Health Blog
Become the conductor of your own health – learn the secret of lymph!
The Crucial Role of the Lymphatic System: Maintaining Healthy Blood and Detoxifying the Body Everyone knows that they have a skeletal system and a muscular system – that’s what we use to move. We know we have a respiratory system that helps us breathe, a...
Hormone Imbalance Symptoms
Symptoms of Hormone Imbalance Over the last 100 years as we have doubled our life expectancy, the soft tissue glands which create our hormones are being forced to produce them longer than ever. Our increasingly stressful lives, worsening nutrition and lack of proper...
Does Junk Food Cause Acne? The Truth Behind Diet & Breakouts
Does Junk Food Cause Acne? The Truth Revealed With acne being one of the most prevalent skin conditions within the United States and the world, many have asked the question, "Does junk food cause acne?" The answer may not be as straightforward as we have previously...
Top 5 Natural Herbs Used in Naturopathic Medicine
Top 5 Natural Herbs Used in Naturopathic Medicine As more people turn to natural remedies to support their health and well-being, naturopathic medicine has become increasingly popular. Naturopathic medicine uses a holistic approach to healing, focusing on the whole...
The Truth About Aging: How Your Subconscious Mind Can Make or Break Your Health and Happiness
Why Do Some People Seem to Get "Old" Faster Than Others? What is the difference between someone who gets "old", and a same-aged person who radiates dynamic vitality and sex appeal? And why don't more people become their healthy, vital selves? While studying to be a...
What is Acid Reflux?
What is Acid Reflux, and What Are the Symptoms of Acid Reflux Acid reflux is a fairly common condition in today’s society. Acid reflux, also known as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), is where stomach acid flows back into the esophagus. This tube carries food...
Freedom from PMS Naturally
Freedom from PMS Naturally Millions of American women suffer from PMS, or premenstrual syndrome, a debilitating set of symptoms occurring 7-12 days prior to the start of menstruation, which interferes with the ability of many women to function normally both at work...
Breath: the foundation of health
Breath: the foundation of health If you’re like most people, you’ve probably never thought about learning how to breathe. After all, our body does it automatically from the moment we’re born and the doctor slaps us on the back. But as we grow up, stress causes us to...
The Power of Wheatgrass
Starting Your Morning With The Power of Wheatgrass The Most Powerful Morning Habit? Cleanse, Rejuvenate, and Boost Your Health with the Power of Wheatgrass! Starting the day with an ounce of wheatgrass juice is one of the most powerful habits you can get into to...
A Naturopathic Approach to Treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
A Naturopathic Approach to Treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome For millions of Americans, it is a daily struggle just to get out of bed in the morning, let alone summon up enough energy and drive to fulfill daily duties and responsibilities. At present, there is no...
Stress, Fatigue and Your Body!
The Impact of Constant Stress, Exhaustion, and Chronic Fatigue The alarm sounds, you hit snooze, grunt, and finally stumble out of bed, desperately fumbling to turn on the coffee maker. Once caffeinated, you get yourself and/or your kids ready, pack the car, get into...
Treating Diabetes with Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
It is estimated that 25.8 million men, women and children in the United States have diabetes. In Hawaii, there are 128,000 cases of diagnosed Diabetes and over 39,000 cases of undiagnosed (source). What Is Diabetes? Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not...
How Long Does Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Last?
How Long Does Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Last? Did you know that up to 45 million people, or 10-15% of the American population, suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)? Even though irritable bowel syndrome is the most common functional gastrointestinal syndrome...
How the Brain Adapts
How the Brain Adapts At my peer advisory group today, we watched a Ted Talk about what occurred in the psyche of a person having a stroke. It occurred to me how quickly we adjust and adapt to adversity when we are put into a situation requiring that of us. For...
Benifits of Natural Healing
People have practiced natural healing for centuries. Before the advent of modern technology, doctors and their patients had to rely on natural techniques and herbal remedies to treat illnesses or heal injuries. Everything from the common cold to life-threatening...
Self Awareness and Family
Have you ever noticed how everything your cat does is the epitome of cuteness, and you feel compelled to put all of your groceries down, mid-step, to take a photo so you can send it to your children? I wonder what they are thinking about us. It’s likely that not being...
A Few Tips to Help You Feel More Energized Everyday
Tired of waking up without energy day after day? You're not alone. Your responsibilities and obligations might not be letting up any time soon, but there's good news: developing healthy habits greatly impacts your energy levels. Our energy levels are significantly...
No Need to Keep Discussing the Never-ending Need to Lose Weight
It seems that no matter how many new approaches, procedures, or gimmicks are created, there is a common thread to the complaints I hear from people over 40 concerning those extra pounds that seem to magically come out of nowhere yet remain stubborn to leave. It is a...
How to Stop and Curb Sugar Cravings
You just finished a most delectable meal and the waiter asks “May I entice you with our fabulous Cherry Jubilee? Surely you left room.” Your head says “NO”. Yet somehow your lips are not connected to your head in that moment in time and the next thing you know, the...
Making Friends with Fiber
Fiber Making Friends with Fiber: Fiber is a great food friend, because it helps keep your body's system clean and running in tip-top shape. It also helps prevent a lot of different symptoms and diseases like constipation and cancer. What is Fiber? Fiber is in a class...
3 Ways to Get Rid of a Headache Fast Without Medicine
Headaches can sometimes seem to come randomly and sometimes last for hours at a time. Before you go reaching into your medicine cabinet for an over-the-counter pain reliever, try these 3 ways to alleviate your headache fast without medicine. Getting rid of your...
Signs of Diminished Testosterone
There is a surprising rise in cases amongst both men and women showing signs and symptoms of low testosterone. Back in my generation, what are now called “baby boomers”, men in their 20’s and 30’s largely had full heads of hair, motivation, and stamina to do what they...
Back to School Tips for Parents
It’s back to school time for your children, Ahhhh, a sigh of relief..... what I mean to say is that we will miss all the fussing and fighting and coordinating of activities, not to mention sounding like a broken record “get off the computer,” “get off the iPad”, and...
Relieve Pain and Reduce Inflammation Naturally
Is there anything natural I can take to relieve my pain and reduce inflammation? The answer to the above question is YES! After all that we have heard about opioid addictions over the last several years and how high doses can slow your breathing and heart rate,...
Is Meditation Worth Practicing?
The French Philosopher Michel de Montaigne is quoted as having said “The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. This has been true throughout time, and never as true as in our current fast-paced, electronically influenced society. With so...
Treating Jock Itch Naturally + Natural Remedies
Aloha Friends, I am going to touch on a very touchy, no pun intended subject. Tinea Cruris - or jock itch. Tinea Cruris is a fungal infection that causes a red and itchy rash in warm and moist areas of the body. The rash often affects the groin and inner thighs and...
How to Naturally Lower Blood Pressure
"How long do I need to take these?” "How long do I need to take these meds doc?” You may have asked that very question. The sad answer is that in the world of conventional medicine, chances are that once you are given blood pressure meds, you will be on them for a...
Conventional Weight Loss Treatments VS Naturopathic Approach to Weight loss
Great Article from www.naturopathic.org about the Naturopath's approach to Weight Loss and finding the underlying problems to your Health problems. - Dr. Joy Losing Weight the Natural Way By The Connecticut Center for Health Most weight loss programs fail because they...
Menopause: How to Manage Weight Gain or Weight Loss
The Changes Before, During, and After Menopause For any of you who are approaching menopause or some strange set of symptoms that seem to have emerged from nowhere, so many of us can relate completely. "Why are these things happening to my body, mind and emotions”,...
Why Choose Organic? The Importance of Eating Organic
After what our world went through over the last two years with the pandemic and everyone worried about their health, there is no better time to learn the many reasons that eating organic food is a safer, healthier, and tastier option. However, consumers are wanting to...
