There are many foods in our diet today that can help reduce or increase local inflammation in the body. Inflammation is important when the body is processing foreign particles and for healing. For example if there is a wound with exposure to bacteria then our body naturally kills the bugs by bringing cells of the…
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Naturopathic physician who is educating people about their health in order to empower them to practice self care.
9 Ingredients to avoid in processed foods
Healthy Living Saturday, April 17, 2010 Subscribe to This Blog Add to My Yahoo! RSS Related Topics: diet nutrition fitness wellness aging 9 Ingredients to avoid in processed foods user by Brett Blumenthal – Sheer Balance, on Thu Apr 8, 2010 9:52am PDT 347 Comments Post a Comment Read More from This Author » Report…
Anti-aging? Berry good!
Anti-aging? Berry good! Antioxidants are all around us in the media, but why are they so important? There are so many oxidizing agents in the environment that are easy to think about like smoke, smog, too much sun and toxic metals which are known as free radicals. We can try to avoid a lot of…
Sitting Kills! Experts Say Too Much Sitting Could Be Deadly
Your request is being processed… Sitting Kills! Experts Say Too Much Sitting Could BeDeadly by MARIA CHENG | 01/20/10 04:55 PM | digg LONDON — Here’s a new warning from health experts: Sitting is deadly. Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for prolonged periods – even if you also exercise regularly –…
Supporting our immune system during the flu season
Supporting our immune system during the flu season Why do people tend be more sick during the winter months? The dead of winter seems to be a time when the days are short and we are searching for warmth and comfort. So why do those little bugs interrupt our lives at this time? The typical…
Hey Sunshine, Where’s my Vitamin D?
Hey Sunshine, Where’s my Vitamin D? As we quickly approach the winter solstice our daily exposure to the nourishing sunlight declines and in turn our vitamin D intake is at risk of becoming deficient. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin essential for many functions in the body including bone growth, promoting and maintaining calcium absorption,…
CT Scans – Single Dose Radiation Can Trigger Cancer
CT Scans – Single Dose Radiation Can Trigger Cancer Posted by Jane Akre Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:39 AM EST Category: Major Medical Tags: CT Scans, Radiation, Cedars-Sinai, General Electric, Archives of Internal Medicine CT Scans and the Cancer Link LEARN MORE Archives of Internal Medicine –Radiation Dose Associated with Common Computed Tomography – December…
What is the number one most difficult thing about treating long-term disease?
What is the number one most difficult thing about treating long-term disease? If someone where to ask you what the most difficult part of medicine was when trying to treat disease, you would probably think of the medication that people take. We are inevitably searching for the cure to disease on a 24/7 basis looking…
The top 3 things you need to know as we support our immune system against swine flu.
The top 3 things you need to know as we support our immune system against swine flu. 1. The flu is the flu is the flu. Influenza or the “flu” is caused by infection with a virus. There are many strains of flu virus and these are continually changing. Our immune system has to adapt…
A look at Male Infertility- Increasing Sperm Count and Motility
A look at Male Infertility- Increasing Sperm Count and Motility Sperm motility and sperm count are two important aspects of male infertility. Both of these values are given during a routine semen analysis when a man suspects he may have fertility issues. It is important to keep in mind that these values have a range…