About a week ago I read a book on vagus nerve function and clinical applications. The vagus nerve has been described as the rest and digest nerve that comes out from the base of your skull and travels down to most all of your internal organs like the heart, lungs, and digestive system. This would normally be […]
The theme for the beginning of the new year is detoxification. I wrote about many simple ways to engage detoxification two weeks ago using diet. I wanted to make sure everyone had time to get rid of all the junk food in the house and to stock up on plenty of leafy green vegetables and […]
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 […]
I am reading a book right now about using nutrients to balance out brain chemistry. The amount of research is impressive with over 30,000 patients treated and over a million lab tests performed to assess these patients. This kind of research volume only happens when we are either dealing with somebody’s life work or when […]
We function with a two party system. One system is all about survival in the moment. It wants to fight to make things right and preserve safety. It focuses on strength, rational thought, and preparedness while pulling away the energy from supportive pursuits and considerations about tomorrow. The opposite party would rather make love, not […]
Today I would like to discuss with you some knowledge taught in various wisdom schools and the deeper teachings of many world religions. It deals with the power of creation and the ability to direct manifestation in the world and within the body. My interest is primarily on how this can affect the health of […]
Ninety percent of adults in North America consume caffeine daily. It is the most widely used psychoactive substance in the world. Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant found in over 60 different South American and Asian plants, but we are most familiar with just three sources: coffee, tea, and to a small extent, chocolate. […]
Your body manages its health through two basic mechanisms – facilitation and inhibition. Facilitation means the body makes more of something happen, while inhibition means it makes less of something happen. Facilitation adds information and activity, while inhibition subtracts or decreases information and activity. This reality is most clearly expressed in the brain. These are […]
Do you have a loved one with Alzheimer’s or senile dementia? Are you concerned for yourself? Loss of your ability to think or remember is devastating. “You” literally cease to exist bit by bit, but your body keeps going on. Life as you knew it slips away because everything “you knew” is slipping away. Everything you […]