July is a big travel month so I thought it would be a good time to remind you (and encourage you!) to spend a little extra time including “health” as part of your vacation planning this year. Just by giving a little extra thought...
Many of the practitioners that I work with find summertime a real struggle; the kids might be at home since school is out, or there may be family vacations, travel, and other distractions (I mean, you can’t really say “no” to that all-day neighborhood BBQ, right?)....
I get a lot of questions from practitioners about clients who have gallstones, cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder), or who have already had their gallbladder removed. What special considerations are needed to manage...
We are besieged by news stories every day about the dangers of this-and-that toxin. It's hard -- even for educated people -- to tell truth from fiction, when it comes to questions about what elements of our diets and environments are truly "toxic" in the medical sense...
Traveling this Memorial Day weekend? Already planning your summertime family excursions? Attending your son or daughter’s college graduation on another coast? Dare I say planning the s’mores for that campout next month? All fun...
I hope you're enjoying this blog post series, and that you are seeing why it is so important to ask your client the right in-depth questions as well as know the most useful functional testing available for a given set of...
As your own health detective and health advocate you should consider doing some testing to see what’s really going on in your body. This is especially important if you’ve been feeling a bit off, have unexplained symptoms, or are finding that belly fat is sticking...
Someone once told me that if you’re having too much fun in life, you can’t be healthy! I remember saying, “What? That is totally not true! To me, having fun is a requirement for good health!” What do you think? Perhaps that...
I just recently heard that April 16th was National Stress Awareness Day…I wonder if April 15th being the dreaded tax deadline has anything to do with the date for this stress-related holiday! We are all so stressed these days. And when you’re stressed, the stress...
As promised in my previous blog, “When Eating More Greens is Not a Good Idea”, today I’m providing more detail on the five specific – although rare - instances where greens may cause worsening symptoms in your client. Today I’ll...