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It's nice to see that people attending the Democratic National Convention took time out to do yoga and meditating, as the Denver Post reports. The benefits of meditation are numerous. In fact, I just don't buy the conclusions of last year's study, which downplayed meditation's therapeutic value. You can use meditation to help you kick sugar, lose weight, quit smoking and most importantly, unwind. I agree with yoga and meditation teacher Dada Vedaprajinananda. "If you get into the practice of meditation, no one will have to twist your arm to make you live a healthy lifestyle," he maintains, "it will...

I love getting mail from readers of this blog. Here's an interesting e-mail I just received from John in Maryland, who, unfortunately has Lyme disease, like me:"I have Lyme disease and I wanted to comment on the issue of eating sugar/sweet food/carbs when you have Lyme disease and while on antibiotics. "Sugar in all its forms (except stevia) is a real problem when you have Lyme and are on antibiotics for months. With a weakened immune system and being on antibiotics...eating sugar is a recipe for disaster. "Yeast overgrowth is a real problem for people taking long-term antibiotics, and yeast...

It wasn't until I quit sugar in another lifetime (10 years ago) that I began liberally experimenting with and appreciating enticing spices such as cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, dill weed, turmeric, oregano, thyme, fennel and sage. Nowadays, spices play a huge role in my meals, allowing me to have fun while alternating spices, although cinnamon and cloves, such as I just had on my goat's milk yogurt this morning, tend to be among my favorites. Well, it's time for all of us to spice up our foods. Spices are not only rich in antioxidants, but they are "potent inhibitors of tissue...

Yesterday -- as I was a month-plus into horrific headaches, frequent bouts of cognitive confusion such as forgetting what I'm in the middle of saying or doing, sleep woes galore (too much or too little), and feeling incredibly wiped out (chronic fatigue sufferers, move over) due to the case of Lyme disease I got from a nasty, little tick -- I opened what has to be one the most ferociously, angry e-mails I've ever received from a subscriber to my free e-zine. As my body was flooded with antibiotics to kill the bacteria making me feel so cruddy, I read...

Please note, for some weird reason, the heds (headlines) on my most recent blog posts are being chopped off! Trying to find a blog-savvy person to fix. Aargh. Forgive the error until I can figure out how to resolve it. FYI, that's why the headline to this post is repeated over and over again -- so you can see it!

As I'm sitting here faced by an almost non-stop, ferocious, crushing Lyme disease-induced headache, which makes sleep virtually impossible, I'm easily riding it through, thanks to the fabulous tunes of "Miss Saigon" to which I'm now listening. Which leads me to ask those of you who are suffering with bad habits: Why turn to sugar, drugs, alcohol and other horrible substances or self-destructive pursuits when music can salve and soothe your soul? Try it sometime. Turn on tunes instead of rushing to self-defeating behavior. (You know what they are for you.) Now, I invite you to learn about the benefits...