Category Archives: Tips

Fish Oil Supplement

You know, when I was a boy, for a few days my mom tried to force a teaspoon of fish oil supplement down my throat because she read in some magazine that that was a good thing for a kid … Continue reading

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Memory Loss Tips

I shamelessly lifted today’s blog post with five memory loss tips that will also help prevent Alzheimer’s disease from my good friend Dr. Ben Kim’s excellent newsletter. According to neuroscientists at an Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in … Continue reading

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Hair Care Soup

According to Helen Lee in her book The Tao of Beauty, you can eat your way to great hair. Her Black Sesame Seed Soup can be eaten as a snack or even for dessert and supposedly provides skin and hair … Continue reading

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Fiqs for Health

People have been enjoying figs since ancient times. In the Old Testament, for example, King Hezekiah was sick unto death and Isaiah called for a lump of figs. Guess what? The King recovered by eating Isaiah’s lump of figs, whatever … Continue reading

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Metabolism Booster Tips

I get occasional emails from people looking for metabolism boosters, so today I thought I’d share a few techniques you can use for doing just that. First, certain oils can speed up your metabolism. According to several diet authorities (and … Continue reading

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Natural Shampoo

If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to make your own natural hair shampoo, you’ve come to the right place. A friend and newsletter reader adapted the natural shampoo recipe you’ll find below from Janice Cox’s version in her very … Continue reading

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How to Get More Done

I have a very useful tip for you today regarding problems with staying focused and on task, problems that reduce the creative productivity of not only aging baby boomers like me but also just about everyone else. For example, if … Continue reading

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How to Remember Names

If you’re like most adults and especially aging boomers, remembering the names of people you meet isn’t exactly your strong point. Well, if you take two minutes to learn today’s tip, you’ll never forget another name, and you’ll never again … Continue reading

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Headache Relief Tip

Here’s a quick headache relief tip that I received several years ago from a reader of one of my newsletters: Chet, for a whopper of a headache I get relief by heating a wet wash cloth in the microwave until … Continue reading

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Grind Your Nuts

Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about nuts and how they can be utilized in healthy recipes. Nuts, you see, are an excellent source of good protein, though you have to be careful not to eat too many … Continue reading

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