Hives, urticaria, affects thousands of people every year. If you’re itchy and trying hard to not to scratch your hives as you read this, you’re not alone. Nearly 20 percent of the population has been affected with hives at one point or another. One hallmark of hives is their tendency to change size rapidly and to move around, disappearing in one place and reappearing in other places, often in a matter of hours.

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We’re all guilty of it – negative self talk. Someone complements your appearance and and to yourself you think, Are you crazy? I look like a slag – or something to that effect. Have you ever uttered it out loud? That’s even worse. Most of us have done it more often than we’d like to admit. Negative thinking can be damaging not only to our self-esteem, but can begin a cycle of thought and behavior which negatively impacts our own perception of events in our lives.

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Why are we so susceptible to colds and flu during the winter months? Your grandmother might say it’s because you don’t dress warmly enough, but that’s not true. Part of the reason is air quality. We spend more time indoors when it’s cold, and as a result we spend more time breathing stale indoor air and passing germs back and forth. Also, our homes are better insulated and air exchange may be less than ideal. Our diets are partly to blame as well. In days gone by we ate locally grown seasonal food. Nowadays, we eat out of season foods and never wonder where they came from.