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Parasites are much more common than people think. There are more than 3,000 types of parasites. Though they are most prevalent in populations with poor sanitary conditions, millions of people continue to become infected in developed countries as well. Giardia is still the most common parasite worldwide, causing a wide variety of digestive complaints. Because giardia is commonly water borne, campers, boaters, and backpackers are most susceptible. Foreign travelers too, become infected by drinking contaminated water or eating food which was prepared in unsanitary conditions. Pinworms and roundworms are also common parasitic conditions. [Read more…] about An Ayurvedic Approach to Treating Parasites

Last week I began a four-part series on obesity, or as Dr. Mark Hyman calls it, “Diabesity.” I covered the fact that the primary cause of obesity in our society today is insulin resistance and began a list of things you can do to cut down on your risk for diabesity. The first item on that list was to optimize nutrition and the #1 item under nutrition was to cut back sugar in all of its forms. Remember that carbohydrates are sugars and the body uses them first for energy. However, if your cells have become insulin resistant, the carbs that enter your body cannot be processed properly and get stored as fat immediately. So now, instead of becoming energized by eating pasta, grains, starchy veggies and fruits, you become fat and sluggish instead.

[Read more…] about Obesity and Insulin Resistance – Part 2

What To Do About Those Painful Hemorrhoids

Did you know that up to 75% of Americans will suffer from hemorrhoids at some point in life? Hemorrhoids are inflamed blood vessels in the anal region. From a conventional medicine perspective, they are thought to come from chronic diarrhea, obesity, constipation, and pregnancy. Men get hemorrhoids more often than women. Symptoms are anal itching, bright red blood in your stool or on the toilet paper when you wipe, rectal burning and pain, and painful passage of stools.

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(Part 2 of a 5 part series on Stress and the Adrenals)

Yesterday I talked about stress and the affect it has on your adrenal glands. Today I would like to reiterate that everyone has stress. The effect on the body of stress is directly related to how you perceive your stress. If the brain gets a message that you are in danger, it will appropriately send the correct cocktail of hormones down to the rest of the endocrine system to activate the fight or flight response. A prolonged fight or flight response message will eventually create problems in the body. However, there are some things you can work on starting today that will help you recover from this abnormal irritability, weight gain, PMS, sleeplessness, brain fog, joint pain, diminished immune system, and food cravings you might be suffering from.

[Read more…] about Adrenal Recovery: How Long Should it Take to Feel Good Again?

(Part 1 of a 5 part series on Stress and the Adrenals)

I get asked daily in my office, “how long will it take for me to feel like myself again?” This is not an easy question to answer because the question you should be asking is, “how long did it take me to get this far out of balance?” However, there are some life style changes you can make that will speed up the process, but first ask yourself the following questions:

Are you easily overwhelmed by everyday tasks that once were a breeze?
Do you get angry over things that never used to bother you?
Have you gained weight around the middle?
Is your sleep not as regular or as restful as it once was?
Is it difficult for you to concentrate on important tasks?
Do you crave foods that you know are unhealthy for you?
Are you catching more colds than before?
Is your libido what it once was?
Are you easily irritated by family members and co-workers?
Do you feel like you have no energy by the middle of the afternoon?
Are you using coffee or chocolate to make it through the day?
Are you drinking more alcohol to relieve stress?
Do aches and pains linger longer than they once did?
[Read more…] about Adrenal Recovery: How Long Should It Take to Feel Good Again?

There is one driving factor that contributes, above all else, to the epidemic of obesity, (or as Dr. Mark Hyman puts it diabesity), and other chronic illnesses we see today. By addressing this one problem you may reverse many of your health problems, even if you don’t do anything else. Conventional medicine isn’t monitoring this problem and now our population’s girth size has grown collectively over the last 30 years. We cannot continue to treat the symptoms of obesity, or diabesity, we must treat the underlying cause…which is insulin resistance. [Read more…] about Obesity and Insulin Resistance – Part 1