This Week is National Naturopathic Medicine Week U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution designating this week, Oct. 7 - Oct. 13, 2013 Naturopathic Medicine Week. The resolution recognizes the value of naturopathic medicine in providing safe, effective, and...
Naturopathic Philosophy
Eat Right 4 Your Type
Eat Right 4 Your Type You may have heard of this work by Dr. Peter D'Adamo. The book with that title came out in 1996. The work has been developing since then as well. The idea that blood type helps determine your susceptibility to illness and what kinds of illness...
One Man’s Food . . .
One Man's Food . . . is someone else's poison Dr. James D’Adamo, after graduating from Naturopathic Medical school, studied at some of the great spas in Europe. He noticed that although many patients did well on the strict vegetarian and low-fat diets there, some did...
Be Gluten-free but Don’t Buy “Gluten-free”
What do I mean by that? Gluten-free foods are not problem-free. The majority of foods which are targeted to gluten-free eating that you can find in Health Food Stores and grocery stores are not particularly healthy foods. These products that look and aim to taste like...
Lose Wheat, Lose Weight
Lose Wheat, Lose Weight When you lose wheat, you may lose: Joint stiffness and pain Acid reflux Rashes Mental fog Fatigue Poor quality sleep Food obsessions Some asthmatic symptoms Leg swelling A few points of fasting blood sugar A few pounds Frankengrain Wheat has...
Weighed Down with Toxins?
Weighed Down with Toxins? While everyone with a heavy toxic burden is fat – and not everyone who’s fat has a heavy toxin burden – all of my overweight patients who rid themselves of toxins automatically lose weight. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work the other way...
Bowenwork for Pain: A Winner, Hands Down
Bowenwork for Pain: A Winner, Hands Down as published in NDNR July 2013 download a scan here A 17 year old female had “spasms up and down my back every 30 seconds which were painful and exhausting.” After a visit to the ER and a spinal tap to check for meningitis,...
How to Proceed in a Friendly Universe
How to Proceed in a Friendly Universe Albert Einstein thought that the supreme question is “Is the universe friendly?” Wow! the implications if it is friendly . . . Is everything working towards my greatest good? Will I be provided everything I need? Are there...
Sun, Skin & Vitamin D
Sun, Skin & Vitamin D The sun and skin cancer has been linked in our mind permanently. We are told to watch for signs of melanoma in the form of ABCD: Asymmetry, Borders irregular, Color varied within the mole, and Diameter larger than a pencil eraser. Less well...
Harness the Power of the Sun for Your Health
Harness the Power of the Sun for Your Health This month, as you may be escaping to shade and air-conditioned buildings for survival, people in other summertime areas are able to get out in the sun and enjoy it. But what about wrinkles and cancer? Dermatologists tell...