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Average Reading Time: 2 minutes and 46 seconds According to Ayurveda, November is the first month of winter, and the cause for a dramatic shift in diet and behavior. Winter and its dietary prescription of more proteins and fats to rebuild the body and mind while insulating us from the cold winter months will last […]
Average Reading Time: 5 minutes and 12 seconds While we tend to think of calcium as a supplement for healthy bones, new research suggests that our need for calcium goes way beyond bone health. In this article, we will discuss the new research, our calcium needs, the benefits, the risks and how to get the […]
Average Reading Time: 2 minutes and 56 seconds While raising our six children, I experimented with every type of immune-boosting concoction you could imagine. From pretending to be a daddy bird squirting castor oil into their mouths with an eyedropper the way a momma bird feeds their young (BTW, I think my kids would publicly […]
Average Reading Time: 6 minutes and 10 seconds On September 23, the sun will shine directly on the equator creating nature’s day of perfect balance. This autumnal equinox is when days and nights are extremely close to being the same length. It is the day of balance between light and dark – 12 hours each […]
Average Reading Time: 6 minutes, 2 seconds How much faith do you put in your sunscreen? According to a report released by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), there is surprisingly little proof that sunscreens prevent most skin cancers! (1) According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, “Sunscreens should not be the first choice […]
Average Reading Time: 8 minutes, and 15 seconds A while back a patient came into my office with the strangest request. He said he had been trying to move to Colorado for a few years but couldn’t because of health reasons. After some job hunting visits, he noticed he didn’t feel well here and was […]
For the past 30 years, we have been told that fats are bad for the body. But groundbreaking new research has shown that high cholesterol has incorrectly been labeled “public enemy number one” for the heart. For example, in one study people with higher levels of cholesterol had better heart health and brain function as […]
Average Reading Time: 2 minutes, 32 seconds North of Atlanta there are basically no UVB rays from the sun from October through April, which means your body can’t make vitamin D from the sun. Folks north of these latitudes should be eating lots of organ meats and fish liver oils – or if they can’t go […]
I regularly ask my patients if they are taking vitamin D. More often than not, they respond by telling me that they get plenty of sun! In a new report, The International Food Information Council (IFIC) surveyed 1005 adults ranging in age from 18 to 80. They asked them if they thought they were getting […]
Dairy, much like gluten, has been deemed by the health food culture as a “bad food.” Some studies have linked dairy products to just about everything from food intolerances to weight concerns, fatigue, mood instability and more. Others put forth compelling research that links dairy to numerous health benefits and tout it as an essential […]
Dr. Ray Matthews, who is the assistant professor of surgery at the Moorehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, has published a landmark study on the benefits of vitamin D (1). His report showed that his patients with optimum vitamin D levels had shorter length of stays in the hospital, decreased hospital casts, decreased readmission […]
Are you confused about boosting immunity this winter? No doubt there are a staggering number of supplements to choose from, so how do you make sense amongst all the hoopla? I have to say that running a natural health practice since 1984 and traveling frequently for teaching and speaking engagements, all while raising 6 kids, […]
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