The adrenal gland is an important player in a symphony with other endocrine glands, responsible for the direction of many hormonal activities in the body. Its function is both complex and unique. Mostly known for its role in the “fight or flight” mechanism, the adrenals (2 glands that sit atop each kidney) play an integral […]
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We’ve all heard the negative effects of smoking on our health. Have you ever thought about the negative effects smoking has on your pocketbook? Smokers that smoke a pack a day (and spend $5 a pack), spend $1,825 per year on cigarettes. That’s $18,250 wasted over a decade! Now, consider if that money had been
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Withever-increasing complexity in life, we learn to compartmentalize our life in anattempt to bring order to chaos. We have our spiritual life, family life, worklife, social life, animal/pet life, recreational life and our health. Ourhealth gets further compartmentalized into food, exercise, stress-relief,sleep, hydration, energy and disease-management. The disease-management is evenfurther compartmentalized, or fractionalized, to all
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The other day, I decided to make lemonade, so I went to our local store and bought quite a few lemons. The cashier looked at me and asked what I planned to do with all the lemons. I said I was going to make lemonade. She looked at me with a shocked and disbelieving look
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Acupuncture. The word alone conjures up images of stabbing needles – pain. In truth, acupuncture rarely causes pain. On the contrary, it is used worldwide to alleviate pain. How is that possible? Most people when they think of needles think of hypodermic needles. The association with “a shot” or immunizations forever burns in the minds
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As we consider our goals for the year, losing weight nearly always gets added to the list. Also is the desire to be healthier, more productive, more organized, and to eat healthier. Losing weight involves many things, but most people think the only links to a healthier weight is exercise and dieting. Although generally helpful,
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As we are first-hand witnesses to the deplorable state of health the people of this great nation is in, more and more health conscious consumers are turning towards alternatives. One of those alternatives is supplements. Vitamins, minerals, herbs and more, comprise a multi-billion dollar industry, as we search for solutions to our decaying health. Unfortunately,
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“Doc, I’m frustrated. I am tired all the time, I can’t lose this weight, I’m cold, my skin is dry…I have all the symptoms that support what I read about hypothyroidism, yet they [their doctors] keep telling me my thyroid is fine. How could that be?” I hear this and similar questions quite frequently. So
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Sugar has become so much a part of our diets that we are unaware of all the places that it lurks. Because sugar has so many different names, we don’t really realize how much we consume. Generally, when we think of sugar, we think of the overt sugars – candy, cake, cookies, ice cream, sodas,
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Every day is a balancing act for our vitamins and minerals. Long recognized for their incredible necessity for health, vitamins and minerals must be supplied on a daily basis. This means we have to include more than we use daily. Without adequate amounts, function is altered. Deficient long enough, and disease results. Most people don’t
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