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Righting A Listing Ship: Immune Health Support
Modern lifestyle factors continue to unbalance immune function—here’s how to utilize supplements to help your clients/patients align immunity for healthy functioning. Reality TV competition (talent) shows often reward each episode’s challenge winners with the phrase, “You have immunity and cannot be eliminated next round.” The judges are unquestioningly linking “immunity” with “safety.” It’s a relevant ...
Nutraceuticals for High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is often referred to as “the silent killer” because you may not know that you have it until it’s too late. In fact, nearly one-third of people who have high blood pressure don’t know it. If your blood pressure is extremely high, however, certain obvious symptoms may manifest themselves: • ...
Metabolic Osteoarthritis 101
Defining the relationship between metabolic syndrome and osteoarthritis and how to approach it naturally. As a chiropractor, I see a great deal of people present with osteoarthritis (OA). It is a condition that, until now, has been associated with a fairly straightforward etiology. Two primary causes have been identified and have served as the driving ...
Breaking Down the Numbers of Heart Disease
Practicing a prevention strategy earlier on is significant in derailing heart-related problems. The numbers for those who are affected by cardiovascular disease every year are daunting, breaking it down: 610,000 people according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) die of heart disease every year—that’s one in every four deaths. Considered the leading ...
Empowerment Through Education
Embracing your inner lifelong student will help keep you and your practice on point, and foster a healthier community. The oft-quoted assertion from 16th century English philosopher Sir Francis Bacon, “Knowledge is power,” is and should be a lively undercurrent of any practice. Medical research in multifarious disciplines continues at a rapid clip, and health ...
Battling the Bulge
Practitioners must consider all factors when developing a protocol to help patients lose weight. Now that the sun has set on 2015, people look at the New Year as a fresh start. Oftentimes, they set their goals for the year in the form of a New Year’s resolution. In fact, a Nielson survey of the ...
Sleep Tight
Getting enough sleep and rest is essential for the human body to function properly. Sleep is essential for everyone, but unfortunately most Americans do not get enough of it. According to the National Sleep Foundation, the recommended amount of sleep is 10 to 11 hours per night for children, 8.5 to 9.25 for teenagers and ...
The Blood Sugar Battle
Diet and exercise are the keys to metabolic wellness, but when the lock is jammed, practitioners can help support the metabolic system naturally. Metabolic syndrome, also known as insulin resistance syndrome, is the combination of risk factors that raise the likelihood of heart disease or other health problems like stroke or diabetes. There are five ...
Defining the Role of a Health Practice
Participants include: • Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, Kona, HI, www.endfatigue.com • Cheryl Burdette, ND, Progressive Medical, Atlanta, GA, www.progressivemedicalcenter.com • Sara Gottfried, MD, Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Gottfried Institute for Functional Medicine, Berkeley, CA, www.saragottfriedmd.com • Holly Lucille, ND, Healing from Within Healthcare, Los Angeles, CA, www.drhollylucille.com For many patients and clients, the concept of ...
Words As Healers Words As Slayers
Embodying the art of medicine. Which do you think has a more powerful effect on the outcomes of people you treat? The medicines and natural remedies you give them? Or the words that you offer along with them? You may be surprised that research shows the answer is “Your Words.” Why? Because the words you ...
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