Natural help for Vertigo using Chiropractic and Homeopathy has gotten me through several incidents of Vertigo. I've had several bouts in the last 18 months. Getting up at night and falling to the right, dizzy, unable to orient spatially. It's scary and a danger for falling. Sometimes Vertigo is diagnosed as BPPV - Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. Vertigo includes dizziness but is not the same as "dizzy spells". Dizziness and ... Keep Reading >
Brain Health
Using Zinc for Loss of Taste and Smell
Zinc is essential for our sense of smell and taste. Can we use Zinc for loss of taste and smell in Covid? Nutritionists and doctors have known for decades that Zinc is important for taste and smell neurology as well as the Immune System, Prostate and Pancreas. COVID Loss of Taste and Smell Loss of smell and taste can be strong early warnings of infection, perhaps more important than fever or low oxygen. If your taste and smell suddenly ... Keep Reading >
Is Alzheimer’s Diabetes of the Brain?
Is Alzheimer's Diabetes of the brain? Alzheimer's has been called Diabetes Type 3 for more than a decade. Numerous studies are ongoing worldwide. This is great news for those wanting to protect the brain, despite their gene status. There is much you can do, at home, every day, to protect yourself from dementia. Here's a quote from one Alzheimers' website: The latest study to look at the effects of blood sugar levels on the brain has ... Keep Reading >
5 Differences Between Fish Oil and Cod Liver Oil
What are the differences between fish oil and cod liver oil? Which is best? Both have anti-inflammatory EPA-DHA, but there's more to know before buying. Eating oily fish such as wild salmon and sardines twice a week is important but supplement a small amount of Omega 3's as well. Don't take excess fish or cod oil. It's not beneficial to overdo it. So, Fish Oil or Cod Liver Oil? One thing is true for both. Quality counts! The brand, the ... Keep Reading >
5 Reasons to Switch to Rosita Cod Liver Oil
Rosita cod liver oil is raw, unrefined and light in color and taste. It's the only extra virgin cod liver oil in the world, processed directly from true Northern cod as the fish come out of icy winter water. No chemicals, refining, filtering, heat or fermentation. Nothing is added. Nothing removed. It's completely real whole food. Rosita cod oil is a rich source of naturally occurring DHA, EPA, Omega 3 co-factors and Vitamins D and A. Most ... Keep Reading >
GABA and Serotonin Deficiency: The Brain Quiz
Here's an intro to GABA and Serotonin deficiency and a short Brain Quiz to help tell the two apart. Welcome to your Brain! GABA and Serotonin are our two main inhibitory neurotransmitters. Inhibitory sounds like a bad thing, but we need balance between excitatory and inhibitory in the body. Just as there's light and dark, and fast and slow, we need both in balance. Why do we need Inhibitory and Excitatory Neurotransmitters in ... Keep Reading >
Earthing For Health: Book Review and Interview with Martin Zucker
Earthing for health! Kick off your shoes and restock your most depleted nutrient, anti-inflammatory electrons from the earth! Research on elite athletes, diabetics, heart patients and arthritis patients confirms negatively charged electrons improve circulation, thin sticky blood and renew the rhythms of cortisol and other hormones. I had a fascinating conversation with Martin Zucker, author of the first and second editions of the book ... Keep Reading >
The Wahls Protocol: Book Review and Interview
This Wahls Protocol Book Review and Interview shares insights from the book and notes from our Primal Diet - Modern Health podcast interview. Dr. Terry Wahls is a physician and researcher with MS. Her book, The Wahls Protocol, shares how she reversed her MS with a gluten free Paleo Diet, supplements, exercise and E-Stim therapy. It offers guidance for all auto-immune disorders, and for all of us learning to customize our diets. One ... Keep Reading >
Posture,TMJ and Dental Health
Did you know that your bite and TMJ joint affect your posture? And that posture affects your TMJ and dental health? Your posture affects your health? Follow me closely here. This is a lengthy but worthy post.... Dr. Weston Price wrote about the degeneration of our health due to processed food lacking minerals and the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, and K. The loss of these nutrients leads to an infant's poorly formed mouth, crowded dental ... Keep Reading >
“Grain Brain”: Thumbs Up? Book Review and Interview
"Grain Brain" author David Perlmutter is a practicing neurologist, a professor, and a man in a whirlwind of PR. He is committed to the study of Alzheimer's prevention foods such as coconut oil, and the foods such as Gluten, sugar and starches which he feels may lead to Alzheimer's. He is a founding member of the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine so he has a good background in preventative healthcare. His father has dementia, ... Keep Reading >
Dr. Terry Wahls on MS and Diet: A Primal Diet Podcast
I talk today with Dr. Terry Wahls on MS and the possibilities for a cure. Terry Wahls has an inspiring story of reversing her own progressive relapsing MS using a Paleo/Primal Diet. As an MD, she first worked with traditional medicines, but came to believe that increased fats and vegetable and fruit intake was the key. (Real Food - what a concept!) She began researching micronutrients needed by cell mitochondria to help strengthen her ... Keep Reading >
Can Neurofeedback Change Your Life?
One reason I've been successful as a health practitioner is that I try things on myself before I ask others to do them. And, my own health is often in need of serious support, so any information I gather is good for me as well! The question this month is: can neurofeedback change your life? New types of lab tests, new styles of therapeutic healing, new supplements.... I want to check them out and report on them to my clients (and my ... Keep Reading >