America today has a handle on physical relaxation. We have our favorite Lazy Boy easy recliner with attached drink caddy that keeps the cold ones at our finger tips, as well as the four entertainment center remotes and the TV Guide. A few of us have even splurged on the $6000 Super Relaxomatic Shiatsu Massage […]
In the hustle and bustle of the average life things can get pretty stressful at times. Work, traffic, the spouse and kids, the endless chores waiting to be done, it all piles up and we get stressed. What do you do to reduce that stress? How do you sooth the savage stress beast living in […]
Food meets a lot of needs. Our thinking brain tells us that we need food for nutrition – to give us energy and the building blocks to build and repair tissues. While this is completely true, it has very little to do with why most people eat food. If it did we would only eat […]
Ellen asked me this the other day. We were sitting in the car at the farmer’s market. I had just picked up some persimmons with which to try to make persimmon jam. She was not feeling ok and had me do a silent muscle test to see if the not ok feeling was a “I’m […]
Hi , Last week I discussed the three basic types of weight loss diets – low calorie, low fat, and low carb, and how the most effective diet is to combine all three. I also discussed how hormones control weight – particularly insulin. This means we want to keep insulin levels as low as possible […]
It has been a busy couple of weeks. After returning from my little expedition to Japan to attend my son Mason’s graduation from Temple University, I wanted to focus on ways to better address the many facets of preventative healthcare available through natural means. We have such a huge number of things we can do […]
Well I am glad to be back in the U S of A. Japan was a great place to visit, and quite lovely out in the distant countryside, but Tokyo was much too big a city for me. From the top of Tokyo Tower overlooking the city in all directions it looked like 25 downtown […]
Well the holidays are upon us. I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I have heard from a few of you that you were actually out there at 4 in the morning for the Black Friday sales. Some good bargains were to be found, but 4am is waaaaaay to early for me. For […]
Wow! I just spent last weekend at a long and intense seminar on Brain Neuro-degeneration – that means dying brain cells. The presenter said that I will have killed off at least 108,000 brain cells forever by the time the seminar was over if I were an average Joe. Talk about a complex subject! 15 […]
Welcome to the mid-October issue of Fair Oaks News. Fall is definitely here. I walked into the office on September 22nd and noticed the fig tree had dropped a pile of leaves over the night, right on schedule. As most of you know I cut back office hours by closing on Wednesdays […]