In This Issue: October 2020

October 2020

Enjoy our October 2020 Issue of Natural Awakenings by scrolling through the articles below or flipping though the pages of our Digital Magazine! Don't forget to pick up a hard copy to share with friends and family. Find them at your favorite health food stores all over South West Florida!

Healthy Breakfast

A Better Breakfast: Healthy Tips and Recipes to Start the Day

Healthy alternatives to the high sugar and carbohydrates found in most traditional breakfast foods, including recipes for oats, toast, muffins and more to start your day off right. Read More »

Apple Seeks 2030 Carbon Neutrality

Apple, Inc., the maker of the iPhone, iPad and Mac computers, has committed to becoming 100 percent carbon neutral overall, from its supply chain to retail outlets, by 2030. Read More »

Blackest Fish in the Sea Aid Scientific Research

Scientists have found that the skin of deep-sea fish absorbs more than 99.95 percent of the light that hits them, aiding research in ultra-black substances for sensitive optical equipment. Read More »

Calm, Stress-Free Individual

Calm Down: Taming the Flames of Stress-Related Illness

Stress can be harmful to our overall health. Here are lifestyle changes to release trauma and relieve stress through diet, safe herbal remedies, gentle energy modalities and more. Read More »

Pet Owner with Healthy Cancer-Free Dog

Cancer-Free Pets: Five Ways to Help Keep Them Healthy

Practical nutrition and lifestyle tips to help protect and prevent a dog or cat from developing cancer as well as symptoms that pet owners need to be aware of. Read More »

Caramel Apple Cinnamon Crisp Overnight Oats Recipe

Caramel Apple Cinnamon Crisp Overnight Oats

This recipe for overnight oats with caramel apple cinnamon crisp is a great dessert/breakfast mix that’s healthy and delicious, including a caramel sauce using dates. Read More »

Cauliflower Hash Egg Muffins Recipe

Cauliflower Hash Egg Muffins

This is a healthier, low-calorie alternative to the classic breakfast of hash browns and eggs, and more nutritious, too, because cauliflower is packed with fiber, minerals and vitamins. Read More »

Staying Connected Virtually During the Pandemic

Coronavirus as a Calling

The pandemic can be transmuted into golden opportunities if we look for purpose and meaning in it. Here are four ways to respond to the call of these turbulent times. Read More »

Patient Suffering from Depression and Anxiety

Ease Depression and Anxiety with Probiotics

Studies find that probiotics can help to reduce depression and anxiety as well improve cognitive reaction time. Read More »

Fruits Vegetables Whole Grains

Eat Fruit, Veggies and Whole Grains to Lower Diabetes Risk

Two new studies find that the risk of diabetes can be decreased by consuming a diet full of fruit, veggies and whole grains. Read More »

Electronic Waste

Electronic Waste is Out of Control

According to a recent report on e-waste, a record 53.6 million metric tons of electronics were discarded in 2019 and could likely increase to 74.7 million tons per year by 2030. Read More »

Falling Fertility Rate Threatens World Stability

The global total fertility rate (TFR) nearly halved from 1950 levels, when women had an average of 4.7 children each, to 2.4 in 2017, and it could fall below 1.7 by the turn of the century. Read More »

Plate of Avocado and Beets

Improve Exercise and Recovery with Avocados and Beets

Research finds that avocados can speed recovery after exercise while beet root juice improves muscular endurance. Read More »

Mark Nepo on Living a Wholehearted Life

Bestselling author, poet, cancer survivor and inspirational spiritual teacher Mark Nepo discusses his latest book, The Book of Soul: 52 Paths to Living What Matters. Read More »

Oarweed Odyssey: Scottish Kelp Provides Clues to Climate Change

Experts have discovered kelp that has survived for 16,000 years since the last ice age and are hopeful that this find will show how marine plant life survives extreme changes in climate. Read More »

BPA Shopping Receipts

Paperless Shopping: BPA Exposure from Store Receipts

Despite health risks, BPA-laden thermal receipts continue to be used widely in the retail industry. Here are ways to eliminate or reduce BPA exposure from receipts when shopping. Read More »

Record Methane Emissions Driven by Agriculture and Fossil Fuels

A worldwide inventory of methane sources reveals that atmospheric levels of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas are at an all-time high due to agriculture, fossil fuels and landfill waste. Read More »

Salmon Cakes with Fennel and Parsnips Recipe

Salmon Cakes with Fennel & Parsnips

This gluten-free breakfast recipe for salmon cakes combines wild-caught salmon with fennel and parsnip vegetables for a healthy way to start the day. Read More »

Stressed Out Teenagers Relaxing

Stressed-Out Teens: Ways to Help Them Chill

With teenagers reporting record levels of stress, anxiety and depression, here are effective ways that parents can help to calm teens during stressful times. Read More »

Stretching Joints

Strong and Supple Joints: How to Keep Hips and Knees Happy

By taking simple, natural preventive and remedial measures proactively, we can strengthen knee and hip joints, handle related problems if they arise and remain physically strong and active. Read More »

Sweet Potato Toast with Avocado Recipe

Sweet Potato Toast with Avocado

Replace bread for toast using sweet potatoes with this healthy, gluten-free recipe for avocado toast. Top with eggs or go vegan and use tempeh. Read More »

Tai Chi Qigong Practice

Tai Chi and Qigong: Life Force in Motion

The many health benefits of tai chi, the modified martial art of gentle meditative movement, and qigong, the mind-body wellness system that uses breath, simple movement and stillness. Read More »

Cinnamon Sticks

Try Cinnamon to Reduce Migraines

According to a new study, cinnamon, long known to help blood sugar levels, can diminish migraine attacks. Read More »

Recycled Plastics

Wishful Recycling: What Not to Put in the Bin

"Wishful recycling" is when residents place waste items in the recycling bin that cannot be recycled. Here are ways to avoid wishful recycling with dos and don'ts for proper disposal. Read More »

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patient

Manage Bowel Disease to Reduce Dementia Risk

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, may also suffer twice the risk of dementia, according to a new study. Read More »

Functional Medicine Meets Doctors’ and Patients’ Needs

Sponsored Content When inflammation, blood sugar imbalance, insulin resistance, oxidative stress, hormonal problems and other systemic upsets occur, the body spirals out of balance. Read More »

Health and Healing the Naturopathic Way

When conventional medicine failed to resolve family members chronic illnesses Michelle Trias turned to more holistic forms of medicine. Today she is helping others as a naturopathic consultant and the owner of My Naturo Wellness in Bonita Springs. Read More »

Local Resident Shares Natural Gifts

Born a sensitive, intuitive and empathic person with the natural gifts of clear seeing and clear sentience, Julie Johnson was fortunate to have a grandmother who nurtured her innate gifts. Read More »

Calusa Waterkeeper Hosts Saving Estero Bay Online Benefit

Virtual event and documentary film premiere focus on restoring Estero Bay’s tributaries. Read More »

Action Alert! A Yes Vote Protects Water Quality and Native Habitats

Voters have the opportunity in November to reestablish funding for Conservation Collier, a successful public program that buys natural land to protect our water quality and water resources, and preserve valuable wildlife habitat. Read More »

Hansen Celebrates 20 Years in Naples with Special Offer

In his two decades of practicing in Naples, Anthony Hansen has provided a wide variety of therapies to more than 30,000 people of all ages along with dogs and horses. Read More »

Pursue a Healthcare Career at Parker University

The university’s deep tradition, dedication to academic research and integrated clinical application, positions students to become industry leaders across a broad spectrum of applied science positions. Read More »

Personal Fitness Trainer Providing In-Home Sessions

Naples-based Gary Kalman, a personal trainer, fitness coach and owner of Why Weight Be Fit, is conducting in-home personal training sessions to assist people in reaching their fitness goals. Read More »

Special Sauna Offer at Spark Health

Spark Health Technologies, in Naples, is providing a more affordable way for new customers seeking to improve their health, including reducing stress, in detoxing the body. Read More »

Sacred Oil Course at Goddess I AM

Dolores Gozzi, of Wisdom of the Sacred, will lead a Sacred Oil Alchemist Foundation Course from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on November 13 and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on November 14 and 15 at Goddess I AM, in Naples. Read More »

Body Wellness of Naples Has Reopened

Body Wellness of Naples, owned by Mary Lambrecht, reopened last month with full precautions against COVID-19 and an expansion of her services. Read More »

Firefly Within Offers Hair Analysis Process

Karin Wolfe, an American Association of Drugless Practitioners certified holistic health practitioner and owner of Firefly Within, in Bonita Springs, is offering the Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis procedure. Read More »

Southwest Medical Thermal Imaging Expands Services

Southwest Medical Thermal Imaging is expanding access to medical thermography services as treatments will soon be available at the SWFL Integrative Medicine (SWFL-IM) practice in Fort Myers. Read More »

Path of Being Offers Reiki Treatments

Reiki, the relaxing treatment in which natural healing vibrations are transmitted through the hands of a reiki practitioner acting as a conduit to the body of the recipient. Read More »

Southwest Florida Peace Day Kudos

Although COVID-19 restrictions forced the cancellation of the 13th annual Southwest Florida Peace Day celebration last month, experiencing peace and art culture hasn’t been curtailed. Read More »

Reinventing Ourselves

This month’s stress management issue reminds me that taking care of myself can be a real balancing act. But as stressful as these times may feel, we’re equally gifted with opportunities to reinvent ourselves and the world we live in. Read More »