I once spoke at a “Healthy Living” event that I will never forget because most everything I saw around me was anything BUT healthy. The exhibit hall was filled with displays of muscle-building (yet very processed) foods, drink powders (that hinted at being a substitute for a healthy diet of fruits and vegetables), fad diet shakes and pills, and most significantly…LOTS of people (mainly women) who have obviously had several Botox treatments.   I’m not...

  If you’ve got acid reflux, heartburn, GERD or whatever you want to call it, know this: Those Tums, purple pills or whatever you’re taking on a regular basis might give you some relief from the fire in your chest in the moment, but alas, there’s trouble brewing within.  Here’s what I mean—let’s look at two of the most common drug answers for reflux: [[big4]]PPIs (proton pump inhibitors—like Prilosec, Prevacid and Nexium)[[end]] PPIs “work” by...

  I pride myself on being a very compassionate, empathetic health professional, but sometimes even I get frustrated. Especially when a client says to me, “Oh, I’m too far gone.”  Or, “It’s too late for me.” Because NOTHING could be farther from the truth! I’ll use last night’s Super Bowl as an example.  Even if you’re not a sports fan, hear me out because this is important.  The Chiefs were trailing the 49ers 20-10 well...

I just did a search on the CDC’s website for disease statistics and noticed a huge gaping hole in their disease statistic reporting.  As you would expect, heart disease continues to claim its top spot on the mortality chart, with about 650,000 deaths in 2017 (the most recent data year).  Cancer remains number two, with 600,000 deaths. The list continues with accidents at 170,000 and lower respiratory diseases causing 160,000 deaths. But there is another...

New Year’s is upon us, and I hope that you are both remembering the good times you had, as well as the lessons you learned in 2019, and are safely celebrating with loved ones by your side.   With 2020 now here, it’s time to look ahead!  We all have hopes and dreams for the new year, and in that light, I would like to make a gutsy prediction for this year.   I did not come...

A report recently published by the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 2.6 million people die each year from medical errors, making them the number one cause of death worldwide! Most of those deaths are related to incorrect diagnosing of the patient’s condition and administering pharmaceutical products. Here in the US, medical errors kill over 251,000 Americans every year and are the third leading cause of death.  In addition to misdiagnosis and medications, “medical errors”...