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This week in my office a young mother working graveyard shifts came complaining of acid reflux and other symptoms. When our discussion turned to what she might be eating that could cause such stomach pain, she confessed her daily morning addiction. “I’m addicted to Coca Cola,” she said. I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like a slave to unhealthy food cravings. But if you are anything like my patients,…
A select few businesses have grown rich foisting weight-loss programs on the American public. Despite their promises of easy weight control, if you fall for their slick marketing, the odds are slim that your dollars will buy you a slimmer waistline. Many of the folks selling a quick ticket to weight-loss imply there are studies showing their programs have worked for a lot of dieters. After all, most of their…
Claim your FREE copy of Doctor’s Inside Secrets for Natural Cleansing and Detoxification and your FREE subscription to Easy Health Digest™ when you sign up today! If my kids had their way, we’d have ice cream every day. And when it’s hot and muggy outside, I feel much the same way. But sugar-filled ice cream just isn’t good for you. Here’s a healthy substitute I found that satisfies the sweet…
Cancer can be a sneaky disease. Be alert for its unusual signs, or you may miss the opportunity to catch it before it becomes too difficult to cure. 1) Continual swelling in your neck can a sign that a cancer known as lymphoma may be starting. Lymphoma is a cancer of the immune system. It can start when white blood cells called T cells or B cells, for reasons nobody…
When I moved to a new neighborhood last summer, I gave away clothes and furniture I didn’t need anymore. What I got back: Mere months after moving and settling into my new digs, I discovered I had unexpectedly put on 10 unwanted pounds. At first I was puzzled at my weight gain. About four years ago, I had lost about twenty pounds when I went on the paleo diet. Since…
Antidepressants … they seem to be a miracle for millions of people. But do they really work or is it the placebo effect? Well, new evidence leans toward them not actually having any effect at all. One thing is for sure … these drugs are big business. About 10 percent of Americans now take a prescription antidepressant. And there’s been a whole lot of criticism of doctors and their rush…
Stress is bad news. Often time our psychological stress from the interactions of the day, mixed with our physical stress from overwork or sedentary positions, leads to muscle tension and pain. Learning ways to reduce stress and pain are essential to wellbeing. One simple method is found in China’s ancient exercise known as Tai Chi. In today’s video article my friend Elena Borkland, herself a much accomplished artist and Tai…
If you don’t have apple cider vinegar in your medicine chest — or in your health arsenal — it should be there. And you should take a dose daily “to keep the doctor away.” It is one of nature’s miracle “drugs.” It’s certainly a much better preventative than all the chemical drugs Big Pharma can cook up to poison you with. How does it work? It is high in acetic…
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There are several reasons to go on a cleanse such as weight loss, detoxification, or to break food addictions. But the most successful cleanse begins with a deep-seated desire for healing. When wanting to cleanse and heal your body comes from within, then cleansing is always more successful. Why do I say this?—because for every physical illness, there are mental, spiritual and emotional roots of the illness that must also…
Did you sleep well last night? It may not be stress or insomnia … you could have a sleep condition known as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). It’s more common than you might think. Studies say that about one in every 4 men, and 1 in 10 women have it. Men are much more likely than women to develop OSA, and men who are middle-aged and overweight are especially susceptible. The…