Yarrow, Mountain Mint, Sage and Feathers as a plant-based dream catcher. Hang above your bed to bring vivid dreams or in your meditation area to focus on goals. Strengthens your ability for self-exploration and creativity.

If you are fascinated by the mystical and invisible

enchanted realms, make a fairy ring to honor the hidden worlds. Make or buy a circle of Grapevine and decorate with Acorns, Pine Cones, Ferns, Moss, Lichen and Grasses. Ancient lore knows the fairy ring as a passageway into the world of the nature spirits.

Bind together various tree branches with ribbon and hang in your home to receive the gifts of the trees… patience, serenity, strength and deep wisdom. Trees fully inhabit their realm, living out their destiny radiating wholeness. Collect branches with cones, colorful fall foliage, unusual seed pods or berries such as Birch, Pine, Sumac, Witch Hazel, Sycamore, Golden Rain Tree. The Cedar trees are loaded with berries this year and make beautiful bundles to grace your space.

Sweet Everlasting is easy to identify and gather this time of year. Native Americans called it Rabbit Tobacco and used it for smudging. It makes a full and fragrant cream-colored wreath. Add Lichen, Cones, Nuts and dried flowers as accents. I call it Circle of Hope as these plants help understand change and cultivate transformation.

A Memory Wreath can be easily started with a base of Grass, Straw, Grapevine or Sweet Everlasting. When Roses or a flower bouquet appear in your life, hang the flowers upside down before they begin to fade. When dry, glue onto your base. Also include everlastings like Yarrow, Globe Amaranth and Cones, Leaves and Nuts gathered from momentous places you have visited. The wreath becomes of living memory of your treasured encounters with beauty.

I have walked the Ozark woodlands and meadows for many seasons hunting the wisdom of the wild plant. This time of year, I gather Rose Hips, Grasses, Sweet Everlasting, Pinecones, Acorns, Buckeye, Cedar Tips and other wild offerings to weave into wreaths, wheels and bundles. It is my spiritual practice connecting me to my essence bringing peace, single-mindedness and deep healing.

As I continue to learn about life, nature’s ways seem more and more wise. Go to the trees, wildflowers, sky, rocks and waters as often as you can. The elements of nature help nourish and heal us.

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HERB LADY Cathy Schram Q: I just found out that I am pregnant. I do take a lot of vitamins and herbs. I am worried about morning sickness and insomnia because I had those problems with my last pregnancy. What can I take that might help me?

A: Congratulations! What an exciting time for you. Vitamins are a must, especially folic acid. As a rule, most herbs should be avoided during pregnancy; however, there are several herbs that have been famous throughout history for preparing mothers for childbirth. It is always a good idea to check with your health care professional before taking any herbs.

Most herbalists advise against using herbs in the first trimester with the exception of gentle herbal remedies for morning sickness. Later in your pregnancy choose herbs that are packed with vitamins and minerals that complement the body during pregnancy. Listed below are a few remedies that address your particular concerns and can be used safely: Morning Sickness: A quick fix for nausea is to sniff peppermint oil. Put a few drops of peppermint essential oil onto a cotton ball or tissue and keep it with you. It also comes in convenient stick form. Sniff at first sign of queasiness. Ginger is a safe anti-nausea herb.

It helps digestion and warms up the digestive tract. It is best to make a ginger tea and sip 2 to 3 cups throughout the day.

Morning Sickness & Insomnia When Pregnant Insomnia: During the second and third trimesters, chamomile tea is an excellent way to get a good night of sleep. It is also helpful to calm your nerves and ease stress. Do not drink more than 2 cups per day, because the uterine muscle could relax too much. (More is not better).

Red Raspberry Leaf is the most popular pregnancy herb. It is rich in vitamins and minerals and contains a substance that helps prepare the uterus for labor and birth. It can be used in small amounts during early pregnancy to help relieve morning sickness. During the second and third trimesters, 1 or 2 cups per day is suggested. In addition to toning the uterus, it can help decrease the pain of delivery.

These are just a few tips to help ease your pregnancy. To learn more, consult with your herbalist or health care professional.

This herb information is for health education purposes only. It is not intended to replace the services of licensed health practitioners. Consult with a physician for any condition that requires professional care.

Do you have questions about herbs or vitamins? Send them to Cathy Schram, CNHP and Certified Herbalist. Write to: Herbs & More, 16021 Manchester Rd., Ellisville, MO 63011. www.morethanherbsonline.com

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TMS: A New Treatment For Severe Depression

By Dr. Steve Harvey, MD

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MS is a new and highlyeffective treatment for major depression. TMS, which is transcranial magnetic stimulation, treats severe depression by stimulating a targeted area of the brain with magnetic pulses. TMS was approved by the FDA in 2008, and has improved since then.

Most people who suffer from major depression get relief with standard treatments such as medications and/or psychotherapy. But many others will spend months or years trying one medicine after another — and nothing seems to help. But because TMS is different, it will often work well for those who don’t get better with other treatments. TMS is a great backup plan when other treatments fail.

How does TMS work?

TMS delivers a rapid-fire series of MRI-strength magnetic pulses, which induces electrical eddy currents in the brain. The pulses are directed at a part of the brain called the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (also called the LDLFPC). The L-DLFPC is known to be involved in depression. Each treatment lasts 20-40 minutes, and typically a series of about 30 treatments are given over several weeks.

What are the side effects of TMS? The main side effect is scalp discomfort; the treatment feels like having a woodpecker on your head. That discomfort is temporary. In rare cases (much less than 1%), stimulation has caused people to have a seizure during treatment.

Who is a candidate for TMS? TMS is mostly for people who have a more severe depression, and who have tried and failed a number of different antidepressant medications.

TMS is not safe for those with non-removable metal objects in their head - such as metal aneurysm clips, or surgical plates. Metal tooth filings are no problem, however. TMS should usually not be given to anyone with a history of epilepsy, or to anyone with an active drug or alcohol problem.

Does insurance cover TMS? Some insurances cover it, and some do not. Medicare coverage for TMS is expanding across the country, but has not yet reached Missouri.

Where do I get more information? For more information about TMS StLouis check our website at TMS-StLouis.com. Or for more information about TMS in general, check TMSyou.com,

Because TMS is different, it will often work well for those who don’t get better with other treatments.

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Fix Up, Clean Up, Clean Out...Recycle!

by Vicky and Bob Moore

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stash of leftover paint in the basement or garage.

Earthbound Recycling will accept paint and household chemicals in the original containers with the label intact for a fee of 30 cents per lb., can and all.

After processing, partial cans of usable paint are given away free to those who can use it, and full cans are sold for $6.00 a gallon. Are you aware that partial cans of similarly colored paint can be mixed together in a large bucket to make enough of one new color to do a large project? One customer reportedly painted the entire inside of her house with free paint! Ruined paint is mixed with an agent to dry it, and it is properly disposed of.

f you're like most people, the change of seasons prompts us to start anew. We feel the urge to fix things up around the house, clean up and clean out those closets, the basement and garage, and get our lives and surroundings in order. As you go about these activities, be aware of the things that can be recycled or repurposed. Landfills are nearing capacity, and new ones are very expensive to build.

Not only are they expensive, but they can only be built in locations with favorable geographical and geological conditions. They need to be near the sources of trash for economy of transportation, yet nobody wants a landfill in THEIR backyard! The more we can reduce what is put into our trash stream, the better it will be for everyone!

This brings us to the question of what to do with all that STUFF in our lives that we don't want or need any longer. Earthbound Recycling in Eureka is a one stop solution for Earthbound Recycling in Eureka, Missouri. most recyclables. First established as a metal recycling facility, we have expanded to include electronics, paint and household Electronics are yet another item to deal with. chemicals, batteries, packing peanuts and bubble Since they contain many heavy and toxic metals that wrap, books, clothing and fluorescent light bulbs. can potentially be leached out and end up in our There is a resale area in the facility where you can groundwater if placed in landfills that may leak, these purchase hand tools, hardware items, brass knickitems need to be recycled properly. There is a free knacks, computer and speaker wire, and other assortdrop-off of most electronic devices at Earthbound ed items that have been recycled, at bargain prices.

Recycling. There is a fee of 40 cents per lb. for the When metal recycling is mentioned, most homeold cathode ray tube televisions due to the fact that owners think it doesn't really apply to us. After all, lead from the tubes must be recovered. There is a fee we're not plumbers with loads of copper pipe, or elecof $5.00 to dispose of the old cathode ray computer tricians with wire scraps to recycle. But are you monitors. If you are concerned about security issues, aware that metal items you probably pay to have disthey will remove and destroy the hard drive from posed of are very much recyclable? Do you have a your computers on site for a fee. Keyboards, broken rusty wheelbarrow, swing set, metal fencing, metal or unwanted flat screen TV's and monitors, unused lawn furniture, a broken lawnmower or lawn tractor, cell phones, etc. are accepted for free. a rake with a broken handle, an old BBQ pit, pots and Other items that can be recycled include car, boat, pans, bedframes, doorknobs, broken or unused bicyand tractor batteries that you will be paid for. cles or old metal screen doors to get rid of? Then you, Lithium-ion batteries such as the ones in cell phones, too, can be a metal recycler! Earthbound Recycling and rechargeable batteries are accepted at no charge. will take all things metal! This includes washers and Disposable batteries can be accepted for a fee of dryers, dishwashers, and ranges, and water heaters, $1.25 per lb. Fluorescent bulbs can be recycled for a which will bring you a little cash in your pocket. We fee, and Earthbound accepts packing peanuts and pay for 1 pound or more of copper, aluminum, brass, bubble wrap with no charge. There is also a drop box lead, etc., and are currently paying for 500 pounds or on the parking lot for clean used clothing. Unwanted more of steel. Less than 500 lbs. of steel is a free fiction books will be accepted and sent to Better drop-off. You'll be charged a fee of $10.00 to recycle World Books. Non-fiction books that meet their items that have compressors, such as refrigerators, approval, (except encyclopedias), will be purchased dehumidifiers, and air conditioning units. It is unlawat 10 cents per lb. ful to release Freon into the air, and it must be propDon't hesitate to call us with your recycling queserly removed. There is a $5.00 fee to recycle tions! They are located at 25 Truitt Drive in Eureka, microwaves because of the radioactive components. just off Highway 109, south of Highway 44. Turn left Besides recycling your unwanted metal items, at the first street on the left after you pass Quicktrip. what will you do with unwanted paint and household We’re open Monday through Saturday from 9 AM to chemicals? Landfills don't accept any free flowing 5 PM, and you can call us at 636-938-1188. As you liquids, and moving companies don't want you to fix up, clean up, and clean out, do your part to help move paint on their trucks. As a result, many people the Earth by recycling everything possible! Then who move into a new home find the previous owner's enjoy your tidy home!

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can’t even stand to hear him talk anymore”. As a counselor, we all hope that couples take the initiative to address the Christine Kniffen, MSW, LCSW struggle of navigating the differences The Dangers of before things reach this point, as it makes a much better chance to steer the relaIgnoring The Bickering for tionship back on the right track.

Learning how to validate the other perVisit www.ChristineKniffen.com today son’s feelings, if not accomplished, is equally damagNow accepting some insurance……..call to inquire. ing to being able to steer the relationship back on track if unattended for too long. I think that people generalre you currently struggling with some aspect of your relationship or do you feel ly have a good understanding of the concept of validathat there is certainly room for improvetion. However, I think many of us need a little help in ment? A relationship is like a car. It has how to do it so it is both received and registered by our many components and all need to work seamlessly partners. Thus, resulting in them being more amenable together in order for a satisfactory ride. to giving this validation back to us. Validating is simPerhaps you have even tried to address certain ply acknowledging the logic of someone’s feelings. It’s issues previously, but to no avail. Having seen scores not about whether-or-not you would have the same of couples throughout the last 15 years, I have become reaction to a particular event that took place or somequite adept at observing the patterns of interacting and thing that was said. It is crucial that we understand why recognizing where the wheels tend to fly off the track, someone has the reaction they have to something, resulting in a rather bumpy ride. Generally, couples rather than thinking they are simply wrong or crazy for diverge off into several predictable paths that need to feeling that way. Otherwise, our partners will never be righted in order to feel satisfied for the long-haul of feel like you understand them or their intentions, theretheir trip. fore not ever feeling fully loved by you. If we let them Learning how to navigate the differences is one of explain what they said to themselves regarding the sitthe biggest hang-ups couples have. And, if not done uation, and then see the logic in how they reacted to successfully for too long of a period, this can lead to their formulation of the event, they will begin to feel arguments, hurt feelings, anger and eventually the postruly understood and validated. However, if we just sible demise of the relationship. Differences between continue the cycle of reacting to their reaction, we will the partners often fall into unhealthy patterns of being not be able to find our way back to the right road and viewed as right or wrong. make the long journey together.

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Guide To Green Dining Promoting Green Dining Alliance Members in the St. Louis Area

Avenue, St. Louis; 1732 9th Street, Soulard; 17 Moody Ave., Webster Groves; 7434 Village Ctr. Dr., Winghaven; 100 N. Main St., St. Charles. 6995 West 151st Street, Overland Park, KS 66223.

Local Harvest Café, 3137 Morganford Rd. 63116, 314-772-8815 www.localharvestcafe.com

MEMBERS & PEnding MEMBERS For Ratings and additional information visit www.greendiningalliance.org.

5 Star Burgers 8125 Maryland Ave., 63105, 314-720-4350, 312 S. Kirkwood Rd, 63122, 314-394-2250. www.5starburgers.com

Lulu’s Local Eatery and Food Truck 3201 S. Grand, 63118, 314-300-8215 www.luluslocaleatery.com

Atlas Restaurant, 5513 Pershing, 63112, 314-367-6800 www.atlasrestaurantstl.com

Maryville University, gander dining Hall, 314-2497982, maryville.edu/location/gander-hall

Atomic Cowboy, 4140 Manchester Road, 63110, 314-775-0775 www.atomiccowboystl.com

McMurphy’s Cafe at St. Patrick Center 800 N. Tucker Blvd. 63101, 314-369-0432, 314-802-0687.

Avenue Restaurant, 12 N. Meramec, 63105, 314-727-4141. www.avestl.com

niche, 7734 Forsyth Blvd, 63105, 314-773-7755, www.nichestlouis.com

Bailey’s Chocolate Bar, 1915 Park Ave 63104, 314-241-8100 www.baileyschocolatebar.com

Onesto Pizza & Trattoria, 5401 Finkman St, 63109, 314-802-8883, www.onestopizza.com

Bailey’s Range, 920 Olive, 63101, 314-241-8121,www.baileysrange.com

Pastaria, 7734 Forsyth Blvd, Clayton, MO 63105 (314) 862-6603 www.pastariastl.com

Bayou Seasoning & Catering 12 Ridge Manor Ct, Wentzville, 63385, 636-887-4012 Bike Stop Cafe and Outpost, 701 Riverside Dr., 610 S. Main St. 63301, 636-724-9900. wwwbikestopcafes.com Bixby’s, Preserving Missouri’s future along with its history, Bixby’s artfully prepares every meal, featuring local produce and products. Located on the second floor of the Missouri History Museum, Bixby’s is a distinctive lunch destination, where patrons can enjoy inspired local cuisine, sweeping views of Forest Park and historical artifacts on display in the restaurant. Bixby’s also features a spectacular brunch every Sunday and, for those seeking a more casual dining experience, Bixby’s Express offers freshly prepared soups, salads and sandwiches for diners on the go. There is no formal dress code for dining at Bixby’s. The Missouri History Museum is free and open to the public so come on by anytime! We encourage you and your family to join us.

2nd Floor, 314-361-7313. bixbys-mohistory.com.

Picnic Basket Café (The Magic House) 516 S. Kirkwood Rd 63122, 314-822-8900 www.magichouse.org Pie Oh My! 2719 Sutton Blvd 63143, 314-704-4416, www.pieohmystl.com

Cafe Kudu (St. Louis Zoo) 1 Government Dr, St. Louis, MO 63110 (314) 781-0900, www.stlzoo.org

Crushed Red, Crushed Red Urban Bake & Chop Shop offers artisan-crafted salads and pizzas, as well as the option to customize salads and pizzas from a myriad of fresh ingredients. Each salad includes fresh vegetables, fruit and protein, is organically dressed and chopped-to-order with a Crushed Red mezzaluna knife. The pizzas are built on a foundation of a whole-grain crust that was developed in house. They are then stretched by hand, topped with an organic tomato sauce, baked in a proprietary oven and served piping hot in just 90 seconds. Rounding out the menu options are a rotation of daily all-natural soups and savory shareable appetizers such as the Warm Herbed Goat Cheese or Urban Zest. In addition to progressive food options, guests can also enjoy wine by the glass or bottle and locally brewed beer on draft.

In addition to artisan-crafted menu items, Crushed Red is also committed to running every restaurant as a sustainable operation, meaning it creates little-to-no waste. Crushed Red utilizes LED lights, recyclable batteries, paper instead of plastic bags, hand dryers versus paper towels, beverages served in glass bottles, compostable linen trays, real silverware and glassware in place of plastic ware, washable linens, and more to keep waste at its minimal level.

Visit Crushed Red at 3 St. Louis area locations: Clayton - 8007 Maryland, Clayton, MO 63105 314.725.8007 Kirkwood - 140 S. Kirkwood Rd.Kirkwood, MO 63122 314.238.0100 Creve Coeur - 11635 Olive Blvd. (City Place) Creve Coeur, MO 63141 • 314.942.3000 www.crushed-red.com

Cater Al Fresco, 6233 Delmar 63130, 314-480-5129. www.cateralfresco.com

Foundation grounds Café & Coffeehouse, 7298 Manchester Rd 63143, 314-601-3588, www.foundationgrounds.com

Chris’ Pancake & dining 5980 Southwest Ave, 63139, 314-645-2088.

Bartolino’s Restaurants. www.chrispancakeanddining.com

gelateria del Leone, 3197 Grand Blvd, 63116, 314-776-3500, www.thegelateria.com

Bombay Food Junkies, Food Truck Being the first Indian Food Truck in St Louis, we promise to bring you the famous Bombay street food experience ranging from chaats to pizzas to curries. That’s right, Bombay street food is an amalgamation of foods from all over the country. Lets not forget the British touch which left us with sandwiches and Pizzas, Chinese foods adapted to Indian taste, Dosas and Idlis from the south of India and the rich history of spices mixed with healthy ingredients is what this street food is all about, sweet-spicy and savory. This food truck will fulfill the niche of providing St.Louisians with a unique food experience and much more.

Follow us on fb/twitter/website for more info 3580 adie Rd st Ann MO 63074 • 573-578-6583 2nd best vegetarian food truck 2014 (roaming hunger) 4 star GDA certified Brasserie by niche, 4580 Laclede, 63108, 314-454-0600. www.brasseriebyniche.com Bridge, 1004 Locust St, 63101, 314-241-8141 www.thebridgestl.com

great Harvest Bread Co. (Kirkwood), 125 W. Argonne Dr 63122, 314-821-1848. www.greatharvestkirkwood.com guido’s Pizzaria & Tapas 5046 Shaw Ave, 63110, 314-771-4900. www.guidosstl.com Handlebar, 4127 Manchester Ave. 63110, 314-652-2212, www.handlebarstl.com ices Plain and Fancy, 2256 S. 39th St., 63110, 314-601-3604. www.Icesplainandfancy.com i Scream Cakes, 2641 Cherokee 63118, 314-932-5758, www.iscreamcakes.com JuiceMasters, Food Truck, 314-337-1014 Kakao Chocolatier, 7272 Manchester Rd 63143, 314-645-4446, 3 locations. www.kakaochocolate.com Kitchen House Coffee, 3149 Shenandoah Ave., 63104, 314-732-0009. www.kitchenhousecoffee.com Llywelyn's Pubs Llywelyn’s Pub recently finished the solar panel installation at 5 of our locations. Not only do solar panels help to slow and eventually stop global warming, they also provide energy reliability, security, and create ongoing free energy. All our locations practice aggressive recycling efforts while also composting our food waste. Llywelyn’s Pub uses ecofriendly products and works with like minded vendors. At our location in Webster Groves, we have reserved parking and a charging station for electric vehicles. Come check us out and make a difference while doing so! www.llywelynspub.com. 1.855-B-CELTIC. 6 locations. 4747 McPherson

Pura Vegan, At PuraVegan, our commitment to preserving planetary resources is demonstrated through our menu, packaging and best practices. According to “Diet for a New America” it takes 8,500 gallons of water to produce a pound of beef, but only twenty-five gallons to produce a pound of wheat.

Plant heavy diets are a most efficient use of water and land, while causing less pollution. We take recycling a step further and encourage REUSE, which is even more effective.

Juice subscriptions and cleanse drinks come in reusable mason jars, with store credit given upon return. We offer our customers glass straws for purchase and our food delivery is done via bicycle. 307 Belt Ave. 63112, 314-932-5144, www.puravegan@me.com Rooster, 1104 Locust St 63101, 314-241-8118, www.roosterstl.com Sassafras Café Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Blvd, 63110, (314) 577-5100. www.mobot.org Schlafly Bottleworks – 7260 Southwest 63143.

Tap Room 2100 Locust St. 63103, Schlafly is proud to be seen as a leader in sustainability among local businesses. We took two abandoned buildings and put them back into use as the Schlafly Tap Room and Schlafly Bottleworks. We purchase a large amount of locally-produced food, and even grow some ourselves in the Schlafly Gardenworks for our restaurants, as well as host a weekly Farmers Market. We’ve received grants for a pilot composting project for post-consumer food waste at both restaurants. We are a charter supporter of Amerens Pure Power renewable energy program and use ultra high efficiency heating, ventilation and air-conditioning units. And we host and support many local sustainability organizations. 314-241-BEER. www.schlafly.com/bottleworks www.schlafly.com/tap-room Seedz Cafe, 6344 S. Rosebury, 63105. 314-725-7333. www.seedzcafe.com.

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November, 2015 which also conserves energy. Finally, both UCBC locations feature solar power arrays, large windows to provide natural lighting, and LED lighting to reduce our energy needs.

We are proud to say all of these efforts allowed our Grove Brewery & Bierhall to be awarded Missouri’s first and only LEED Certified Brewery! 3229 Washington Ave 63103 4465 Manchester 63110. 314-222-0143 www.urbanchestnut.com

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We are across the street from Turtle Park, the Zoo, and all of Forest Park! 6400 Oakland, 63139, 314-647PATS. www.patconnollytavern.com.

Something Elegant Catering 2200 Yale, 63143, 314-781-7722. www.somethingelegantcatering.com

The Post Sports Bar and Grill, 7372 Manchester 63143, 314-645-1109 763 Old Ballas Rd 63141, 314-736-1205, www.thepostsportsbar.com

Stone Spiral Coffee and Curios, 2500 Sutton, 63143, 314-335-7388, www.stonespiralcoffee.com Taste 4584 Laclede, 63108, 314-361-1200. www.tastebar.com The Cafe (SLU) www.slu.edu The Crows Nest 7372 Manchester 63143, 314-781-0989, www.facebook.com/crowsneststl The Dam, 3173 Morganford 63116, 314-771-3173, www.thedamstl.com The Fountain on Locust 3037 Locust St., 63103, 314-535-7800. www.Fountainonlocust.com The Pat Connonlly Tavern, Patrick Connolly of County Galway, Ireland, began his barkeep career in 1942 when he opened the Pat Connolly Tavern. For two decades, he worked to create a St. Louis landmark in the historic neighborhood of Dogtown. The tavern has returned to Connolly family ownership and the original name. We are proud to continue the tradition that Pat started over 70 years ago, offering classic pub fare and fine spirits in a family-friendly atmosphere. We also strive to be active in our community and welcoming to all who walk through our door. We invite you to have your next meal, pint, or event with us! We are conveniently located right off Interstate 64 and just 1 mile north of Interstate 44.

The Royale, 3132 S. Kingshighway 63139, 314-772-3600 www.theroyale.com The Scottish Arms 6-8 Sarah St., 63108, 314-535-0531. www.thescottisharms.com The Shaved Duck 2900 Virginia Ave., 63118, 314-776-1407 www.theshavedduck.com The Tick Tock Tavern 3459 Magnolia, 63118, www.theticktock.com The UniGrille (UniGroup) Fenton, MO 63026, (636) 305-5000 www.unigroupinc.com The Wolf, 15480 Clayton Rd. Ballwin, 63011, 636-527-7027, www.thewolfstl.com Tivanov Catering Co. 2052 Pheasant Run Dr, Maryland Heights, MO. tivanovcatering@yahoo.com Traveling Tea, Sharing Good Times ~ Sharing Good Tea© Making the world safer for tea addicts, offering high quality looseleaf tea. 80+ available teas and blends, 90% certified organic, or custom blends from organic ingredients.

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Urban Eats, 3301 Meremac St 63118, 314-558-7580, www.urbaneatscafe.com Washington University Dining Services diningservices@wustl.edu, 314-935-7098 Water Street, 7268 Manchester 63143, 314-646-8355 www.waterstreetstl.com Whisk, 2201 Cherokee St. 63118, 314-932-5166 www.whiskstl.com

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Kid’s

November, 2015

Planet New Solutions For ADHD

by Drs. Jen and Jason Rhodes

Stories & Resources For Young People & Their Families

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he National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) estimates that five million children in the United States have ADHD—that is about five percent of all children. While ADHD is most commonly associated with childhood, studies show that up to 70 percent of children with ADHD continue to have symptoms as adults.

Often, children are prescribed stimulate medications as a way to alleviate the symptoms of ADHD as these medications help users to focus their thoughts and ignore distractions. However, there are short and long-term effects related to these drugs. The most common side effects of ADHD medications are decreased appetite, sleep problems, headaches, jitteriness, stomach aches and social withdrawal. The long-term impact of these medications on a youthful, developing brain is not yet known.

With the side effects of medications, many parents are turning to a new therapy in the treatment of ADHD called Neurofeedback.

More than 30 years of university-based research has demonstrated that the brains of children and adults suffering with ADHD produce a high amount of theta waves and too few beta waves, resulting in an inability to concen-

trate and pay attention.

Theta waves are the predominant brainwave produced when you are just about to fall asleep; beta waves are produced when we are awake, alert and externally focused. Normal theta to beta ratios in adults is 2:1 and in children it is 2.5:1.

Ratios higher than 3:1 suggest ADHD. In several different studies it was demonstrated that 86 percent of the children diagnosed with ADHD using traditional criteria had a theta/beta ratio higher than 3:1.

When the brain becomes dysregulated, it sometimes produces a high level of theta waves in waking states. In these cases, it is associated with distractibility, inattention and daydreaming. In some cases, the individual will become hyperactive to compensate for the lack of focus. Neurofeedback is a non-invasive procedure to teach children with ADHD how to control their own brainwaves and reduce or eliminate the symptoms associated with ADHD.

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Faith Academy of Montessori at the Station

Learning should be an exciting experience!

At Faith Academy we provide a peaceful, nurturing Montessori environment when children are respected as individuals and encouraged to learn at their own pace.

Under the loving direction of our experienced staff, children are motivated, self disciplined and develop a healthy love of learning.

We offer full and part time enrollment, with hours convenient to working parents.

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HealtHy pets

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. — Gandhi

Turkey Day is On the Way! Holiday Cautions for Your Beloved Pets!

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Any item unusually fatty in nature can encourage an acute onset of pancreatitis; an inflammatory condition affecting the pancreas, the organ making our enzymes for digestion in our small intestines. In the face of inflammation, the pancreas will leak these digestive enzymes, which create havoc to the tissues in surrounding them. The result may be very aggressive and persistent vomiting and diarrhea. Animals can become very ill, very quickly, and even create a true emergency condition. The best solution is good prevention of this issue and other conditions mentioned herein. Keep table foods off the floor and make sure to secure the trash bins.

Turkey bones are a great favorite of our pets.

However, they can splinter, or be swallowed in large enough fragments to choke your pet, or lodge somewhere along the bowel tract and create an obstruction. These conditions will run up major costs at the emergency clinic and can also prove life concerning in some conditions.

And, do not forget that tasty dessert table.

Chocolates are particularly dangerous, creating a toxicity for dogs due to a compound they contain called theobromine. Dark chocolates and cooking chocolate are typically most concerning, but even lighter, sweet chocolate can prove to be problematic. Chocolate toxicity in dogs can also be a potential killer for your dogs, due to this compound that is much like caffeine, directly affecting the dog’s heart. NO CHOCOLATE is the rule.

Finally, I always have to alert pet owners to the issue of BLOAT!. This occurs in medium to large sized breeds most commonly. The stomach can swell with fluids from over drinking; or, by eating foodstuffs that create excessive gas accumulation. The stomach can twist on its axis, dragging the spleen right along, eventually shutting off the blood supply to those very critical organs. Dogs will either try to vomit without success, or pace uncomfortably. You may note obvious swelling of the abdomen, especially beyond the rib cage. This is a very true emergency and must be treated very quickly and very proactively. If you have a large breed dog and you see any sort of abnormal behaviors as we described above, then I strongly encourage you to contact your vet or take a visit to the emergency clinic. Better safe than sorry!!!

Have a wonderful and love-filled Thanksgiving Holiday!

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eeping a body healthy can be a challenge whether young or old or even in between.

Stressors face your pet around every corner. Environmental chemicals and toxins in the foods, carpet, drywall, grass, asphalt, and even the air, are constantly picking away at the body’s ability to do its best.

Vaccines, while helpful to a degree, can further stress an already struggling immune system.

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tions and mimic what is going on in their “aura” space. This too will suppress the ability to mount good immune responses.

Anything that drills the adrenals to get to work becomes a negative factor in optimal survival. Then, when the body is exposed to some potential “invader,” it is not able to get on top of the situation and illness sets in. You end up at the doctor’s office getting blood tests and medication in an effort to kill off the “invader” and hopefully bring your pet back to his former self.

Unfortunately cancer also fits into this category and it is met with months to a lifetime of attention, or having to say good-bye.

Let’s look at the vast immune system. The primary or central focus is at the thymus and bone marrow. Secondary or peripheral support arises in lymph nodes, spleen, blood, and lymphatic tissue found in the gut, mammary glands, and lungs.

There are the T-Cells that are categorized by their job as “Helpers, Suppressors, or Effectors.” BCells mount protective immunity known as IgM, IgG, and IgE (for atopy or topical allergy reactions). There are also macrophages and Killer Cells. Killer Cells are there to attack tumor cells, microbes, and viral infections.

With all of that going on how could we see so many infectious diseases? Maybe it is not going on as flawlessly as the body needs it to. Here are some reasons why. Nutritional deficiencies or imbalances as well as exposures to various chemicals, drugs and toxins present an ongoing immunological challenge, which can suppress immune function. Protein deficiency leads to premature atrophy of thymus and suppression of T-lymphocyte, Helper T-Cell function, and a decreased antibody production.

In testing results tabulated for 569 dogs I have found that 94% are deficient in calcium and zinc.

These minerals are well established as being crucial to immune function. Without these very important minerals, multiple enzyme reactions struggle to take place and organs, such as the liver, cease to function optimally. This does not mean there is liver destruction. It simply means it can’t do all of its jobs properly and there are not tests for everything the liver is involved in doing.

Our goal then will be to reduce stress in our pet’s lives and to maximize the availability and assimilation of nutrition so that he can have an ample supply of exactly what the immune system needs when the challenge arises. Next month I will outline a plan that you can use to do exactly that!

For more information please contact Dr. Ava Frick at 636-549-9100 or visit online at www.AnimalRehabStLouis.com.

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ne of the fastest growing treatments for pain management in the last decade has been cold laser therapy, not to be confused with surgical lasers which are used to cut and cauterize tissue. Cold lasers actual heal tissue not destroy. Cold laser therapy works by a process called photo-biostimulation. What this means is that light waves emitted by the laser stimulate the chemically damaged cells to produce beneficial enzymes, increase mitochondrial activity, increase lymphatic drainage via macrophages stimulation, and increased vasodilation. More simply put, the laser decreases inflammation and pain, while speeding up recovery and reducing scar tissue production.

For these reasons, Cold Laser Therapy has been a

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Our office uses a top of the line class IV laser manufactured by LiteCure. Class IV lasers are the strongest laser available for therapeutic treatments. A class IV laser puts out 1,500 times more energy than a class III, thus allowing for deeper tissue penetration, a larger treatment surface area, and faster results.

Testimonials: “An automobile accident left me with numerous injuries. My shoulder, neck, back, knees, ankles, and wrist have all benefitted from Laser Therapy. It’s provided amazing pain relief, and helped shorten my recovery time. Thank you, Committed to Health, for continuing to find new methods to help your patients!

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LEARN TO MEDITATE TO CALM YOUR MIND Primordial Sound Meditation

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Dr. Deepak Chopra, best selling author and leader in the holistic health field, has revived Primordial Sound Meditation. This ancient form of meditation uses mantras, or Primordial Sounds, which are selected for each individual.

This simple mantra technique, which is practiced twice daily, allows our awareness to go beyond the activity of our mind to the stillness of our spirit.

This process allows our bodies to gain the deep rest necessary to release stress and fatigue. The result can be improved health, more satisfying relationships, increased creativity, and renewed enthusiasm for life.

Primordial Sound Meditation can be learned by people of any age, culture, and educational background.

It is recommended for anyone who wishes to enjoy greater peace, freedom and fulfillment.

About the Instructor, Shirley Stoll, B.S., M.A. - Shirley has been involved with meditation since 1995 and is certified by Dr. Deepak Chopra as a Primordial Sound Meditation Instructor and affiliated with the Chopra Center in Carlsbad, California. As a former teacher, she combines her love for teaching with her commitment to meditation.

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HealtHy planet HappenInGS November 4 Fresh Thyme Farmers markeTs GraNd OpeNiNGs OF TwO sTOres Fresh Thyme Farmers Markets will open two new stores in the St. Louis area on November 4 in Town & Country and O’Fallon. You are invited to both Grand Openings for a ribbon cutting and the first 250 shoppers will receive a Fresh Thyme reusable bag filled with over $50 of healthy groceries. Doors open at 7 am. Locations are: Town & Country, 13957 Manchester Road, 63011 and O’Fallon, 2235 State Highway K. For more information please call 314-858-7000 or 636-385-7033. Visit online at www.freshthyme.com.

November 4 eNerGy maNaGemeNT plaNs Presenters will provide an overview of successful energy management plans that have been implemented at higher education campuses. Topics of discussion will include an explanation of the energy areas monitored, how areas were targeted, and possible future efforts.

Presentations will be followed by a panel discussion.

WHEN: Wednesday, November 4, 3:00 – 5:00 pm WHERE: Missouri Botanical Garden’s Commerce Bank Center for Science Education, 4651 Shaw Blvd. 63110 FEE: $30/USGBC-MGC & Association of Energy Engineers Members, $30/Higher Education Institution Employee, $45/Non-members.

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November 5 or 19 New sOluTiONs FOr adhd Free pareNT iNFOrmaTiON NiGhT Hosted by Drs. Jen and Jason Rhodes at the St. Louis Neurotherapy Insitute. For more information please call 314-983-9355 or visit www.stlneurotherapy.com.

November 6 GeT yOur GreeN ON aT The 6Th aNNual GreeN Ball The sixth annual Green Ball will roll out the green carpet in the Delmar Loop, welcoming our region’s ecominded movers and shakers for a night of fun philanthropy. Presented by Moonrise Hotel, Green Ball 2015 will be held from 7-11 p.m., Friday, Nov. 6, in celebration of all things sustainable. Proceeds from the gala will benefit EarthWays Center, a division of the Missouri Botanical Garden that promotes sustainability through environmental education and improving the built environment. This year’s Ball especially celebrates an EarthWays milestone: 15 years working through the Garden! Green Ball Tickets are $50 ($40 for Garden members). For more information please see article on page 3 of this issue.

November 7,8 PRIMORDIAL SOUND MEDITATION Do you want to reduce stress and anxiety in your life?

Learn to meditate! As stress is reduced through meditation, our mind and body function with more effectiveness which can lead to better health, vitality, and happiness! Primordial Sound Meditation is a meditation program developed by Dr. Deepak Chopra. This weekend class will be held August 8 & 9, 2015 at the Mercy Center, 2039 North Geyer Road, St. Louis, MO. Learn how to enjoy the benefits of meditation! Light refreshments will be served. Contact Shirley Stoll for more information and/or registration. Call 800-796-1144 or email shirlstoll@gmail.com.

November 7, 9 FrOm The pipeliNe: a JOurNey alONG The FlaNaGaN sOuTh” Airs on KNLC Channel 24 11/07 at noon and KNLC Renewable Energy Channel Channel 24-2 11/09 at 8:00 p.m. From the Pipeline is a documentary film that captures images and stories along the route of Missouri’s arm of the Flanagan South tar sands pipeline. It is directed by Caitlin Zera, produced by Hazel Mullan and has cinematography by Max Barnett. Host John Hickey comments on the film.

November 8 sweaT-4-peTs 10k, 5k aNd 1 mile FuN walk iN TOwer GrOve park A fun fall event for serious runners, families and dogs.

Flat paved course timing by Fleet Feet. Medals for all age groups in both distances plus overall. Well-behaved dogs welcome. Free t-shirts, race bags, food, drinks, dog

treats. Visit animal and health related vendors. Proceeds fund spay/neuter of dogs & cats in our community.

Register online at http://www.fleetfeetstlouis /racing/highlighted-races/sweat-4-pets. For more information call Liz Rudder 636-629-0402.

November 10 iNTeGraTiNG alTerNaTive mediciNe wiTh cONveNTiONal mediciNe FREE Monthly Seminar and Discussion - Integrating Alternative Medicine with Conventional Medicine Learn how to build your immune system and take charge of your health. If you are suffering from chronic conditions, you'll learn why you don't have to live with your "incurable" symptoms anymore. Topics covered include: Cancer, Heart Disease/Stroke, Diabetes, Arthritis, Osteoporosis, ADD/ADHD, Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Food Allergies, Nutrition, and many more. You should come to this discussion also if you feel, "My Doctor said everything is fine! Then why do I feel so lousy?" Second Tuesday each month at 6:30 pm at our healing clinic - Prevention and Healing, Inc., Dr. Simon Yu, M.D., Board Certified Internist, 10908 Schuetz Road, St. Louis, MO 63146, Weaving Internal Medicine with Alternative Medicine to Use the Best Each Has to Offer. Call to verify meeting date; seating is limited, arrive early, 314-432-7802. See patient success stories at www.preventionandhealing.com.

November 11 empOwer yOur BesT liFe! Are you stressed out? Have trouble sleeping? Join Certified Mind-Body Therapist Vicki Atlas-Israel for the St. Louis Holistic Speaker Series. It's Free! Learn the latest on how to ignite your inner power through guided meditation and enjoy better health, creativity, and happiness. The Healing Center, 734 DeMun Avenue, Clayton from 7:30 to 9:00 PM. Call 314-623-7679 with questions.

November 14, 16 healTh care iN The usa / medicare FOr all Airs on KNLC Channel 24 11/14 at noon and KNLC Renewable Energy Channel Channel 24-2 11/16 at 8:00 p.m. How do private insurance companies dominate health care in the US, making it very costly? Mimi Signor, Jan Rodolfo, and Don Fitz explore some of the problems with the “individual mandate” in Obamacare and how they could be resolved with a single payer program.

November 17 cONNecTiNG yOur healTh BeTweeN yOur TeeTh aNd BOdy FREE Monthly Seminar and Discussion. Connecting Your Health Between Your Teeth and Body. You may not realize it, but your teeth and gums may be making you ill or weakening your immune system. Hidden infections. Unresolved illness. Find out what may be happening between your teeth and body and what to do about it.

Discover how infection and illness transfer between the teeth and body. Understand how biological dentistry focuses on your overall health. Learn about what dental materials are compatible with wellness, mercury-free, tooth-colored fillings,the impact of dental procedures, how certain dental procedures can influence your body, and nutritional therapy that supports a healthy mouth.

Third Tuesday Each Month, 6:30 pm at the Holistic Dentistry office of, and presented by, Dr. Michael Rehme, D.D.S., C.C.N. (Certified Clinical Nutritionist), 2821 N. Ballas Rd, Suite 245, St. Louis, MO 63131. A Healthy Choice for Dental Care. Call to verify seminar date and reserve your space at 314-997-2550. See Patient Success Stories at www.toothbody.com.

November 17 Free mONThly wellNess suppOrT GrOup November 17 - Free Monthly Prevention and Healing Support Group. This month's Speaker: Mackenzie McNamara, D.C., I.H.S., Chiropractic Physician, Internal Health Specialist, Gateways Chiropractic, LLC (www.gateways chiropractic.com). Topic: Stress SOS. Feeling stressed? It's time to take charge of your health.

Learn how stress is affecting your body and what you can do about it. We'll talk about the 3 Sources of Stress (SOS), how to identify your unique stressors, and how to work with your body, naturally, to start reducing stress and improving healing. You'll go home with a better

understanding of how your body works, how to nourish yourself, and some simple, yet powerful stress-relieving techniques and tools for mind, body, and spirit. Support Group Leaders: Dr. Simon Yu, M.D. and Chaplain Paul R. Johnson, M.Div. When: Third Tuesday each month (with an occasional exception) at 6:30 pm. - 8:00 pm at our healing clinic, Prevention and Healing, Inc., Dr. Simon Yu, M.D., Board Certified Internist, 10908 Schuetz Road, St Louis, MO 63146, Weaving Internal Medicine with Alternative Medicine to Use the Best Each Has to Offer. Call to verify meeting date, 314-4327802. For more information, read the article on our web site at www.PreventionAndHealing.com titled "New Medicine, New Biology: Spiritual Wellness, Spiritual Assessment, and Spiritual Care."

November 20,21 OPERATION FOOD SEARch 17Th ANNUAL EMPTy BOwLS FUNDRAISER Get a jump on holiday shopping as Operation Food Search hosts its 17th annual Empty Bowls fundraiser November 20 – 21 at Plaza Frontenac, and December 5 at St. Louis Galleria selling beautiful ceramic bowls hand-crafted ceramic by local artists. The empty bowls signify hunger in our community and bring light to this important issue. Everyone loves a parade! Cheer on KMOV Channel 4 on-air anchors and Operation Food Search volunteers along the parade route of Ameren Missouri’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 26.

Stay tuned to KMOV for opportunities to help nourish our neighbors in need this holiday season! Visit OperationFoodSearch.org.

November 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 FAIR TRADE MARkET On Saturday and Sunday, November 21 & 22, and Friday through Sunday, November 27, 28 & 29, 2015 from 9 am to 3 pm, shop the 2,500+ sq. ft. marketplace of fair trade items from all over the world and “Design your life around Fair Trade!” This is the largest Fair Trade Market in the United States! Enjoy family activities, product demonstrations and sampling, movie showings, drawings for fair trade prizes, food for purchase, and more. Buying fair trade products supports living wages, care for the environment, no child or forced labor, gender equality, and safe working conditions. For more info see article page 6 of this issue.

November 21-22 sip aNd sample FesTive Fare ON The hermaNN wiNe Trail The Holiday Fare Wine Trail, November 21 and 22 at seven Hermann-area wineries, will open the holiday season with a celebration of food and wine, shared with friends and family. The annual event is sponsored by the Hermann Vintners Association. Wine Trail visitors will have an opportunity to sip and sample food and wine pairings on a route that meanders for 20 scenic miles along the Missouri River between Hermann and New Haven. Held each year the third weekend of November, Holiday Fare Wine Trail is one of five annual events hosted by Hermann-area vintners. Next up is the Say Cheese Wine Trail the second weekend of December, the same weekend as many other holiday happenings in Hermann, including Kristkindl Markt, a German-style Christmas market.

The $30 per person ticket price (advance purchase required) includes a souvenir wine glass. Participants also may enter a drawing for a $30 gift certificate from each winery and a one-night stay at a Hermann B&B. The ticket price does not include transportation to wineries or additional wine tasting. Wine Trail tickets and information are available online at HermannWineTrail.com or at the Hermann Welcome Center, 800-932-8687.

November 28, 30 eNerGy eFFicieNcy aNd Our FuTure Airs on KNLC Channel 24 11/28 at noon and KNLC Renewable Energy Channel Channel 24-2 11/30at 8:00 p.m. Gary Steps and Terry Walsh join Host John Hickey to ask how homeowners can increase the energy efficiency of their homes and why they should invest in an energy audit. They also look at how mechanical insulation can impact the environment and create local jobs.

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Our approach to holistic health includes the entire body and the oral cavity is no exception. We are dedicated to serving our patients and promoting a level of health care that carefully evaluates and reviews the use of dental materials, dental procedures and also offers dietary and nutritional support for each and every individual that is seen in our office.

Did you know that examining the mouth can reveal the presence of illnesses or unstable conditions in other areas of the body?

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What to do when diet and exercise just don’t work...

Why People Store Fat in All The Wrong Places

Take a look at the pictures below and see which one most resembles you.

Next, read over the different symptoms you may be experiencing.

If you have been fighting the battle of trying to lose weight by going to the gym and exercising or by dieting and are still frustrated because you just can’t lose the weight or your not feeling yourself, it’s probably not your fault.

Adrenal Type

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Liver Type

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...Weight gain in hips, thighs and buttocks, with a lower stomach bulge...

Thyroid Type

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