Do you know how the earth naturally destroys pollution? Ozone. High-energy rays from the sun hit our upper atmosphere and are absorbed by oxygen converting regular oxygen (O2) into ozone (O3). Ozone is a highly reactive, energized and unstable form of oxygen that reacts with pollutants in the air and breaks them down. Since ozone is […]
One of the basic tenants of diagnosis in Chinese Medicine is to pay attention to any strong likes or dislikes the patient has – especially to foods. Strong likes or dislikes are red flags highlighting imbalances within the patient. Chinese doctors wisely understood that health is all about balance. Any strong attachment to anything produces an imbalance within […]
Ellen and I were cruising Whole Foods last week looking for a crunchy snack we were told about by a friend that was actually good for us. Most crunchy snacks, even those in the health section of the store, are toxic because most are fried in oil. As soon as you heat oil up it […]
What does it take to build strong bones? If you listen to the standard media they will say calcium, but there is much more to this story. Calcium is not enough by a long shot. Read full article here… People like simple answers. Human nature is to either not trust or to ignore things we don’t understand. Our […]
I hate pain. I hate pain so much I make my livelihood out of relieving pain. I know that not everyone hates pain. Dancers and professional athletes embrace pain as part of their profession. Boxers obviously must love pain to choose a career centered on getting beat up. Then there are those weight lifters that tell […]
In the last newsletter I was writing about joint instability being caused by conflicting desires. I discussed how our body automatically tenses up in anticipation of what is needed to stabilize the body as we are about to move into action. We are always in a postural state of preparedness for action based on what our […]
How many of you have had the experience of your low back, or neck, or maybe a knee or foot suddenly act up and hurt for no seeming reason at all? That seems to be the most common cause of joint pain and suffering I see in the office – nothing at all. So what […]
I mentioned in my last letter that my body does not like sugar even though my taste buds do. What does that mean? Why wouldn’t my body like sugar… well let’s go from the outside in. The first thing we think of is eating sugar and how good it tastes…yum. But then what? Before that […]
I love sugar, but sugar does not love me. Sweet is the first taste we experience from our mother’s milk. We are hardwired to seek out the sweet taste. In nature, sweet taste is almost a guarantee that the food we are about to eat is safe. But we are not in nature anymore. Sweet is not […]
Vegetarianism has been around for a long time. In fact you could say that the creation of modern civilization began as a shift away from the hunter-gatherer meat-eating lifestyle to the growing plants for food (agrarian) lifestyle. On the other hand, the development of the large human brain is the direct result several million years […]