There is an interesting trend going on here locally, as well as many other communities across the United States. It is a deep sense of need to return to our ancestral roots – to doing things as our ancestors did. To connect with them through genealogy, through reconstituting their ways of food preparation, their values, […]
What will it take to feel great this year? Feeling great is not just an absence of symptoms, but a feeling of vitality! It is the ability to do what you want in life without being encumbered by how you feel. When you can get up in the morning, feeling alive, alert and ready to
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It’s that time of year again: family gatherings, parties, shopping, Christmas cheer and all too often stress, fatigue, anxiety, depression, etc. Stress, applied in a healthy way can be beneficial to health. But that’s only when you’re out in the wilderness and a saber tooth tiger wants you for lunchmeat. Then, when your fight or
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Stress is inevitable. Stress comes from many sources: relationships (or lack of), work (or lack of), health challenges, daily overwhelm, education, finances, balancing fun activities, etc. In all our wisdom, we do everything we can to lower our stress, however, far too often we unintentionally crank up our stress in ways that are entirely preventable!
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There are only two things I think everyone can agree on, bar none – that food and water are vital to our health and life. But that seems to be where the commonality ends. This subject is fraught with confusion. Food, in particular is vital to the vibrancy of our health. With proper nutrients we
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There are many definitions of constipation – primarily it is infrequent bowel movements or straining at bowel movements. Common frequency averages 3-21 bowel movements a week. But “common” doesn’t equate to “healthy”. If your digestive system is functioning perfectly and there are no emotional factors, constipation-causing medications or structural issues in the colon, you should
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Digestive difficulties are one of the leading complaints today, sending some 100 million people per year to the emergency room. Constipation is one of them. Some people get uncomfortable after 2 or 3 days of not having a bowel movement, while others can go a week or longer. I had a patient that went once
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No matter what we do to combat it, stress exists. Frequently a cycle of stress, anxiety and depression engulfs us in what seems to be an impenetrable mire of mud, cutting off our very breath! How do we break loose and come out on top? How can we go through life with a sense of
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So many people are chronically tired today, that you could consider it a fatigue epidemic! Many, many things contribute to fatigue. There are several categories, encompassing hundreds of reasons, for fatigue. Metabolic and Endocrine disorders are the most common. The adrenals and thyroid head this category. But basically any system that secretes a hormone (and
Cholesterol has been given a bad rap. We have been taught that cholesterol in our body is bad. But cholesterol is a substance critically needed by the body! The number of functions it has in the body is truly remarkable. As the cholesterol debate continues, and has been spurred on by the pharmaceutical industry, time
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