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Food Combining

The discomforts of indigestion are so common in today’s society that indigestion is almost considered normal. The fact that over 2 billion dollars are spent each year on antacids is proof of this. Rather than using drugs to suppress symptoms, wouldn’t it be wiser to remove the causes of indigestion? Food combining is based on the theory that different food groups require different digestion times.  Digestion is helped the most by using foods which have roughly the same digestion time. When you eat proteins like poultry, fish, meat, and eggs, your stomach secretes hydrochloric acid and the enzyme pepsin to break down the food in a highly acidic environment. When you eat starches like potatoes or bread, your stomach secretes the enzyme ptyalin (also known as salivary amylase) to create an alkaline condition. If you eat proteins and starches together, they tend to neutralize each other and inhibit digestion. The … Continue Reading

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Why Is Chicken Broth and/or Bone Broth So Good For You?

I will begin by saying that the difference between “broth” and “stock,” is not much. These terms are often used interchangeably, but sometimes “broth” means from meat and vegetables, where “stock” always includes bones. Let’s begin with the basics by breaking down some of the things that most of us already know about the healing powers of “broths” and “stocks.” To keep it simple I am going to use the term “stock” as you will soon learn that it truly is the bones that provide the bigger part of the nutrients being offered. Some of these already understood benefits of “stock” include: Boosting the immune system Aids in digestion Improves the efficiency of protein digestion Provides easily digestible minerals, including calcium Improves symptoms of: joint pain, common cold, peptic ulcers, tuberculosis, diabetes, muscle diseases, infectious diseases, jaundice, cancer, food allergies, colic, maldigestion, inflammatory bowel disease, osteoporosis, pain and inflammation, cramps, … Continue Reading

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10 Drugs with Great Natural Alternatives

10 Drugs with Great Natural Alternatives February 19, 2009 By Gale Maleskey, MS, RD Do you ever feel like you’re being held hostage by drug companies? All to often, people are made to believe that they have no options when it comes to taking a drug. If your doctor says you need a drug for a serious health problem, you might think it is the only thing you can do. You may feel frightened at the prospect of going against your doctor’s recommendations and seeking out alternatives. Drug safety is becoming a major concern among many health professionals. Reports to the FDA of serious adverse drug events, including deaths, have more than doubled in recent years. This is more than enough reason to do a little of your own research, before you get that prescription filled. Learn about the adverse side effects associated with the drug, and seek out some … Continue Reading

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Blog Talk Radio: Water

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“Shape Up” shoes…are you serious?

I have been waiting for someone to bring this up! Thank-you for your great emails. I just want to ask you, I know how I feel about them, but what are your thoughts about those shoes by skeechers? The shape shoe. What the long term effects could result. I personally feel, these “shape up” shoes are ridiculous and just another marketing plow geared towards making money while creating more dysfunction.  These shoes are just another way to mask and/or perpetuate underlying dysfunctions by doing all the work. Biomechanically, through gait, we always decelerate with pronation and accelerate with supination, these shoes take that out of the picture due to their rocking sole design they are known for. Over time, this will have a profound affect all the way up the kinetic chain (ankles, knees, hips, spine) leading to injury. As well, most people, due to compensatory movement patterns developed as … Continue Reading

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Analytical and Segmental Muscular Strengthening of the Abdominal Muscles and the Thoracic Diaphragm

Analytical and Segmental Muscular Strengthening of the Abdominal Muscles and the Thoracic Diaphragm As created by: Guy Voyer, DO What: A three-day, hands-on, practical workshop that covers the abdominal muscles (obliques, transversus abdominis, pyramidalis and rectus abdominis) the thoracic diaphragm, and why these muscles need to be trained with respect to biomechanics. “These muscles are not only functional but aesthetically important, too!” Students will learn hundreds of potential exercises used specifically to target all the various parts of these muscles. Seminar Outline: ¥ technical analysis of the movements which are the basis of muscle strengthening ¥ learning to perfect the movement (progression factors) ¥ how to avoid injury with the appropriate preparation ¥ types of cool-downs for better recovery ¥ quality effort in terms of strength, volume, power, speed, resistance, endurance and fitness maintenance ¥ planning training sessions ¥ multiple strengthening methods ¥ muscular re-education programs ¥ sports preparation programs … Continue Reading

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Cancer Update from…Who the hells cares…it is good info!

AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY (‘TRY’, BEING THE KEY WORD) TO ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY . Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins : 1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size. 2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person’s lifetime. 3. When the person’s immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors. 4. When a person has cancer it indicates the … Continue Reading

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Antibiotics and Gastrointestinal Dysfunction!

Antibiotics create their damage in a number of different ways. This is a huge problem in our society as antibiotic use has been frantically prescribed for every infection and inflammation, particularly pediatric ear infection, bronchitis, and sore throat. Ironically, most of these infections are viral in nature, and not only are the antibiotics damaging, but they are ultimately unnecessary. Plain and simple, antibiotics should be considered a hospitalization level medicine and used only when bacteria have entered the blood, bone or organ! How do they create damage? 1. The first is by destroying beneficial bacteria. The small intestine and large intestine host over five hundred different kinds of beneficial bacteria. These bacteria perform hundreds of functions required for healthy metabolism and immune response. Through enzyme secretions, bacteria transform metabolic and microbial wastes (cellular debris, hormones, chemical wastes, bile, viral toxins, bacterial toxins, etc.) before they are discharged from the body. … Continue Reading

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Hypertenstion…..drugs are not workin!

Hypertension……drugs are not workin!

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Vegetarians and Low Fat Diets = High Cholesterol

Vegetarians and Low Fat Diets = High Cholesterol!

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