Staying Healthy in a Toxic World Ubiquitous chemicals in our environment negatively impact our health, food quality, environment, medical care, and economy. Although they cannot totally be avoided, there are many ways we can reduce our exposures to them and mitigate the harm they cause. Throughout my series, I have offered some tips to...
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Cleansing and Detoxing in a Chemical World: Shielding the Body from Toxic Insults Using a Naturopathic and HAES (Health at Every Size) Approach: Part IV
How the Individual, Society, Healthcare, and the Economy Suffers from Unregulated and Dangerous Chemicals Last week, I provided a summary of the previous topics covered in my series on living in a toxic world and how it impacts our health in a variety of ways. You can access it here. My latest post is...
Cleansing and Detoxing in a Chemical World: Shielding the Body from Toxic Insults Using a Naturopathic and HAES (Health at Every Size) Approach: Part III
What You Don’t Know Could Hurt You In my past two articles, I have explored the many health risks relating to harmful environmental exposures. Due to their deleterious effects, I find it imperative to educate the public on these concerning associations. In this way, they can also learn what can be done to reduce...
Cleansing and Detoxing in a Chemical World: Shielding the Body from Toxic Insults Using a Naturopathic and HAES (Health at Every Size) Approach: Part II
There is no doubt that we are being impacted by our environment and the food we eat in more ways than we may realize. In my previous post, I discussed: Why it is imperative to pay attention to the toxins that are present in our food supply and environment. How exposure to chemicals can...
Cleansing and Detoxing in a Chemical World: Shielding the Body from Toxic Insults Using a Naturopathic and HAES (Health at Every Size) Approach: Part I
Cleansing and detoxing are “hot topics,” especially in diet culture and the wellness and fitness industry. Traditionally, therapeutic cleansing has been used for physical and emotional healing; however, if not carefully applied, modern-based practices can be construed as wellness diets in disguise that promote restrictive eating patterns. In my latest post, I discuss the...
Five Essential Oils and Blends for Heart Health
To celebrate heart health month, I am providing a series on how medicine can redefine its approach to cardiovascular disease by incorporating a more personalized and integrative method. In the previous post, I reviewed how essential oils can fit into this more comprehensive perspective. For example, not only do oils physically impact cardiovascular function,...
Essential Oils for Holistic Cardiovascular Health Support- The Mind-Body-Heart Connection
Appropriately, Valentine’s Day occurs during the month of February, which is deemed “heart health month” in medicine. Today, heart disease is still the number one killer. Unfortunately, this is unlikely to change if the way cardiovascular disease is treated continues to focus mostly on fixing the end result, rather than addressing its root cause....
Exploring How Touch Can Be Used to Release Trauma and Anxiety
Last week, I discussed how touch is encoded in the brain and how it impacts cognition, stress, and emotions. I was inspired to explore these connections because of a therapeutic technique I was introduced to, the Havening Technique. This method is claimed to release trauma and balance emotional disorders by combining tactile stimulation with...
A Technique That Uses Touch to Calm the Brain
Due to all the turmoil in today’s world, many people have been experiencing an increase in stress and an exacerbation of anxiety. It has become very evident that effective, accessible, and whole–person-centered psychiatric resources are urgently needed to assist with resiliency and coping. (R, R, R, R, R,R) In previous posts, I explored how...
Transforming Food and Weight Obsession into Body Acceptance, Body Resiliency, and a Holistic Health Focus
As a naturopathic doctor, I believe that food is medicine and that it has many healing properties. However, I do not believe that obsessively focusing on nutritional content and micro-managing biochemical attributes of each ingredient is mentally or physically healthy. The therapeutic properties of eating are much broader than calories and phytonutrients. There are...