Acupuncture, Botanical Medicine and Clinical Nutrition: Create a ‘Healing Storm’ for Treatment of Diverticulitis The standard American diet is the perfect breeding ground for diverticulitis. This is a condition where pouches (aka diverticula) form within the wall of the colon, then become inflamed and infected. A low fiber diet (believed to be one of the […]
Boxed, bagged, canned food as well as the plethora of sugar laden choices available around every corner have highjacked America’s health. Packaged, processed, genetically modified foods feed millions of people per day yet many are nutritionally deficient. When food is manipulated by additives, high heat, radiation, gene sequencing and global travel much of its intended […]
The influx of the element lead into our environment and inevitably our bodily systems has risen exponentially over the last several decades. Lead has weaseled its way into the human bloodstream for centuries. Ancient Chinese created metallic lead as far back as 3000 B.C. and the British Museum displays the most ancient piece of lead […]
Previously blogged was Clinical Nutrition for Kids which proved to be an excellent tool in preventing future, negative eating habits. However, eating habits left untreated can result in eating behavior such as pecking, gorging, eating many small meals or skipping meals which, in some individuals, any of these can be a sign of an eating […]
Not so long ago it was uncommon for children to be taking a prescription drug. Parents knew from their parents that if they allowed their child’s body to fight whatever needed to be fought; many times it would take care of itself. Unfortunately, as more adults rely on a myriad of medications the age of […]
A new study reported by the Huffington Post (via Reuters) shows how a combination of acupuncture and hypnosis may be the one-two punch some people need to quit smoking. The statistics of how smoking cigarettes can deteriorate your health, your quality of life and eventually kill you are enormous. There is no need to list […]
A 2010 study out of Heidelberg University Hospital, headed by cardiologist Dr. Johannes Backs, found acupuncture capable of playing an important role in slowing heart disease. Approximately 250,000 people die per year from heart failure, a condition that over time results from high blood pressure or other subtle to overt trauma to the heart. Specific […]
The skin is the largest organ of the body. It is a breathing, moving mass that is the first responder to many outside, as well as, inside influences. The skin is also like a built in alarm system that, through minor to major changes in things like color, texture and touch, can alert us to […]
Technological evolution has always had its challenges. Even though great leaps in our digital society have enabled us to perform instantaneous tasks beyond the imagination of just twenty years ago, the human body is still trying to catch up. Enter ‘text neck’, the trauma caused to the neck and spine due to constant handheld communication […]
Osteoporosis, which means “porous bones”, is a condition of the weakening and thinning of portions or the entire skeletal system. It is the cause of approximately 1.5 million fractures per year and affects about ten million Americans, mostly over the age of sixty-five, with eighty percent being women. In a study out of the Rehabilitation […]