Your Health and Joy

Patricia Joy Becker

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Filter the Contaminants Out of Your Water

The Environmental Working Group has confirmed the presence of the toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS at almost 100 new sites. As of July 2019, at least 712 sites in 49 states are known to be contaminated. Many of the new PFAS detections, obtained by EWG through searching an Air Force database, reported PFAS levels greater than 100,000 parts per trillion. The new detections have been added to an interactive map developed by EWG and the Social Science Environmental Health Read more...

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Use Diet to Cure Dis-ease

For many doctors, food remains a medical mystery. That’s a major problem given the fact that poor diet quality has surpassed smoking to become the leading risk factor for death and disability in the US. In fact, according to Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, 70% of US deaths are believed to be linked to chronic diseases related to diet and lifestyle. The lack of nutrition education in medical school is why doctors don’t know much about it, even if they’d like to. We, as patients, Read more...

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Dry Skin? Then Reduce Chlorine From Your Shower!

Did you know most municipalities add chlorine to the water supply to treat the presence of germs and general microbial contaminants in the water? Did you know, the presence of chlorine in shower water can dry out skin, fade colored hair, exacerbate existing skin conditions, and otherwise make your shower less healthy than it should be? Note that chlorine is also the primary cleansing agent in laundry bleach. Multipure has a solution to this problem, with the Aquashower shower dechlorinator. Read more...

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The Purpose Checkup

Many of us accept the wisdom of regular physical checkups. We’re also generally willing to review our financial situation with some regularity. Here is the opportunity to give yourself a wellness check up - about your sense of purpose. Maybe it is a good time to review, refresh and renew. Before you take the checkup test below, I wanted to share The Blue Zones of Happiness with you. In this remarkable book you will discover how the three strands of happiness—joy, purpose, Read more...

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Yoga for Clarity and Calm

Do you sometimes feel you are rushing through life going from one task to another? Do you feel that you are just surviving, yet not thriving? Make time now to SLOW DOWN, calm and regain clarity. Let me know how it went. I love hearing from you! Read more...