How can I eat without sugar? In the United States, sugar is everywhere and in everything. Oftentimes sugar is an added ingredient that just doesn’t make sense. The daily recommendation for sugar intake over 2 years of age is less than 10% of your daily calories. But, it can be found in your breakfast cereal,… Read More Sugar, Sugar Everywhere…
History of cold water therapy The use of cold water for healing was first reported in 3500 BCE in the Edwin Smith Papyrus. Ancient Greeks used it for relaxation and socializing. Hippocrates used water for healing, he said water will cure anything. Sebastian Kneipp used cold water immersion for healing. In 1849, he had tuberculosis… Read More The 7 Benefits of the Ice Bath
There has not been a more helpful tool for health and wellbeing than intermittent fasting while eating a clean healthy whole foods diet. It has been successful to reverse pre-diabetes, lose weight, reduce aches and inflammation in the body, increase energy and to get control of cravings, that endless need to snack. Also the discipline… Read More Intermittent Fasting, How to Make It Work For You
“I have gained weight and don’t know why. I’ve have been to many doctors and they’ve checked the thyroid blood work, but found everything is normal.” Sound familiar? There are lots of reasons for a suddenly slower metabolism and weight gain. I am sharing this so you can use the information with your doctor team… Read More Slow Metabolism and Weight Gain (and my doctor says blood tests are normal)
What is a whole foods diet? How to get started? Selecting, preparing, and eating foods close to how they are found in nature: unprocessed; unrefined; and free from preservatives, additives, pesticides, antibiotics, and hormones. Why is it important to eat a whole foods diet?The health of the gut is essential to the health and well-being… Read More Whole Foods Diet
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia or BPH BPH is a highly prevalent imbalance in aged men, characterized by dysregulation of cell growth of the prostate epithelium and stroma. The prevalence increases from 8% to 50% once a man reaches 50 years of age. Symptoms include urinary frequency, urgency, straining, and incomplete voiding of urine. BPH can… Read More A Naturopathic Understanding of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Who can resist the beauty of a red raspberry? Their aroma is just as nice. And what an amazing discovery, the power of the ketone molecule in that aroma! Raspberry ketones are very small molecules called “phenols”. They are found in raspberries, and also cranberries, blackberries, and anise. Here is a little bit of the… Read More The Science behind Raspberry Ketones
Our world is full of toxic chemicals. Never before have such large numbers of people been exposed daily to chemicals from building materials, home furnishings, food additives, solvents, pesticides, insecticides, heavy metals, phenols, formaldehyde, BPA’s, PCB;s and VOC’s. These are found in hundreds of products we touch every day. The problem is that these toxins… Read More Detox and lose weight with the far infrared sauna
Often I am faced with patients who desperately want to let go of extra pounds, but just can’t seem to do it. Bless their hearts, they have tried every diet, every strategy, exercised 2 hours per day and don’t lose a pound. Fortunately, when looking at these patients through the lens of naturopathic medicine, I… Read More Why can’t I lose weight?
The weight loss and health benefits of fiber are vast. When we eat fiber, food passes through the body quicker, less fat is absorbed. We have a decreased appetite. Our cholesterol level is decreased. We use more calories because we have to chew longer and the stomach takes more time to digest. Best of all,… Read More Lose weight and feel great by eating more fiber
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