So far in this series I’ve covered the basics of weight loss and detox. Obviously a whole book, or even several books can be written about weight loss and detox which is beyond the scope of this series. That said, in this last part I’ll mention some other issues that may be impeding your efforts [...]
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Weight Loss and Detox – Part 5 of 5
Posted in common conditions, food, remedies on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Weight Loss and Detox – Part 4 of 5
Posted in common conditions, food, remedies on January 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Now that you’ve cut out sugar and starches, you’ve started to eat breakfast and stopped skipping meals, and you’ve embarked on an elimination diet – let’s continue with the necessary steps to lose weight and detox. If you’re not following me right now, please read parts 1, 2, and 3 of this series by clicking [...]
Weight Loss and Detox – Part 3 of 5
Posted in common conditions, food, remedies on January 17, 2012 | 3 Comments »
In this part, I’ll be discussing one approach to an elimination diet, which can be a very useful start to both losing weight and detoxing. Click here to read part 1, and click here to read part 2 of my series “Weight Loss and Detox”. One concept to keep in mind about any detox or [...]
Weight Loss and Detox – Part 2 of 5
Posted in common conditions, food, remedies on January 14, 2012 | 7 Comments »
In part 1 of my series titled “Weight Loss and Detox” I spoke about choosing healthier foods in order to attain your New Year’s goals. I focused mainly on the importance of eating a diet low in sugar and starch. Here in part 2, I want to explain the importance of eliminating foods that you [...]
Juice cleanses
Posted in food, remedies on November 13, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Juice cleanses seem to be all the rage these days, especially with celebrities like Beyonce, Demi Moore, Ashton Kusher and Gwyneth Paltrow touting them. A patient of mine recently sent me an article from The New York Times titled “The Juice Cleanse: A Strange and Green Journey”. She was asking my opinion about juice cleanses, [...]
Causes of pain
Posted in Applied Kinesiology, chiropractic, common conditions, food, remedies, tagged back pain, chiropractic, lower back pain, pain, symptoms on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Pain is one of the most common reasons that people visit my office for treatment. That said, I thought I’d write a little bit on the topic. Interestingly, pain doesn’t occur where you “feel” it or believe it to exist. In fact, pain really isn’t a “thing”. Pain is a perception triggered by the activation [...]
Stress and joint pain
Posted in common conditions, remedies, tagged back pain, lower back pain, pain on February 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It is not uncommon for patients to report that their joint pain becomes exacerbated during stressful times. There are many known, and probably many to be discovered, different reasons for this. For now I’ll focus on one aspect of the stress response which may seem like minutia, however, if it’s your missing link you’ll want [...]
Whole-food versus synthetic (isolated) supplements
Posted in food, remedies, tagged supplements on February 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Very often, though not always, I find that patients require nutritional supplements in order to achieve noticeable and measurable results in their presenting condition. This is true whether the condition is chronic or acute. The quality of the supplements used is certainly important; just as the quality of food you eat is important. However, in [...]
Unwanted side effects of (bioidentical) hormone replacement therapy
Posted in common conditions, remedies, tagged female health, hypothyroidism, supplements on February 3, 2010 | 135 Comments »
The use of bioidentical hormones got a lot of press after Suzanne Somers (Three’s Company cast member and promoter of the ThighMaster™) began touting them as an alternative to synthetic hormone replacement. I wholeheartedly agree that bioidentical hormones are preferable to synthetic hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Recall the large experiment on the female population known [...]
Natural treatment for urinary tract infections
Posted in common conditions, remedies, tagged female health on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are fairly common and most prevalent in females. The reason they are more common in females is basically because of the difference in anatomy between males and females. A bacterial organism is the most common culprit in UTIs; and a majority of the time the bacteria gets transferred from the lower [...]
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