Probably the biggest downfall of our mainstream medical system is that it’s primarily symptom-focused and not cause-focused.  So much emphasis is placed on prescribing measures (usually drugs) that lessen or take away symptoms while the underlying cause remains largely unexplored. As a result, millions of people spend a good part of their lives chained to a prescription bottle because without it, their symptoms come back and they feel miserable.  Plus let’s not forget that...

  In case you haven’t noticed, I am dedicated to helping people achieve better health in natural ways. But that doesn’t mean I’ve always been the picture of health myself. Quite the opposite, actually! But I consider my own ill health of the past to be “serendipitous” because it prepped me VERY well to be able to help YOU! Here’s what I mean—let me walk you through my “sickness puzzle” from my early 20s because...

  In the midst of the Coronavirus quarantines, there is an abundance of memes popping up on social media making jokes about people eating constantly out of boredom. But for some people, being hungry all the time is no laughing matter and has nothing to do with staying home—it’s their reality. If that includes you, here are some surprising reasons why your inner dinner bell might be clanging way too often…and how you can help...

  March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. So naturally there will be a lot of “awareness” being trumpeted to the masses—primarily telling people age 50 and over to get their colonoscopies, watch for changes in bowel habits and basically hope your number doesn’t come up in the colorectal cancer lottery. Well, I have a lot more to say than that. Here’s what you should really be “aware” of: [[big4]]Colorectal cancer—good news and bad[[end]] There’s...

  When it comes to diet crazes, nobody outdoes Hollywood! Celebrities embrace a seemingly endless variety of fads, all claiming to be the Holy Grail of diets, and people mimic them, hoping to achieve the same results (aka look like a star). But ultimately, the fad eventually fades into the abyss of old has-been diet crazes. That’s why an article I recently read about the TV talk show hostess Kelly Ripa was so REFRESHING! In...

I’ve been in the health field for over 30 years and if there’s one concern I’ve heard repeatedly from my clients it’s that they suffer from excessive gas and bloating! What makes this difficult is that there is a myriad of possible reasons why your gut might swell up like a pan of Jiffy Pop popcorn. These include things like gluten intolerance, celiac disease, medication side effects, inflammatory bowel disease, food allergies or lactose intolerance....