Sunday, May 24, 2026

A New Blockbuster Book is Coming to the Shelves This Summer!




A sobering story of resilience unveiled. The Healing Powers of Honey 2 is a chronicle from Cal Orey, a bestselling author's journey as a journalist and "cardiac warrior" with grit who practices what she has preached in the top Mediterranean diet--the theme of the popular Healing Powers series. This revised edition (pre-order on Amazon & other bookseller websites) includes new and gripping findings about the shocking rise of chronic diseases, the past and post-pandemic, clean food, lifestyle, mankind and honey bees amid climate change. 

Saturday, May 23, 2026

Why Human-Authored Writing Still Matters

 


In today’s publishing world, AI is flooding the market with cheap, generic writing. Think bland, dry fast food versus the "premium" alternative. When people use AI to get free content, they are usually looking for "good enough" filler and a short cut into playing wordsmith.

However, the glitch is, traditional publishers, human authors, and hungry readers are tired of AI-generated books that lack depth, voice, and accuracy. It's been noted that readers can detect robotic or generic content, so the "human touch" is still priceless.

    Accomplished authors, like me, are a subject matter expert (we are the masters of different genres); I am not just a typist. By writing high-level articles complete with research, hands-on experience, real-life dialogue, sprinkled with wit and heart, I can create a book or novel that AI cannot replicate. 

    I created a book series (the first one ignited in 2000) and we did not have robots to write the stuff we wrote and rewrote. We were self-reliant. Sure, traditional book publishers did and do copyedit and proofread human authors' work. And it worked!

          Many companies, doctors, scientists, and business wizards are now actively avoiding AI usage because of legal risks and poor quality. Read: Data is often outdated or incorrect.  

            I can feel good that my work is 100% human-verified and original. People who need my expertise, skill set, and a distinct voice (or to capture their style), is something a machine can never provide. Not yet. Often human authors have paid their dues and have natural talent to be able to write with an unforgettable voice (or capture a client's style). And we know we are still a cut above the quick "takeout grub" or AI writing. Human authors often have degrees in English-Creative Writing--and specialize in certain genres--plus can share real-life human stories to help in crafting a book or novel. Most importantly, we can and do provide soul to the work. 

Friday, May 22, 2026

The Healing Powers of Honey 2! The Must-Have of the Summer and Beyond

Sobering Findings. Climate Change. Vanishing honey bees. Jaw-dropping stories! Recipes reset to savor clean superfoods..

The Healing Powers of Honey: Revised and Updated, dives deeper into the eye-opening powers of honey, honeybees, and mankind. With the August launch approaching, it's the perfect time to secure a copy for summer. The original is a groundbreaking must-read; the New & Revised Edition is the must-have of the Summer, 2026 and beyond!

 Discover the Revised & Updated Honey's Bee-Healthy Powers. Sobering Findings.
South Lake Tahoe, CA, April 16, 2026 --(PR.com)-- A newly revised and updated edition of the #1 hit, now with new eye-opening research, heart-healthy recipes, alarming honeybee data, and home cures.

Title: The Healing Powers of Honey: Revised and Updated (New foreword by Jonny Bower, Ph.D.)

Discover Honey's New Remarkable Bee-Healthy Powers

Did you know?
- The buzz: Consumers are seeking healthy alternatives to refined sugar due to concerns about obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, the #1 killer.
- During the COVID-19 pandemic, beekeepers experienced a surge in demand for the disease-fighting, antioxidant-rich “apocalyptic food” widely believed to boost immune health.
- Increasing threats to honey bees’ survival may harm the planet’s nourishing superfoods that you love to eat—such as fruits and nuts—that the honey bee pollinates.
- Honey, known as Mother Nature’s “nectar of the gods,” is an ancient remedy noted in the Bible and used for centuries to quell a cough, soothe a sore throat, energize you, and even calm frazzled nerves due to stressors such as post-COVID-19 virus variants and climate change health effects.
- Enjoy gripping and adventurous survival stories about honeybees and humans as well as fascinating reasons why the popularity of honey is soaring. New heart-healthy recipes with honey twists such as Whipped Ricotta Toast with Lemon Thyme Honey, Hot Honey Glazed Turkey Loaf, and Turmeric Honey Immunity Booster, plus buzzworthy home cures.

The Healing Powers of Honey: Revised and Updated
A Complete Guide to Nature's Remarkable Nectar (PRE-ORDER)
by Cal Orey

About the Author: Cal Orey, M.A., is a health expert, food writer, on-air personality and author of The Healing Powers series. She has a master's degree in English from San Francisco State University, and for three decades has written hundreds of articles for national and international magazines, specializing in topics such as health, nutrition, and science.

Published by: Kensington Series: Healing Powers Archives - Kensington Publishing
ISBN: 9780806545721
On Sale: 08/25/2026/Health & Fitness/Naturopathy

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530-416-8376
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Thursday, May 21, 2026

A Cup of Joe (or two) is What Doctors Order for Your Well-Being

 

Is America's Beloved Brew
Loaded with Healing Powers?


Millions of Americans reach for a cup first thing in the morning, counting on it to jolt them awake and get their day going. But did you know your morning brew has benefits that go far beyond caffeine?

That’s because coffee is chock full of keep-you-healthy from head-to-toe antioxidants and hundreds of health boosting compounds. They’re so powerful they could boost your memory, lower your risk of diabetes and cancer, stop pain and send colds and flu packing.

What’s more, leading university researchers found coffee isn’t just chockful of antioxidants . . .it’s the #1 source of antioxidants in the American diet. No wonder medical doctors and researchers around the world call coffee the new superfood. Your cup of java is good for your brain, heart, sinuses, lungs, skin, mood and so much more!

Now you can get the full scoop on your beloved breakfast beverage from Cal Orey, the best-selling author of The Healing Powers of Chocolate in his blockbuster new book, The Healing Powers of Coffee.  

Inside, you’ll discover how your morning joe’s magical beans not only wake you up, boost your mood and give you energy but your antioxidant-rich coffee is full of other big perks. For example, you can . . .

Lose fat and flab, sleep peacefully,
& even grow new hair!

Coffee has been scientifically found to be a powerful remedy for dozens of common health conditions—even the most surprising ones like insomnia, diarrhea and balding. This go juice serves up dozens of other health benefits, including helping you:

  • Lose weight
  • Burn more fat
  • Lower blood pressure
  • Stop muscle pains and cramps
  • Banish headaches
  • Sooth an upset tummy
  • Heal colds
  • Speed flu recovery
  • Relieve sinusitis and stuffiness
  • Ease dental woes
  • And much more

As an added benefit, this magical bean brew has been shown to lower the risk of diabetes, heart disease and Alzheimer’s. As you’ll discover in The Healing Powers of Coffee you don’t even have to drink coffee to reap the health benefits. You can also cook with it or rub it on your skin to savor its healthy goodness!

Wake up to the amazing health
benefits of this ancient remedy

Coffee’s healing powers go back centuries to the ancient monks and healers. Legend has it that Kaldi, an Ethiopian goat herder, was the first to discover the energizing benefits of the coffee bean plant. When Kaldi’s goats ate coffee berries, the animals experienced crazy amounts of energy which kept them going all night long.

Ease Joint Pain with Coffee. Regina Blackmon did . . . and you could, too.

By drinking a special enhanced coffee like the one named on page 47 in your FREE BOOK, Regina experienced less joint pain — and she’s more alert and less groggy. It gives her energy without zapping her of much-needed hydration.

Discover hundreds more healthy coffee facts in The Healing Powers of Coffee. We’re giving you the book for FREE — a “perk” of being a loyal Newsmax reader.

When the Ethiopian monks saw this, they concocted a drink with the coffee berries to help them stay awake through marathon prayer sessions. It worked!

In 1615, when Pope Clement VIII tasted coffee, he called the drink “heavenly”—but Christians leaders disagreed. They claimed coffee was satanic and named it “devil’s brew.” Turns out the Pope was right! For centuries, this heavenly little bean was used in ancient medicine to help lower the risk of heart disease, cancer and diabetes—even help prevent gallstones.

Fast forward to today and researchers have discovered there’s a whole host of health benefits linked to coffee.

One Swedish study showed women age 50-74 who were heavy coffee drinkers had a lower risk of developing breast cancer. Turns out, coffee raises the blood levels of a phytochemical linked to a lower risk of estrogen-related breast cancer.

Want to give your liver a fighting chance? Coffee may be just what the doctor ordered. A 2007 study of 240,000 people published in the Journal of Hepatology, showed coffee drinkers had less than a 50% lower risk of developing liver cancer compared to those who didn’t drink coffee.

How many cups did they drink for the protective effect? Find out in your FREE BOOK, The Healing Powers of Coffee on page 53.

More recently, studies have even shown with this superfood you could . . .

  • Rev up a sluggish metabolism
  • Increase alertness and mental performance
  • Relieve asthma and respiratory symptoms
  • Improve shorter-term memory
  • Power up your endurance
  • Lower the risk of type 2 diabetes—up to 54%
  • Halt the formation of gallstones
  • Reduce risk of Parkinson’s as much as 40%
  • Lower chances of colorectal cancer by 24-48%
  • Reduce the risk of cirrhosis of the liver

Then there’s the buzz in the scientific community about coffee helping you lose weight. Forget the pills, shakes and crazy diets. Get ready to say . . .

Bye-bye bloat, fatty butt and thunder thighs . . .
Hello slim, trim, healthy you.

Ever notice how some people just seem to stay naturally slim—no diets, diet pills or hour-long sessions on the treadmill? Their secret may be coffee.

A natural diuretic, coffee can stimulate water loss. BUT there’s a special secret to dropping those pounds: not just any coffee will help you banish the bloat and drop the weight. You must drink this kind and do this one simple thing.

Find out which coffee is your fat loss friend on page 125 of The Healing Powers of Coffee. Claim your FREE BOOK now and pay only $4.95 for shipping.

The fountain of youth that can
help you stay younger longer.

Play your cards right and coffee may be able to help you stall the aging process. How does living well into your golden years, sound? These are just more reasons America’s favorite morning buzz beverage is hailed as the new superfood. Here’s the thing . . .

When researchers went looking, they discovered
WHY coffee is so healthy for you.

According to top scientists and doctors, coffee is loaded with disease-fighting antioxidants. In 2005, when University of Scranton researcher Joe Vinson and his research team analyzed the powerful little bean, they found coffee has more antioxidants than vegetables, fruits and spices! No wonder coffee is the #1 source of antioxidants in the American diet.

Vinson and his team of researchers studied over 100 food and beverages and still, when all was said and done, coffee still came out on top.

Coffee is packed with powerful disease-fighting antioxidants chlorogenic acids and caffeic acids. In fact, you can get as much as 70% of your total dietary intake of these two antioxidants by consuming coffee. But coffee also contains antioxidants like flavonoids, stilbenes, lignans, cinnamic acids and benzoic acids — healthy compounds your body craves.

Coffee is the new “vitamin C”

Interviews with doctors, researchers, and coffee roasters have shown there are 7 powerful antioxidants in coffee — and they’re stronger than vitamin C!

In your FREE BOOK, The Healing Powers of Coffee, you’ll get nearly 50 recipes to help you get your daily dose of antioxidants in coffee, including Coffee Cream Blueberry Scones, Apple Almond Coffee Croissants with Coffee Glaze and Coffee Pork Chops — all delicious and nutritious!

Now it may be 99% water but coffee is 100% good for your health.

Packed chock full of incredibly healthy nutrients, coffee also delivers your body a boatload of good for you vitamins and minerals including zinc, potassium, magnesium, folate, protein calcium, vitamin B6 and iron. And the buzz about coffee’s health benefits doesn’t stop there.

Inside your FREE BOOK, The Healing Powers of Coffee, you’ll discover how coffee can help you . . .

  • Enjoy a stronger, healthier brain! Discover the study of Japanese American men that shows drinking coffee daily may lower your risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. Page 131
  • Lower your risk of a stroke! See how women who had coffee every day had a 19% lower risk of stroke. The secret is making sure you drink this many cups every day. Page 131-132
  • Clean out a “clogged system” quickly! Get Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman’s Coffee Enema Recipe on page 126 of your FREE BOOK. This smooth-moving beverage dilates blood vessels and bile ducts to remove toxic overload like pesticides and poisons.
  • Bring back gorgeous shine to your hair! Add this simple coffee therapy to your hair routine. Page 191
  • Boost your immune system! Lower your risk of heart disease and obesity! Pair coffee with this beloved sweet treat for a DOUBLE dose of powerful antioxidants. Page 113
  • Get bright, pearly whites—no cosmetic surgery! Simple hacks keep your teeth brighter and whiter. (Plus, discover which coffee causes the least staining. Page 215)
  • Got “jellulite”? Cellulite on your legs that looks like jelly? Check out the 4 easy ways to SHRINK unwanted, unsightly, dimpled cellulite. Page 123
  • Soften dry, rough skin! Exfoliate and soften with the 3-minute Coffee Mask. Page 191

PLUS:

  • The silent killer that increases with age and DOUBLES the risk of heart disease, stroke, heart attack and diabetes. Discover how the magic of polyphenols in coffee can help stop you from becoming a statistic. Page 134
  • How much caffeine is okay every day — the answer may surprise you! Page 43
  • Starbucks, Einstein Bagels, Dunkin’ Doughnuts: who has the most and who has the least caffeine in their coffee. Page 45
  • Say WHEN! How much coffee is too much? Depends on these 2 things. Page 48
  • Reach for this roast when you want to ensure your coffee packs a powerful punch of antioxidants. Page 46
  • Quality of coffee: does it make a difference in the health benefits you get from it? Page 49

There are dozens and dozens of ways your whole body and mind can benefit from coffee—and they’re all packed inside Cal Orey’s blockbuster new book, The Healing Powers of Coffee.

For instance you can . . .

Lower your cholesterol
with a cup of joe

Like oat bran and apples, coffee is loaded with fiber which can help lower your “bad” LDL cholesterol. That means you could lower your risk of heart disease and help support healthy blood sugar—great news if you suffer with diabetes. Speaking of cholesterol and heart health you can . . .

Lower your blood pressure safely and without meds

Here’s a health shocker: coffee may lower your blood pressure. When type A patients were given a cup of coffee, it was expected their blood pressure would rise. However . . .

Researchers were shocked to find the coffee had a calming effect, lowering blood pressure, making it a heart healthy treat. What’s more, when 155,000 women in a 12-year study published in JAMA drank coffee, results suggested the women who drank caffeinated coffee may have reduced risk of high blood pressure.

Claim your FREE BOOK now and pay only $4.95 for shipping.

Now typically you’d pay $14 in retail stores for The Healing Powers of Coffee but through this exclusive offer, Newsmax is giving the book to you absolutely FREE — PLUS a special report.

Discover the Eye-Opening Revised & Updated Honey's Bee-Healthy Powers

  Sobering Findings. Climate Change. Vanishing honey bees. Jaw-dropping stories! Recipes reset to savor clean superfoods...

Healing Powers series bestselling author Cal Orey speaks out on 

the The Healing Powers of Honey 2!


The Healing Powers of Honey: Revised and Updated, dives deeper into the eye-opening powers of honey, honeybees, and mankind. With the August launch approaching, it's the perfect time to secure a copy for summer. The original is a groundbreaking must-read; the New & Revised Edition is the must-have of the Summer, 2026 and beyond!

Discover the Revised & Updated Honey's Bee-Healthy Powers. Sobering Findings.
South Lake Tahoe, CA, April 16, 2026 --(PR.com)-- A newly revised and updated edition of the #1 hit, now with new eye-opening research, heart-healthy recipes, alarming honeybee data, and home cures.

Title: The Healing Powers of Honey: Revised and Updated (New foreword by Jonny Bower, Ph.D.)

Discover Honey's New Remarkable Bee-Healthy Powers

Did you know?
- The buzz: Consumers are seeking healthy alternatives to refined sugar due to concerns about obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, the #1 killer.
- During the COVID-19 pandemic, beekeepers experienced a surge in demand for the disease-fighting, antioxidant-rich “apocalyptic food” widely believed to boost immune health.
- Increasing threats to honey bees’ survival may harm the planet’s nourishing superfoods that you love to eat—such as fruits and nuts—that the honey bee pollinates.
- Honey, known as Mother Nature’s “nectar of the gods,” is an ancient remedy noted in the Bible and used for centuries to quell a cough, soothe a sore throat, energize you, and even calm frazzled nerves due to stressors such as post-COVID-19 virus variants and climate change health effects.
- Enjoy gripping and adventurous survival stories about honeybees and humans as well as fascinating reasons why the popularity of honey is soaring. New heart-healthy recipes with honey twists such as Whipped Ricotta Toast with Lemon Thyme Honey, Hot Honey Glazed Turkey Loaf, and Turmeric Honey Immunity Booster, plus buzzworthy home cures.

The Healing Powers of Honey: Revised and Updated
A Complete Guide to Nature's Remarkable Nectar (PRE-ORDER)
by Cal Orey

About the Author: Cal Orey, M.A., is a health expert, food writer, on-air personality and author of The Healing Powers series. She has a master's degree in English from San Francisco State University, and for three decades has written hundreds of articles for national and international magazines, specializing in topics such as health, nutrition, and science.

Published by: Kensington Series: Healing Powers #4
ISBN: 9780806545721
On Sale: 08/25/2026/Health & Fitness/Naturopathy

Contact
Cal Orey
530-416-8376
www.calorey.com
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Hello Alaska, an Herb Expert Misses You!

 By  Cal Orey

Herbs and spices play a big role in my life and well-being in California. In December 2019, pre-pandemic era, my solo expedition enroute from Lake Tahoe to Alaska aka  the “Last Frontier” due to its isolation finally happened.  As I traveled through hurricane-force winds, an almost flight diversion to Fairbanks, I anticipated fresh and exciting seasonings, northern lights, and a moose sighting. Sometimes, fantasies are healthier than real life...


In Anchorage at 9:00 a.m., I sat in my hotel room bed on the seventeenth floor overlooking downtown, and Chugach Mountains—but it was dark. The city was shut down due to icy roads, no snow. It was the warmest day since 1952.

I called room service. No freshly squeezed orange juice with fresh mint sprigs or coffee lattes with fresh spices. You will not likely find garden-fresh herbal treasures in December. Blame it on the lack of sunlight. Fresh food is expensive if it’s imported. And that’s not all . . . 

The last night I was nursing a sore throat. Blame it on frigid air blowing down on my bed in a pricey suite. I went with the flow… ordered a Greek pizza. It had chunks of real garlic! Another herbal highlight of the Alaska adventure was finding an artisan chocolate shop. I bought a peri-cayenne pepper truffle, caramelized pear saffron chocolate, and a white square of chocolate with pink peppercorn. The cayenne and dark chocolate gave me the gift of those feel-good endorphins and soothed my raw throat that hurt when swallowing. Both garlic and cayenne made me feel better.

 

Inside My Seasoned Cabin for One Year

            These days, I’m dreaming about revisiting Alaska. Ironically, it will be Fairbanks to view the green and blue colored sky also known as the aurora borealis. And dried herbs, such as the parsley, pepper, and paprika will suffice. It took a trip to up north to Alaska for me to appreciate fresh seasonings year-round that I have right at home inside my cabin. But dried herbs and spices are fine. You can’t always get what you want but you get what you need. 

Cal Orey, M.A. Is an author and journalist. Her books include the Healing Powers Series (Vinegar, Olive Oil, Chocolate, Honey, Coffee, Tea, Superfoods, Essential Oils, Herbs and Spices) published by Kensington. (The collection has been featured by the Good Cook Book Club.) Her website is http://www.calorey.com.