Page 1 of Brenda Skidmore's writing

1. Eating Blueberries With Milk Appears To Block Antioxidant Potential For many folks, a popular way of eating this fresh ripened fruit is in sprinkling a handful on top of a bowl of dry breakfast cereal with milk. Who would have ever thought that the high amount of phytonutrients, which are found in fresh, raw... (posted by Brenda 3 years 83 days ago.)

2. Eating Nuts And Seeds Helps Lower The Risk Of Diverticulosis The consumption of nuts, seeds, and popcorn have long been considered dietary no-noes for those with a painful digestive disorder known as diverticulitis. Diverticular disease is a rather common occurrence among the aging Western population.... (posted by Brenda 3 years 106 days ago.)

3. Fluoride Safety: The Hidden Fallacy Behind The Truth If most people did not want fluoride added to their fresh water supplies, years ago, why were they not given the option to buy fluoride supplements instead? Mass fluoridation of our nation's municipal water supplies has never had anything to do... (posted by Brenda 3 years 245 days ago.)

4. Could Your Recurring Stomach Pains Be IBS? How To Treat It Naturally Irritable bowel syndrome (or IBS) is the most common digestive health condition that 20 percent of the American population seeks professional health care advice for. It is sometimes called a nervous stomach or spastic colon, and is twice as... (posted by Brenda 3 years 278 days ago.)

5. The Medicinal Uses Of Raw Apple Cider Vinegar Honestly, natural apple cider vinegar is one of nature's own, true miracle health elixirs. The long history of its use demonstrates, rather clearly, that using vinegar was once highly revered as a practical medical application long before Johnny... (posted by Brenda 3 years 290 days ago.)

6. Sweet And Tasty: The Health Enhancing Effects Of Eating Blueberries It's the summer blues season, and it is the perfect time to enjoy nature's bountiful blueberry harvest in full swing. Prime blueberry season runs from mid June to mid August. In fact, New England hiking enthusiasts may happen to find a patch of... (posted by Brenda 3 years 312 days ago.)

7. Papayas: A Powerhouse Of Digestive Enzyme Nutrition Sweet and succulent, this elongated, pear shaped fruit is loaded with more vitamin C than an orange. It has a velvety soft, almost buttery-like, texture which Christopher Columbus described as 'fruit of the angels'. Once considered quite rare and... (posted by Brenda 3 years 334 days ago.)

8. Bone Density Loss: Prevention A Far Better Option To Treatment Did you know that you were meant to have strong, and healthy, bones throughout your lifetime? Unfortunately, about 40 percent, currently, of American women and about 6 percent of American men, over the age of 50, will have a vertebral fracture due... (posted by Brenda 3 years 347 days ago.)

9. Honey: Another Long Forgotten Cough Suppressant Most of us can attest to the fact, that having those old annoying cold symptoms of a stuffy head, sore throat, and that general run down feeling is almost bearable compared to the uncontrollable coughing that often disrupts normal routines and... (posted by Brenda 4 years 104 days ago.)

10. Are You Iodine Deficient? A Simple Self-Test Can Show You Now I would like to help you become more aware, in understanding how important being deficient in a critical trace mineral is to your overall health. The trace mineral I am referring to is iodine. In the United States alone, nearly 13 million people... (posted by Brenda 4 years 172 days ago.)

11. The Appendix: Your Body's Good Little Bacteria Factory A rather interesting new piece of information has recently come to the forefront on the apparent, and positive purposes, of having an appendix, and what that supposedly useless body organ actually does for you. The appendix, of course, has long... (posted by Brenda 4 years 198 days ago.)

12. Sports Drinks: Safe Alternatives or Junk Food? Anti-obesity, health advocates are at it again. They have successfully won a battle on having sodas banned in elementary schools by the 2008-2009 school year. They are furthering their cause by trying to also ban sports drinks in schools such as... (posted by Brenda 4 years 219 days ago.)

13. Monosodium Glutamate (MSG): A Neurotoxin Or A Harmless Food Flavor Enhancer? MSGs safety for human consumption has been widely debated for well over 50 years. Some people are highly sensitive to it, while others appear not to be, and still yet, others may be and not even know they are. Manufactured/processed monosodium... (posted by Brenda 4 years 265 days ago.)

14. Vitamin D: The Wonderful Healing Properties Of The Sunshine Vitamin Vitamin D is mother nature's all natural substance, coming through in the healing properties of the sun's ultraviolet rays. When used intelligently, sunlight exposure provides most people with their entire vitamin D requirements. The skin alone... (posted by Brenda 4 years 313 days ago.)

15. A Speed Freak For Energy Drinks? Damage May Come From Being Over The Limit Other than an altered form of water, most of the products marketed as energy drinks contain high doses of sugar and caffeine as their two main ingredients. Some energy drinks may also contain herbal forms of caffeine including extracts of guarana... (posted by Brenda 5 years 6 days ago.)