This is a continuation from last week where I was discussing the diet portion of the makeover. Stage 1: the first seven days are designed to overcome lipotoxicity within our cells causing insulin resistance. To do this we have to force our cells to want to burn any available fats in storage for energy. […]
I have been noticing a peculiar trend over the last couple of decades with patients, their temperatures are dropping. Back when I was growing up and through my schooling years the normal temperature of your average human was 98.6 degrees. This is what is still taught in school. Yet when I check patients or […]
Ellen casually asked me the other day “What causes arthritis?” She was curious because her sister, who is almost 5 years younger, was complaining of arthritis while Ellen has no such complaints. My first response was “What kind of arthritis?” Technically there are over 100 kinds of arthritis and more than 50 million Americans […]
I have been bumping up against this challenge in lots of folks lately. Most recently I went up to my mother’s house to help her celebrate her 93rd birthday. Her older sister, Sylvia, was there as well. I had brought up dinner and a keto angel food cake for the occasion. In the two hours […]
What is the number one complaint patients have when they go into their doctor? Tiredness. Lack of energy is the biggest complaint folks have on their routine exams. Sometimes this is due to anemia like iron poor blood or low vitamin B12 levels, which shows up on your routine blood tests. But most of […]
You know that feeling where you gotta go and you don’t know if you are going to make it to the toilet? Or on the other side of the road, it is day three and you still have not gotten that joyful release from your colon? How about abdominal cramping and gas that doubles […]
Leaky Gut, SIBO, & IBS Diet If it’s not on here then don’t eat it! Vegetables Bamboo shoots Bok choy / pak choi Broccoli < ½ c. Cabbage <1 c. Carrots Chives Cucumber Eggplant / aubergine Ginger Green beans/peas ¼ c. Green onions (green part) Lettuce / chard / arugula Olives Parsley Red peppers (red […]
A couple of weeks ago the trade magazine Chiropractic Economics emailed me a link to a free e-book on treating arthritis. The book was 60 pages long and reviewed several approaches to dealing with arthritis. Since arthritis is certainly a common concern for many patients, I thought I would cover some of the highlights from […]
Ahh, the delights of Ice Cream! Truly it is a most delicious treat. How many family memories include a dessert of a bowl of ice cream, perhaps with a side of cookies? How many children first learn the value of money when the ice cream man rolls through your neighborhood playing his merry tune? You […]
The subject of depression has come up for several patients recently, so I thought it would be a good subject for a newsletter. My interest is in looking at depression from angles different than the psychiatric community as I am a holistic practitioner. Psychiatry reports that depression is exceedingly difficult to treat. One of the […]