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How to Take Care of Your Spleen
It's easy, but it's not I have been having left-sided neck pain for about a month, going down into my shoulder. I know it is related to a nutritional issue because in the past, my neck pain has gone away when I took the correct nutrition. But this particular case has...
Marvelous Amino Acids
Support brain-balancing, mood balancing, and more! Recently Dr. Sheehan and I have been studying up on moods and brain physiology. There are two excellent books that will give you great insight into moods and brain function. They are "Change Your Brain, Change Your...
Paleolithic Camping
It's Not Just For Hunter-Gatherers Camping is not always easy if you are trying to eat healthy. Most camp food is carbs, carbs, carbs! And more carbs. But this past weekend my mom and I went camping in her little motor home. So I tried to come prepared. I brought...
Drink More Water
The cheapest, easiest cure—try it! Could it be that the cures that work best are the simplest and cheapest? This is definitely true when it comes to water. Talk to almost anyone, and they will say they are not drinking enough. I have heard Dr. Sheehan say that 80% of...
High Cholesterol
A Case Study and Observations I was at a loss for what to write about this week until two patients in a row mentioned high cholesterol. The first had been on the Standard Process Purification program for three weeks and she dropped her cholesterol from around 250 to...
POISON IVY
It's terribly mysterious... Over the weekend I was bound and determined to pull out all the poison ivy at the side of my house. It was established with lots of roots and vines. I knew I was going to get the allergic rash, but I didn't care, because the job at hand was...
Low-Fat Lies
Fat is bad for you. Oh, Really? I'm going to come clean here. I don't have an up-to-date food journal. I got back from my class last Saturday night and in the process of unwinding from my trip I let it fall out. So this very moment I am grabbing a new food record, and...
When is the Best Time to Eat?
There's something to the old wisdom of three squares a day.This week I have turned over the topic to Dr. Sheehan. In our office, we coach people on how to eat better to give the body its best shot at getting back to health. Many people have that they need to stop...
Whole Foods vs. Nutraceuticals
Let's clear this up!I was listening to a lecture by Dr. Freddie Ulan, the founder of Nutrition Response TestingR, and among the many comments he made that struck me was one comment in particular about Nutraceuticals. He really clarified for me how nutraceuticals are...
The Fridge
My new favorite restaurant!I am always keeping my eyes and ears open for restaurants that have food I can eat that are not too expensive. And I recently heard about the Fridge. Now, I did know about it already, and I knew they had pizza and a large beer selection, but...