A: The root cause of most ill health is the build up of toxins on a cellular level. The avoidance and removal of dietary, environmental and lifestyle factors that create a burden on the body, is essential for health.

Eat organic produce that is free of pesticides. Include a variety of fresh fruits, vegetables (both leafy and root), sprouts, seeds, nuts, legumes (peanuts excluded due to mold) and whole grains--rather than processed or refined flour products.

Avoid alcohol, cigarettes, refined sugars and dairy. Exercise 30 minutes per day to increase elimination through skin. Drink eight to ten glasses of pure water a day. Most important is your individuality in the program. Consult your Naturopathic Physician for proper guidance.

A: Whereas Naturopathic Medicine encompasses a vast array of modalities to restore the inherent recuperative systems in the body; such as nutritional and lifestyle, botanical medicine, physical and psychological therapies, homeopathy is a specific system of medicine based on the laws of similars or "like cures like." Naturopathic physicians are trained and licensed to prescribe homeopathic medicine. Homeopathy, like naturopathy looks at the causes, and the ways in which people express their illness individually. Physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and environmental aspects of a person's life are all considered when treating an individual. Homeopathic medicines are derived from animal, vegetable and mineral sources. Minimal doses are used, they are gentle, do not cause side effects and are very effective when prescribed properly. They remove the symptoms and assist the patient in dealing with the cause of the illness to achieve freedom from limitations and ideally reach a level of health where there is no longer dependence on medicine. TREAT THE CAUSE! DO NO HARM!

A:Every individual has the opportunity to choose enter into the second half of life with confidence. Look at your present state of health. Are you getting adequate sleep and rest? Feeding your body and mind with healthful nutrients on a regular basis? Eliminating efficiently? Hydrating adequately? How is your stress? Most of us know what we need to do to be healthy, but we are still unable to make the necessary changes. If this is the case, your liver and/or colon may be harboring more toxins than it can presently handle. A good detoxification program is a great way to break through this obstacle. It's good to sart now. Get on a personalized prevention program that will put you on the natural path to Optimum Health. Don't wait until you are overwhelmed with uncomfortable symptoms!

A:There are certain foods that are consumed in a standard American diet that may predispose a susceptible individual fibrocystic breasts and/or tumors. These foods are chocolate, cheese and milk (from cow's), coffee, tea, cola and wine. Refined sugar also reduces your immune response, making it more difficult to protect you from free-radical damage.

Additives and preservatives must also be avoided. Please be aware

A: The World Health Organization recognizes acupuncture and traditional Oriental medicine's ability to treat over 43 common disorders including: Gastrointestinal, such as indigestion, diarrhea and constipation; Urogenital, including urinary track infections; Gynecological, such as PMS, irregular or painful menstruation and infertility; Respiratory disorders, like sinusitis, asthma, allergies and bronchitis; nerve, joint, muscle and bone disorders, such as arthritis, migrane headaches, insomnia and

A: YES! Not only can Naturopathic Medicine give you immediate symptomatic relief, a well devised Naturopathic treatment program can also prevent sinus infections from recurring.

We are often sensitive to or allergic to the very foods that we crave and eat regularly. The most common ones being dairy, wheat flour and sugar.  Your body may be reacting to the yeast which creates imbalance in the body's digestive process. Dairy products will promote mucus accumulation, which breeds bacteria and causes congestion.

A: When you eat, a chemical reaction occurs between your blood and the foods or the supplements you ingest.  Particular foods may be harmful to the cells of some individuals and healthful to others.  This is because foods contain proteins called lectins. Your blood type and constitution are genetically programmed to accept or reject certain lectins.

A: Fibromyalgia affects an estimated 10 million people in the United States alone. Common complaints include chronic pain, fatigue and sleep disturbances. Unfortunately, even though it has been recognized by the American Medical Association and the World Health Organization for over 20 years, fibromyalgia is still dismissed by many mainstream medical practitioners as a psychosomatic condition.  Some practitioners give their patients medication which merely suppresses symptoms instead of treating the condition.

A: Our small and large intestines contain billions of micro-organisms which are purposefully there to assist with digestion, absorption, assimilation of nutrients and elimination of waste. Certain foods promote the overgrowth of unhealthy flora, or bad bacteria, yeast and parasites. These bad bugs, kill off the beneficial bacteria over time, and the result is-- a MESS of undigested, decaying food which attracts more bad bacteria!