Posted on: April 29, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Strokes and migraines

If you’ve never had to go through the pain of a migraine headache, you should consider yourself lucky. For those of us who have, we know migraine headaches as a painful and life altering condition. I know, because I suffered them almost daily for 30 years. Every time they finally go away you think there’s no way you can take that kind of pain again. And each time they come…

Posted on: April 29, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

In the kitchen with Kelley: Slow cooker vegetable broth

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! Children are expensive. That’s just all there is to it. And when my children were very young, I decided I’d better learn to stretch a dollar just as far as it would go. That’s why I bought “The Complete Tightwad Gazette” by Amy Dacyczyn.…

Posted on: April 28, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

The secret menu item you’d rather not get

When researchers from Duke took a look at which foods are most likely to give you high blood pressure, they were shocked at what their analysis uncovered. What you eat is one thing, but where you eat also affects your chances of hypertension. Their study found that the more you eat out, the more likely you are to be plagued by a lifetime of blood pressure and cardiovascular issues. Around…

Posted on: April 28, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Nine detox foods that “cool down” inflammation

A gentle, seasonal cleanse is an excellent way to jumpstart your body’s healing capacities and cure chronic inflammation, reduce stress, heal ongoing infections and unhealed injuries, relieve allergies and much more. One of the main benefits of a successful seasonal detox is a “cooling down” effect. When we eliminate heavy metals, environmental toxins and other pollutants from our bodies, the chronic inflammation that’s burning up our organs and tissues –…

Posted on: April 28, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Household products are the newest threat to our hearts

Bottled soft drinks, pesticides, plastic containers and canned food all have one thing in common: They contain toxins that interfere with your hormones and can lead to heart disease. The substances are called xenoestrogens. These pollutants, which are used in pesticides, included in the chemicals that line soft drink cans, and often enter canned food, cause harm by mimicking and acting like extra estrogen in your body. One of the…

Posted on: April 28, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

The one sure way to save your liver from today’s world

There’s a growing chance that your liver won’t survive the modern American diet. Excess body fat and processed foods have caused 25 percent of us to have fatty livers. No drug can treat this potentially fatal condition called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). It’s the most frequent cause of chronic liver disease in the United States. But a study in Australia shows that there is one reliable way to significantly…

Posted on: April 27, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

In the kitchen with Kelley: Pan-seared pork ribs with honey-garlic sauce

I hit the jackpot at my favorite grocery store recently. I must’ve gotten there right after they marked down the meat. I bought beef, chicken and pork at a deep discount. Score! Luckily, I had room for the meat in my deep freezer, which is where it went the moment I got home. In my enthusiasm for finding such a good deal, though, I didn’t think through what I’d cook.…

Posted on: April 27, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

One overlooked vitamin could save your immune system

If you’ve been flummoxed by doctors who say we don’t need to take vitamin supplements, or that they’re somehow bad for you, consider this: New research shows that an overlooked vitamin can save you from a disastrous infection. How can one nutrient have such an effect? Well, your immune system is constantly on the lookout for harmful bacteria and viruses, killing them even though you are unaware of its constant…

Posted on: April 27, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

When diet and exercise is not enough to lose stubborn body fat

I often encounter patients who are unhappy with their body image. There is tremendous pressure on us to look a certain way – especially women. First and foremost, I believe weight should be managed from the aspect of helping my patients experience the best health possible. But every person who diets faces very individualized challenges. Some lose the weight they want to easily. For others it’s more difficult. And exercise…

Posted on: April 27, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

The nasty secret about your drug prescription

A large, bureaucratic structure supervised by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is supposed to regulate the approval of prescription pharmaceuticals to make sure they are effective and safe. A study at Yale analyzing how this approval system works, however, is not reassuring. The researchers at the Yale School of Medicine note that doctors and their patients believe that the FDA carefully scrutinizes the drugs it approves. But their analysis…