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For colds, flus & other viruses Your best defense in the viral season of colds and flus is innate strength,  your body’s natural Immune Defense Team. Highlighting a few of the strongest challenges for that Team: Less sunshine Excess sugar Excess stress Less sleep Less sunshine   As daylight hours shorten, we lose several sunshine gifts thatContinue reading “Building Immune Strength”

We think about mold exposure from water leaks in our homes, from excess moisture in dark closets, or buried in carpet pile.  But what about in the foods we eat? According to a recent feature article from brainMD (June 15, 2021), the following toxins produced by molds may occur in certain processed foods. Aflatoxins, known carcinogens, often found in corn and peanuts Deoxynivalenol/vomitoxin, producedContinue reading “Eating Mold? Check the possibilities”

Humans are electromagnetic emitters and receivers.  Cell phones are convenient devices, but also electromagnetic emitters and receivers. Our embrace of cell phones is quite understandable. Yet there are over 2,000 studies suggesting that cell phones are dangerous, particularly to our brains, and particularly to our children.  EMF (ElectroMagnetic Fields) produced by the human body and theContinue reading “EMF Risks”

What’s required to build strong bones? Calcium? Boron? Exercise? Let’s look at some of the myths – and the magic – for building strong bones.  Dairy foods?  Dairy foods build strong bones, right? Wrong!  The United States is a country that consumes dairy foods in excess of most other countries in the world – and alsoContinue reading “Everyday Magic for Building Strong Bones”

The balance of omega-3s and omega-6s is what is “critical” in nutrition, The absolute amounts are generally secondary to the ratio of omega-3s to omega-6s. The more omega-6s you consume, the more omega-3s you need in balance, in principle.  Seems simple!  But it’s only one part of the answer to “How much omega-3s do I really need?”  Like many nutritional questions,Continue reading “How Much Omega-3s Do You Really Need?”

I am still amazed – and concerned – when a patient walks in with blood test results and says “(another) physician  says my cholesterol is too high and I need to be on statins.” Typically the “high” cholesterol is between 200-250 mg/dl. Multiple studies report that the following effects are associated with higher, rather then lowerContinue reading “Cholesterol: Friend, Foe or SuperHero?”

The bazooka in your doughnut hole… Some authors suggest that 70-80% of the US population has leaky gut.  What is leaky gut? Do you have one? Let’s use a doughnut to explore whether you might have a leaky gut. Think of yourself as a doughnut, as a body with a hole in the center! It’s actuallyContinue reading “Do you have leaky gut?”

Each season has its strengths. How do we prepare ourselves, what strengths will help sustain us during the winter months?  In the natural world, summer is the season of fruiting and production; winter is about latency, dormancy, and survival based on preparation and stamina. In industrialized life, winter is a season of continued productivity, withContinue reading “The Strengths of Winter”