Chronic stress increases inflammation, and inflammation contributes to health problems both chronic and acute, from weight gain to indigestion to heart disease. The good news: there are ways to work with your to-do list and lower your stress, helping you stay sane, healthy and even more productive.
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Winter Strawberry Gelato – Recipes for Health – NYTimes.com
I’m going to try this with coconut milk and xylitol, of course. I’ll let you know how it turns out! Winter Strawberry Gelato – Recipes for Health – NYTimes.com.
Detecting and Treating Lyme Disease
Lyme disease is a complex and difficult problem and its diagnosis is often missed. The good news is that it can be successfully addressed, even after many years.
Less Sleep Linked With Metabolic Problems in Children – NYTimes.com
Put your kids to bed! Without TVs, computers, iPods, phones, video games or even those old fashioned things called books. Kids need sleep! We all do, but kids can really suffer if they don’t get it. Not only metabolic, but behavior problems are often exacerbated by insufficient sleep. School schedules don’t make it easy, butContinue reading “Less Sleep Linked With Metabolic Problems in Children – NYTimes.com”
Breakfast Strategy Reconsidered
The problem with studies like this one reported in the NY Times is that it looks only at calories. Not nutrition. Not health. Not satiety. Just calories. Breakfast can help you start the day alert, calm, and energized, or it can send your blood sugar sky-rocketing, only to drop you a very short time later.Continue reading “Breakfast Strategy Reconsidered”
Let food be thy medicine, thy medicine shall be thy food. - Hippocrates
When diet is wrong medicine is of no use. When diet is correct medicine is of no need. - Ancient Ayurvedic Proverb I now have a software program that helps us get closer to this holistic idea.
Rejuvenation! Class: Detox, Rebalance, Replenish
A fun, tasty, and informative talk at my office Thursday, April 14th at 6:30PM. We will talk about many different ways to cleanse and detoxify, as well as some popular methods you should avoid.
Healthy Eating is a Journey: If you stumble, persevere
Surely, if we are healthy, our systems should be able to tolerate an occasional indulgence.
Finding Healthy Recipes
I’ve compiled lots of healthy recipes on my site, both my own and other people’s. Now you can find them easily: just click on the Recipes tag on my home page.
Healing Lyme without Antibiotics: Dr Klinghardt’s recent seminar
A few tidbits from my latest training with Dr Dietrich Klinghardt.
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