Planting seeds: Healing Body and Soul Summit

Posted by in Concierge Medicine, Essential OIls, Food, Green Medicine, Herbs & Botanicals, Menopause Last night I was reflecting on the similarities between cultivating the garden in my backyard and the garden of our human lives. In the afternoon swelter, I looked through the heirloom seed packets my friend Ruth had stored in the garage. I was looking for seeds to press into the late summer soil in the two raised beds behind the house. I felt my heart swell with love for these tiny points of...
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10 steps to a healthy relationship with your cordless and cell phones

Posted by in Concierge Medicine, Essential OIls, Food, Green Medicine, Herbs & Botanicals, Menopause What can you do to decrease your risk while using cell phones? Below are 10 things you can do: 1.     Use the speakerphone option as much as possible and hold the phone away from your body. 2.     Choose earbuds with air tubes and avoid using a Bluetooth. The electromagnetic field radiation is one-fourth the strength at a distance of two inches and fifty times lower at three feet. 3.     Avoid...
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Brain Cancer: Is It Time to Divorce Your Cell Phone?

Posted by in Concierge Medicine, Essential OIls, Food, Green Medicine, Herbs & Botanicals, Menopause Many people lavish more attention on their cell phone than they do on their mate or children. The cell phone is their first encounter in the morning and their last at night. They talk to it, stroke it, and tuck it close to their most intimate parts. They laugh, smirk, yell and cry to their cell phones. For many, their cell phone is their closest confidante, and their most beguiling source of...
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EMF Protection

Posted by in Concierge Medicine, Essential OIls, Food, Green Medicine, Herbs & Botanicals, Menopause Cell phones have been linked with dramatically increased risk of brain cancer for men and women; breast cancer in women who store their phones in their bra; and reduced fertility for men and women who carry cell phones in their pants pockets. For the last few weeks I have been sharing information about the impact of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and non-ionizing radiation on your health. This...
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Food Reactions and Chronic Disease

Posted by in Concierge Medicine, Food, Green Medicine, Menopause Often when I first talk with patients about food allergies and intolerances, they often will say, “Oh, I don’t have any reactions to food.” I am always puzzled by this response because we usually have spent the previous hour talking about a chronic, inflammatory condition (or conditions) such as: chronic sinusitis asthma eczema psoriasis Crohn’s Disease Ulcerative colitis atherosclerosis...
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Exercise and Hot Flashes

Posted by in Concierge Medicine, Menopause As deeply devoted as I am to diet for supporting health, I also am a huge fan of exercise. Recent research suggests exercise may be the single most important thing you can do to reduce hot flashes and improve mood (1). Of the 151 women in the trial, those exercising as little as three times a week had significantly fewer hot flashes. The more they exercised (including both aerobic and...
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