One of the important aspects of doing a detox diet is getting the poisons all the way out of your system. In my past when I would do water fasts to clean out my system, there was no consideration for this need. Water fasting is a very traditional method of detoxification, but I now believe […]
Poisons, poisons everywhere. I have written many articles on the huge variety of poisons in our food, water, air, and living environments. We have considered diet changes, water purification, air cleaners, and a host of replacement products for the toxic ones sold at the stores to clean our houses and selves with. But the truth is, […]
What is the most commonly deficient nutrient in the American diet? As you might guess from the title of the article, it is magnesium. As a rule Americans get most of the vitamins and minerals they need to prevent actual deficiency diseases like scurvy or beriberi due to the enrichment of common foods like flour, […]
One of the benefits of my new lease Subaru is a few months of free Sirius XM satellite radio. I have had the radio set to 50’s on 5, so I have been listening to music from the 50’s for the last two months. I never heard any of this music when I was young […]
What is nicer than a really good night’s sleep? It is so lovely to wake up all bright and ready for a new day. And how about those wonderful dreams that you just barely remember as you are waking up and then they quickly slip away? Yes, a good night’s sleep is truly grand. The […]
I have been interested in and researching metabolic detoxification pathways for about a month now. In the pursuit of health it is becoming increasingly clear that the modern challenge to health is primarily the buildup of toxic poisons in our body. This is pretty new for the history of human kind. Throughout most of our history […]
For the last several weeks my focus has been on motivation. The reason is very simple, I can give a person the greatest information and guidance in the world, but if they are not motivated to follow that guidance then there was no point in even knowing that information. At the end of the day the […]
For some reason a lot of my patients have been complaining of symptoms of urinary tract infections. It seems like everyone has to pee all the time and they never feel like they have completely emptied their bladders. I have not had anyone mention blood in their urine and usually they have not had the typical […]
I carry a lot of different supplements in my office for treating many different conditions and ailments. Yet 90% of what patients ask for and pick up are natural supports for pain relief. Pain seems to be a big problem these days. A shocking statistic I came across the other day is that opioids are […]
Over the last couple weeks I have had several patients come in complaining of muscle cramps. The locations were varied, the hand, calf, top of the thigh, arch of the foot, and of course back muscle cramps. This upturn in muscle cramping fits our current weather here in Sacramento right now – hot. We have […]