The Healthy Planet – September 2014

TheHealthyPlanet SEPTEMBER, 2014

St. Louis’ Green & Healthy Living Magazine

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PUBLISHER’S CORNER

by Rick Hotton

I’ve Got Mail Read Us Online at TheHealthyPlanet.com ®

The Healthy Planet

magazine

Vol. 18 No.5

PLANET PEOPLE Publisher/Editor: J.B. Lester Lifestyles Editor: Denise Christen Arts Editor: Michelle “Mike” Ochonicky Green & Growing Editor: Linda Wiggen Kraft Associate Editor: Niki Lester Social Media Editor: Natalie Petty

COLumNisTs: Environment: Jean Ponzi Food & Drink: Kari Hartel, RD, LD Animals & Nature: Teresa Garden, DVM; Ava Frick, DVM, Suzanne Gassner,HSM Dr. Doug Pernikoff, DVM, Pat Tuholske, Naturalist

Printing: Breese Publishing send all correspondence to: The Healthy Planet magazine, 20 North gore, ste. 200, st. Louis, mO 63119 Phone: 314-962-7748 • Fax: 314-962-0728 www.thehealthyplanet.com EdiTOriAL POLiCy: The Healthy Planet magazine invites articles and calendar items from environmental groups, charitable organizations, community action and other not-for-profits to be published as a community service at no charge.

For-profit businesses can inquire about marketing programs by calling 314-962-7748.

The Healthy Planet is printed on recycled newsprint with eco-friendly, soy-based ink.

mArkETiNg Denise Christen, Linda Wiggen Kraft, J.B. Lester, Michelle “Mike” Ochonicky, Natalie Petty

BOOkkEEPiNg & AdmiNisTrATivE Alicia Martin - 314-962-7748 Amartinthp@aol.com

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veryone loves to get mail. There is a psychological connection between the mail we get and our self worth. The more mail you get, the more you are loved or are some sort of VIP. There is nothing more exciting than coming home and opening up the mail box and seeing a letter from a friend or relative. And then came Email. It is certainly correct to say that Email has hurt the Post Office’s bottom line. And their bottom line was already at the bottom of the bottom. As a business owner I love to get mail at the office because our mail carrier Carol brings me checks. She actually feels bad when she brings me bills and no checks. I am always glad to see Carol no matter what she brings. She is a testament to the U.S. Postal Service. She is on time and very friendly. Not all the postal carriers over the years have been so. But Carol is the cream of the crop in my eyes. And then came Email. Every morning I come into work and boot up my email and over 1000 pieces of electronic mail wait to be read, downloaded or deleted. Oh, I have a spam folder which catches many of the unwanted characters but much of it just passes through the filter like mosquitoes through an old rusty porch screen. Let me give you a taste of what’s on my email menu today. 1) I can get a hot air balloon ride for only $189, reg. $399. 2) Weird Wine Lowers Blood Pressure ... but you have to subscribe to the newsletter to find out which wine it is of course. 3) I got another email from Victoria’s Secret. I swear,

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it’s for my wife. 4) Apparently it’s “my big chance” to make millions at some sort of business venture. Good thing I am tapped out. 5) I can buy a book to help me Decipher my Dreams. Problem is I always fall asleep when I read. That’s a bit of a conundrum. 6) Apparently a company called “BooginHead” can help me with my problems with my small children. I could have used that before my daughters got into their 20s. I wonder if BooginHead brews craft beer? 7) Someone wants to buy my Timeshare. 8) A guy named Joel sent me an email with a new “Sweet Tooth” diet. Really, Sweet Tooth Diet. Moving on. 9) From the New England Journal of Medicine: “Oral GS-5806 Activity in a Respiratory Syncytial Virus Challenge Study.”

Whoa, way past my pay grade. 10) Yes, I got the Viagra email and the Canadian Drugs email, too. I suppose I get more emails than the normal business since I am in the media. But I never feel more important when I get more emails. I do enjoy correspondence from my friends and clients. If I scroll down a few hundred emails I am sure I can find one from a friend. Oh, here’s one “Are you playing golf Sunday?.” I have to send regrets since my wife Niki is having back surgery Friday. I have to be around to make her grilled cheese as she recovers this weekend. Keep her in your thoughts. Send some healing vibes her way. But I am just warning you, if you send an email, I can’t guarantee I will read it right away. I have to wade through this week’s “Coupon Deals” first.

I want to invite all of you to our 28th Natural Living Expo on september 28 in Webster Groves.

We have a great line-up of exhibitors and we will have 500 free reusable tote bags to hand out, as well as Chipotle gift cards. You can also win a trip to Trout Lodge YMCA of the Ozarks and some Amtrak train tickets. And how about some wine, craft beer and food samples. Enjoy free health screenings and chair massages. See page 5 for more details!

See you at the Expo!

J.B. Lester; Publisher

September, 2014

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Focus On a Wellness Career At Missouri College

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ith so much interest in healthy lifestyles today, there are many avenues someone who would like to enter this field could pursue professionally. Missouri College offers several programs focused on healthcare and wellness careers as well as other fields.

Whether you’re looking for hands-on involvement in caring for patients’ healthcare needs or in work that supports those needs in an office setting, Missouri College can help you develop the essential skills and knowledge you need to get started.

Their programs put you in settings that simulate real world environments to help you experience what the workplace is really like. And you can learn from instructors who specialize in what they teach – including many practicing professionals.

Areas that are especially relevant for those who want to focus on wellness are the school’s Massage Therapy, Fitness Training, and Occupational Therapy Assistant programs. They not only teach the range of techniques and skills needed to do the job but also help prepare you to work one-on-one with people, assessing their needs and adapting your therapies to the individual. This requires empathy, good listening skills, and confidence in your judgment and abilities – all qualities Missouri College can help you acquire through hands-on learning activities, clinical experience, and supportive, knowledgeable instructors.

Significant growth is expected in those fields through 2022. The need for Occupational Therapy Assistants is projected to increase by 41%, with 23% higher demand for Massage Therapists, and 13% for Fitness Trainers.* In addition to the popular wellness fields, Missouri College offers many other healthcare and business programs.

The school has been providing career-focused training and education for over 45 years, preparing thousands of people for challenging and rewarding professional opportunities.

Missouri College is located at 1405 S. Hanley Road in Brentwood, Missouri. If you would like to learn more about the programs mentioned here or other programs offered, contact them at 888-628-7333 or visit missouricollege.edu. *http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/occupational-therapy-assistants-and-aides.htm http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/massagetherapists.htm; http://www.bls.gov/ooh/personalcare-and-service/fitness-trainers-and-instructors.htm Missouri College cannot guarantee employment or salary. Credits earned are unlikely to transfer. Missouri College is institutionally accredited by Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS). Find employment rates, financial obligations and other disclosures at www.missouricollege.edu/disclosures. 768353 08/14.

Can I Catch That?

2014 Consumer Health Information Speaker Series

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Presents

See No Evil, Speak No Evil: The Story Your Eyes & Mouth Tell About Your Health October 28 | 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Central Library’s Carnegie Room

Opthalmologist Dr. Michael P. Donahoe, Dentist 'U &DQGDFH :DNHĂ€ HOG and Pharmacist Jamie Shelly discuss how your eyes and mouth can provide insights to your overall health.

For more information, call 314.539.0390 or visit the St. Louis Public Library’s consumer health blog at slplconsumerhealth.blogspot.com.

The Can I Catch That? 2014 Consumer Health Information Speaker Series is held in partnership with REACH; St. Louis College of Pharmacy; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; and Washington University’s Bernard Becker Medical Library.

Central Library 1301 Olive St. | St. Louis, MO | 63103 | 314.539.0390 | slpl.org

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Healthy Planet Magazine To Host Fall Expo Sept. 28

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ings, food and beverage njoy the first weekend of samples and other giveAutumn as The Healthy aways, our visitors go Planet, St. Louis’ Green & home feeling like they Natural Living magazine, hosts its really got their money’s 28th Natural Living Expo Sunday, worth!”

September 28, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The first 500 paid at the Webster Groves Recreation visitors will take home Center, 33 East Glendale Road (I-44 a complimentary ecoat Elm Avenue) in Webster Groves. friendly, reusable tote This popular event will include Enjoy wine tasting by Edg-Clif Farms & Vineyard. bag courtesy of more than 50 exhibit booths offering a Dierbergs, Schnucks & and Massages by The Healing Arts Center. variety of eco-friendly, healthy and Whole Foods Markets. natural products, services and inforChipotle is offering 500 mation. There will be numerous food free food cards to expo and product samples to enjoy includvisitors throughout the ing craft beer by Urban Chestnut and day. You can also meet wine tastings by Edg-Clif Farms & TreeToons artist Phil Vineyard. Live music will be provided Berwick in person! by guitarist Carol Eder and harpist The Healthy Planet Terri Langerak. Eco-Friendly busiNatural Living Expo nesses and organizations will be on has something for hand to show you how you can live a everyone. Enter a free “greener” and sustainable life at home, drawing for a family in your yard, garden, and your community. Get a free weekend at Trout Lodge YMCA of the Ozarks ($600 health screening, a chair massage, and learn more value), or Amtrak train Tickets. If you are interested about living a healthier life for yourself and your in living a healthier and “green” life, then don’t miss family. this event! The first 100 paid visitors receive FREE “We have been hosting these expos for more than passes to Missouri Botanical Garden, too!

17 years,” said J.B. Lester, Publisher of The Healthy Adult admission is $8.00, children under 16 are Planet magazine. “Each one has its own great energy free! Two for one tickets are inside the August and and the crowds are always large and enthusiastic. I September issues of The Healthy Planet and online, think people are very interested in finding the Thehealthyplanet.com. resources they need to live greener and healthier For more information please call The Healthy lives, and this is the place to do just that. Not to menPlanet magazine at 314-962-7748, or email tion all the great samples and giveaways at the expo.

JBL44@aol.com. Exhibitor space available, but fillBetween the free chair massages, free health screening up fast. Call today!

Come see the following exhibitors and more!

Ameren Missouri Pure Power Sign-ups, Gifts, Green Products & More Amtrak – National Railroad Ticket Giveaway & Train Travel Info Animal Health & Healing Holistic/Integrated Pet Care Be Young Total Health Healthy Essential Oils BioMat Synergy - Medical Far-Infrared Heated Mats Boeckmann Family Farm Grass-Fed Beef & all natural chickens Brain & Body Power Info on Brain Balance Technique Chiropractic Wellness Center Chiropractic, Massage & Acupuncture Committed To Health Chiropractic Free Spinal Screenings Connies Green Grocery Fresh Produce Delivered To Your Door Cornucopia Kitchen Tools & More!

Eckankar Information on spiritual advancement Edg-Clif Farms & Vineyard Wine Tasting, Wine Sales, Jelly & More!

Great Rivers Greenway Bike & Ped Maps, Trail Maps Greene's Country Store & Feed Organic Garden Products & Pet Foods Healing Touch Information about Healing Touch It Works Global All natural health supplement & skin care Karma-Naturals Skin Care, Candles, Gifts, Oils & More Kingen Chiropractic Wellness Center Free Computerized Posture Screening Leaf Fitter Gutter Protection Gutter Protection Information Living Tree Service & TreeToons TreeToons Creator cartoon giveaways Michael Cohen Medicare Supplement Insurance information

Missouri Coalition for the Environment Cookbooks, T-Shirts, Water Bottles, Info Natural Nutrition & New Life Solutions Live Blood Cell Analysis, Supplements Nature Maids Information on house cleaning services Operation Food Search Information on Food & Nutrition Porcelain Touch Tool Sharpeners Pranic Healing Pranic Healing Demonstrations Primordial Sound Meditation Info On Deepak Chopra Meditation PuraVegan Cafe & Yoga Juice & Food Samples, brochures Renew Health & Wellness Brochures & Health Information Rupp Chiropractic Chiropractic & Chair Massages Share International Network/St. Louis Informational Flyers St. Louis Animal Rights Team Animal Rights & Vegan Information St. Louis Composting, Inc. Certified Compost, Mulch & Soil Blends STL Beds Organic & Eco-Friendly Mattresses/Beds The Healing Arts Center Chair Massage & Info About School True Home Value Home Remodeling Green Window Options Urban Chestnut Brewing Company Craft Beer Samples Vet-Pet Rescue Raffle basket & rescue dog Vidan Family Chiropractic Digital Posture Analysis, Handouts Wellspring Journey Information about Agency. Bake sale.

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Sunday, September 28, 10am-4pm,

Webster Groves Recreation Center, 33 East Glendale Road 63119 $8.00 for Adults • Kids under 16 FREE!

More than 55 booths offering healthy products and services Amtrak Ticket Giveaway • Trout Lodge Weekend Drawing Live Music • Food Samples • Free Health Screenings & more!

Sunday, Sept. 28, 10 am - 4 pm

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The Healthy Planet magazine’s

Guide To Resale Shops In The St. Louis Area

A New WayThrift Store 702 Lemay Ferry Rd. 63125 (314) 544-0464 Arnold’s Walk-In Closet 1726 Missouri State Rd, Arnold, MO 63010 636-296-2566 Back on the Rack 2535 S.Brentwood Blvd. 63144, 314-963-7575, 314-961-2525 Bethesda Thrift Shop 14755 Manchester Rd, Ballwin, 63011, 636-256-6630 Big Bend Antique Gallery 2337 S. Big Bend Blvd, 63117, 314-645-3130 Byrd Designer Consignment Boutique 8117 Maryland Ave, St Louis, MO 63105 314-721-0766 Carousel Kids 4277 Reavis Barracks Rd, St Louis, MO 63125 (314) 631-2700 Cool Stuff Really Cheep 6403 Clayton Rd, 63117, 314-853-4181

REPURPOSE • REUSE • RECLAIM

Antique Mall

The Green Shag Market offers Antiques and collectables at affordable prices.

We have a wide variety of merchandise dating from the 18th century to the 1980's.

If you are looking for something specific just tell us on our wish list and we will find what you are looking for.

OVER 60 VENDORS Unique Items Furniture • Clothing Jewelry • Home Decor

Voted Best Vintage Store In St. Louis

5733 Manchester Ave. 63110

314-646-8687 thegreenshagmarket.com

Consign and Design Galleries 10030 Manchester Rd. 63122 314-394-2222 Ditto 10027 Manchester Rd. 63122, 314-394-2026 Dos Resale Boutique 14 S. Central, 63105, 314-862-4022 El Potro 7150 Manchester Ave, 63143, 314-647-0967 Encore Consignment Gallery 287 Lamp and Lantern Village, 63017, 636-220-9092 Family Value 2500 Lemay Ferry Rd. 63125 (314) 416-4611 Fantastic Finds 12778 Olive 63141 314-579-9500 Finders Keepers 112 E. Jefferson, 63122 314-966-3044 General Grant Antique Mall 8400 Watson Rd., (314) 845-3535 Get The Word Out Get the WORD Out...Consignment, Thrift & Global Goods is a not-for-profit Resale Shop that also sells items from other countries and cultures around the globe. Tax-free shopping creates an income stream to pay for children in Kenya to attend school. Get the WORD Out is a ministry, 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, 105pm. 10050 Manchester Rd. Glendale, MO 63122, 314.368.8184, gtwomissions.org Grant Thrift Store 8448 Watson Rd. 63119 (314) 660-7069 Hanger to Hanger 3525 Watson Rd. 63139 (314) 646-7090 Jen’s Resale Boutique $ Turn your closet stash into CASH $ Furniture and home décor • Shabby chic • Vintage • Unique gifts • Clothing, purses, shoes and accessories • Tory Burch • Michael Kors • Anthropologie Earn in -store shopping cash when you host a Girls' Night out private shopping event! Howto…Make-it Take- it events make great Girl's Night Out Also!

Call or Sign up on Facebook (314) 942-9632, facebook.com/JensResaleBoutique 8516 Manchester Rd, 63144

Kangaroo Kids Kangaroo Kids is a children’s and maternity resale shop and a full-service breastfeeding support center. We carry great resale children’s clothing and shoes: Zutano, BabyGap and GapKids, Hanna Anderson, Gymboree, Kicky Pants, Ralph Lauren and Mini Boden.

For our Pregnant Mamas we look for brands like Motherhood, Mimi, Olian, Japanese Weekend and Micheal Stars. We buy and sell strollers, swings, pack n’ plays, bouncy seats and other baby equipment. We also carry exceptional new items including Bravado Designs nursing bras, The Miracle Blanket, Motherlove Herbals, Green Toys, Pump Ease Hands-Free Pump Bras and many more!

10030 Manchester Rd. 63122, 314-835-9200, www.kangarookidsonline.com Little Shop Around the Corner 4474 Castleman Ave., 63110, 314-577-0891 MERS Goodwill 3728 Market St, St Louis, MO (314) 531-0671 1727 Locust St, St Louis, MO (314) 241-3464 9116 Manchester Rd, Brentwood, MO 63144 (314) 918-7804 4271 Bayless Ave, St Louis, MO (314) 544-0014 10125 Watson Rd, St Louis, MO (314) 965-0090 10570 Baptist Church Rd, Sappington, MO (314) 842-9114 472 N Lindbergh Blvd, Florissant, MO (314) 839-8590 1760 N New Florissant Rd, Florissant, MO (314) 831-9171 11 Forum Shopping Center, Chesterfield, MO (314) 576-1800 Forest Park Goodwill Store and Sheltered Workshop

4140 Forest Park Ave, St Louis, MO (314) 371-1296 Miriam Switching Post 2171 S. Big Bend Blvd. 63117, 314-646-7737 Once Upon a Child 1247 S. Kirkwood

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Kirkwood, 63122 (314) 966-1844 15425 Manchester Rd., Ballwin, MO 636-230-2922, 11445 Olive, Creve Coeur, 314-993-5437 5626 Telegraph Rd, St Louis, MO (314) 293-1851 250 Mid Rivers Ctr, St Peters, MO (636) 970-6270 10850 Lincoln Trail #6, Fairview Heights, IL (618) 394-0190 Panache Plus Size Consignment 5400 S. Kinshighway 63109 (314) 352-3838 Pennies in your Pocket 6929 S. Lindbergh Blvd. 63125 (314) 487-1700 Phoenix Project Resale 5421 Hampton Ave 63109 (314) 296-3939 Plato’s Closet Florissant 8206 N Lindbergh Blvd, Florissant, MO 314-837-3600 236 Mid Rivers Center, St Peters, MO (636) 397-8336 Chesterfield, 636-530-7644 10900 Lincoln Trail, Fairview Heights, IL (618) 397-9986 Pokey Wizwell’s Vintage Resale Emporium 4315 Telegraph Rd, 63129, 314-487-3700

This chic resale/consignment boutique is sure to become a favorite one-stop-shop for women in St. Louis! Two best friends, Elizabeth and Jen, have combined their passions for style along with their knack for picking out vintage and shabby chic home decor at their Brentwood boutique.

New inventory arrives daily and weekly “how-to” workshops make a great girl’s night out.

8516 Manchester Road • St. Louis, MO 63144 • 314.942.9632 • jensresaleboutique.com

September, 2014 Reclaimed 5522 Virginia Ave, 63111 314-824-8669 Red Racks Thrift Store 11015 Olive Blvd, St Louis, MO (314) 567-7059 8445 Gravois Rd, St Louis, MO (314) 353-1336 ReFab.org 4153 Bingham Ave, 63116 314-357-1392 ReFabulous 3314 Meremac 63118 (314) 353-1144 ReFresh 1710 S. Brentwood Blvd. 63144, 314-881-0331 ReStore 3763 Forest Park Ave, 63108 314-531-4155 2117 Sam’s Drive 63131, 314-678-4596 Retro 101/ Cherry Bomb Vintage 2303 Cherokee 63118 314-762-9722 Savers 9618 Watson Rd. 63126 (855) 612-1262 15892 Clayton Crossing Dr, Ellisville, MO (636) 527-0994 Rung /Sprung 9739 Manchester Rd 63119, 314-918-0575 Second Sitting Consignments Celebrating 20 successful years in business, designer owned and operated Second Sitting

• Breastfeeding Services & Merchandise • Breast Pump Sales and Rental • Professional Nursing Bra Fittings • Spacious Nursing and Play Area • Weekly Nursing Mom's Groups • Spiffy Retail & Resale Items for Mother-to-be, Baby and Child

www.kangarookidsonline.com Mon. thru Sat.10-6, Sun.12-4

314.835.9200

10030 Manchester Rd., St. Louis, MO 63122

The Healthy Planet magazine • TheHealthyPlanet.com Consignments’ new, larger location at 14081 Manchester at Weidman sells new and likenew pre-owned furniture home accessories, and jewelry at “re-saleâ€? prices everyday.

Shopping is like a treasure hunt because the selection changes daily. We can sell your items too! It’s very easy. Just call to make an appointment. Our convenient location is just east of Hwy 141. Convenient store hours too!

Open Monday – Saturday at 10AM. Monday – Wednesday till 6PM, Thursday and Friday till 7PM, Saturday till 5PM and Sunday store hours Noon – 5PM. www.secondsitting.com.

14081 Manchester Rd., 63011 636-527-4747 Scholarshop 8215 Clayton Rd. 63117, 7930 Big Bend 63119, 314-725-3456 Sharon's Resale 10028 Gravois 63123 (314) 631-1057 Style Your Space 11437 Gravios Rd. 63126 (314)842-7300 St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Stores‌ 5 locations 314-881-6037 The Clubhouse Shop 314-533-4245 The Green Goose 5611 Hampton Avenue 63109 (314) 352-5000 The Green Shag Market Voted Best Vintage Store of 2013 by RFT. At the Green Shag Market, we are all about repurposing, reusing, and reclaiming used items and furniture. We are a 7,000 square foot antique mall with a small shop feel. We have over 60 booths of unique merchandise.

Come look around- you just might find that "one thing"...that "something"...that you forgot that you were looking for! Sign up on our "Wish List" in the store and we'll help you find what you're looking for. Come in for a true shopping experience and a walk down memory lane. Hours: Wed – Sun 10-5, Always Closed on Tuesday, Mon 11- 4.

The Green Shag Market, 5733 Manchester Rd., 63110, 314-646-8687. thegreenshagmarket.com The Heirloom Room 2216 Cherokee, 63118, 314-772-8000

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SECOND SITTING CONSIGNMENTS Now at Corner of Manchester & Weidman Roads

Quality Furniture & Home Accessories at “Re-Sale� Prices Everyday!

Inventory Changes Daily! Shop Often For Best Selection!

Celebrating our 1st anniversary at our new location.

Designer owned and operated in St. Louis for 20 years!

Convenient Hours & Location Monday - Wednesday: 10AM - 6PM Thursday & Friday: 10AM - 7PM, Saturday 10AM - 5PM & Sunday Noon - 5PM Just East of I-141 All items shown subject to prior sale. May or may not be available.

www.secondsitting.com

.BODIFTUFS 3E t 4U -PVJT .0 t The Purple Cow/ The Vault 2325 S. Brentwood Blvd. 63144, 314-736-1038 The Refind Room 2525 S. Brentwood Blvd. 63144, 314-962-7666 The Resale Shop NCJW 295 N Lindbergh, St Louis, MO 63141 314-692-8141 The Village Green 10212 Watson Rd. 63127 (314) 821-5500 The Vintage Haberdashery 3181 Morganford 63116 (314) 772-1927 Treasure Aisles Antique Mall 2317 Big Bend Blvd, 63117,

Eclectic Accessories Furniture Home Goods Open Mon-Sat 10-5 Unique Wall Art 314-368-8184 10050 Manchester Rd. Used Books GTWOMissions.org Glendale, MO 63122 African Goods

314-647-6875 Treehouse Furniture and Resale 3141 Meremac St. 63118 (314) 669-9977 Twice is Nice Resale 10424 Manchester Rd, 63122, 314-394-1223 Upscale Resale Boutique 10042 Manchester Road, 63122, 314-821-8161 Valley Park Resale & Flea Market 20 Meremac Sta. Rd. Valley Park, 63088, 636-923-8696, 636-529-1415 Value Village 101 Kenrick Plaza 63119 (314) 961-6935 Warson Woods Antique Mall 10091 Manchester Rd. 63122, 314-909-0123 Women’s Closet Exchange 11575 Gravois Rd, 63126 (314) 842-8405 Zaftig 3320 Meremac 63118 (314) 832-2454

Look For The Guide To Resale Shops to continue in the October Edition of The Healthy Planet magazine.

If you would like to advertise your resale shop with a 100 word listing or a display ad (or both), please call 314-962-7748.

Discounted rates are available for this special guide!

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future), all it takes is a brief resemblance emotionally to this early experience that was never addressed, and the person (now an adult) will react emotionally in the same way that they reacted when they were young.

Early emotional programming is the reason why people’s lives are often derailed when they experience a divorce or death of a loved one, or the loss of a relationship or job- it can often feel like “the end of the world” as these present day losses trigger these past programs and unresolved feelings from early on. Remember, feelings never fully go away if they are not addressed the first time around and experienced all the way through.

In fact, they just continue to build up inside of our bodies as unexpressed energy looking for a way to get out, and generally do so in one of two ways: either this unexpressed energy gets passed on to our children, who pay for their parents’ inability to deal with their own unresolved feelings or our bodies absorb this energy and we become physically ill. Every time.

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fully operate a supposedly “committed” relationChristine Kniffen, MSW, LCSW ship in that way COMMITMENT: What is it and are you either. Part of being committed both fully engaged in your relationship? is to stay open with the relationship. No topic is off limits and you Like my Facebook page via don’t get to shut down communication. Commitment my website (ChristineKniffen.com) in order to get is about being present every day, being approachable alerts to new episodes of my “Quick Tips on Love” for discussing dicey topics and showing a general willingness to work as a team in various situations. video series on YouTube and upcoming seminars.

So, now that we have a better understanding of was recently a guest on City Corner with Steve what it takes to be committed. You need to assess Potter (see website for full interview). I was whether your partner seems to be participating in the asked to be a guest to talk about my SKYPE behaviors that show real commitment or not. A lack of Services, as it is was something different and commitment results in a lack of feeling “connected” in trending.

I was asked about relationship a healthy way. If you are not feeling fully connected, coaching/individual counseling, my book and natural- then attempt to have a conversation with your partner ly many questions pertaining to relationships. about how you feel regarding certain aspects of the Actually, when we stopped filming a camera man relationship. Find out if they are committed to making asked, “Is a relationship like a business arrangement”? some changes for the sake of the relationship. This is I told him that yes, it was much like a business a very hard step for many people. Perhaps you have arrangement with a business partner. Just as in a busi- simply given up trying to request anything, as the ness partnership, in a romantic relationship we need to requests go unanswered and appear to fall on deaf negotiate the differences, talk about any problems, ears. However, there is no way this situation can look to the future for planning and much more that improve if the two of you are unable to have these involves working as a team. Put these things all types of conversations. Many couples need a little together and what is needed to be successful it com- help learning how to express individual needs and talk mitment. However, commitment is all about actions in a way that lets the person making the request know they have not been dismissed. Having these conversarather than simply words.

Commitment runs both ways. It’s not just about tions and making necessary changes all require comsomeone committing to you. It is equally about you mitment. It requires commitment to the process, comcommitting to someone else. Commitment runs the mitment to the relationship and most of all commitgambit from saying “I Do” all the way down to help- ment to you.

So, remember that commitment is about actions, ing to take out the trash. You have to be committed to the relationship in order to put forth the effort to keep not just about “I Do” and a paper certificate. Couples it running smoothly. Have you checked out emotion- Coaching helps individuals bridge the gap between ally, do you find yourself refusing to participate in trying to request something, feeling that you have been conversatons that you don’t want to have or do you heard and then seeing tangible action take place. After resist some equitable division of labor that is neces- all, this is what true commitment looks like in practice sary to keep things running smoothly? If you can and this is how real change for the better begins to answer yes to any of the previous questions, then you happen.

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Green & Eco-Friendly Topics For Sustainable Living

foot barge channel, most of which has become leveeprotected corn and soybean fields.

The loss of these large tracts of floodplains, and the Brad Walker wetlands contained within, has negatively impacted the Big Rivers Director ability of the river to function properly and the near total Missouri Coalition for the Environment www.moeniron.org loss of the river’s public benefits. These benefits include: flood protection; water filtration; critical habitat for fish, birds and other wildlife; and recreation opportunities. Instead, what we have now is a channelized river that is used for draining pollution from farms into our drinking water supply and levees that separate floodplains from the river exacerbating flooding for illions of taxpayer dollars have been spent on downstream communities. Because the river doesn’t the Missouri River to construct massive meander it runs faster, making it less viable for wildlife dams upstream and to shorten, straighten, and recreation. and narrow the lower portion for barge traffic and agriThe graphic below, created by Joe Mohr for MCE, cultural use. However, this investment is not reaping the portrays the river before and after these alterations. public benefits we often hear about, but depleting valu- Please contact your federal representatives to demand able economic resources for Missouri and its citizens. full funding for the Missouri River Recovery Program.

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n Sept. 27, 2014, the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council will sponsor the 3rd annual Green Apple Day of Service. This global event will bring together thousands of students, teachers, parents, administrators, and community members for education, community events, and service projects to contribute to the goal that all schools have clean and healthy air to breathe, conserve energy and resources and inspire their students to create a fulfilling sustainable future.

Projects will be as varied as the schools and include everything from a “coffee chat” to discussing ways to make the school more environmentally sustainable, to creating a campus rain or vegetable garden, to giving educational presentations and tours, but all will stress the importance of a safe, healthy, and environmentally friendly learning environment. After all, it’s not just WHAT we learn, but also WHERE we learn that matters.

Crossroads College Preparatory School participated in the Green Apple Day of Service in 2012 and 2013. This small, land-locked urban school on DeBaliviere Avenue in the Central West End strives to create a “green” learning environment. They achieved LEED Platinum certification in 2010 for their school addition and renovation project. In 2012, they were named a Green Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.

Crossroads participated in the first Green Apple Day of Service in 2012 by creating a second

native plant pollinator garden with the help of Pizzo Associates. A team of 70 students, parents, faculty, administrators and friends of Crossroads joined together to plant the garden in record time.

In 2013, the architectural firm HOK worked with Crossroads administration, teachers and students to develop and conduct interactive tours of their LEED certified building and native plant rain garden that focused on the health and educational benefits of a green school and demonstrated how the building and garden are incorporated into the curriculum. Over 100 visitors learned all aspects of creating a healthy, sustainable learning environment that includes natural day lighting, the use “green” cleaning products, indoor air quality, solar power, recycling, and acoustics.

Crossroads was one of nearly 60 schools in the St. Louis region to participate last year. Their efforts combined with those of other schools throughout the world to make quite an impact. According to the Center for Green Schools, the 2,091 communities that hosted projects in 2013 included schools in 41 countries and all 50 states in the U.S.; they engaged 203,677 project volunteers, and impacted 2,888,022 students.

The 2014, Green Apple Day of Service will take place on Saturday, Sept. 27. Many local schools will be planning events on this date, or within a two-week window of this date, and would welcome your participation. To find an event near you, or to register an event of your own, visit www.mygreenapple.org.

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he St. Louis Rams are greening our operations, from recycling and waste reduction to energy efficiency and the use of recycled materials. Since our participation in the NFL’s first carbon neutral game in 2005 against the Philadelphia Eagles, we have been committed to establishing and growing our Green Platform with the intention of identifying authentic opportunities to reduce our carbon footprint.

We currently facilitate and promote single-stream recycling during all Rams home games on our Concourse and Terrace levels, in all of our suites, in the Bud Light Party Zone and at additional key points of entry/exit. In 2008, we began printing our game tickets on recycled paper stock.

Beginning in 2012, we offset 100% of the electricity used during all of our home games at the Edward Jones Dome. We also offset 100% of our team travel to and from all away games with carbon offsets.

Similar to our success at the Edward Jones Dome, we have implemented a recycling program at Rams Park, home of the St. Louis Rams. We have encouraged our staff to recycle paper and plastic by offering personal

receptacles for office/cubicle use.

We are committed to reducing our energy and waste throughout the season and are Pure Power Gold Certified through Ameren Missouri Pure Power. This means that we will help prevent the release of approximately 342,000 pounds of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere, which is equal to taking 30 cars off the road for a year The Rams will host our fifth annual Green Game on September 21 against the Dallas Cowboys. As a part of this game, we will offset 100% of the electricity used at the Edward Jones Dome.

We will also offset Dallas Cowboys team travel to and from St. Louis and fan travel to and from the Edward Jones Dome using carbon offsets. We will highlight the importance of sustainability throughout the game with a Green Expo in Baer Park prior to the game and in-game features throughout.

We will feature a series of events throughout the week leading up to the Green Game.

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Beauty is the Manifestation of HEALTH

by Linda Hoff

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eauty is being true to yourself. Are you being true to yourself? What is the one thing you know to be true, but are afraid to admit? Is there an area of your life in which you are feeling stuck? That's were a holistic health coach can help.

A health coach offers support and guidance while being a mentor and ally as you navigate the ups and downs of making healthy lifestyle changes. With a holistic approach all aspects of your life are considered when beginning a journey towards better health. Mental and social factors, in addition to physical symptoms, are taken into account. Your career, education, health, finances, physical activity, home cooking, home environment, relationships, social life, spirituality and creativity all have equal bearing on your overall health.

"Thoughts are an important part of your inner wisdom - and they are very powerful.

A thought held long enough becomes a belief. A belief then becomes your biology".

- Dr. Christiane Northrup What will you gain from working with a holistic health coach? You will gain the know how to achieve and maintain goals, reduce stress and increase energy, improve your health and quality of life, feel better and look better.

What will you learn from working with a holistic health coach? You will learn to listen to your body, make your health a priority and honor your

feelings and limitations.

What will you discover from working with a holistic health coach? You will discover what's in the way of you achieving your goals, what lifestyle factors, besides diet, could be influencing your health and how to make slow consistent changes.

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• you lived your life without the fear of ____________?

Begin your journey of healing. The journey to understanding yourself, as you face and explore the real issues causing your poor health. Are you willing to look inside and listen (with your heart and not your mind)?

"Your intuition knows what to do. The trick is getting your head to shut up so you can hear". Louise Smith Begin your journey to a better life with more vibrant health, more vitality, more purpose and greater contentment and joy.

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Linda Hoff is a Licensed Esthetician, Certified Sugaring Practitioner, Certified M'lis Wellness Consultant, IIN Health Coach and doterra Wellness Advocate.

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Without Licensure, How to Choose a Professional Reflexologist?

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How to Hire a Reflexologist o two feet are alike. The same Choosing the right reflexologist is applies to reflexologists. no easy task, says Kristie Macan Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois Martin, BA, CR, in Overland Park, do not have licensure for KS. To start, locate a professional reflexology. Yet, reflexology is one of the reflexologist. A professional reflexolmost requested bodywork therapies in the ogist is one that has completed formal U.S. What makes reflexology special and training from a hands-on reflexology how does someone like YOU choose a institution and not through an online, professional? mail correspondence course, nor short Modern-Day Reflexology Paula Stone, Reflexologists use fingers and hands director of The weekend course that is added to anothto work specific areas (both large and Stone Institute LLC, er therapy. Like with any profession, it takes time to develop the knowledge, small) called reflexes on the feet, hands, skills, and applicability under qualified instrucears, and face. In the United States, the objective tors and schools. is to encourage the body to normalize, balance, “The important thing about reflexology is to and heal itself. In other countries, reflexology know – really know (not guess) -- where the plays an important role in the national healthcare reflexes are located and the most effective methsystem. ods to work them,” said Paula Stone, director of Health Benefits of Reflexology The Stone Institute LLC, author of the internaReflexology works on physical, mental and tional favorite Therapeutic Reflexology, and emotional levels. Persons of all ages benefit from founding member of the Reflexology Association reflexology. The U.S. National Institutes of of Missouri. “That knowledge and skill comes Health multiyear study proved the effectiveness with training.” of reflexology to reduce pain, improve sleep, and “We have many outstanding professional improve functionality in breast cancer patients. reflexologists in our region,” said Ms. Stone, Hospital studies in India showed therapeutic “Most have 300 or more hours of formal handsreflexology reduced pain levels, decreased the on training in reflexology, know the latest need for pain medications, reduced nausea, and research, eagerly expand their knowledge, and are improved sleep following surgery. active at the state and national levels.”

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Parasitologists in New Orleans for Hunger Games:

Parasites and Cancer Metabolism

By Simon Yu, MD

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he 89th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists was held in New Orleans, Louisiana in the summer of 2014. Most of the several hundred attendees were from universities around the United States and other countries. They were immunology/parasite/biology department teaching faculties including Masters and Ph.D. candidate students. Also, there were US government officials affiliated with the Department of Agriculture or environmental agencies. I did not see any private practice medical doctors.

Going to a parasitology conference is not the most exciting thing to do for the summer. But when the location of the conference was in New Orleans, I decided to go and check it out. If I wouldn’t get much out of the conference, at least, I’d like to have a fine dining experience as an excuse to attend.

The conference was quite intense with over 200 presentations, mainly 15 minute sessions, during four days in multiple rooms. The main topics were Ecology, Life Cycles and Epidemiology, Immunology, Biochemistry and Physiology, Malaria Symposium, Host Parasite Interactions, Taxonomy, Systematics and Physiology, Chemotherapy, Drug Resistance and Vector Biology, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Did I get any useful information to help my patients by attending this parasite conference? Most of the lectures were academic/basic science oriented with no direct clinical implications for medical doctors. However, there was some information that might be of interest: Our ancestry might have come from the evolution of the single cell Protozoa.

Parasites may not be what you think. Parasites are the dominant animal on the planet with the greatest bio-mass. The earliest parasites are called animallike Protists: The Protozoa. About 1.5 billion years ago, the protozoa were unicellular and developed the colonial organization to form an advanced complex life.

Protozoa are considered the first carnivore. One of the lecturers pointed out that the original Hunger Games was started by lowly parasites. The simple Hunger Games of a single cell hunter swallowing its prey (phagocytosis) started with protozoa.

The most common pathogenic protozoa parasites include: Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia, Dienatmoeba fragilis, malarial Plasmodium, Leishmania, Trypanosoma African sleeping sickness, Toxoplasma gondii, Pneumocystis carinii, and Trichomonas vaginalis.

Millions of years later, flatworms, flukes, and tapeworms became a new generation of carnivores.

Hunters are mobile animals that attack, kill, and consume individual prey items one at a time. Because the current flukes and tapeworms are exclusively feeders on animal tissues, whether as predators, scavengers, or parasites, they can be considered the first advanced hunters. They prey on organisms ranging in size from bacteria to small animals (Zoology, Eighth Edition).

The parasitologists like to think of parasitology as the Queen of Biology: one part science and one part mythology. The parasites are closely linked between the mysteries of the origin of life to the current evolution of life. The parasites are at the top of the food chain over animal kingdoms including humans. Parasites are evolving and adapting fast to new hostile toxic environments.

One of the reasons I was attending this conference was to better understand the metabolism of parasites, especially protozoa, which, billions of years ago, were able to switch from anaerobic (without

oxygen) metabolism to aerobic (oxygen) glycolysis fermentation metabolism. When normal cells degenerate to cancer cells, under various conditions, cancer cells evolve and have similar metabolisms to protozoa. Cancer cells can switch to aerobic glycolysis fermentation metabolism (the Warburg Effects).

Understanding how to switch aerobic/anaerobic metabolism and blocking a parasite’s metabolism might provide crucial information about how to block cancer cells’ metabolism to destroy them. I’ve written many articles describing clinical observations with spontaneous disappearance of tumor masses while I was treating my patients for suspected parasite problems with prescribed parasite medications. (I recommend you read my short article, Ivermectin Deficiency Syndrome).

I described the phenomenon as an “Accidental Cure” but it may not be an accident at all. Is it possible that there is such a strong correlation between cancer metabolism and parasite metabolism that, while treating parasites, it also blocks cancer metabolism? Is it possible that cancer is triggered by infections from parasites? Dr. Otto Warburg stated 70 years ago that there is only one cause of cancer: mitochondrial dysfunction with glycolysis (glucose) fermentation. For him, cancer is a metabolic disease. I have addressed that in my previous article, Cancer is a Metabolic Disease as if Cancer is Metabolic Parasites, based on Dr.Thomas Seyfried’s book, Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer.

Thirty years ago, the medical profession thought that “stress” caused bleeding peptic ulcers. The standard medical care was bland diet, stress control, antiacids, and valium-like meds to calm the nerves. Dr. Barry Marshall from Australia proved that the cause of peptic ulcers was an infection caused by H.Pylori and not stress. He proved this by swallowing a cup full of H. Pylori and developed an acute ulcer within 10 days. For his discovery, he won a Nobel Prize in 2005. Peptic ulcers are now curable by antibiotics.

Before his discovery of H. Pylori as the cause of peptic ulcers, 20,000 people died every year from misunderstanding the cause of ulcers.

It is time to think differently about cancer. Think of cancer as a primarily metabolic disease triggered by aging, infections from parasites, virus, bacteria, fungus, hypoxia, inflammation, radiation, carcinogens, toxic emotions, and inherited genetic mutations.

Cancer cells regress back to their original primordial anaerobic/aerobic glycolysis fermentative metabolism as a protective, survival mode like protozoa did 1.5 billion years ago. Think of cancer as metabolic parasites. Now, we can use specific parasite medications as a part of cancer therapy as cancer metabolic blockers. It is like using antibiotics to eradicate H. Pylori to treat peptic ulcers. My next article will be on a new generation of cancer metabolic blockers based on parasite medications developed by an unknown medical scientist.

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Ffresh R E S H fare FARE Tasty, Trim Tacos Prepared In A Healthy Way

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

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any people say tacos are one of their favorite meals. In fact, we’ve devoted an entire weekday to the delicious dish—Taco Tuesday, anyone? Oftentimes, tacos can be loaded with a lot of fat and sodium, but they don’t have to be. There are several ways you and your family can enjoy traditional tacos while ensuring they’re prepared in a healthy way. Here are some tips: • Cut the fat significantly by using lean ground turkey instead of ground beef.

• Stretch the meat and add beneficial nutrients like iron, fiber, and protein by adding in a can of pinto beans or black beans to the meat mixture.

• Use reduced-fat cheddar cheese instead of the fullfat kind. At the store, look for packages labeled “light”, “reduced-fat” or “made with 2% milk”.

• Add in grated vegetables—this will boost the nutrition while also helping you use up produce.

• Be sure to pick whole-wheat or corn tortillas—they contain more beneficial nutrients than tortillas made from white flour.

Enjoy this scrumptious recipe for a slimmed-down version of tacos. We’ve cut the fat and added nutrientpacked veggies to put a healthy twist on an old favorite.

Turkey Tacos Serves 8, 2 tacos per serving Ingredients • 1 medium carrot, small sweet potato, or zucchini • 1/4 medium head lettuce • 2 large tomatoes • 7 ounces low-fat cheddar cheese • 1 (15 1/2-ounce) can low-sodium pinto beans • Non-stick cooking spray • 1 pound lean ground turkey • 1 (15 1/2-ounce) can chopped or crushed tomatoes, no salt added

• 1 Tablespoon chili powder • 1 teaspoon garlic powder • 1 teaspoon dried oregano • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper • 16 taco shells Instructions 1. Rinse, peel, and grate carrot, sweet potato, or zucchini (if using zucchini, grate but do not peel). Squeeze dry with paper towels. 2. Rinse and shred lettuce. Rinse, core, and chop tomatoes. 3. Grate cheese.

4. In a colander, drain and rinse beans. 5. Coat a large skillet with non-stick cooking spray. Heat over medium high heat. Add turkey and brown. 6. Add grated veggies, beans, canned tomatoes, chili powder, garlic powder, oregano, salt, and black pepper. Stir well. 7. Reduce heat to medium. Cook until thickened, about 20 minutes. 8.

Add 2 Tablespoons cooked meat mixture to each taco shell. Top each with 1 Tablespoon grated cheese, 1 Tablespoon shredded lettuce, and 1 Tablespoon fresh tomatoes.

Chef’s Notes Top tacos with any of your favorite veggies, hot sauce, salsa, low-fat sour cream, or low-fat plain yogurt.

Use any type of cooked beans you like. For more heat, add minced hot peppers to sauce in step 6.

September 27th, show us your best serve to help us serve meals to others! Teams are forming now for Spiking Out Hunger, the 5th Annual Sand Volleyball Tournament produced by Operation Food Search’s young professionals group, the Associate Board. Co-ed teams are forming now! Register by September 24th for volleyball fun, barbecue and beverages at Wave Taco, 1335 Convention Plaza in St. Louis. $50/player ($25 fan) – must be 21 or over. Teams typically consists of 6 to 8 players. Don’t have a full team?

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Honey: What Makes Local So Sweet?

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hen it comes to honey, what is local?

For purposes of supporting the local food community, local can mean your neighborhood, town, regional or even national if it’s harvested and packaged within that area. Honey that is harvested in small batches, lightly filtered without pasteurization is local. Honey harvested by season, bee yard or hive and segregated by nectar source is both local and varietal. If you are looking for the beneficial health properties of honey, local is generally within a 25-mile range. Plant pollens from trees and native plants that contribute to seasonal allergies will be common within that given area.

By comparison, honey found on the typical American grocery shelf is packed by just a few national companies with honey imported from any number of foreign suppliers. As much as 80% of the commercial honey sold in the U.S. comes from China, India, Mexico, Argentina and Canada. Blended honey from multiple suppliers, packaged on a large scale results in a consistently colored and consistently tasting honey you find at the chain stores. Some of which is, as you may have read in the news, already modified or extended with other sweeteners before it reaches the United States.

Local is 100% Pure. Local beekeepers may lightly strain their honey to remove beeswax and other impurities, but do not apply heat high enough to kill

bacteria or damage any of the micronutrients.

Raw honey can range from lightly-filtered to a product of crushed honeycomb, forced through a course strainer, usually resulting in an opaque, waxy honey.

Look for seasonal differences in local honey, as indicated by color – spring honey is usually light, summer is amber, and fall nectar sources produce a darker honey. If the nectar sources are exclusively one plant within the honeybee forage range, than it is considered single source honey and can be identified by its source. Some common single source honeys in the U.S. are clover, basswood, tupelo, buckwheat and fireweed. As beekeepers and farmers work together to provide additional bee forage, we may see more singles source honey from our area…maybe lavender?

Where is the best place to find local honey?

Support your local beekeepers by purchasing from local retailers, farmers markets, even seasonal craft and food events. If you are lucky enough to have a beekeeper in your neighborhood, you may be able to purchase from them directly. How fun would it be to meet the bees (or at least their keeper) that made your honey!

Is crystallized honey spoiled? All honey will crystallize over time. Crystallization is not fully understood or controlled - without applying heat, but we know it is not spoiled, merely converted from a liquid state to a solid. If your bottled honey crystallizes, you can reliquefy by warming it – either in a warm water bath, a sunny window, or even a hot car for a day.

Enjoy!

For more information please contact Isabee’s Beekeeping Supplies at 314-894-8737 or visit online at www.isabees.com.

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Certified Naturally Grown or Organic Vegetables, Fruit, Herbs, Meats, and Eggs available.

Vesterbrook Farm serves the greater St. Louis community.

Whether it is top-quality eggs, fruits, vegetables, or meats, Vesterbrook Farm is always striving to produce the best quality for our customers.

Vesterbrook Farm is commited to sustainable, organic production of food and is pleased to be a part of Certified Naturally Grown, “the grass-roots alternative to certified organic.”

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MEET THE FARMERS Gateway Garlic Urban Farm Smells Success eral lots throughout South St. Louis from Dutchtown to Carondelet. He sells produce to local chefs. Mark recently recovark Brown, a St. Louis transered a lost heirloom at an abandoned plant, has been farming in farmstead which had been settled by Missouri for 13 years and has German Immigrants. This property had been active in Urban Farming in St. Louis not been farmed in over 70 years. This since 2005. Mark comes from a long line of recovered heirloom has been named the farmers in the Northern Illinois and Carondelet. Mark is the founder of St. Wisconsin regions. Some of his earliest Louis Garlic Fest, which happens every childhood memories are of harvesting and June 21st in Carondelet Park. eating raw sunflower seeds with his siblings Mark has his own line of herb and and helping his parents harvest peas at the 2 garlic infused vinegars which he will lot urban farm he grew up on in Chicago. His unveil this fall. parents were victory gardeners. His paternal Garlic Marks Tuscan Vinaigrette grandfather was a ploughman at the turn of Farmer Mark Brown & Children Infuse garlic, thyme, oregano, and the century. Growing food is a part of his basil in vinegar. Combine 2 parts infused vinegar with 2 heritage. In 2007, he founded the Gateway Garlic Urban parts extra virgin olive oil and 1 part water in a recycled Farm in the Carondelet Neighborhood, which now has 10 salad dressing bottle or water bottle. Shake well until members and 15 allied growers. Mark also spearheads The creamy.

St. Louis Garlic Fest, which began as a private event with Garlic Marks favorite way to prepare garlic: friends enjoying garlic dishes together over a decade ago.

Garlic sautéed with thinly sliced onions and poured The St. Louis Garlic Fest is now in its 6th season and has over any meat or vegetable dish. drawn a crowd of over 3,500 individuals in recent years.

Planting garlic this fall: Garlic bulbs (heads of garlic) Mark Brown is a member of The Missouri Organic can be broken apart and then unpeeled individual garlic Association. Mark is passionate about building a network cloves can be planted in prepared loose soil this fall (typiof allied farmers, sharing resources between organic growcally late October) to be harvested next July. Simply place ers, educating others including the youth about organic the unpeeled garlic (flat side down) in a small furrow 6-8 farming and sharing the harvest with local food banks. He inches apart. Slightly cover with soil so that you can still has helped start many urban farms in the St. Louis area see the tip of each clove. Mulch the entire patch of planted including Tarry There Gardens, a small urban permaculture garlic heavily with straw (a layer that is 6-10 inches thick). farm. Mark recently built a 12 x 40 ft poly tunnel using The straw helps to suppress the weeds but the garlic stalk 100% recycled and reclaimed materials where he demonis able to emerge through the straw in the spring. For a largstrates bioponic, aquaponic and hydroponic growing mether garlic bulb, cut the garlic scapes as soon as they emerge. ods. The poly-tunnel and the farm are used as an outdoor Harvest bulbs in early July. To harvest, tug the stalk gently education center for the Oak Scouts. Gateway Garlic Farm out of the ground with both hands from the base of the has open free plots for beginning urban farmers who wish plant. Peel the outer dirt layer and hang in a cool dry area to learn how to grow their own food or sell food at markets. until they have cured for about 2-3 weeks. The curing The Gateway Garlic Urban Farm centers on community process allows the volatile oils to go into the bulbs. involvement, outreach and education. They work closely Find out more at gatewaygarlic.com Follow Marks with local food banks such as Mutual Aid and Haven blog at gatewaygarlic.blogspot.com Follow them on Street. They donate produce on a regular basis to these and Facebook at Facebook.com/gatewaygarlic. other area food banks. Mark owns and grows food on sevby Crystal Stevens

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Yogurt is available all around the St. Louis area.

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La Vista Farm Dinner, Sept. 13

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a Vista Farm in Godfrey IL will be hosting their 2nd Annual Farm Dinner Fundraiser Sept. 13, 4 to 7 pm. The theme for this year’s Seed to Table feast is Global Fusion. The dinner will be prepared by the farmers themselves, truly making it a unique field to plate dining experience.

Join fellow foodies for Hors de oeuvres on the terrace overlooking the beautiful Mississippi River.

Then move inside the spacious dining room for a 4 course dinner featuring cherry wood smoked Chicken Salad and Korean BBQ Beef from Live

Springs Farm, Moroccan Roasted Seasonal Vegetables, Heirloom Tomato Caprese Salad, Artisan bread and fresh herb butter, French Chocolate Cake, Hand crafted Baklava, Spiced Calendula Carrot Cake and much more. Vegetarian options are available. Visit www.lavistacsa.org to purchase tickets. Tickets are $40 per person or $75 per pair. Bring your own bottle of wine to enjoy with dinner.

La Vista Farm is 45 minutes from St. Louis located on the bluffs of the Great River Road between Alton IL and Grafton, IL 4300 Levis Lane Godfrey, IL 62035. For info call 618-467-2104 or email LaVistaCSA.org.

It’s not too late to join a CSA Farm! La Vista Farm is offering a limited number of Fall Season Shares.

10 weeks still remain in the season. Join now for $175 and receive the summer bumper crops such as tomatoes, squash and peppers plus fall favorites such as butternut squash, sweet potatoes, broccoli, cabbage and plenty of fresh fall greens. Delivery to St.Louis every Saturday morning at Garden Heights Nursrey-1605 S. Big Bend Blvd St. Louis, MO. Please email Tom at tbeck15@aol.com if you would like to purchase a half season share.

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No Quick Fix To Food Allergies

by Dr. Rosa Kincaid, MD

stomach inflates like a blow-up toy. Although you may appear to taying healthy is not that be a fanatic to someone else, they easy. This I found after are not living in your body and trying to avoid gluten for they are not experiencing the disthe past two years. It comfort and dis-ease that you are can mean: not getting to eat any when you take in something that of your own birthday cake, you know is not agreeable to you. restriction of most comfort So how do you know when a foods and not having much to food or product is healthy or drink when at a party. So, like unhealthy? If you can get tested many of my patients who have for food intolerances and allergies, had this problem, I just “cut than that will help greatly. If you back” on the gluten and those are unable to do that at this time, Pay careful just think about what could be the mild symptoms escalated.

Those mild symptoms of attention to cause. bloating and headaches escalated you have a chronic disease or the amount of get Ifsick to migraines, attention deficits, frequently, make an honest and joint pain, which eventually animal protein, assessment of your diet and prompted an upper GI to see lifestyle. Pay careful attention to white sugar the amount of animal protein, what was going on. So here I am back again; no white flour, no white sugar and flour you eat. Do and flour wheat flour, gluten-free oats and you get 8 hours of sleep? Do you you eat.

“Titos.” It feels like deprivation at least walk 20 minutes per day? but much better than the pain.

Do you have a spiritual life? Do you listen to So is it healthy to remain "dietarily" isoyour body? lated in our social lives? How much fun is it Pain, headaches, itchy skin, boils, blurred to have to eat at home before attending dinner vision are warnings that your body is giving out with your family or bringing your own to tell you that something is not right, inside food out to the lake? At what point does a of you? Check yourself. Be observant and person start acting like a fanatic? the answer will come. You wouldn’t break It is good to be isolated thusly in your out the engine warning light on your dashsocial life if those around you are suffering board would you? with any medical problems that can be assoFor more information contact Dr. Rosa ciated with diet. It’s not fun to have to eat Kincaid at Kincaid Medical Associates, 314before you go out but less fun when you do 531-0008 or visit online at www.drrosakingo out and eat something after which your caid.com.

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HERB LADY Cathy Schram

September, 2014

What Is 5-HTP and are Antacids Unsafe?

Q: What exactly is 5-HTP and how does it compare to tryptophan?

A: 5-HTP is the amino acid 5-hydroxytryptophan. It is the step between tryptophan and the brain chemical called serotonin. 5-HTP is better used because tryptophan must be converted to 5HTP before it can be metabolized to serotonin.

The conversion is made more difficult if someone has high cortisol levels due to stress; insulin resistance or lack of certain vitamins such as B6 and magnesium. 5-HTP easily crosses the blood brain barrier thereby increasing serotonin levels.

It can also increase endorphines and other neurotransmitters in the brain.

5-HTP is used to help with the following: depression, obesity, carbohydrate craving and insomnia. This is a great natural way to help treat mild depression.

Q: I have been taking antacids for years.

My friend thinks that is unhealthy? Your thoughts?

A: It seems more and more people are complaining about heartburn these days. I'm afraid this is one of the areas where there are many disagreements on how to treat the problem. Holistic healers believe the cause of heartburn is not excess stomach acid, but not enough stomach acid. At around age 40, we don't produce hydrochloric acid (HCI) like we used to and need to add some in order to digest our food. If we

don't have enough acid in our stomach, our food just sits there and ferments, causing bloating, gas and yes, heartburn. We have to be able to break down the proteins in our stomachs and can do this by simply taking enzymes containing HCI and pepsin before we eat.

HCI is a very essential antibiotic. What if we had no stomach acid production and ate a salad.

We would not be able to destroy any bacteria from the raw vegetables. If we take an antacid we are rendering it ineffective to do its job.

When used continually, you block the natural production of stomach acid or basically shut off all stomach acid. This can cause bacteria and yeast to enter the stomach.

Talk with your health care professional about which type of enzyme would be appropriate for you.

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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³,WœV Not Just Calories That Make Bellies )DW ´ Dr. Raj Banerjee, DC

Dr %DQHUMHHœV Wellness Centre 314-282-3990 GetLeanToday.com Dear Seeker of Health & Fitness, Have you had any of these in your life? Injury, pain, surgery, infection, illness, divorce, financial stress, job stress, poison ivy, giving birth, irritable people, starvation diets, the menstrual cycle, eating junk foods, drugs and medication, excessive cold or heat, staring into computer monitors, and babysitting 15 small children under the age of five for over 13 hours²these are all examples of physical, mental and emotional stress.

Your walnut-sized adrenal glands, which sit on top of your kidneys, cannot distinguish among the various stresses that are present in your life²whether they are physical, mental, or emotional. These glands just pump out hormones to counteract stress²any stress! They are ³ILJKW or IOLJKW´ hormones intended to serve us for short periods only. But WRGD\œV stresses are anything but short term  so the hormones just keep flowing! If this persists, you can become an ³DGUHQDO W\SH´ of person²one who has either overactive or exhausted adrenals. This is very serious business because your quality of life depends so greatly upon how well your adrenal glands work.

Visible symptoms come along with persistent adrenal imbalances. Chief among them is hanging fat in the midsection that sags downward over the belly.

Thinned-out arms, legs and buttocks generally accompany this fat because the key hormone that prevails during stress (cortisol) converts these muscles

to sugar in an attempt to create more energy for a continually stressed body. With thinned muscles and large abdomen, adrenal types often have a hard time finding clothes that fit. Moreover, stress hormones in excess will steal protein from the bones, leading to osteoporosis.

Sometimes a fat pad develops in the lower neck and upper back called a ³EXIIDOR KXPS ´ Further, fat accumulation in the face gives a round or ³PRRQ IDFH´ appearance, a face that may redden because of weakened blood vessels.

So why does the extra fat appear? With all this sugar poring into the bloodstream through the action of stressfighting hormones, the fat-burning hormones of the liver get turned off. Not even high-protein or low-calorie diets will turn them back on again! Then fat accumulates on the belly because of the excess sugar thrown into the blood to meet ³GDQJHUV´ that GRQœW exist (and insulin stores the sugar as fat to keep your blood sugar levels normal). In other words, stress hormones prevent fat burning, and counting calories or eating more protein simply will n ot help.

To make matters worse, some adrenal types will try to work off fat with heavy exercise. But this just creates more stress and more stress hormones. Result? Less muscle and even more fat! What a predicament. Fortunately, adrenal imbalances can be corrected to turn muscle-burning adrenal types into fat burners again.

But WKDWÂśV only part of the adrenal story. Exhausted adrenals can run out of anti-inflammatory hormones and enter a chronic stage where pain and inflammation stay in the body for years (e.g., fibromyalgia). Sore muscles GRQÂśW seem to recover after exercise. Pain triggers stress hormones, which turns off fat burning. A deep, restful sleep becomes impossible. Constant fatigue, mid-

afternoon drowsiness, and brain fog or dullness prevail.

Caffeine beverages become a constant sidekick, doing yet more damage to the already exhausted adrenals!

If you think you might be an ³DGUHQDO W\SH ´ WKHUHœV a whole lot more I can tell you about it (and how to get healthy again) at my one-hour ³EHOO\ IDW´ talk, Saturday morning, at my Wellness Centre in Clayton just off 170 and Ladue. Seating is limited, so call us now to reserve a spot for yourself: 314-282-3990.

7KHUHœV a healing path for you if \RXœUH ZLOOLQJ to walk it. ¹ ³'U %DQHUMHH´ P.S. Here are a few words from patients who have discovered and embraced the value of wellness chiropractic: ³%HIRUH seeing Dr. Banerjee I was a wreck! I was overweight, had no energy, and experienced frequent anxiety attacks. Quite frankly, I was desperate for a solution. Since following Dr. %DQHUMHHœV prescribed program ,œYH lost over 25 lbs, my anxiety is a thing of the past, and my new level of energy allows me to function to my fullest. Not only do I look and feel healthier, my quality of life has dramatically LPSURYHG ´ ¹Cindy H, St. Louis MO

³, came to Dr. Banerjee at the recommendation of a friend²and as a skeptic! Three months later I had realized one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. Since attending Dr. %DQHUMHHœV weight-loss program, friends have commented that my body is looking tighter and I have much more muscle definition. I have fewer food cravings, GRQœW depend on coffee, and have to say that I enjoy the compliments I get. Thank you so much Dr. %DQHUMHH ´ ¹Miranda G, Edwardsville IL

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Physicians and aestheticians agree, it is the most powerful and effective way to stimulate the production of collagen and elastin in the skin. Visible red (620nm-700nm) light shows at least 24 different positive changes at a cellular level.

Red light penetrates into the derma layer of the skin, energizing the cells, thereby helping to create collagen, which helps to plump up the skin, and elastin, which helps to firm the skin and diminish fine lines and wrinkles.

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Thinking Of Spring In September

by Linda Wiggen Kraft

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all gardens are growing full force now, which is the perfect time to dream and plan for next year’s spring and summer gardens. Spring blossoms bring a sense of renewal after winter’s cold. Now is the time to plan for them. There are spring bulbs to be planted soon along with perennials, shrubs and trees. In fact September is the perfect time for planting and dividing plants. Soil is warm to help the roots become established before the cold. Soon after, it will be too late for many plants to get in the ground and established before winter sets in.

Now is the time to dream of next year’s gardens. What plants would you love to have in your garden, and what plants would love to be in your garden? A great meditation is to sit quietly in or near the garden, asking for guidance as to what plants would help bring the most life into the garden and sustain it. Think of native plants that are the lifesavers of many birds and insects of our ecosystem. Our precious monarch butterflies need

our help by planting more asclepias - butterfly weed - plants. They won’t live on if there aren’t enough of these specific plants growing in gardens and in the wild. Think of plants that feed heart, soul and bodies. Edibles are as beautiful as those plants that we only grow for show. Swiss chard brightens any garden with its rainbow colored stems. Think of the life force that sustains our world and how your garden is part of that. That life force begins with love. How will you open your heart to connect with all the life in your garden and increase the life force in your garden and beyond?

Make a list of desired plants. Find help in creating the list through your meditation, records you have kept, plant catalogs in print or online. Ask the experts at locally owned garden centers what plants they recommend for our region. Visit local public gardens to see what grows well here.

After discovering what plants will enhance your garden, take a garden inventory of your garden with photos and notes for a garden journal.

Creating a garden journal can be as simple as scribbled notes and a few photos, digital records,

an elaborate illustrated notebook, or anything in between. The most important thing is to find what works for you, and to do it. A record with photos shows exactly what is growing and where. A good habit is to keep a garden journal during the entire growing season. These records, whether started earlier in the year or now, will show where changes can be made. Overgrown perennials that need thinning out, thin areas that need more plants, areas that need a redo and areas that need a new garden will be apparent through photos and notes.

With the list of desired plants and changes, and an inventory of what is actually in the garden, combine the two. Most likely there will be more plants on the dream list than room for or ability to plant them all. Perhaps some of those plants can be planted next year, but at least some plants will get in the ground soon, in time for spring blossoms and a new year of gardening.

Where to Find Plants for September Planting • Shaw Nature Reserve has its fall native plant sale on Friday September 5th, from 4 pm to 7:30 pm in Gray Summit, MO. Many vendors of native plants will be there.

• Local independently owned garden centers have plants and spring bulbs for fall planting.

• Check for local spring bulb sale fund-raisers.

Some schools, non-profits and other organizations have them.

Linda Wiggen Kraft is a landscape designer who creates holistic and sustainable gardens. She is also a mandala artist and workshop leader. Visit her blog: www.CreativityForTheSoul.com/blog or website: www.CreativityForTheSoul.com.

Contact her at 314 504-4266.

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Stories & Resources For Young People & Their Families

Raising Resilient, Confident and Aware Children

by Dr. Vera Gabliani Clinical Psychologist

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he majority of parents I encounter worry about their child’s self esteem and ability to cope with the stresses of life. Well-intentioned parents believe they need to protect their child from making mistakes and experiencing failures or disappointments in order to build their self esteem. So, when a difficult situation arises, they will typically problem solve for their child, overly reassure their child, or praise their child while trying to talk only about the positive.

Interesting research by Dr. Marty Seligman, a psychologist, suggests that children need to experience failures and difficult life experiences, in order to become resilient. The key is in the handling of these mistakes, inevitable disappointments, and painful life experiences.

A developmental task your child faces in these situations is learning to evaluate herself realistically, to persevere, and to move through these challenges while maintaining and further developing a sense of her own power and self worth. Our task as adults is to empathize with the discomfort associated with this learning

process while teaching how to manage these painful emotions and thoughts constructively.

One way to teach this is by having conversations about the situation and replaying what else was possible to choose to do or just as importantly to not do. You are building the skill of self-awareness and self control by highlighting the power of choice to respond versus react. By having these conversations, we empower our child to be aware of and work through their thoughts and feelings when facing challenging situations. It is also important for parents to guide their child in letting go of and accepting what she cannot change in this moment, and to tolerate her discomfort while she is working through this task. This builds the child’s own sense of patience and tolerance for self and therefore others.

The above process is what helps your child to develop self-awareness, a realistic and balanced view of herself, others and the world that promotes life-long resilience.

Dr. Vera Gabliani has been facilitating parents, girls and women for over 20 years to achieve personal empowerment as they grow through their life experiences. She welcomes your calls at (314)966-0880.

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et on a 12-acre wooded campus, The Fulton School strives to be an extension of your home, cultivating your children's capabilities and character to best equip them for the future. We are an independent, Montessori-based, coed school for toddlers through 12th grade.

We offer traditional Montessori for toddlers through 3rd, and a Montessoribased program for 4th through 12th. With an 8:1 student-teacher ratio, our small community allows students to be known, understood, and engaged.

Lower school includes daily PE class and outdoor play, plus regular Spanish, music, and art classes. Upper school offers a strong college-prep, liberal arts curriculum with block scheduling, electives, daily PE class, faculty advisors, and varsity athletics.

Our international program gives 7th-12th graders from around the globe the opportunity to experience school in America and creates a rich school atmosphere that promotes cultural diversity and global awareness.

Community service, public speaking, and philanthropy are integrated at all grade levels. Plus, our new Farm Program involves all students through caring for animals like chickens and bees, maintaining the gardens and orchard, and running a business to sell eggs, honey and produce.

Schedule a tour today to discover how The Fulton School is rethinking education.

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ountryside Montessori School is dedicated to the education of the whole child. Our goal is to meet each individual child’s need for intellectual, physical, social and emotional development.

Our learning environment is designed to cultivate independence, individual responsibility, freedom of choice, concentration, problem-solving abilities, social interaction, competency in basic skills and a love of learning.

By offering a superb Montessori education in a nurturing environment, Countryside strives to help children reach their full potential and become independent, life long learners.

The Montessori method of education was created by Dr. Maria Montessori, Italy’s first woman physician. Early in the 20th century, Dr. Montessori developed her educational concepts and tested them at a center in Rome.

Dr. Montessori cherished the uniqueness of each child and discovered that children learn best within environments that support individual development. She found that when children are in a home-like setting filled with developmentally appropriate materials, they become independent self-motivated learners.

The Primary goal of a Montessori program is to help each child reach his or her full potential. The “whole child” approach taken by Dr. Maria Montessori fosters growth in all areas because the physical, emotional, social, and cognitive needs of a child are seen as inseparable. This approach encourages joy of learning and development of self-esteem. Current Preschool Openings.

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he HP Axis is a major part of the neuroendocrine system that controls reactions to stress and regulates many body processes, including digestion the immune system, mood and emotions, sexuality, and energy storage and expenditure. In the treatment of any hormonal problem the Doctor must evaluate whether or not the HP axis is functioning properly and if it is effecting any other aspect of the endocrine system.

The HP Axis is composed of both the Hypothalamus and Pituitary. The hypothalamus secretes releasing hormones to the Pituitary gland. In turn the Pituitary secretes what are known as stop and go hormones to the Thyroid, Adrenal, Gonads, and Mammary glands. In addition this relationship between the glands includes a feedback mechanism. This allows each gland to deliver to the Hypothalamus and Pituitary information telling them to either increase or decrease the amount of hormone that it is releasing to keep the system at the proper levels.

Patients with a hormonal problem can experience a host of symptoms. Fatigue, Inflammation, digestive problems, reduced libido, blood pressure problems, hot flashes, depression, insomnia, hair loss, reduced mental clarity, mood changes, night sweats, irregular cycles, weight gain and many more. One can have only one of these symptoms or many. The problem is with treating the symptoms only. The goal of nutritional therapy is to utilize whole food products and herbs to give the body what it needs to heal itself not simply treat a symptom.

Stress can be a main contributor to disrupting the hormone system. In addition this system can also be compromised by products such as lotions, skin care products, cleaning products, fragrance products and

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pesticides. It is important with skin care products to make sure you use products not containing estrogen. Unfortunately this information is normally not available on the label of the product. In all cases I want patients on skin care that does not have estrogen in them as this can cause havoc to the endocrine system.

The problems we see today are that patients tend to treat themselves and head the wrong direction. This is mainly on the advice of wellmeaning friends and family, discussion groups, what helped others (every person is different), and of course Facebook advice. The largest problem that I see is that they treat only the gland and not the HP axis where it all starts. The entire endocrine system works together and always has to be treated as a whole. Also affecting this system can be the Liver and digestive system.

Another example that we must treat the body as a whole, not just a symptom.

Treatment of the delicate hormonal system should never be done without consideration of the all the systems of the body. What worked for one will not work for another in many cases. Treatment to just alleviate symptoms without correcting the problem will lead to additional problems down the road. If you have a health problem please call the office. Together we can work together so that you can reach your health goals.

Dr. Schopp is a Chiropractic Physician who specializes in Nutritional Therapy as well as Chiropractic and Acupuncture. He started practice in 1986. His book Pulling Yourself Out of the Pits of Life, includes the time that he was chronically ill and regained his health with Nutritional Therapy. This enabled him to go from barely being able to walk around the block to becoming an Ironman Triathlete in September of 2002.

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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

Back To School Pet Basics!

by Dr. Doug Pernikoff, DVM

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tudents are racing back to school during August and September each year.

Whether you are heading to junior or senior high school; or, onward to college, there are considerations regarding pet management, and more.

First of all, note that many times, changes in our home schedules may directly impact our pets. Your time commitments as a family addressing school schedules will influence how you manage your pets at home. It may mean they spend more time in a crate or holding area, and that you have less absolute time to play and interact. Schedule changes might mean less exercise and more weight gain for Fido. Pets get bored and may even become notably distressed with household activity changes. This is particularly noted in cats who do not accept change very easily at all.

These issues need to be recognized and hopefully, family members will recognize and address special new needs.

A solution is best addressed in your own reorganization of time and commitment to your pets’ emotional and husbandry needs. Be sure to compensate for an absolute loss in pet contact time with improved quality of time together, either walking, playing or just hanging around together. Be alert to possible changes in your pets’ behaviors. If you see alterations in their potty behaviors or with dinner patterns, make a note and respond to them. Don’t be shy about discussing your concerns with your veterinarian. He/she may offer referral to an animal behavioralist in more dramatic cases. Too often your veterinarian hears stories of animals once house trained, suddenly reacting adversely to house schedule changes and suddenly, potty accidents materialize.

If you are a student on your journey to college, and completely away from home and from your beloved pet, you might consider taking special last days home in spoiling your pet with love and attention. The loss of contact with our pets is not only a burden to the pet, but certainly, impacts the pet owner as well. I have heard of folks who attempt to skype to their pets while away at college, as well.

Students leaving for school often ask about best and most appropriate pets for college. Assuming you explore the rules of your dormitory or apartment, there are many wonderful pet scenarios for college settings.

Again, time commitment at school often compromises what you can offer to a pet relationship. Dogs and cats may not prove as best pet choices, unless you are in an appropriate housing space where roommates may help with husbandry care obligations as well as offering time and attention for your pets, to be shared. Other pet options that may serve well, even in dormitory settings, and if allowed by their house rules, can include reptiles, birds, fishes or laboratory pets. These pets generally fit Does Your Pet Suffer From Allergies, Dry Skin, Itchiness and Doggie Odor?

into small housing units. They generally take much less time on your part as a pet owner, as they do not typically require the same level of ‘hands on’ time. Overall, their husbandry needs, that include caging, bedding, feeding, play objects and even healthcare, may greatly reduce the financial burden to you as a student pet owner.

People are often surprised with the degree of engagement one can achieve with these sorts of pet categories. Even an active, creatively designed fish tank can prove a very exciting and engaging pet experience! Again, the options are many, and it is up to the student to fit a best case scenario to your special life needs.

In summary, I encourage all pet owners, as families or individuals, to consider the influence of time and schedule changes associated with the onset of the school season, on you and your pet. Those changes can impose both physical and behavioral influences to both sides of the coin.

Work out do-able schedules that work for you and your pets. And, be sure to enjoy your school season!

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Nature Wisdom with Pat Tuholske Naturalist

The Wisdom of Stillness

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s daylight grows shorter, squirrels bury nuts, geese wing south, ladybugs swarm, and auburn leaves descend. The shift of the season is upon us. Amid the scurry of activity I seek stillness and solitude like the lone acorn gracing the Ozark forest floor.

Embracing serenity and simple things, I have truly become the crone in her woodland cottage spending the day with her plants and animals. My new quieter self has brought a kind of wisdom that is lost in this modern busy world. I am un-doing my formerly hectic life. Stillness has become part of my story, my healing, my way of life. I move through the day embraced by the elements and guided by creative aspirations. I seek the quiet contemplation of gathering goldenrod, wild grasses and pinecones. I savor the tranquil single-mindedness of weaving a wreath. My actions are concise and effective and inspired.

I would still be highly active if not for the gift of West Nile Virus. It teaches me the wisdom in stillness. I have minimized, slowed down, become efficient in my activities and commitments. I am conscious of the true power behind each choice I make. No more multi-

tasking or juggling all my skills. Any stress or overexertion has significant impact on my injured brain. My sanctuary is void of commotion or agitation.

As my brain strives to heal, stillness is now my path. I avoid over-stimulation of city sounds and sights, steer clear of chaos, and keep things uncomplicated and minimal.

My brain needs peace and quiet, and nothing but.

I have found a deeper fellowship in the rocks, the trees, the waters, the stars. All of nature supports me in my quest for tranquil healing.

I feel it in the blessing of sunrise, the rippling wave, and the glory of the woodlands.

Staying connected to my nature self, I now live from the inside out. As I tap into the deep well of inner-wisdom, my life becomes a moving meditation.

The essence of autumn is the power that comes from knowing yourself. Within its quiet moments I seek the wisdom within stillness. In stillness I acknowledge strengths and weaknesses, growth and experiences. In stillness I have found peace. Not in manic clutter or over achieving or frantic doing..... I am still. I am a human simply being.

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Earthworms’ Castings

aaawwwKKK! He glared up at me, jerking and squawking through his (BIG, SHARP) golden beak. I felt his heat, his sturdy weight, clasped under my thundering heart.

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My friend Rita, a physical therapist, touched my shoulder and said in my ear, “Relax, Jean” and I realized I was totally hunched up over him. Trina was talking to a gathering crowd, telling our friends and many other folks about this individual bird and about Red-Shouldered Hawks in general. She was calmly answering questions, teaching as she so naturally and eloquently does, and all the while keeping one of her gloved hands near her hawk-and-woman mobile unit.

hen I turned 60 this summer I got to experience one of my life’s Uplifting Moments.

Missouri Botanical Garden (one of my favorite places on Earth) hosted the party, featuring a stellar show by one of my favorite bands (amazing musicians and my dear friends), the Augusta Bottoms Consort. On that Whitaker Festival concert night (as a bonus for all) the ABC got to wow about 6,000 new fans. And, as I got to quip many times, I did not have to clean the house, cook or cut the grass to have a mighty fine celebration.

I walked a long way with that hawk, out of the sheltering Whitaker stage and up, up, up the nearest hill, past big trees and a building and some tall yard-art whirly-gigs to a spot where the bird could take his clearest trajectory. I felt like that magical walk took an hour – and my wild, agitated passenger surely did too.

My friend Trina Witener brought a surprise. She stealthily worked out details with my husband Dale, and with Garden security. Trina is a phenomenal naturalist and educator on the staff of World Bird Sanctuary, itself an environmental and cultural gem.

“This is good,” Trina said, “he’s not gonna want to hang around people.” My dear friend Laura led off this bird’s blessing sing: “Happy Bird Day to Youuuu,” an anthem for us both.

She arrived with a juvenile red-shouldered hawk, brought in to World Bird as an orphan and rehabbed and raised there to the point where he was able to live on his own. Trina’s incredible birthday gift was bringing this raptor for me to release.

Then it was one-two-THREE! Out of my leather grip he came, flapping a bit for balance, then soaring: up and OVER the trees, around in a huge arc over the Climatron, onward past the heads of us all, off above the neighborhood, and out of sight in the summer sunset. Everybody cheered and I was laughing and crying and hollering too.

I had participated in no fewer than three of these wild bird releases, thanks to Trina, including collusion with herself for Dale to release a young screech owl, when ABC played out at World Bird on his 60th. I had started the tradition, in our circle of friends, of singing a blessing to the bird before its moment of flying free. Each of these times was wonderful - and then there was my Bird Day. Early in the evening, when the concert crowd was still arriving, Trina brought the hawk out of his carrier. She showed me how to hold him in the cast position, bird facing forward, snug to my chest, firmly gripping his (LONG, SHARP) talons in the extralong, extra-heavy leather gloves we both wore. She reminded me, as I had watched releasing friends do those other times,

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The BioMat’s quantum energetics allows the body to fight disease and heal with a naturally strong and efficient immune system. It is composed of 17 layers of technology, combining Far Infrared Rays (FIR), negative ions and amethyst crystals. Time spent on the mat relieves pain and joint stiffness, reduces stress and fatigue, boosts the immune system, burns calories and many other healthful benefits.

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promoting cell repair and regeneration; The Quantum Pulse frequency generator, successfully eradicates many viruses and pathogens; Watsu/Wassertanzen, warm water shiatsu therapy to relieve pain and revitalize organs, and Cranial Sacral Therapy in the pool, all the benefits of CST amplified by the water. We also offer T-Zone, Whole Body Vibration for health and fitness, Nutri-

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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.

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The focus of holistic dentistry is to consider the mouth as a part of the whole body. We use materials and methods that are more compatible biologically with the body instead of the traditional dental materials. Examples of non-compatible materials are mercury fillings, non-precious heavy metal crowns, bridges and partials or dentures. Alternatives to fluoride are used

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Proper alignment of the jaws and teeth are the foundation of how the body perceives itself in space. The result of improper alignment can result in symptoms of headache, ears ringing, loss of hearing, pain in the head and neck and clenching or grinding of the teeth.

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Three—no, FOUR Cheers for the ARTS in St. Louis!

ARTful Living St. Louis Area Fine Arts, Crafts & Performing Arts Michelle “Mike” Ochonicky, Arts Editor

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etween connecting flights on a few trips, I’ve had some time to spend in Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport, in The Netherlands. Most travelers consider time spent in an airport as b-o-r-i-n-g. Not so at Schiphol. In fact, artlovers may feel cheated if they don’t have layover-time in that airport. The Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam has a mini-satellite facility right there in the terminal, with a changing exhibition of works from the museum’s collection, plus a top-notch museum shop. Definitely a delightful place to spend time!

Airports offer an ideal venue to give passers-through a taste of a city’s arts culture. At Lambert St. Louis International Airport, through November 30, the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum (which is located in Grand Center) hosts “A Heritage of Cameras.” The exhibition of vintage cameras is located at the Meeting Place, at the exit of Concourse C inside Terminal 1. Six vitrines present an incredible range of cameras from IPHF’s vast collection. According to IPHF’s Executive Director John Nagel, “Photographs surround our daily lives by the thousands. We are literally bombarded with images throughout our lives. Photographs are taken for granted as tools of communication, and no words are required.

Photography touches everyone, from all walks of life….But no matter the image, all photographs derive from a camera…The camera is the essential tool of photography.”

Vintage Box Cameras from IPHF on display in Lambert St. Louis Airport.

Nagel notes, “Because Lambert St. Louis International Airport hosts 12 million travelers each year, this special exhibition opportunity is an important way that the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum can extend our reach outside of our Museum’s facility. A Heritage of Cameras...will allow St. Louisans and travelers from around the world the opportunity to learn more about the importance of photography in their daily lives.”

Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design continues its

50th anniversary celebration with the recent announcement of expanding education and community programs. Generous sponsorship from the Kranzberg Arts Foundation is providing the opportunity for Craft Alliance to create new programming at its Education Center (in Grand Center) to make the studios more accessible through Sunday Crafternoons, Free Family Days and other collaborative endeavors to utilize Craft Alliance’s extensive studios. The Artist-inResidence program continues to engage the public in close communication with working artists.

Senior Director of Education Luanne Rimel said, “We are especially excited about Sunday Crafternoons…where we host low-cost art making events that allow people to try out a new skill in our studios and complete a project in just a few hours.”

Also beginning in September, the gallery in the Kranzberg Arts Center will become an arts incubator, operated by the Kranzberg Arts Foundation, while Craft Alliance will present all of its exhibitions in the Delmar Loop location’s gallery. Said Craft Alliance’s Executive

29 Director Boo McLoughlin, “Directing our focus in the Kranzberg Arts Center on our education programs will strengthen our capacity to education a diverse urban audience in craft techniques. Craft Alliance is committed to bringing the St. Louis community exceptional opportunities to view and create contemporary craft.”

Find out more at www.craftalliance.org.

Applause for Third Degree Glass Factory and the St. Louis Lampworker’s Society: On September 20, the $2 admission fee to the Glass Galore show/sale benefits Our Little Haven, which provides residential care for abused, neglected, drug exposed and special needs children from birth through age five. Several years ago, I painted some fanciful, castle-themed murals in Our Little Haven. While I was working, one of the very young residents peeked in to watch me. “That horse has wings!” he observed. “Yes,” I replied. “It’s a Pegasus.

Can you say that word?” We practiced saying it a few times. Just then, another little guy walked in and said, “Hey, that horse has wings!” The first boy explained, “That’s a Pegasus.” And then he proudly added, “Everybody knows that.” I couldn’t help but smile! So help Our Little Haven, and find some great glass, too, from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at 5200 Delmar. More details at www.stlglass.com or 314-367-4527.

At the end of the month, Greater St. Louis Hispanic Festival relocates to the Soulard Market Park, located near the corner of Lafayette Street and South 9th in Soulard. This celebration of culture opens on Friday, September 26 (10 a.m.-10 p.m.) and continues through Sunday, September 28 (closes at 9 p.m.). Enjoy some great authentic food, music, dancing, and check out the arts.

Learn more at www.hispanicfestivalstl.com/.

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September 5 SHAW WILDFLOWER MARKET Get a jump start on next year’s garden! Both new and experienced gardeners will find a wide variety of native wildflowers, grasses, sedges, small-flowering trees and shrubs for home landscaping at the Shaw Nature Reserve’s fall Shaw Wildflower Market on Friday, Sept. 5 from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Admission to the sale is included with Reserve admission of $5 for adults and free for Missouri Botanical Garden members and Reserve passholders and children ages 12 and under.

For more information, visit www.shawnature.org /nativeland/plantsale.aspx or call (636) 4513512. The Shaw Nature Reserve is a division of the Missouri Botanical Garden.

September 6 24TH PESTO FEAST The keynote speaker at the 24th Great Green Pesto Feast will be Gulf War veteran Michael T. McPhearson, who is Executive Director of Veterans for Peace. He will remind us of the thousands of Americans and millions of Vietnamese who have suffered birth defects and other effects of Agent Orange.

Since 1990, Pesto Feasts of the Gateway Green Alliance have become well known for the wide variety of vegetarian food, including: Great Green Walnut Pesto, Sharp Lemon Pesto, Cinnamon Pesto, Vegan Pesto, No Nut Pesto and Tomato Pesto. Tomato sauce will abound for non-pesto eaters. The Greens are seeking additional vegetarian donations. Tickets to the Pesto Feast are $20 at the door or $15 advance purchase. To make a donation, purchase an advance ticket, or get more information, call 314-727-8554. Also, see the Greens’ web site: www.gateway-greens.org.

Join us at the Pesto Feast, 6:00 pm, Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Brentwood Congregational Church, 2400 South Brentwood Blvd (at Litzsinger/Eulalie).

September 6, 8, AcTIOn HAS nO SEASOn Airs on KNLC Channel 24 9/06 at noon and KNLC Renewable Energy Channel Channel 24-2 9/08 at 8:00 p.m. Micheal V. Roberts describes his first business venture of cutting grass as a child, with host Maalik Shakoor. Mr. Roberts believes that the most important part of success is developing self-esteem so that a person can put aside fear of failure and be confident of accomplishing one’s goals.

September 7 TRAnSFORMATIOnAL bREATHWORK Facilitated by Shelby Corson, LMT, CTBF. Certified Transformational Breathwork Facilitator, Sunday, September 7, 2014, 1:00-3:30pm, The Center for Mind, Body & Spirit, 7649 Delmar Blvd. Cost: $60.

Transformational Breathwork is a breathing process that helps to open restricted patterns of breathing, integrate and clear the subconscious mind and help you connect more fully with higher forms of consciousness.

In this workshop, you will: Be introduced to the power of breath; Experience an introductory breath session; Learn how to correct restrictive breathing patterns; Learn techniques for increasing your energy level and sense of well being; Gain tools to manage stress, connect with source and actively participate in your own healing. For information and registration, call 314.725.6767.

September 9 GREEn REMODELInG & InTERIORS A lively panel discussion with experienced practitioners of green home remodeling- from historic rehabs to affordable remodels to sustainable interiors. Presented by the USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter, Home Builders Association St. Louis & American Society of Interior Designers St. Louis Chapter. WHEN: September 9, 5:30 – 7:30 pm WHERE: Sheet Metal Workers Local 36, 2319 Chouteau, Suite 200 (63103) FEE: Free for USGBC-MGC members and students, $20 for non-members REGISTER: www.usgbcmogateway.org.

September 9 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 cov-

ered 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.

September 12, 13 & 14 ST. LOUIS WORLD’S FARE In FOREST PARK FREE, Reservations not required. The mission of the St. Louis World’s Fare is to be a free annual festival that will bring together peoples of the region, showcase the finest elements of international dance, art, music and food found in St. Louis and support charitable organizations. This special event is also designed to help bridge St. Louis County with St. Louis City, uniting the region into one community. Forest Park will be the centerpiece of a three-day celebration featuring events and competitions that embrace the heritage of the St. Louis today. Come to watch the Whole Foods Market chef challenge competition and visit our booth in the “Culinary Pike” area! Additional features of the event include: • Live art exhibits on Art Hill in Artist Palace • Live band competition at The Battle for the Fare!

• 30 local restaurants and 10 dessert booths in the Culinary Pike • Head-to-head Chef Challenge • Day of event entries for Dance Competition • World Business Expo • Fun and interactive displays on Kid's Island • Educational displays in the Historic Experience • Day of event entries in the World's Fare Games For more information please call 314-968-7744.

September 13 LA vISTA FARM DInnER FUnDRAISER La Vista Farm in Godfrey IL will be hosting their 2nd Annual Farm Dinner Fundraiser Sept. 13, 4 to 7 pm.

The theme for this year’s Seed to Table feast is Global Fusion. The dinner will be prepared by the farmers themselves, truly making it a unique field to plate dining experience. See page 17 for all the details.

September 13, 15 WILL RUbbER MULcH MAKE YOU SAFE OR SORRY? Airs on KNLC Channel 24 9/13 at noon and KNLC Renewable Energy Channel Channel 24-2 9/15 at 8:00 p.m. Donna Jones and Rachel Slaughter discuss dangers of rubber mulch with host Don Fitz. Rubber tires are full of toxins that are skin and eye irritants and contaminate ground water. Now, they are being ground up for rubber mulch to be put on children’s playgrounds and used in yards.

September 13 DIScOvER HEALTH cOAcHInG 9-10 am. Do you have a passion for health and helping others? Join us for a presentation on the opportunity to become a Health Coach and help us in our mission to combat the obesity crisis in America. Overweight and obesity are the #1 cause of chronic disease and skyrocketing health care costs in our community. We have a program that connects clients with a safe, effective program that includes education and mentorship from their Health COach so they learn the skills necessary to maintain their weight and a healthy lifestyle. Our Health Coaches are compensated based on the number of clients they serve, and each coach can decide how much time they spend working with clients, so you can schedule your coaching work around what matters most to you. No-cost, no obligation information meeting. 9-10 a.m. is the introduction to health coaching, you may also stay for coach training 10-12 a.m. Cost: Free. Held at DePaul Hospital May Community Education Center, 12303 DePaul Drive parking lot #3, Bridgeton, MO 63044. For details or to register call Dr Rebecca Gould 314-727-2120 or register online via HealingSTL.com or Facebook/HealingSTL. September 15 GREEn ScHOOLS QUEST ScHOOL APPLIcATIOnS DUE The Green Schools Quest is challenging public and private schools in our region to devise & implement,

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throughout the concert. Her work is beautiful and you won't want to miss this lovely blend of music and art all performed live on stage. Additional information at www.chapelvenue.weebly.com. Vesna Delevska www.vesnadelevska.com.

September 16 bUILDInG EnERGY DATA AnALYTIcS This presentation will explore the emerging field of building data analytics. Presenters will discuss the features and capabilities of facility analytics services, especially as they relate to building performance, energy management, maintenance, and more. WHEN: September 16, 3 – 5 pm WHERE: Missouri Botanical Garden’s Commerce Bank Center for Science Education, 4651 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis 63110 REGISTER: www.usgbc-mogateway.org

September 20, 22 HARAMbEE 101 (A LOOK InSIDE OUR ScHOOLS)” Airs on KNLC Channel 24 9/20 at noon and KNLC Renewable Energy Channel Channel 24-2 9/22 at 8:00 p.m. This is the Junior Black Chamber of Commerce’ (JBCC) debut of Harambee 101 on Green Time TV. It asks how the Individualized Education Plan can help and hurt black students. Host Ravon Lingard and Sean Nichols discuss the school learning environment.

September 16 FREE MOnTHLY WELLnESS SUPPORT GROUP Free Monthly Wellness Support Group. Come and enjoy an evening of fellowship, learning opportunities in Medical Spiritual Information and exercises to strengthen your journey in managing your plan of care and treatment. 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. 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, 314-432-7802. For more info, read the article on our web site at www.PreventionAndHealing.com titled "New Medicine, New Biology: Spiritual Wellness, Spiritual Assessment, and Spiritual Care."

September 16 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.

September 18 vISIT JEn'S RESALE bOUTIQUE every 3rd Thursday from 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm for special sales, refreshments, and a $100 in-store shopping give away. Jen's Resale Boutique, 8516 Manchester Road, 63144. facebook/JensResaleBoutique.

September 20 cELEbRATE In THE ExPAnSIOn of Be Young EO becoming Be Young Total Health. Be Young Total Health is a great way to introduce friends and family to the quality and commitment that is what out company is all about. Please join us Saturday, September 20, 2014, 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm at the Hilton Garden Inn, 16631 Chesterfield Grove Rd., Chesterfield, Mo. 63005. Please contact Donna Langenbacher 412djl@gmail.com 314 420 0564 September 20 AUTUMn'S cHILD cOncERT at the wonderfully intimate music venue, The Chapel.

6238 Alexander Drive, 63105. The concert starts at 8pm and doors open at 7:30pm. Advance tickets are on sale now through Brown Paper Tickets. Go to http://autumnschild.bpt.me to purchase online.

Advance tickets are $10 (plus a small service charge) at the door $15. Included with your advance online purchase will be 2 free drinks. Joining us will be our special guest artist / painter, Vesna Delevska. Vesna will be painting a new creation on stage with us as we perform. You will be able to watch her at work

September 22 WEIGHT AnD WELLnESS 6:30-8:30pm. Join us and discover an optimal health program that will help you to reach your healthy weight goals. Topics include the reasons why 85% of “Diets” fail and our safe, effective system for losing 25 lbs per week 1st 2 weeks; 1-2 lbs per week thereafter with the help of a free health coach. Our program is is safe and clinically proven program that conserves muscle while it burns fat. You will also meet others who have lost weight with Take Shape for Life and get all your questions answered. Cost: Free. Held at DePaul Hospital May Community Education Center, 12303 DePaul Drive parking lot #3, Bridgeton, MO 63044. For details or to register call Dr Rebecca Gould 314-727-2120 or register online via HealingSTL.com or Facebook/HealingSTL.

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HEALTHY PLAnET nATURAL LIvInG ExPO

10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., $8 general admission (free, under 16). The Healthy Planet, St. Louis’ Green & Healthy Living magazine, hosts its 28th Natural Living Expo at the Webster Groves Recreation Center, 33 E. Glendale Road, 63119 in Webster Groves. Live music, local beer and wine tasting, Exhibitors sharing ways to live a “greener” and healthier life at home, in the office and in the community. For information visit www.thehealthyplanet.com or call 314-962-7748. See page 5 for total details and discount ticket.

Donate Used Medical Equipment, Oct. 11 at Select Walgreens Stores

St. Louis HELP’s primary mission is to provide any individual in need with access to free Home Medical Equipment (HME) through our recycle and reuse program. Our secondary mission is to divert unnecessary waste from area landfills by providing a local resource for the reuse or recycling of unwanted HME. In addition to collecting and distributing throughout the year St. Louis HELP will conduct a metro-wide Equipment Drive on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at twelve designated Walgreens sites. Annually, St. Louis HELP is serving over 5,000 persons and provides a local resource and advocate for waste reduction and recycling by diverting tons of unwanted medical equipment waste from area landfills.

Home Medical Equipment devices include, but are not limited to, manual and power wheelchairs, scooters, canes, crutches, walkers, shower chairs, tub transfer benches, grab bars, elevated toilet seats, portable commodes, wheelchair ramps, seating cushions, back supports/positioning devices, dressing aids, electric hospital beds, van lifts, lift chairs and stair lifts.

Each year St. Louis HELP diverts over 115.6 tons of waste from landfills and distributes over $2.1 Million in medical equipment ($1.26 Million to program beneficiaries and $892,000 to partner organizations).

Our program continues to be a solution to a problem faced by individuals and their caregivers in the metropolitan St. Louis area. The uninsured, underinsured, disabled, elderly and their caregivers are particularly at risk of facing barriers to accessing Home Medical Equipment. These vulnerable populations typically experience reduced access to health care services, demonstrating a continuing need for a strong, viable safety net. One of the greatest gaps in services with the recent cuts in Medicare and Medicaid funding and the dramatically increasing cost of private health insurance is accessing HME. St. Louis HELP is a non-profit organization – all donations are tax deductible.

For more information please call 314-567-4700 or visit www.stlhelp.org.

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