Move from Stressed to Thriving with the Adrenal Reset Diet from Dr. Alan Christianson Weight gain is often due to our modern lifestyle which disrupts the adrenal rhythm to put us in survival mode. Food is not our enemy, it is our solution. Our food choices can act as...
Nutrition
Stressed, Wired or Crashed?
Stressed, Wired or Crashed? Are you thriving? Do you feel enthusiastic, mentally sharp and focused, and have deep and restful sleep? Or instead are you edgy, overwhelmed, or exhausted? A lot of that has to do with your adrenal function, specifically your daily...
Trick or Treat
Trick or Treat Haunting Spirits of Halloween are in the air and Jack O' Lanterns are shining bright. Soon it will be time to go Trick or Treat! Is that Halloween candy really a treat or could it trick you into eating something you would otherwise avoid? Get savvy...
Beware Unauthorized Sellers
Beware Unauthorized Internet Supplement Sellers Several companies making supplements sold to health care practitioners have discovered a number of problems with products that are being sold online by unauthorized sellers. Designs for Health is one of these companies....
Fresh Local Food This Winter
Fresh Local Food This Winter As the season turns to winter, fresh produce and meats are a little less plentiful. However, they are still available, with a little help and direction. Be sure to check your Blood Type recommendations for healthful food choices. Most Type...
Cuppa Joe – or No?
“Coffee is an amazingly potent collection of biologically active compounds,” says Dr. Walter C. Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health. Naturopathic medicine uses plants with biologically active compounds as medicines. And medicines have particular uses for...
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...
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...
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