New evidence highlights the dangers to children of even low-level exposure to organophosphate pesticides (OP). Members of this family include chlorpyrifos, acephate, diazinon, diethylphosphate and malathion. The authors of the new report published October 24, 2018 by...
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Are You Using Melatonin Correctly?
Melatonin is a hormone that influences our internal body clock, helping to establish our sleep- wake cycle. It’s secreted by the pea-shaped pineal gland, located in the middle of the brain, at night. The pineal gland awakens with darkness and low blood sugar at which...
Is Your Air-Freshener Poisoning You?
Synthetic air fresheners invoke ideas of fresh ocean breezes, floral fields, and perfumes by the press of a finger from a can or whiff from an impregnated tree dangling from the rear-view mirror. We use them daily to negotiate common household smells like dirty...
The “Flu,” Immunizations and Naturopathic Options
It is a Nasty One this Winter Every so often we encounter a winter where influenza hits particularly hard. This is such a winter, especially for the southwestern states. In California, outpatient visits and hospitalizations for Influenza are reported as “above...
Oxymel: The Honey, Vinegar, Garlic Remedy from your Kitchen
Oxymel is an ideal home remedy for both adults and kids for the cold and flu season. It's a mixture of honey, water and vinegar, boiled into a syrup, and can be mixed with your favorite herbs or spices. Honey and garlic have anti-microbial benefits. Garlic has...
A Tale of Elevated Lead Levels
Charles is a pleasant, married, middle-aged man that works in construction; who is hands on and supervises a small team. By all accounts, he feels well now, but when we first met he suffered from ongoing fatigue, unrelenting muscle pains that couldn’t be explained,...
What You Need to Know About Bio-identical Hormonal Replacement Therapy
When 51-year-old Lucinda first came to see me, she had been experiencing extreme fatigue, frequent hot flashes throughout the day and night which impacted her sleep, anxiety, lack of sex-drive, poor appetite, and weight gain for several years. She had seen other...
3 Remarkable Cardiovascular Benefits of Sauna Therapy
Yes, sitting and sweating away in a hot room has tremendous health benefits. If you’ve been avoiding your gym’s sauna; think again. Evidence shows that the benefits of sauna usage not only alleviates rheumatic pain, and helps to clear toxins from your body, but it...
5 Ways to Beat the Mess Out of Stress
According to the American Institute of Stress, stress is defined as the non-specific response of the body to the demands of change. Stress can be internal or external. Internal stresses include illnesses, injuries, and medical procedures. External stresses include...
Vitamin D: Problems with Too Much and Too Little
Vitamin D, the “sunshine vitamin” is most known for its eradication of rickets, a bone deformity that was discovered in children during the 1930s. Most recently it’s touted as the cure all nutrient. Truly, more a hormone than a vitamin, the body manufacturers it with...