Archive for September, 2006

Seven Sycamores Ranch offers farm stay

Seven Sycamores Ranch offers farm stay

The drive up and down California’s San Joaquin Valley can be tedious, but consider a stop along the way in Visalia. Seven Sycamores Ranch is offering a kind of bed-and-breakfast experience on a real farm.

Agri-tourism is what they call it – the blending of tourism with California’s vast farmlands and orchards to offer city folk an up-close view of how an orange, for example, gets from the tree to your dining room table. With its location ju (more…)

Am I Lactose Intolerant? Every Time I Eat Dairy I End Up in the Bathroom!

Am I Lactose Intolerant? Every Time I Eat Dairy I End Up in the Bathroom!

Dairy or Lactose intolerance occurs when the body does not have enough lactate – the enzyme responsible for breaking down the sugars found in milk. Once these sugars are broken down into a simple form -glucose and galactase- your body absorbs them through the small intestine.

When lactose cannot be properly digested, bacteria in the colon cause the lactose to ferment producing gas. The remaining lactose draws water from the (more…)

Do Milk and Dairy Cause Acne?

Do Milk and Dairy Cause Acne?

Many people today wonder if what they eat will affect their acne. And for decades, conventional medicine has been telling us the answer is ‘no’. However, aided by new means of communication, a growing body of people is noticing more than a subtle link between food items and acne.

Not the least of these are milk and dairy products. The newest scientific research suggests dairy does in fact exasperate already existing acne problems, for thre (more…)

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