Natural help for dry eye symptoms can reduce dry eye itching, pain and burning without prescription eye drops or medical intervention. Castor Oil has been a part of my daily home treatment for dry eye for several years. This article and Primal Diet - Modern Health Podcast explain exactly what to buy and how to use Castor Oil for dry eye. Don't use drug store Castor Oil - study this article! While organic Castor Oil brought some relief for ... Keep Reading >
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Is a Low Arginine Diet for Herpes Permanent?
Is a low Arginine Herpes diet permanent? Do you need to stay 100% strict with it forever? The answers are: Yes, No and Maybe... What is a Low Arginine Diet for Herpes? You'll benefit from reading my other blog posts on this and/or listening to their Podcasts. I give detailed instructions on WHY you must reduce Arginine amino acid, the foods high in Arginine and what to eat and avoid. As well as proven Supplements to help control ... Keep Reading >
Natural Help for Vertigo Using Chiropractic and Homeopathy
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 >
How to Be An Entrepreneur in the New Economy
It's time to be an entrepreneur in our new economy. Things won't be "normal" for a long time but there are many ways to earn spending money and maybe create bigger things for the future. I've been an entrepreneur since I was young, creating multiple businesses, large and small. I imported and sold leather clothing from Spain in the 70's, owned the largest dinnerware and cookware store in the Southeast in the 70's and 80's, and opened a chain ... Keep Reading >
How To Order Blood Tests Without a Doctor
You can order blood tests without a doctor. It can be faster and cheaper and you run what you want, when you want. Insurance will not cover it but if you don't have insurance or aren't due for your annual this is a great option. If you have quick access to a doctor who'll run the exact tests someone else suggested, that's fine. But this is often not the case. Functional Medicine Doctors (or FM Coaches like me) sometimes run unusual labs and ... Keep Reading >
Using Functional Medicine to Reclaim Your Life
Are you using Functional Medicine to get well? Working with a natural health practitioner, taking time to review your lifestyle and food and run better labs to give deeper insights? Do you and your provider have the same point of view - that everything you do, your living environment, genetics, emotions and Microbiome all affect you? In this Primal Diet - Modern Health podcast with Susan Blum, MD our topic is using natural or Functional ... Keep Reading >
Is Your Hair Care Making You Sick?
Is your hair care making you sick? Skin and scalp absorb a lot, sending it straight into the bloodstream. The moisturizer you put on your skin disappears, right? Would you really eat that hair dye or shampoo? Or breathe ammonia, chlorine or formaldehyde? Here's 5 classes of ingredients you, your stylist and your family want to stay away from. Avoid rashes, toxic headaches, inflamed scalp, and chemical overload. Especially important if you are ... Keep Reading >
Help For Bunions Without Surgery
Is it really possible to get help for bunions without surgery? Most bunions can be helped if you commit to the process. For bunion relief, know the causes of bunions and make a long-term plan for change. This is the goal of the work in my San Antonio natural health clinic and in my Primal Diet - Modern Health podcasts. Fix the cause as well as the symptom! So, what is a bunion? A bunion is a bony growth in the lower joint of your big toe. ... Keep Reading >
Getting Younger Every Year
If you're a dedicated health person, you love to experiment on yourself and try new things. Me too! With all our new knowledge, is it possible we're getting younger every year? Can my podcasts and blog help your life be better tomorrow than today? Can I help my next decade be healthier than this one? What can be done today to make a difference? Since I've been through many of the challenges I write about, my skills come from more than ... Keep Reading >
Buteyko Breathing With Patrick McKeown: Interview
Anxiety, athletic performance, children's teeth and facial structure, sleep apnea, asthma and happiness are all connected with proper breathing - through the nose, not the mouth. My guest Patrick McKeown is the current world authority on proper breathing... Russian professor Dr. Buteyko treated 1000's of cases of asthma until the 1990's. His breakthrough work has been tested and taught throughout the world, and is used by professional ... Keep Reading >
Facial Structure, TMJ, and Whole Body Health: PODCAST
This podcast features some my latest mind-blowing research and discovery on TMJ health issues. The health and structure of the face and jaw can determine the health and structure of the body. As goes the head, so goes the rest of you... My research on poorly shaped jaws, chin, skull, dental arches and bite on the health of the human body is changing my view of how a human body gets sick or gest well. Particularly MY human body... We ... Keep Reading >
Can a Food Challenge Change Your Life?
Here's a question for you: Can a paleo food challenge save your life? Here's my latest take on one of my favorite topics..... It's Fall! And I need someone to bring me a bow and arrow. Why? Because the deer are running like crazy in my back yard, and my Hunter-Gatherer instincts are fired up! If you're human, you have those instincts too. Here's how to find out what foods are best for humans in general, and for YOU in ... Keep Reading >