Blog, Healthy Lifestyle, Uncategorized
I like to write about subjects that I understand thoroughly and feel rather expert-ish about. So I am on shaky ground today as I embark on a topic that I possess a feeble understanding of. However, in my own defense, there are probably not many people who really have...
Blog, Healthy Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Whenever I stop long enough to think about it, I am awed by the truly miraculous nature of the human body. It never ceases to amaze me that our bodies can transform food into energy, deliver a constant flow of life-giving oxygen, energy and nutrients to cells, create...
Blog, Supplements, Uncategorized
Early in my career as a health care professional I didn’t believe taking vitamins was necessary. I reasoned we should be getting all our vitamins from the foods we eat and, if we eat plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits, we are getting all we need. Unfortunately,...
Blog, Healthy Lifestyle, Uncategorized
I have found that most people have a general idea of what kind of habits they need to adopt or drop in order to feel better and be healthier. What perplexes me is why we do not do the things we know we should – especially when it comes to our own well-being. I have...
Blog, Healthy Lifestyle, Uncategorized
The body, mind, spirit concept of healthcare centers on addressing all three of these aspects of ourselves in our health habits. In order to do this, I believe we have to first illuminate ourselves to where we are incongruent with our proclaimed priorities....
Blog, Cholesterol, Uncategorized
As with many health topics today, there is so much misinformation about cholesterol that it really is confusing for the average person. First of all, let’s clear up the purpose of cholesterol in our bodies. Despite information readily available from official sources,...
Blog, Healthy Lifestyle, Uncategorized
In case you haven’t noticed, we live in a germ-phobic society. Maybe you believe this is a healthy and justified fear, but I believe it is destructive to our health and our environment. While Louis Pasteur’s discovery of germs lead to great advancements for the...
Blog, Digestive Health, Hormone Balance
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a very common diagnosis I see in my practice. When you look at this diagnosis more closely, you will see that it is actually a collection of symptoms and not a disease in the classical sense. Does this mean we should write-off FM as untreatable,...
