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You can take natural preventive action against the health miseries of winter. Exciting new research on Echinacea purpurea shows it can very helpful for winter cold and flu prevention. Start taking it in October and by the time the sun warms up in March you might be wondering why you still have so many boxes of un-used tissues around the house!

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1. A carefree, scare-free Halloween
Halloween is a time when some pet owners worry about their animals becoming agitated as a result of the extra volume of people and noise in and around the home.

2. Age-defying antioxidants
Though aging may be inevitable, how we age depends on how we treat our bodies and our skin. With proper care and nourishment, skin can remain healthy and beautiful well into the later years.

3. Amino Acids Revealed
As the building blocks of the body, amino acids help maintain optimal health and vitality. When protein is broken down through digestion, the result is 22 known amino acids.

4. Back in black
“Eat the rainbow” may be good advice, but in the name of good health and a pampered palate, consider occasionally looking to the dark side.

5. Breast Screening Options
In 2008 an estimated 22,400 Canadian women were diagnosed with breast cancer. Even with increased public awareness, the rate is still increasing. The numbers underline the importance of early detection and breast screening.

6. Dementia: A Loving Tribute
As dementia advances, plaques or tiny deposits in the brain become toxic and cause cell death and decline, creating symptoms such as loss of memory, judgment, and reasoning, and changes in mood, behaviour, and communicative abilities.

7. Empowering the Feminine
Although its origins are uncertain, one theory is that belly dancing was performed to strengthen women’s abdominal muscles for childbirth.

8. Get outside and get moving
Research shows that being outdoors improves your sense of well-being, your stamina, and your mood. Plus, kids—three to 12-year-olds—who spend more time outdoors are more likely to be more physically active overall.

9. Going Geothermal
Just below our feet is one of the world’s most renewable energy sources. All we have to do is tap into it.

10. Holistic Health Care
If you’re a holdout because you don’t know the difference between naturopaths and homeopaths, let this introductory guide, well, guide you.

11. Is your multivitamin doing its job?
Yes, you should eat lots of antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables, as well as foods that contain essential fatty acids and healthy protein, because they are essential for good health. So is appropriate supplementation.

12. Killer Protection
The West Coast’s most iconic marine mammals—orcas or killer whales—are under attack and facing many serious threats throughout their Pacific habitat.

13. Knead Energy
Thai massage, or Thai yoga massage as it is referred to in the West, is a dynamic form of body work based on the principles of yoga and Ayurvedic medicine.

14. Long Live Healthy Aging
Read the news, though, and instead of a positive spin on longevity you might catch yet another tale about how the aging of the baby boomers is doing nothing but straining publicly funded services.

15. Maintain your muscle
We should be aiming to somersault and perform back flips over the ground that we are above, no matter what age we are.

16. Obstructive sleep apnea
Does your partner’s breathing abruptly stop, then restart in the middle of the night? It may be that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is to blame.

17. Perfectly Pumpkin
It’s pretty much a perfect winter squash. Here are some more pumpkin recipes from Mairlyn’s kitchen.

18. Ready, set...cook healthy!
Takeout may be tempting when the clock is ticking, but any of these fast-fix dinners can be on the table before the delivery guy comes knocking.

19. Safe Spooky Makeup
Halloween’s a scary time, with all the ghosts, ghouls, and mummies lurking around—not to mention all the butylated hydroxyanisol and the triethanolamine!

20. Sensational Squash
It happens every autumn. The air cools, leaves turn brilliant shades of gold and red, and whimsically shaped varieties of winter squash arrive in abundance at farmers’ markets everywhere.

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