How our Special Forces stay strong — and so can you It’s Memorial Day and we’re all spending time honoring those who have died in American wars. I have several family members who served in the military and have a great respect for the sacrifice they made for their country. Fortunately, none of them paid the ultimate sacrifice. But for those who did, we honor you today!

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It’s springtime, which means it’s allergy season. For Alice, though, allergies seem to last year-round. But that’s not the only problem she has. She has a tough time waking up every morning. Her memory is starting to slip. And her libido is all but gone. The fatigue never seems to end. But she blames that on sugar, because she’s always craving it.

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Two weeks ago, I showed you how nattokinase can keep your blood from clotting and your arteries from clogging. But nattokinase isn’t the only supplement available that can help keep your blood flowing freely throughout your circulatory system. Scientists from India regularly study the spices used in Indian food and the individual compounds extracted from these spices. These include clove, capsaicin, piperine, quercetin, and turmeric (curcumin). In one study, they looked at how these spices and compounds impact human platelet aggregation (clotting).

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Did this “Medicine Woman”  have the secret to treating pain? My Great Aunt Anna was a doctor of osteopathy in western Colorado in the early 20th century. She served in an area where there weren’t any other doctors for a hundred miles or more. So she did just about everything, including delivering babies (she delivered my two oldest brothers). Aunt Anna always makes me think of the TV show “Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman” because that was her. She lived in the Wild West, born just a few years after Geronimo was roaming Texas and New Mexico a few hundred miles south of her.

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Even Alex Trebek  needs this nutrient I saw an interview with Jeopardy host Alex Trebek the other day. The reporter asked Trebek how well he would do answering the questions on the show. Amazingly, he said he gets about two-thirds of them. But, he said any sharp 30 year old could beat him simply because he can’t come up with the answers (questions?) fast enough.

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