Allergies are the result of your immune system’s response to a substance. Immune responses can be mild, from coughing and a runny nose, to a life-threatening reaction know as anaphylaxis. A person becomes allergic when their body develops antigens against a substance. Allergic disease is one of the most common chronic health conditions in the …
Author Archives: Betsy Bell
Planet vs. Plastics
Earth Day has been an important marker of health for me since the very first celebration in 1970. This year’s Earth Day theme is ‘Planet vs Plastics’. The people at EARTHDAY.ORG are unwavering in their commitment to end plastics for the sake of human and planetary health, demanding a 60% reduction in the production of …
Color me pink
The shine of a gloss, the comfort or a balm, and a touch of sheer color. Who wouldn’t want a healing balm for the lips that feels lovely and makes you look lovely? Shaklee introduced GLAZE a few months ago. I had to try it myself over time before letting my faithful readers know my …
flaky, dry lips?
Just in time to save my cracked lips! My lips get really chapped any time its windy or temperatures have drastic shifts. Right before I tried this, my lips were the worst in a while- cracked in 2 places! This serum soothed at first application and with just an AM and PM reapply, my lips …
Happy Heart-Healthy Valentine’s Day
February 14th brings to mind our loved ones and our wish for them (and for ourselves) a long and healthy life. Yet many of us continue to live a Heart-Unhealthy lifestyle. If you missed my post, here’s a chance to take another look. As you untie that box of chocolates (dark, I hope) and tip …
Do you want to live to 100?
Take care of your heart and you will have a fighting chance to see old age and be able to enjoy physical activity up to the end. People tell me they don’t want to live to be 100 if they are in and out of the doctor’s office and hospital for the last fifteen of …
Yikes! Those Holiday goodies landed on my hips!
Is it time to go on a diet? Again? But what about last time? How did that go? Thanks to Dr. Steve Chaney, I have some ways to evaluate what might give you lasting success this time around. 4 mistakes to avoid when choosing weight loss diets, 6 tips for choosing the best weight loss …
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A Gift from Shaklee to you until 12/26
Whether you are just making smoothies or trying to lose weight, these teas and meal replacements and snacks are sooooo yummy. Make them part of your health eating. At this reduced price, they are a bargain and rare from Shaklee. I you like chips they way I do, a product not pictured is Snack Crisps, …
Your Brain–Is it working?
My friend called leaving messages three time before I was able to get back to her. “You have to get me more MindWorks immediately,” she told me. “My brain can’t function without it.” She is nearly ninety and has always been sharp, so not thinking clearly panicked her. She has been taking Shaklee’s Mindworks since …
Your Face in Dry Cold Weather
From the Heart…… I freaked out because of a spot on the side of my nose that seemed to blossom. Was this spot a return of the pre-cancerous actinic keratosis, a rough, bump on my skin that my dermatologist had zapped with liquid nitrogen just a few months ago? I was not due in his …