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You better do this—it’s a matter of life or death

You better do this—it’s a matter of life or death

  When I first meet with a client, I typically ask them what’s going on and what their health concerns are.  Then I ask questions. I normally start with, “How’s your diet?” which is usually followed by the client looking at the floor or saying, “Um, not that bad.” Okey-dokey. This is followed by what I’ve observed to be the most dreaded question of all—“”What do you do for exercise?” As you can probably surmise,...

Jun 14, 2021 6 comments

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Women’s Check-up Day—don’t make this mistake

Women’s Check-up Day—don’t make this mistake

  Today is National Women’s Check-up Day. Taking measures to make sure you don’t have any unknown health issues brewing, or to ensure that your health hasn’t worsened, is certainly a good idea. However, don’t make the mistake of thinking you’re free and clear just because your pap smear and mammogram are negative, or your blood work fell within the magic numbers and your doc gave you a thumbs up. Because even though you might...

May 10, 2021 7 comments

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Rates of this condition have skyrocketed since COVID

Rates of this condition have skyrocketed since COVID

  May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, and that topic brings back vivid memories about my father from my childhood.  You see, in addition to dying of a massive heart attack at age 58 (when I was 15), my Dad was also an alcoholic.  I didn’t understand as a kid what may have been the driving force behind his drinking—all I knew was that I couldn’t have friends over because I was too embarrassed,...

May 03, 2021 0 comments

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This COVID risk factor is under your control

This COVID risk factor is under your control

  If the last year has taught us one thing, it’s that having underlying co-morbidities with COVID dramatically increases your risk of serious complications, hospitalization and even death.  The “three biggies” here are high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes. But the common denominator underlying all of these is insulin resistance.  Insulin resistance drives up your blood glucose level, triggering diabetes as well as stirring up the inflammation in your blood vessels that contributes to high...

Feb 24, 2021 0 comments

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A fast path to heart disease, diabetes or stroke

A fast path to heart disease, diabetes or stroke

  There is a “perfect storm” of health factors that can come together and practically guarantee that you will be facing heart disease, diabetes and/or stroke in your future. It’s Metabolic Syndrome. Metabolic Syndrome is a collection of health issues (that are rampant in our society today) that spell DANGER. They include: High blood pressure Elevated blood glucose Elevated triglycerides Low HDL cholesterol A high concentration of belly fat (being an “apple shape”) Obesity Let’s...

Feb 08, 2021 1 comment

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7 Steps to a long, disease-free life

7 Steps to a long, disease-free life

  I hate to say this, but if you are interested in living a long, disease-free life, our modern healthcare system is not the way to do it. I thought this last Friday as I was walking into a local medical center for my bi-weekly acupuncture session.  All the people around me in the lobby were overweight, or could barely walk without pain, or looked like they were at death’s door. And of course, the...

Nov 16, 2020 5 comments

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