The “stones” that most people don’t know about
When you think of "stones" in your body, most people will think of kidney stones, gallstones or maybe bladder stones. But those aren't the only areas of your body that are prone to stones—because you can also get stones in your tonsils! To understand how that can happen, it's important to look at these humble little sentinels in the back of your throat called your tonsils. The humble sentinels Your tonsils are part of...
When this happened, I saw stars!
Important announcement regarding office hours at the end Please DO NOT skip If you’ve been reading my blogs for a while you probably know that I can be considered a “fitness nut” LOL. And there’s a good reason for that! I have worked out my entire adult life and I cannot stress enough the incredible health benefits from my exercise habits—including normal blood pressure, easily maintaining my weight, sound sleep, combatting stress and high...
10 foods you must avoid
I had a conversation with an acquaintance who told me she was in good health because: Her cholesterol was under control with Lipitor Her blood pressure stayed right around 120/80 with atenolol Nexium kept her acid reflux at bay Metformin brought her A1C down to under 6% THAT'S good health? This woman is anything BUT healthy. Sadly, people like this uber-medicated woman are increasingly common in our society today, and that includes our...
Stop & reverse the 5 stages of poor health!
In my 30 years in the health and nutrition field, I’ve heard a variety of excuses for someone refusing to change their habits in order to improve their health. Things like: "I don't know how to cook." "My husband won't like it if I make healthy meals." "I don't have the time." "Eating right is too expensive." But by far the saddest one I've ever heard is: "It's too late for me." Because this...
The nefarious goal of modern medicine
You may not know this, but “modern medicine” is not very “modern” at all. In fact, it was incepted by Standard Oil magnate John D. Rockefeller just a little over 100 years ago as a way to expand his revenues by creating pharmaceutical drugs out of petroleum by-products. At that time, medicine was primarily focused on helping the body to heal and restoring its normal functioning using plants, herbs, natural homeopathic remedies and nutrition. ...
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Ladies: Enough with the Botox already!
I was wondering if it was my imagination at first, but it seems to me that more and more people (particularly women) are taking youthful appearance advice from the likes of Madonna, Cher or Dolly Parton. As in, Botox injections! While there’s absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to look youthful, when someone gets to the point where their upper lip won’t move when they smile or speak, or their mouth is more trout-like than...
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