The holiday season is around the corner! As Halloween decorations are put away, we ready ourselves for the last two months of the year which are traditionally full of celebrations with food. I encourage you not to be overwhelmed and go numb, but to continue to make...
FUN - FOOD - PRODUCT SAMPLES - PRIZES All as promised - 35 people did drop in for my appreciation celebration, and many also sent their regrets. Thank you all for celebrating with me! I made a gluten-free stevia-sweetened carrot cake, and here is Clifford eagerly...
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...
My doctor did a blood test and says my thyroid is fine. Why am I still sluggish, cold, constipated and depressed? Your blood test may have been measuring TSH only, and the picture is more complicated than that. Or the doctor may have done a more complete thyroid panel...
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...
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...
A patient emailed a question . . . She asked me about including "good for you" leafy greens in her diet. She just made pesto for the first time with some fresh basil. She likes spinach, but not the other leafy greens, and was looking for a way to get any leafy greens...
Reactional Modes: The Ability to Respond We recognize health in individuals with abundant reserve energy, a radiant aliveness. This aliveness is dependent on the ability to identify what is beneficial to one’s own growth and development and readily and efficiently...
This was the title of a talk presented by James L. Oschman, PhD at the Bio-Energetic Medicine conference in Tempe, AZ this weekend (June 2 - 3). It was sponsored by the Arizona Naturopathic Medical Association and I enthusiastically attended the whole conference. The...
