What Causes Your Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is the most common gastrointestinal (GI) disorder. In fact, studies estimate that 38-96 million Americans suffer from IBS, although only 5 to 7% have been diagnosed. Symptoms of IBS include frequent diarrhea, constipation—or both—gas, bloating, and abdominal pain. IBS is a group of symptoms, including abdominal pain or discomfort and changes […]
How to Beat Sugar Cravings Forever
Did you know that sugar and processed foods are as addictive as heroin or cocaine? What holds most of us back — and gets in the way of success — are those cravings that seem impossible to break. Here is my twelve step program to beating sugar cravings. 1. Forget fruit juices; go for the […]
What Is Leaky Gut?
What is leaky Gut? It sounds awful I know, I would rather rename it to inflamed gut. According to the research, leaky gut could be the cause of your food allergies low energy joint pain, thyroid disease autoimmune conditions and slow metabolism. Leaky gut or intestinal permeability are mentioned over 11,000 in PubMed. An increased […]
Top Ten Reasons You Aren’t Losing Weight
Would you like to know the top ten reasons there might be a barrier to your efforts at releasing weight. For a long time, and even still a main focus, people taught us that releasing weight was all about calories in versus calories out. Well, guess what, that is not true. It turns out that […]
Are You an Architect of Change?
I believe we are all architects of change. Every action, every relationship, every decision we make is creating change in ourselves or our family or our community. I have always considered myself a “change agent” in the health care world. I want the conversation about creating health to be as important as the conversation about […]
The BIG 5 Stress Foods
There are several foods that could be labeled “stress foods”. I have chosen what I call the “Big-5”. Refined sugar These irritate muscles and overwhelm the adrenal glands and pancreas. Most people are aware of the initial “sugar high” from refined sugars that is quickly followed by fatigue and low energy. This leads to an impulse […]
Early Life Stress May Predict Cardiovascular Disease
ScienceDaily (Feb. 10, 2010) — Early life stress could be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in adulthood, researchers report. “We think early life stress increases sensitivity to a hormone known to increase your blood pressure and increases your cardiovascular risk in adult life,” said Dr. Jennifer Pollock, biochemist in the Vascular Biology Center at […]
Landmark Moments in Our Life
There are many landmark moments in our lives. We get married and have a baby, a child graduates or a grandchild is born. At landmark moments we have a realization; a moment when we know that our life is turning here. Inside ourselves there is a moment when we know this is so good–to be alive. Mary […]
Five causes for ALL Disease
Dr Mark Hyman has a great way of explaining five causes of all disease 1. Toxins-environmental, biological, chemical 2. Allergens- food, mold, dust, animal products, pollens 3. Infections-bugs, microbes, bacterial, parasites, tick-borne illnesses 4. Stress 5. Poor diet and lifestyle Rather than thinking about the 12,000 diseases, ask two simple questions: 1. […]