One of the things I have been getting experience in lately is caring for an invalid. As some of you may have to do this at some time, I thought I would share some of the things I have found useful in this process. Others of you have already become seasoned pros in this area […]
I went to my favorite Asian market the other day because I ran out of fish sauce. I really like fish sauce for so many different dishes. While there I went down the mushroom isle (yes they have a whole section just for mushrooms) and decided that I really needed to try all their different […]
Back pain is not much fun, and yet it is the most common reason people go to doctors. Since most of you reading this newsletter already know how effective non-force Chiropractic care is, we will skip the usual blah-blah about how important it is to see a professional for the proper alignment of your spine […]
One of the challenges to being a caregiver is knowing when to switch the giving flow from caring for others to caring for yourself. Self care is essential to the health and wellbeing of the caregiver. The phrase I have used for years is “If you don’t care for yourself first, you won’t have anything […]
It has been two or three years since I have written on the current information on osteoporosis. Since 26% of women will get severe bone loss leading to fractures, it is an important topic. While much of the basic physiology remains the same, the recommendations for preventing bone loss have changed. What is osteoporosis? Osteoporosis […]
About eight months ago I was doing a lot of research into creating a homemade non-dairy yogurt. I discussed my many trials and tribulations in a newsletter to you and told you about an acceptable yogurt without any dairy in it. At the end of the article I said that if I perfected the recipe, […]
Disconnection and loneliness are signs of a loss of receptivity and participation in the sensory moment. Most religions of the world understand that the fundamental core discontent deep in the heart of humans lies in his and her feelings of separation from life/God. Each religion will have it’s own metaphorical story about how we were […]
Last newsletter I wrote about taking out the trash. The trash I was talking about was the metabolic toxic waste our body is constantly producing just by being alive. Some of these wastes are so toxic that if our release of them is delayed even a few minutes, we will die. In this case I […]
Have you noticed how much effort it takes these days to stay healthy? When I was a little kid diabetes was a rare almost unheard of disease. We all knew about heart attacks, but nobody my parents or their parents knew had had one. Cancer was not even a word that was in the […]
Remember those little cartoon angles and devils that would sit on people’s shoulders whispering into their ears? The devil would sit on one side and urge the person to do all sorts of things that were “bad” and likely to get them into trouble. While the angel would sit on the other shoulder and warn […]