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Senior Wellness & The Balanced Care Method: Lessons Learned from the Okinawan Centenarian Study
The Balanced Care Method™ takes scientific data and specific lifestyle findings and uses them as the basis and inspiration for its training methods and home care philosophy—the majority of its principles are based on...Read entire article »
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Okinawan Centenarian Study: The Important Role of Food in Longevity
What the Okinawan Centenarian Study has proven is the importance of a plant-based diet, high-fiber foods, limited animal protein and anti-oxidant rich foods. A Plant-Based Diet A major factor in the extraordinary health enjoyed...Read entire article »
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Okinawan Centenarian Study: Translating Lifestyle Choices into The Balanced Care Method
Okinawan Centenarian Study: Translating Lifestyle Choices into The Balanced Care Method Besides what foods are consumed, lifestyle appears to play an important factor in senior wellness as we learn form the Okinawan Study—and we...Read entire article »
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Massage: The Benefits of Neuroreflexology
Reflexology is a type of massage in which the practitioner applies pressure to specific parts of the feet and hands to promote deep relaxation, emotional balance and overall well-being. Each point of the foot...Read entire article »
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The Basics & Benefits of Massage
Massage describes numerous forms of hands-on healing and bodywork. All of the most common massage techniques involve soft tissue manipulation: effleurage (stroking), petrissage (kneading), vibration, tapping or finger pressure to specific points, and concentrated...Read entire article »
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Cancer Treatment: The Effectiveness of Herbal Medicines
With the growing interest in integrative medicine, combining Eastern and Western philosophies to treat the mind, body and spirit, there has been much interest in complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies for cancer treatment....Read entire article »
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Healthy Eating Guidelines to Help You Avoid the Deadly Metabolic Syndrome
Today’s fast-paced lifestyle often means that we struggle to keep up with our families and friends, our jobs, and more. With so much to do, we often forget to take care of ourselves, forgoing...Read entire article »
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Safe & Effective Alternative Therapies for Cancer—& Which Ones to Avoid
Many patients who have cancer use complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies, either on their own or in conjunction with other cancer treatments. How effective—and how safe—are these natural alternative therapies for cancer? A...Read entire article »
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4 Lifestyle Changes for Optimum Health & How Acupuncture Can Help
Recently my car was broken into. I had finished my usual morning swim at the health club. When I opened the car door, I realized that someone had smashed the passenger-side window and taken...Read entire article »
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A Miracle Food to Protect Your Heart & Blood Vessels
High cholesterol contributes to 56% of heart attacks and is responsible for 4.4 million heart deaths a year. Recently, a study was performed on pigs that involved feeding trials in which the animals’ lipid...Read entire article »
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Natural Treatment for Arthritis Pain
Arthritis comes from the Greek, meaning inflammation of the joints. Some forty to fifty million people suffer from osteoarthritis, which affects weight-bearing joints and is linked to aging, and rheumatoid arthritis, the most common...Read entire article »
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East Meets West: Integrating Complementary Medicine into Your Care
Key Points Over 40% of the US population has used complementary medicine. Examples of these therapies include herbal medicines and dietary supplements, massage, chiropractics, acupuncture, self-help groups, energy healing and homeopathy. Americans spend over...Read entire article »
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Stomaching Stomach Acid: A Simple Solution
I recently read an article that indicated the use of drugs that block stomach acid may be associated with cognitive impairment in older African-American adults. According to the study, the risk for showing signs...Read entire article »
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Sit Down, Oil Up, and Heal Your Body: The Wonder of Castor Oil Packs
As most of my patients will tell you, I have a little saying at the end of my office visits: “If you don’t do anything else I told you today, do the castor oil...Read entire article »
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Inflammation: Good, Bad or all Hype?
We all know the golden rule of real estate: location, location, location. In naturopathic medicine, the rule is inflammation, inflammation, inflammation. In its beginning stages, inflammation is the body’s healing response to an injury,...Read entire article »
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How Yoga, Oriental Herbs and Acupuncture Help Treat Cancer
My background as a radiation oncologist has blinded me, in many instances, to only dealing with the patient’s disease and its treatment. Failing to integrate the many wellness alternatives I am aware of into...Read entire article »
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