It seems everyone wants more energy. As our lives become increasingly busier, we want the energy to keep up with it. For some, their energy just isn’t there, even to do normal activities. So, we do whatever we can to get it up. But many times, the easy solution isn’t always the best choice. Consuming
No one, to my knowledge, has ever walked into a car dealer and asked for the slowest car they have. That their preferred model was slow to start, slow to get up and go, and just moseys’ along. No, we want fast! That is no truer than with our own personal get up and go.
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When people talk about being tired or fatigued, it is generally called by different verbs: they refer to it as “sleepy”, tired, “sick fatigue”, physical fatigue (over work, muscle soreness), mental fatigue, just worn out, depressed, or overwhelmed. I’ve noticed in the beginning of care, people just say “I’m tired”. As care commences and they
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As we are reaping the benefits of a beautiful garden – be it flowers or vegetables, we are also reaping the bad stuff too – WEEDS! Interspersed with harvesting beautiful broccoli, spinach, pink-sprinkled cabbage, red kale, early tomatoes and beans, I get to pull weeds too. We just started a garden in a new area
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As Auto-Immune Diseases skyrocket today, we are being vigilant in the search for causative factors. One factor that is increasing in awareness is the role of our environment. Typically, when we think of environment, we think dirt. We think about toxins in our home, work places, air, water, foods, etc. That certainly warrants investigation. We
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This is an oft-asked question. “Can acupuncture really help weight loss?” The answer is a resounding “yes!” Acupuncture can help by different means. It is not generally used as a stand-alone approach, but combined with good, sound nutrition, exercise and supplementation with food concentrates, the results can be quite pleasing. But how does acupuncture work
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Over the past couple of months, news headlines are firing off articles about calcium appearing to be more foe than friend. How can that be? For years, we have touted the benefits of calcium – not just the benefits, but the absolute necessity of it! So why the sudden about face? Recently, a large Swedish
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As we progress into winter with all of its various maladies, prevention is our first line of defense. It is said that “the best defense is a good offense” that is never so true as it is for the immune system. Some people feel that their only hope of avoiding the flu is to get
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As we are getting ready to go back to school, we can’t help but wonder how long it will take before our child gets sick and the illness spreads through the family. It is the same concern nearly every family of school-aged children has. Now is the time to build up the protective fences to
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The past few years we’ve read headlines revealing the findings of research regarding “post-concussive syndrome”. We have learned that injury to the brain can lead to long term cognitive deficits such as dementia, emotional instability and certain psychiatric illnesses, impaired attention and memory, impaired expressive language and others. Sonja Orloska, MD, of the Psychiatric Centre
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