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It seems that people may be becoming more and more frustrated with the normal health-care model that most of us are familiar with. More and more, doctors are being told what they can, and can't do for their patients, by insurance companies, and “medical” executives, who's degrees are actually in business, and have never treated a patient in their entire careers. Add to that, ... Continue Reading
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Joint pain is one of the most common symptoms of lupus. It can move between different joints or remain isolated to one or many joints at a time. For me, the pain began in my right wrist. It would resolve and move to another joint a day later. As things quickly worsened, the pain remained and began affecting my wrists, finger and toe joints, and both knees. This made it ... Continue Reading
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One of my favorite root vegetables, that's right a root vegetable, has the power to put you "in the mood." It has the power to lift depression, fire up the libido (or chill it out), give sustainable energy, and regulate the endocrine system. Curious?? Those are powerful statements. I know many people looking for all of the above. This little root saved my life more than a ... Continue Reading
I remember reading the quote from Leonardo DaVinci “where there is life, there is heat” on a wall somewhere in a Las Vegas Bikram’s Yoga studio. The words soon found me again in an article about “thermography,” or thermal/heat imaging, one branch of infrared imaging science.[1] In the article, Australia’s foremost expert on infrared photography, Dr. Alan Smith of the Melbourne ... Continue Reading
Insulin is a protein peptide and a hormone produced by the pancreas. We’ve primarily understood insulin as the blood sugar reducer. It sends out a signal to cells in the liver, muscles and adipose tissue that glucose is available to be converted into glycogen and stored. Glycogen stores fill up pretty quickly and, unless you burn it, gets quickly converted to fat. In fact, when ... Continue Reading
