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features 38 Gluten-Free Diet BasicsIf you’re cutting out gluten, here are some things you’ll need to know to be successful.

44 Recipe for a Healthy Sex LifeWomen need good circulation to have an enjoyable sex life: here’s how having the right nutrition can prepare a woman’s body.

48 Mean Green Cleaning MachineWin the war on cleaning—the green way.

52 Raised-Bed Backyard GardensFrom greenhorn to green thumb: learn how to garden nearly any-where in no time.

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on the cover5 Myths About Green LivingSave at the VetAloe Vera7 Remedies for Health HairDrink Your Veggies!Papaya: Fruit of the AngelsGoing Gluten-Free?How To Clean GreenBackyard Gardens9 Steps to Heart-Centered Meditation

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30 Cook’s Corner: Garden-Fresh Salad, Pizza, and ChutneyThere’s nothing quite like those first fresh vegetables of the year. Use them in your next salad or pizza recipe! 32 Just Raw: Drink Your Veggies!Add an abundance of fruits and vegetables to your diet.

FocuS oN34 Stevia35 Superfood: Perfection in PawpawDiscover a key to overall health.

iNNer balaNce60 Experiencing Heart-Centered MeditationLearn how to mediate in nine easy steps.

Simple SolutioNS62 Spring FindsEasy ways to improve your simple, green, and healthy lifestyle.

get iNSpired64 Over the RainbowHow Marge Perry’s “happy accident” is helping teens make healthier choices.

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health matterS10 Five Dangerous Green Myths14 Work Out Without Working Out!16 Save Money on Your Pets 18 Beauty Ingredient: Aloe Vera19 App Alert

aSk the doctor20 Cure Candida Naturally Every month we ask top practitioners to address your health concerns. This month we search for answers on how to reverse candida overgrowth.

Natural radiaNce23 Healthy Hair at HomeKitchen staples could be the answer to your best hair yet.

Food matterS26 Let Them Eat Greens!How to buy, prepare, store, and cook leafy greens.

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The Right Time for a Backyard Garden

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Dick Benson publisher

Over the past several months, food safety seems to be consistently in the news. GMOs, processed

foods, pesticide concerns, and issues regarding organic foods can make grocery shopping a complicated process. Store aisles are filled with packaging that highlights products with descriptions like “natural” or “gluten-free,” in an effort to get us to purchase the item and believe it is a healthier choice. Many previously trusted brands include ingredients we should avoid and are really no better for us than generic equivalents costing significantly less. With our schedules already overloaded, who has time to read every food label? Instead we tend to rely on trusted brands and do our best. Unfortunately, as the big food companies strive to sell relatively inexpensive food to the masses, we need to keep our guard up and understand what is in the food we eat.

As we move into summer, one thing almost all of us can do is have a backyard garden. Growing your own food has many benefits: there are no labels to read and fresh fruits and veggies from the garden taste great. A backyard garden does not need a lot of space, and even apartment dwellers can grow plants in a few container pots on a patio or balcony. And gardening can improve your lifestyle—in fact, over 30 percent of centenarians garden. Visit naturalsolutionsmag.com for additional gardening tips. Share images of your garden or favorite garden recipes with us and, if you are selected for publication, you will receive a special gift package.

You may have noticed that the last few issues of Natural Solutions have

not included the “Off the Shelf” and “On the Go” pieces—we are reworking our food section based on reader input. Because you asked us for more information on original recipes and whole food options, we will be adding more recipes, nutritional content, and articles on incorporating a healthy diet into your active lifestyle. We will still include the products that were once in “Off the Shelf” and “On the Go”—they are in our “Simple Solutions” section.

Please take a moment to read our “Get Inspired” article on page 64 of this issue about Marge Perry, a New York City-based teacher educating kids on the importance of nutrition. Showing teens how to make healthier food choices will benefit these kids their entire lives.

There are so many stories about people who are making a difference by donating their time to help others live a better life. If you have a story about someone who is working to make a difference, please share it with us and we may select the story for a future “Get Inspired” article. Thank you for your continued support!

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3 things I learned in this issue:

Olive oil has the ability to pick up dirt as well as polish wood.

It is estimated that 1 in 133 Americans has celiac disease and most are not aware they have it.

One serving of papaya contains three times the RDA of vitamin C.