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The Natural Path to Permanent Weight Loss

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Most weight loss programs fail because they do not address the underlying causes of obesity or unexplained weight gain, and because most programs are not individualized to the person's individual health needs. Conventional Weight Loss Treatment for Obesity & Overweight: Diet usually consisting of a decrease in calories and change in dietary habits. Exercise. Behavioral therapy (includes many commercial weight loss programs). Drugs including appetite suppressants and stimulants. Surgery. The most common operations, vertical banded gastroplasty and gastric bypass, radically reduce stomach volume. There are a variety of nutrient deficiencies that may occur as a result of these procedures. Conventional doctors rarely have the time to do the dietary, nutritional or lifestyle counseling which is necessary to implement the changes needed for permanent weight loss. … [Read more...]

My Adrenals Are Stressing Me Out!!!

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  Are you feeling stressed out from work, school, and sports where you just can’t function?L Or hanging out at bars & nightclubs, while smoking and drinking, telling yourself that your problems will eventually wither away. What if you had to do a presentation project for your job, and you weren’t fully prepared? Maybe, because of the amount of stress that your boss is impatiently and expecting you to complete! The reasons why you feel this way? Is because you’re Adrenal glands are stressed out!!!   Adrenal Stress The adrenal glands are our stress glands. We must have strong adrenal function in order to handle the stress of life. In fact, life is literally impossible without the adrenals. With adrenal insufficiency, life's emergencies become overwhelming where we are unable to respond effectively to life’s challenges. Each cell must be able to produce the energy of life. Chronic fatigue is an inability to regularly produce adequate energy within the body. When the adrenal glands are weaken from receiving energy, what happens is, that the energy production within the cells. Become disrupted do to the lack of oxygen that pulls within the … [Read more...]

How Can Detoxifying Your Body Help

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Are you are getting tired of watching everyone playing sports, jogging on the beach and looking so healthy and fit? Why does it seem that everyone knows what to do when it comes to looking and feeling healthy? Is there a top secret that everyone knows and not you? Do you feel left out, because you tried every diet that you could and it seems as though it’s not working!L Here is the problem; the body is like your vacuum cleaner, every once in while you have to clean it out. Eating healthy is a great start, but cleaning your insides is even better. We have to detoxify our bodies to get great results, in order for us to have a better change within In ancient times it was a requirement to fast and detox through prays and rituals. In the animal kingdom, animals would fast from illness or hibernation from long winter sleeps. Unfortunately, as us humans we don’t have to sleep in caves like our loving creatures. But the longevity, of our diet may cause changes in our fast-past society, where pills and junk food appears more appealing to the eye. We’ve eaten several meals a day, usually various combinations of only 10 or 20 foods. During our lifetime, drastic changes in processing … [Read more...]

Organic Acid Testing Helping With Chronic Illness

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What is Organic Acid Testing?   Organic acid testing is a way to measure whether your body is getting and using nutrients to drive optimal health. Nutrients are protecting agents. Just as your car has additives and devices that protect it, nutrients serve to protect your heart, brain, and other critical organs. Like a car’s gauges warn of potential problems, your body has certain chemical indicators, known as organic acids, that can alert you to potential problems. Also measured are markers that assess intestinal health, neurotransmitter activity, and detoxification demands. Early warnings can help you make diet and lifestyle changes that may both extend and enhance your quality of life. Many chronic health problems can be difficult to diagnose, especially when they involve nonspecific symptoms such as fatigue, foggy thinking, gastrointestinal upset, joint aches, sleep cycle disturbances, and more. Standard medical testing is designed to identify disease states. Organic acid testing does not diagnose disease; it helps to give insight into the causes of disease.   … [Read more...]

Dangers of Low Vitamin D and Testosterone

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NATURAL HEALTH UPDATE - LOW VITAMIN D AND TESTOSTERONE IS A URGENT WARNING SIGN Testosterone and vitamin D was measured in over 2000 men. Those with a deficiency in both vitamin D and testosterone were more than twice as likely to have a fatal cardiovascular event and over 1 ½ times as likely to have a fatal event that was non- cardiovascular related. (Clinical Endocrinology, February 2012)   LINK to SOURCE Combined effect of low free testosterone and low vitamin D predicts mortality in older men tested for coronary angiography. … [Read more...]

IS TOO MUCH SELENIUM BAD FOR YOU?

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    NATURAL HEALTH UPDATE - SELENIUM: KNOW IF YOU HAVE TOO MUCH IN YOUR BODY An exhaustive review of the benefits selenium has on human health emphasizes that there is a definite “U-shaped link with status.” The paper epitomizes the philosophy that more-is-not-always-better for vitamins and minerals. Although low selenium status has been linked to several diseases – heart disease, infertility, low immunity, poor cognitive function, thyroid disease and cancer – the authors state that although “additional selenium intake may benefit individuals with low status, those with adequate status might be affected adversely and should not take selenium supplements.” (Lancet, March 2012) LINK To Paper: Selenium and human health. … [Read more...]

Far Infrared Sauna And Your Natural Health

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  Sweating is the body’s most safe and natural way of healing and staying healthy. Not everyone wants to run thirty minutes a day, sweating out the toxins in their body. So what is the next best thing to detoxification? A sauna is the answer to that question.   … [Read more...]

Nutrition and Prostate Cancer

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  Help Support Prostate Health and Prevent Reoccurrence of Prostate Cancer   Nutrition plays a very important role in cancer treatment. Scientific evidence shows that nutrition and physical activity are the two most important modifiable risk factors to alter the course of cancer, prevent its occurrence, and stop its progression. Remember, you are what you eat. Neglecting proper environmental conditions, consuming foods loaded with pesticides and poor nutrition provides a favorable environment for cancer to grow and develop. Proper nutrition supports the immune system, starves cancer cells, and provides micro- and macronutrients. … [Read more...]

Cancer & Naturopathic Medicine

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Overview of the practice of Naturopathic Medicine   We are all at risk for developing many varieties of cancer. Even given the fact that there have been many technological advances in the treatment of some cancers, it is still the second leading cause of death in the United States. With the use of naturopathic therapies to compliment conventional cancer treatments, naturopathic treatment can enhance the effectiveness by improving overall health, reducing or eliminating debilitating factors that promote the growth of cancer, and improving the success of chemotherapy and radiation while reducing their side effects. Naturopathic treatment is patient specific, treatment specific, and tumor growth specific. By capitalizing on the strengths of naturopathic treatment combined with conventional medical treatment, the cancer patient can greatly improve their chances of surviving the cancer treatment, eliminate the growth and prevent future reoccurrence.   … [Read more...]

Naturopathic Answer to Thyroid Disease

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Why do so many of us have thyroid problems?     Thyroid disease, malfunctions of the thyroid gland, hyperthyroid (overactive) or hypothyroid (underactive) are showing signs in our population of becoming an epidemic says “The Colorado Thyroid Disease Prevalence Study”. This is a trend across the board in American health, where we are seeing many common diseases moving to an epidemic stage. You name a disease and it is probably an epidemic or moving toward becoming an epidemic-like thyroid disease. … [Read more...]