What is gluten and why would it affect me? You might have heard of the "Gluten-Free" movement and are wondering. Read on if you or a loved one has lost their get-up-and-go, or has any of these symptoms: DiarrheaBloatingAbdominal painEczemaHeadacheFoggy...
It's October again and the campaigns with the pink ribbons, walks for the cure and being asked for contributions at the grocery store checkout line begins. Going against the grain of the mainstream, I am going to illuminate your choice: are you focusing on what you...
We celebrated the Autumnal Equinox, and nights really are getting cooler! Here is the sunrise on the equinox from a 2012 trip to Salt Lake City! As our bodies are making the shift, we find we might be desiring different foods, getting up and going to bed at different...
What is Peace?Is it possible to have it now?What would it take? People around the world have been exploring this forever. The reality is that the amount of peace we see in the world is a direct reflection of the amount of peace we have inside of us. This may be a...
Fire! When we see firemen running towards a fire and other firemen on the scene quenching the fire, do we blame the firemen for the fire? We recognize that with all these firemen working, there must be something wrong. But do we think that the firemen are the cause...
I’ll bet we can all recite the first verse of this nursery rhyme: Jack and Jill went up the hillTo fetch a pail of water,Jack fell down and broke his crownAnd Jill came tumbling after. Now, we might want to stop here and send Jack and Jill to the ER, but the...
Smell the Indoor Air Take a deep breath. How fresh is the air? The US Environmental Protection Agency ranks indoor air pollution as one of the top five threats to public health. The primary sources of poor indoor air quality are 1) airtight buildings and...
Patients ask me about natural remedies for adjusting to time zones when they travel. I just got back from a trip to Wisconsin and Ontario, Canada. Here I am with my parents and one sister on the shore of Lake Michigan in Door County, Wisconsin. The time...
Where do you go in the Verde Valley for natural health care? How do you choose? First consider this. Chronic health care accounts for 70% of Western medicine. The reason is failure to prevent and treat chronic disease and failure to treat causes. However, there...
You asked for it - the Carrot Cake recipe you tasted - or hearing about it, you wish you had tasted. I made a gluten-free carrot cake for a birthday party on Sunday. It turns out that about 100 people had some! A lot of people had no clue it was gluten-free, it was...
