Health & Wellness
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Survival of the Fittest...
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Dr Jeff Bland on Detoxification...
The father of Functional Medicine, my mentor and one of the nicest guys around, the brilliant Dr Jeff Bland talking about Detoxification.
Vaccines – It’s Not Just Autism...
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Sleep Cleaner and Greener...
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The Spiritual Power of Dance...
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Be an Excuse-Buster...
All of us struggle with issues like finding time for exercise, finding a new job, and finding that dream guy or gal special. And for every solution we are p
Making a Diagnosis is Less Important than Asking these 2 Questions...
After 30 years of practicing Medicine, I have learned that for any chronic illness or ailment, treating underlying imbalances and dysfunctions is more impor
How to Sunbathe Safely...
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Bob Thurman on Happiness...
One of my favorite peeps, Professor Bob Thurman, The President of Tibet House and guest blogger here, goes on one of his great rants and contends that true h
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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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