Archive Year 2006 month 9

I'm a bit late catching on this band wagon but I thought I should throw in my 2 pennies.

There was a ton of craze, fear, mania - good ol' media - gotta love 'em.

I had an excellent organic spinach salad that night and then my wife came home and said, "Ben, you ate the spinach?! I told you yesterday that it was not safe to eat."

It pays to listen to your wife. :) Oops. I tend to multi-task and sometimes I'm too focused at the task at hand - so I missed the fact that if I ate that organic spinach, I would be on the can for 5-7 days with a solid bout of diarrhea.

I looked at Nadia and said - 'No worries, Nadia. We'

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This well-written piece came from my classmate, Tara Shelby. She is in Vanuatu helping deliver babies into the world. She will be graduating from Bastyr University as a midwife and naturopathic physician in June. She begins:

Greetings Friends~

Hello! I’m here in the city of Port Vila, island of Efate in the country of Vanuatu!
I started to write journal entries to Justin (my husband) and decided that I should just edit out the lovey-dovey parts and share them with you all. They are unedited, rough glimpses into my thoughts as I process this madness and beauty that is called

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We all love hot showers and hot baths. They feel awesome, seem relaxing and your muscles love it.

Problem is if you shower before bedtime, a hot shower actually invigorates you preventing healthy solid sleep.

Heat stimulates the sympathetic nervous system which is the fight or flight nervous system. This ramps you up and prevents you from falling asleep.

What you may want to do:
If you love your hot showers, take them! However, the last few minutes of your hot shower, flip the temperature to neutral meaning not hot and not cold. Stand under the cool water and let it flow down you. If you let yourself be present with your body at this moment, you will actually feel relaxed.

Then go lay down and enjoy a restful sleep.

Hot bath lover?
Take your hot bath at least one hour or more before sleep. This will allow your nervous system to calm down and allow you to sleep. A health tip: fill your bath with the door











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