Heart Disease
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To create and sustain health, feeding the body properly is absolutely essential – which is why I advise my patients to eliminate all processed foods. Why
Do You Have a Dirty Little Dietary Secret?
And Is It Called Diet
For lots of healthy types, the frequently stated fact that Diet Coke might be “empty calories” actually goes down just fine compared to office cupcakes,
The Skinny on Obesity (Ep. 4):
Sugar – A Sweet Addiction..
Sugar isn’t just sweet, it’s addictive. This episode explores the cycle of addiction that sugar causes in the brain, much in the same way as drug
High-Speed Health:
5 Reasons to Get Your CoQ10 On!...
When it comes to optimal health, just about everyone is looking for a magic pill, one that can neutralize free radicals, stave off disease, preserve organ h
Sickeningly Sweet...
Last month I posted Episode 1 in this excellent series of videos. In this 2nd episode, Dr. Robert Lustig illustrates the overabundance of sugar in today̵
The “Skinny” on Obesity...
Episode 1 in an excellent series of videos…..The “Skinny” on Obesity put out by the University of California with Dr Robert Lustig. swfobject.embed
Sugar Shock...
Reprinted with permission from Experience Life Magazine. The average American now consumes some 22 teaspoons of sugar a day. And our sweet tooth isn’t jus
Mixing Medications and Vitamins:
When It Hurts, When It Helps...
Mixing medications and vitamins can be like mixing friends. Sometimes they just don’t get along, and at other times, you’re playing matchmaker to future
A Patient is Faced with the Cholesterol Paradox...
An informative animated video of a typical interaction with a Dr after a patient gets his cholesterol results with the Dr’s automatic response being to
Pharmageddon: Statins, America’s
Top Selling Drugs Cause Diabet
If all Doctors followed the latest cholesterol treatment guidelines, and all their patients took their prescribed statin medication, there would be 3.5 mill
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I believe that there is a continuum between optimal health and disease. And what I see in my practice everyday is how different grades of sub-optimal functioning can appear at any point along it. For example, before your car’s brake pads give in and your brakes fail, years of wear and tear have been slowly eroding the pads. The same thing happens with our health. Before we develop a disease, or even symptoms, there have usually been months or years of progressive “wearing down” of optimal functioning. Our body has a large reserve, which it uses to maintain health, but it can be depleted or worn down over time. Only then do we experience disease, it doesn’t just happen out of the blue.
To use a natural metaphor, when a plant is sick or not doing well, it is crucial to look at the environment within which the plant is growing – what is the quality of the soil, is it getting enough nutrients, does it have enough sun or water, are roots or bugs from other plants impinging on its growth. This is exactly how I see our health and my role as a physician is to improve, promote and boost the bodies natural healing ability. This fosters immunity and resilience to illness, allowing us to truly blossom and experience good health.
My method is simple but effective: I remove what may be harming the body or preventing healing while at the same time replenishing it with what is needed. Unfortunately, most doctors do not see the health this way as we are trained to treat symptoms of disease as opposed to learning what keeps people healthy. We are taught crisis care medicine in hospitals and how to take care of acutely ill patients. But most of us are not sick enough to be in hospital and we have chronic conditions that are not dealt with well by this medical model. So we need to use Western Medicine wisely and appropriately, which often means looking beyond it, for solutions to our chronic and ongoing health problems.
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