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The following vegetables are particularly nutritious. They have high amounts of vitamins A and C, calcium, fiber, beta-carotene, folate, iron, potassium and copper. These nutrient rich vegetables include: All dark-green leafy vegetables, sweet potato, carrot, spinach, collard, red bell pepper, kale, dandelion greens, broccoli, brussels sprouts, peas, winter squash, and swiss chard. Nutrition research shows that eating a diet rich in vegetables reduces the risk of many chronic diseases. Tune into the Partners in Health and Biz podcast and learn why mom was right, - Eat Your Vegetables!

While approximately 59-million people in the US suffer from thyroid issues, the great majority aren’t even aware they have a thyroid problem. However, when the thyroid (the butterfly-shaped gland in the neck) is dysfunctional, it can cause an array of health issues, including weight gain, sexual dysfunction, depression, heart disease, and extreme fatigue. Hyperthyroidism, or overproduction, results in anxiety, diarrhea, sweating, insomnia, and weight issues. A benign growth on the gland is called a goiter and can result in either of the above conditions. Thyroid conditions can also cause hair loss or dryness.  With hypothyroidism you may also experience: brittle nails, constipation, dry skin, enlarged thyroid, high cholesterol, irritability, sensitivity to cold, sexual dysfunction, slow heart rate, sluggishness, weight gain, or irregular uterine bleeding. Tune in to this episode of Partners in Health and Biz with you host Gail Dixon-McBride, and learn how to identify a thyroid problem and how to keep your thyroid gland healthy!

Many people in today's modern world experience an imbalance within their microbiome. Several factors - eating habits, environmental, other health conditions - contribute to this imbalance.  Prebiotics are carbohydrates that humans cannot digest.  Probiotics help to support healthy digestion by up-regulating gastric secretions, assisting with the synthesis of B-vitamins, and aiding in the absorption of minerals. Postbiotics are bioactive compounds that are produced when your good gut bacteria (probiotics) ferment fiber. So probiotics + prebiotics = postbiotics. Join Partners in Health and Biz podcast host Gail Dixon-McBride as she breaks down the differences and uses for each one of these biotics and how they can benefit your health.

Many of us know that walking is an excellent form of exercise. In fact, aside from swimming, walking is actually one of the best low-impact aerobic exercises that can be done indoors or outdoors. However, walking outside in nature will benefit you most. But did you know that walking is not just wonderful exercise? It also promotes natural physical, emotional and spiritual healing. Tune in to the Partners in Health and Biz podcast with your host Gail Dixon-McBride and learn how by putting one foot in front of the other on a regular basis, can actually save your life and dramatically improve your health. For more information, visit partnersinhealth.biz.

As the natural health movement expanded in the late twentieth century, one popular "new" form of healing was the use of essential oils - concentrated oils taken from the flowers, fruits, seeds and other parts of plants. Technically, essential oils are hydrophobic liquids containing volatile aroma compounds from plants. The oils are essential because they capture the "essence" of a plant's fragrance. Tune into this episode of the Partners in Health and Biz podcast with your host Gail Dixon-McBride, to learn some of the many varieties of essential oils, their health properties, and how they can benefit and cure multiple ailments.

The beauty of garlic is its versatility as a medicine, spice, and food. It is culinary, as well as medicinal. The ancient Greeks used garlic "to keep the arteries open." We now know that garlic reduces blood cholesterol levels, thus cutting the risk of heart attack.   All edible mushrooms contain booth medicinal and nutritional qualities. Scientific research indicates that the major actions of medicinal mushrooms are stimulating the immune system and protecting against cardiovascular disease, free radicals, mutagens, and toxins. Tune in to the Partners in Health and Biz podcast with your host Gail Dixon-McBride as she shares the many benefits of garlic and mushrooms to enhance the immune system, protect the body, and delightfully flavor your food.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Fresh garlic is effective against bacteria, yeasts and fungi. It is most effective against fungi and candida. Studies the University of Oklahoma have shown that garlic juice is as strong as certain antifungal drugs, and it is certainly safer.  Garlic is recommended for mild, recurring, or chronic infections that are not dangerous, such as infections of the mouth, ears, throat, stomach, or skin. It is effective against bronchitis, cystitis, thrush, colds, and particularly candida. Did you know that there are three mushroom varieties - reishi, shiitake, and maitake, and that all mushrooms must be cooked to get the nutritional value? Contrary to popular belief, mushrooms are highly nutritious. They supply protein, amino acids, B vitamins, cooper, magnesium, vitamin C, potassium, phosphorous, folate, selenium, and iron. Tune into the Partners in Health and Biz podcast this week, with your health and wellness consultant, Gail Dixon-McBride, and learn how garlic and mushrooms can add health and wellness to your life!

Virtually all fats and oils contain some combination of polyunsaturated, monounsaturated, and saturated fatty acids. They tend to be referred to as one of these types based upon which kind of fatty acid is the predominate one. These are the most common types of oils on the market today: Olive, Coconut, Canola, Peanut, Palm, Walnut, Safflower, Palm Kernel, Avocado, Almond, Cottonseed, Rice Bran, Sesame, and flaxseed. Tune into the Partners in Health and Biz show, with your host Gail Dixon-McBride. During this episode, you will learn which oils from the list above are the worst oils to avoid, and the healthiest oils to use.

Fat soothes the nerves and provide the basis for myelin, the protective shield that covers nerve cells. Fat is found in all body cells in combination with other nutrients. Essential fatty acids are an important link in the health chain.      Excess fat, however can be a problem. It it stored in the liver, in arteries around the heart, and in all tissue. Cancer of the breast, prostate, and colon, not to mention obesity, and an increased risk of heart attack, are linked to high fat consumption. The typical American diet consists of 40 to 50 percent calories from fat, a primary cause for the rise in all of these disorders. Tune in to this episode of Partners in Health and Biz, with your Health and Wellness Consultant, Gail Dixon-McBride, and learn the different types of fat; which ones are good for us, and which ones to avoid! 

Tune into the Partners in Health and Biz podcast, with your Health and Wellness Consultant, Gail Dixon-McBride. This week's topic is the CDC's release of new COVID guidelines going forward, and we conclude the last part of the Natural Cures series, wrapping up Vitamins C and E, from our previous episode. The COVID new rules still recommend that people who are sick with COVID-19 should isolate at home, but people — including students in schools — do not have to quarantine if they have been exposed to someone who had tested positive but are not feeling sick themselves. Instead, people who have been exposed should take a diagnostic test on the fifth day after the date of exposure, and to wear a mask for ten days after that date. Antioxidant vitamins, including vitamins E and C, are being tested and used to treat a number of diseases - cancer, asthma, infertility, diabetes, arthritis, degenerative eye diseases, and degenerative brain diseases, such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

Vitamins C and E are potent antioxidants; this means they can block the destructive activity of chemicals in the body called oxygen free radicals. These free radicals are created internally by body metabolism and also enter the body through exposure to all kinds of chemicals, including air pollutants, cigarette smoke, fatty foods, and radiation.  Tune in to this episode of Partners in Health and Biz, with your host Gail Dixon-McBride, and learn how vitamins C and E have been proven to help lower high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and to stave off blood clots, heart attacks and stroke.  Vitamins C and E have also been shown to ease the symptoms of some people suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome - IBS.

An anticancer diet makes sense, used in conjunction with other conventional treatments, as an adjunct therapy, not as a sole therapy. The same is true for megadoses of antioxidants and other vitamins and, for that matter, other natural substances. It's unlikely that one alone will act as a cure for cancer, but there's good evidence that many combined can support and individual's ability to survive cancer. Don't count on one or two magic bullets to fight cancer: It takes many streams to make a river, according to an old proverb. Tune in to the Partners in Health and Biz podcast, with host Gail Dixon-McBride, and listen to some of the testimonies of people who have miraculously survived and beat cancer, using positive thinking, visualization, meditation, prayer, vitamins, supplements, and cancer medications.

If you often pop pills to stop the pain of tension headaches, you're hardly alone. But wouldn't it be better to cure your headache without resorting to such pills? A surprising, newly discovered natural remedy for common headaches does exit, but you won't see it on television commercials or on over-the-counter drug racks in pharmacies. In fact, this natural pain medicine remains largely undiscovered anywhere, except in Germany, where investigators have discovered it to be very effective in relieving ordinary tension headaches, the type that torment virtually everyone, occasionally. Tune in to this episode of the Partners in Health and Biz podcast and learn how peppermint oil has been proven to stop tension headaches and stomach aches in their tracks.

If you tend to have motion sickness on boats, planes, cars or elsewhere, or suffer from nausea occasionally, your first choice of a miracle cure should be ginger. Ginger is the safest, oldest, and most effective antinausea remedy known. It appears to work primarily on the digestive system, not the brain, and thus lacks the bothersome nervous system side effects, such as drowsiness, that you typically get from over-the-counter drugs. The fact that ginger fights nausea of all kinds is evident from centuries of usage, controlled scientific studies, and raves from people who have tried it! Tune in to the Partners in Health and Biz podcast and learn from the testimonies of others, how ginger has resolved their nausea and stomach sickness problems, and how it can work for you! If you would like to be a guest on Partners in Health and Biz, or a sponsor, email: partnersinhealth@verizon.net.

It's America's most popular herbal medicine, against colds, flu, viruses, infections of all kinds. If you want to know why 30 million Americans take it, and German researchers praise it, give it a try yourself. If you want to activate your immune system as a way of defeating infections (as well as diseases that flourish on lowered immunity, such as cancer) the "remedy of choice" - the first thing to try is echinacea! Tune into the Partners in Health and Biz podcast with your host Gail Dixon-McBride, and learn how this powerful herb can rapidly boost your immune system.

If you're a man over age fifty, the chances are fifty-fifty that you have an enlarge prostate, medically known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BHP), and the odds escalate as you grow older. It's no picnic. A swollen prostate gland, typically two to three times normal size, can squeeze your urethra, interfering with normal urination. Symptoms range from annoying  - getting up frequently at night to urinate - to serious pain from obstruction of urinary flow and trouble with erections. However, it is a nonmalignant condition. Tune in to the Partners in Health and Biz radio podcast, with your host, Gail Dixon-McBride, and learn how the herbal plant extract called saw palmetto, a brownish-black berry of the saw palmetto plant, grown in the southeastern United States, has been proven to increase urine flow, reduce levels of DHT, and alleviate pain in men with BHP.

Whose liver needs help? Just about everybody's. Liver damage is a plague of modern life. If the toxins are more than your liver can handle, that incredibly important organ can eventually shut down. Even if you, like most Americans, don't worry much about your liver; you should. Your liver is burdened by the toxic offspring of modern civilization: environmental chemicals, air pollutants, pesticides, auto exhaust, prescription and nonprescription drugs, alcohol, all of which can inflict severe, unexpected liver injury. Tune into this episode of Partners in Health and Biz and learn how milk thistle has been proven to help detoxify the liver and even reverse various types of liver damage and cancer.

When hay fever season arrives, about one in five Americans would do just about anything to stop the itching , watery eyes, sniffling and runny nose. Antihistamines and allergy shots are the best that orthodox medicine has to offer. But another remedy has attracted a big following among some Americans, including some legislators, purely on the grounds that it seems to work for them, despite any real scientifically controlled studies proving it does. Tune in to this week's Partners in Health and Biz podcast, with your host Gail Dixon-McBride, and learn how ingesting bee pollen and/or honeycomb could be the answer answer to stopping or controlling your hay fever, sinus, asthma, and or allergy issues, stresses and discomfort. Hear about the testimonies of others and how it has worked for them.

It's a powerful antioxidant that is used as a heart medicine around the world. If your doctor doesn't know about it, you can easily get it on your own; it could save your life. If you have heart problems, you should know about a substance called coenzyme Q-10, A. K. A., Co-Q-10. It appears to be a powerful reenergizer of heart cells and can bring new hope to millions of people with heart disease, particularly those with congestive heart failure, in which heart muscle steadily weakens, causing the heart's pumping function to deteriorate. Tune into Partners in Health and Biz with your host Gail Dixon-McBride, and learn how coenzyme Q-10 can strengthen and save your heart, in part 3 of this continuing series of Miracle Cures!

Grapefruit fiber: It promises to lower your cholesterol more dramatically than anything else you can take, and it may also clean out your arteries, all without the side effects of drugs. But what if you could swallow a magic powder to significantly reopen clogged arteries so blood can better flow through to the heart and brain, lessening your chances of heart attacks, bypass surgery, strokes, chest pain, and all the ills brought on by clogged arteries? Join Partners in Health and Biz talk show host Gail Dixon-McBride as she shares how a specific type of grapefruit powder has been proven to do just that. If you are worried about the state of your cholesterol and arteries, it is surely worth a try! Note: You cannot get the same benefit from eating lots of grapefruit!

In this introductory episode of Natural Remedies and Their Healing Powers, Partners in Health and Biz host Gail Dixon-McBride shares why natural remedies such as herbs, vitamins and other natural remedies have been labeled at times as alternative treatments. This episode will enlighten you about the pharmaceutical industry and prepare you for the upcoming episodes of this new series, highlighting dramatic new scientific discoveries and revealing the healing powers of herbs, vitamins and other natural remedies. Tune in! You don't want to miss it!

Manifestation might seem like magic, but it's much more than "Think Happy Thoughts!" Instead, during this episode of Partners in Health and Biz, you will learn how to train your brain to make your dreams become a reality. It's mind over matter! Define your goals. Create a vision board. Pinpoint positive mantras and prayers. Develop a visualization meditation. Go back to gratitude. Tune in and learn the step-by-step details to a happier, more fulfilled life!

A 2015 consumer safety survey conducted by the Council for Responsible Nutrition found that more than two-thirds of Americans take dietary supplements, including vitamins and minerals. What's important to know is that supplements are not the same as medications, and should not be treated as such.  The companies that manufacture supplements are not subject to the same regulations as those that manufacture drugs. Join Partners in Health and Biz podcast host Gail Dixon-McBride as she shares how to safely take supplements and what you should know before you do!

If working out is getting boring, tune in to this episode of Partners in Health and Biz and learn to improvise. I'll teach you how  to to fall in love with exercise again, because you're having fun! So here is my question to you: "When is exercising like playing jazz or cooking?" It may sound like the start of a lame joke, but the answer is: when you improvise. Consistency is important, but you don't want your routine to become a rut.

Aromatherapy - is typically used in conjunction with spa treatments, however this show will tell you how you can achieve an oasis of relaxation in the comfort of your home. Destress and Detox with facials, body scrubs, massages, aromatherapy, candles, mood lighting and a warm bath and/or shower to soothe your body, mind and spirit. For at-home aromatherapy benefits, look for products that contain only pure essential oils, not artificial fragrance. Or add 3 or 4 drops of your favorite essential oils to unscented bath salts, lotions, or massage oils. Want to find peace in the midst of a storm, then tune and join talk show host Gail Dixon-McBride as she guides you through a D.I.Y. day at the spa, in your home, sweet home!

Although our bodies have mechanisms for flushing out toxins, spa treatments can help the process along. "Organs such as the kidneys, liver, and skin all have detoxifying roles," says Sharon Norling, M.D., a Westlake Village, Calif., mind-body specialist who is board-certified in holistic medicine and acupuncture. "Spa treatments support that natural cleansing process by increasing circulation and stimulating skin renewal." Join Partners in Health and Biz talk show host/Health and Wellness Consultant Gail Dixon-McBride as she shares various natural products to use at home to create a beautiful, relaxing atmosphere to destress and detox the body. mind and spirit, all while relaxing in the comfort of your own home.

In a recent report published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, researchers estimated that nearly 8 million premature deaths per year could be avoided if we ate 10 portions of fruits and vegetables a day. Fruit's easy -- but vegetables? Most of us struggle to eat even a couple of servings each day. If you're sick of salads and sauteed greens, join Partners in Health and Biz talk show host Gail Dixon-McBride and learn 16 delicious tips and recipes -- some sneaky, some fancy -- to boost your veggie intake and spruce up your meals through the weeks.

Salt tends to get a bad rap, but this flavor enhancer is vital to your health. The minerals it supplies are essential for the proper function of your nerves, muscles, brain and more. However, some people may be more sensitive to the effects of a high-salt diet than others. Too much salt has been associated with stomach cancer, heart disease and death. Then here are some studies that show decreasing salt intake may reduce blood pressure, especially in those who are salt-sensitive or have high blood pressure. On the other hand, a low-salt diet can also lead to a condition called hyponatremia, or low blood sodium. Tune in to learn which forms of salt are best for you, why some people may or may not be sensitive to salt, and how much salt the average person should be ingesting each day.

Certain groups of people who have been fully vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine for 6 months or longer can now receive a single Pfizer booster dose, according to updated FDA emergency use authorization guidelines. However, to date, you can’t receive the Pfizer booster if you received other COVID-19 vaccines, like Moderna or Johnson & Johnson. Tune in to this episode of the Partners in Health and Biz podcast show with your host Gail Dixon-McBride, and learn the details about getting a COVID-19 booster shot, what it is, who is eligible to get one and how monoclonal antibodies can help if you are diagnosed with COVID-19.

Have you ever found yourself overwhelmed in the supplement aisle, paralyzed by the plethora of options? The growing popularity of natural health products has led to the creation of countless capsules, tablets, teas, oils, sprays, tinctures, and more. Faced with such complexity, what's the average consumer to do? How can you get the most bang for your buck - and ensure you're choosing options that will work for you? Tune in to this episode of the Partners in Health and Biz show and learn how to get a little clarity and be able to choose the best supplements for your particular, individual needs.

When we stop buying things to keep up with the Joneses, or to keep up with the reward-seeking part of our brains, we can make more conscious choices about our spending. This allows us to start using our money in ways that align with our values. Join Partners in Health and Biz talk show host Gail Dixon-McBride and learn how to move beyond fear-based financial habits to find true prosperity. Learn what a scarcity mindset is and how to move to a more conscious, calm and generous one.

Do you suffer from headaches? Do you often find yourself rubbing your eyes? Are you regularly fatigued during the day, but have trouble sleeping at night? Well, you may be suffering the ill effects of chronic exposure to blue light, due to too much screen time. Tune in this week to the Partners in Health and Biz podcast show with your host Gail Dixon-McBride and learn what the effects of blue light is doing to your and your children's eyes, brain, sleep and overall health.

Eating an array of colorful fruits and veggies is the essential way to create, obtain and maintain healthy, beautiful skin. If you want to be healthy and look beautiful from the inside out, incorporate these vital foods and herbs into your diet to keep your skin healthy and counteract the effects of aging. Tune into this episode of the Partners in Health and Biz podcast with your host Gail Dixon-McBride, and learn how easy it is to feel good and look your best!

You're avoiding gluten, minimizing carbs, and taking your supplements - and you're still experiencing indigestion, bloating, gas, stomach upset or constipation. Could it be that common daily habits are harming your gut? Tune into the Partners in Health and Biz show with your host Gail Dixon-McBride, and learn about 6  surprising gut-killers that may be upsetting your gut and making your life very uncomfortable.  Change your eating habits, negative routines, and make your belly better now!

Take a lap in the pool. Take a hike. Sing a song. Stretch your body. Indulge in small talk whenever you can.  If you want to learn the details of why these and many other activities are the secret to aging beautifully, tune into to this episode of the      Partners in Health and Biz podcast show. Spy a sparrow, snack on watermelon, chill your chair, sip a lemonade nightcap. You'll the tips and tricks for a more beautiful, healthier you, during this episode. For more information, visit: www.partnersinhealth.biz Want to be a guest on my podcast show? Email: goldenvoicesunlimited@gmail.com or partnersinhealth@verizon.net

If you've been working out every day, doing cardio aerobics to lose weight and tighten and firm your body, you may have noticed that your efforts are somewhat disappointing. Aerobics may be good for your heart, brain, and muscles, but if you want to actually change the shape of your body, strength training combined with low to moderate cardio workouts is the way to go. Join Partners in Health and Biz talk show host Gail Dixon-McBride as she leads you through the steps of reshaping your body and becoming totally fit and firm.

If you're new to Medicare, the first thing you need to know is that you have 2 main ways to get your Medicare coverage - Original Medicare (Part A and Part B) and Medicare Advantage - Part C. If you're close to age 65, but not getting Social Security or Railroad Retirement Board benefits, you'll need to sign up for Medicare. Contact Social Security 3 months before you turn 65. You can also apply for Part A and Part B at socialsecurity.gov/benefits/medicare or 1-877-772-5772. After signing up for Medicare, contact licensed Medicare agent Gail Dixon-McBride to learn more about any additional Medicare benefits you may be entitled to: 1-855-7070-481.

June is Men's Health month, so in recognition of our wonderful men, I present this show to encourage all men to take good care of their prostate health. BPH — or benign prostatic hyperplasia — is the medical term for an enlarged prostate (the prostate is the male sex gland that produces the fluid for semen. An enlarged prostate is not cancerous and is the most common prostate health problem among men over 50. How common is it? Half of all men between the ages of 50 and 60 will develop it, and by the age of 80 about 90% of men will have BPH. The symptoms of BPH may be uncomfortable and may include frequent urination, incomplete emptying of the bladder, a weak urine stream, or difficulty starting urination. Tune in this Saturday, or at your leisure, to learn how men can learn the signs of BHP, Prostate Cancer, and Prostatitis, and how to stay healthy as you age.

Dioxane, Formaldehyde, Triclosan, Phthalates, are all chemical preservatives that may be lurking in your every day cosmetics like shampoos, lotions nail polish, etc. The bottom line is what you don't know about the ingredients in your cosmetics can most definitely harm you and your family. What's really disturbing is that most personal care products that contain ingredients such as the ones mentioned, don't even list them on the label. Join Partners in Health and Biz podcast host Gail Dixon-McBride as she shares a few of the most commonly found toxic ingredients that are most likely in your cosmetics, and how these chemicals could be negatively affecting your health.

Bottled water is more expensive than you may think. Did you know that most bottled waters are really tap water? The EPA requires local regulators to notify the public immediately if any contaminate posing a threat to human health exceeds its maximum levels, which is how the decision to issue boil orders and other warnings is made. By contrast, bottled water is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, and tested weekly. Manufacturers must remove excess contaminants, but they're not required to tell the public if and when they're found! Join Partners in Health and Biz talk show host Gail Dixon-McBride and discover why tap water is USUALLY the better choice.

Visit any grocery store and you will find rows of various types of bottle water - mainly are sold in packages of 24 - 40 bottles, in each plastic-sealed pack. Many people believe that botted water is safer and healthier to drink than tap water. However, after listening to this show, you will probably change your mind. Join Partners in Health and Biz talk show host Gail Dixon-McBride and discover why tap is usually the better choice, and why bottled water is more expensive than you think! Learn about "Pandora's Bottle", the expense, the waste and the safety.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and a wonderful time to ask yourself, "How am I really doing Mentally and Emotionally?  Are you depressed? Are you routinely sad? Do you suffer from frequent bouts of insomnia? Do you have thoughts of suicide? Do you feel that you're worthless? If you answered yes to any of these questions, it's time for you to make an appointment to talk to, or see your doctor.  2020 was a difficult year for all of us who endured the difficulties and tragedies of the Covid-19 pandemic. It's now time for you to come out of hiding and get a complete physical exam, and from there, a possible referral from your doctor to see a mental health provider. Tune into Partners in Health and Biz with talk show host Gail Dixon-McBride as she shares what you need to know about mental health, and why taking care of your mental and emotional health is so important.

Aside from assisting in a better night's sleep, tart cherry juice has multiple health benefits. An eight-ounce serving contains 62 percent of our daily vitamin A needs, 40 percent of vitamin C, and 14 percent of manganese. Dehydration can prevent people from sleeping deeply, and cantaloupes provide enough water to combat this. Cantaloupes also supply almost 100% of your daily requirements for vitamins A and C. These minerals act as antioxidants that help you sleep soundly. Join Partners in Health and Biz talk show host Gail Dixon-McBride as she shares the last 21 foods of 40, that will help you get a better night's sleep. Listen to part 1 of this episode to learn the first 19 foods for a better night's sleep!

It's no secret that many people suffer with insomnia. Some people have trouble falling asleep, and others wake up multiple times during the night. But did you know that there are certain types of food that we should eat during the day and before going to bed at night that can effect your quality of sleep, how long it takes you to fall asleep, and whether you will be able to sleep soundly throughout the night? No need for sleeping pills and night caps! Join Partners in Health and Biz talk show host Gail Dixon-McBride as she shares some of the many foods that have been scientifically proven to help you get a better night's sleep. 

Vitamin D is a nutrient we ingest (from food or supplement) and our bodies synthesize (from sunlight; skin contains a "precursor" molecule that is transformed into vitamin D when exposed to UVB rays). Research suggests that vitamin-D deficiency may be on reason people get colds and flu in winter, when it's difficult for the body to get enough sunshine to make sufficient D.  The vitamin's immune boosting power may also help explain the protective relationship between sufficient D levels and reduced risk of cancer. Join Partners in Health and Biz talk show host Gail Dixon-McBride as she shares the latest research on Vitamin D and how important it is for you.

Sometimes you need a little help to chill out when you're on edge, overstretched, or a bundle of nerves. Enter essential oils, which have the power to soothe stress with certain scents.  What are essential oils? Essential oils are highly concentrated aromatic plant extracts. They're generally derived through steam distillation and are much stronger than the flowers, herbs or trees they come from. Hundreds or even thousands of pounds of a plant can go into making just one pound of its essential oil. Tune into the Partners in Health and Biz podcast this week. Join host Gail Dixon-McBride and learn how to use essential oils, and which essential oils are best for soothing stress.

It's time we all started to relax, de-stress and pamper ourselves. Don't let the pandemic get you down and steal your joy!  During this episode of Partners in Health and Biz, you will learn about at-home spa treatments, do-it-yourself aromatherapy creations, facials, the beauty of massages, and the essence of enhancing hydrotherapy in your own shower.

Certain health habits can't fall by the wayside forever.  Ask yourself: When was my last doctor's appointment? Am I getting a consistent, good night's sleep? Do my favorite activities still give me joy?  Join Partners in Health and Biz talk show host Gail Dixon-McBride as she walks you through why these questions and answers should be your top priority when checking your mind, body, spiritual, mental and emotional wellbeing.

Getting a Hysterectomy can change your life, and not always for the better. There are newer options to treat bleeding and pain that currently exist, yet many women and doctors are still going for the nuclear option...Unnecessarily. Hysterectomies are the second-most common surgery among women of reproductive age in the U.S., and one of the most controversial. Black women are 2.4 times more likely to have a hysterectomy than white women. Join Partners in Health and Biz talk show host Gail Dixon-McBride and learn about your possible and various options to having a hysterectomy.

Omega 3s may help lower levels of inflammation, reduce the risk of high blood pressure and diabetes, and improve symptoms of depression, anxiety and even ADHD. Omega 3s may also help alleviate joint pain and psoriasis, as well as offer help with conditions ranging from asthma to macular degeneration and even cancer. Join Partners in Health and Biz talk show host Gail Dixon-McBride as she shares a variety of health and wellness tips and tricks from how to get a good nights sleep, to menopause remedies and natural joint pain aids. Tune in this Saturday on Anchor.fm.

March is Colorectal Cancer Screening Awareness Month. If you are not getting tested periodically by having a colonoscopy, you are risking the possibility of slowly developing colon cancer. Colon or Colorectal cancer in most cases can be prevented by going to the doctor for your yearly preventive exams and talking to your doctor about any abnormal or consistent stomach pain or unusual changes in your bowel movements. Tune in to Partners in Health and Biz, with your host Gail Dixon-McBride and learn the signs and warning signals that may indicate a growing intestinal problem. To learn more about health and wellness and/or to be a guest on the Partners in Health and Biz radio show, visit: www.partnersinhealth.biz or email:goldenvoicesunlimited@gmail.com.

Lots of people lose themselves in their relationships, but not you. Not this time. In this episode we discuss how to grow as a couple at any stage, without compromising your dreams. Join Partners in Health and Biz talk show host Gail Dixon-McBride as we delve into a few of the do's and don'ts that will lead to a long-lasting and successful relationship. Consider this Couple's Therapy 101.