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The holiday season is finally upon us-and you know what that means. Between the big dinners and the rich holiday desserts, it's a tough time of year to keep your mind on your waistline. But major scientific studies have proven that two all-natural plant extracts can help you jump start your metabolism, stimulate your body's natural fat-burning ability, reduce body weight by up to 14% in 8 weeks, boost your energy and wipe away the dieting "blues." Just one of the key ingredients has helped people lose up to 20 pounds in 90 days - without caffeine or ephedra...

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Simple Steps Help Beat Holiday Stress
The holiday season traditionally brings with it a flurry of activity for everyone. This contributes to extra stress, which can have a negative impact on families, especially kids. Consider tips to help your kids enjoy the holiday season by creating wonderful, stress-free memories that they will carry with them for a lifetime and pass on to their own children someday; healthy nutrition, limit computer, television and video game use, maintain routines, time-honored traditions, healthy attitudes, rest and relaxation, and laughter.

Homeopathy: Fighting Flu Before It Gets a Grip
The flu can be a serious illness and its complications have caused deaths. Conventional medicine offers no real help. Over-the-counter drugs only mask the symptoms for a few hours while the virus runs its course and the flu vaccination is debatable. Homeopathy shortens each flu phase and, if used soon enough, can prevent the disease altogether.

Acupuncture Hailed as Infertility Treatment
There are several alternatives for childless couples to consider for conception. One of those alternatives is suddenly gaining more attention - acupuncture. The use of acupuncture to improve chances for conception isn't new, and the practice of this Chinese art goes back centuries. Some acupuncturists are seeing success rates that far outpace those with in-vitro fertilization.

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Simply Well
As a form of nurturance and rebalancing, and as an aid to healing, massage is hard to beat. It isn't necessary to have formal training. In "Welcome Necessary, Healing Touch-The Gift of Massage" John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H., offers you numerous suggestions for self-massage and exercises that can be done with a partner.

Staying Healthly Tips
The Holiday Season is a time that has inherent biological and seasonal conflict. Our body wants to be conservative with food and minimize indulgences, yet there are great demands for family time, shopping, and parties. Follow the "10 Tips on Staying Healthy through the Holidays" from Elson M. Haas, M.D. so that you are less likely to become ill with colds, flus, and other maladies.

WHAT'S YOUR WELLNESS SCORE?
The Wellness Inventory whole person assessment program can reveal your level of wellness, identify potential areas of change, and help guide to to meet your wellness goals -- through these 5 Steps to Wellness:

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Life is an outrageous balancing act somewhere between pulsing aliveness and emotionaly healthy boundaries. Underneath it all, everyone feels like they screw up. So, is there really an easy, straight forward way to get rid of the overwhelming garbage and find a comfortable emotional life within this radical balance? In "Seeing Your Life Through New Eyes: Insights to Freedom from Your Past" authors Paul Brenner, M.D., Ph.D. and Donna Martin, M.A. say there is. Your parents gave you what they inherited. You have the power to shift the future generations. How you are in the world, how you express yourself will angle toward healthy expression once you have the simple formula for seeing in a new way.

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Nutritional Medicine & Longevity
In "Coenzyme Q10: A Miracle Vitamin" Richard Kunin, M.D. presents a nutrient that should be a household word. CoQ is required for cell energy and promotes faster healing of wounds, strengthens the immune system, and is an impressive treatment of heart conditions. Tissue levels of CoQ decline as much as 80% in old age and this single fact appears to explain some of the increased risk of heart failure, immune dysfunction, delayed healing and general weakening of energy and strength that are stereotypical of growing old. By simply taking supplements of CoQ, this age-related drop in vitality can be reversed to an amazing extent.

Healthy Alternatives
"Sixty-percent Do Not Heed Sixty-Minute Exercise Recommendations" points out how millions of Americans suffer from illnesses that can be prevented or improved through regular physical activity. Most people don't stick to a regular exercise program due to the pain and exhaustion. Encouraging news comes with a recent study reporting on the beneficial effects of L-Carnitine.

Healthy Child
As late autumn changes to winter, many factors conspire to weaken the immune system and make us vulnerable to colds and flu. In "Herbal Care for Colds and Flu" Daniel Gagnon notes that while it's true that a cure for colds and flu does not exist, research has shown that herbal medicines offer the potential to help the immune system stave off these bugs, as well as to speed healing if one of them has laid you low. Two of the best herbs for strengthening the immune system are astragalus and schisandra. Begin using them before colds and flu strike to take advantage of their immune-building potential.

Find an Alternative Healthcare Professional
The Professional Referral Network contains searchable directories for 20 leading professional associations in complementary and integrative health care, with over 17,000 professionals. Looking for a healthcare professional specializing in flower essences? The Flower Remedies section includes the Bach Centre member database.

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Healthy Tips for High-Level Wellness
Studies show that we don't eat the amount of fruits and vegetables we need. In "Juicing for Health and Healing" Cherie Calbom, M.S. details how juicing is a delicious way to increase your consumption of many of nature's most life-giving, anti-aging foods in a very easy-to-digest form. And it gives your body an antioxidant defense boost!

Vegetarian Recipe
Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine offers you a vegetarian recipe for "No-Cholesterol French Toast."

Mind Over Matter
Remember the message of the little drummer boy Christmas song? What gifts do you have to bring? In "Little Drummer Boy: A Precious Gift of Inspiration" Barry Bittman, M.D. reminds us to share our gifts now with those we love. They are your soul revealed through your personal expression.

Spiritual Wellness
Well, it's holiday time, and the Judeo-Christian world once again remembers its religious roots. We glimpse what the world might be like if our hearts were this open all year round. It's an atmosphere conducive to spiritual growth, for those whose intentions run deeper than shopping and egg nog. In "Getting Whole on the Holy Days" Philip Goldberg presents the five principle functions of religion - transmission, translation, transaction, transformation, and transcendence.

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IS YOUR CLIENT OR PATIENT READY TO CHANGE?
Are you looking for a tool to determine your client's readiness to change various lifestyle behaviors? The Wellness Inventory not only provides a wellness score indicating your client's level of wellness in 12 key areas, but also assesses their motivation to change in these areas. For more information, visit: wellnessinventory.net

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The 2nd Annual Integrative Medicine for Healthcare Organizations
Business Strategies, Practical Tools, and Best Practices
San Diego, CA USA
January 22-24, 2003
Contact: InnoVision - 866-828-2962

Victoria Health Show
Victoria, British Columbia CANADA
January 23-24, 2004
Contact: Healthshows - 604-885-0960

CancerGuides - Professional Training Program
For health professionals and patient advocates integrating CAM into work with cancer patients
Berkeley, CA USA
January 25-31,2004
Contact: The Center for Mind-Body Medicine - 202-966-7338

Body Mind Life Expo 2004
The Midwest's Largest Health & Natural Products Expo
Minneapolis, MN USA
March 26-27, 2004
Contact: Mid-America Events & Expos, Inc. - 612-798-7237

The Sixth International Conference on Science and Consciousness
Consciousness Exploring Itself
Albuquerque, NM USA
April 23-28, 2004
Contact: The Message Company - 505-474-0998